Save The Date! Thursday, March 16th at Noon $10 per person Tickets available at Reception Desk starting Wednesday, February 1
Last Day to Purchase Tickets: Wednesday, March 8th
**NO EXCEPTIONS**
Menu: Corned Beef, Cabbage, Boiled Potatoes, Carrots, Bread, Dessert, Coffee and Tea
Entertainment by Roseland Combo
SENIOR & DISABLED HOMEOWNERS’ TAX RELIEF
The State of Connecticut offers a state run Elderly Tax Benefit known as the Circuit Breaker. It is for
eligible real estate taxpayers with the Town of East Lyme. To apply, you must have reached the age of 65 prior to December 31, 2016 or be totally disabled if under the age of 65. You are applying for a credit on the taxes due on your primary residence in East Lyme. Under the law, Social Security income MUST be declared and the program requires you to provide information regarding all income received during 2016. The new income limit, INCLUDING Social Security, is:
$42,900 for married couples and $35,200 for single persons.
LOCAL TAX CREDIT OPTION: Also, the Town of East Lyme provides on
Additional Tax Relief for elderly and totally disabled homeowners. If eligible, the tax credit will range from $300 – $1,000 off the tax bill depending on the applicant’s income. The maximum 2016 income is $42,900 regardless of martial status.
Filing dates for the above programs are February 1, through May 15, 2017.
Applications available at the Assessor’s Office in the East Lyme Town Hall. There is also a Veteran’s Exemption that is available. For more information, contact the Assessor’s Office.
Come and join the FUN! Mardi Gras is the last day of feasting before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.
Enjoy Hurricanes (virgin of course!), Jambalaya and King Cake for dessert.
Entertainment by Jose Paulo.
Fri, February 3rd at 11:45 $6 fee
No Bingo played. Registration must be in by February 2nd.
On Tuesday, February 28th at 1:00pm join us for an interactive program featuring Harold and Theodora Niver. Not only do the Nivers talk about William and Helen Gillette, they become the Gillettes. Flitting back and forth between presenters and portrayers, you will learn about Gillette Castle in East Haddam. What famous people visited the Castle? You will learn about Gillette’s greatest love- his wife Helen. And for cat lovers, you will learn about Will’s love for cats. Their costuming is authentic and period correct. Their knowledge of Sherlock Holmes, William Gillette and Gillette Castle is extensive. Because of their distinctive home, which is built around a Holmes theme, they have been in such magazines as US, Smithsonian, Fortune, Connecticut, and Yankee. TV segments include PM Magazine, ABC News and CBS. And, as a plus, since both Harold and Theodora are professional musicians, you will hear several songs from the English Music Hall era. Prepared to be educated and entertained!!
A special plea to our membership from The Friends of the Lymes’ Senior Center
This February, the Essex Savings Bank will once again gift monies to some of the local non-profits. YOUR VOTES ARE CRITICAL!
Please stop down to the bank or come into the Senior Center for one of the voting ballots.
Vote for: The Friends of the Lymes’ Senior Center
Thank you, Diane C. Blackwell, Chairperson for the Friends
Leaving the senior center at 5:00 pm. A quick stop at a fast food place on the way to the game. Game begins at 7:00 pm
COST PER TICKET $23.00
SECURE FINANCES
Senior Resources and People’s United Bank will be here offering free presentation here at Groton Senior Center
Don’t fall prey to scams and fraud. Learn to be safe with your finances and how to avoid being a victim.
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
11:30 AM Classroom A
We will have our Hawaiian Adventure trip presentation with Collette here on Thursday, March 9th at 3pm.
Though it is FREE, we ask that you sign up for it by calling 860-441-6785.
Join us on February 22nd at 1:00pm for the movie As Good as It Gets.
Melvin Udall, an OCD patient and an eccentric novelist; Carol Connelley a waitress at a neighborhood diner and a single mother with an ailing son to look after; and Simon Bishop, Udall’s homosexual and artist neighbor strike an unlikely chord. Their relationships develop in strange ways as they try to come into terms with their personal problems and past tragedies. Jack Nicholson gives a superb performance as the slightly oddball novelist, matched by Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear in the other two major roles. It is a very refreshing and rejuvenating movie – you know how a life in tangles, is still meaningful.
Deborah Ringen MSN, RN-BC and Attorney Jeannine Lewis will present an interactive seminar to explore the process of completing an Advance Healthcare Directive on February 21st at 1:00pm. . Come learn how to express your wishes for care legally, so loved ones will know they are helping in the best way possible if you can no longer speak for yourself.
An Advance Healthcare Directive states your wishes for healthcare and designates a decision maker to speak for you should you become incapacitated. Although we don’t want to think about the possibility, we never know when a serious accident or illness may occur, requiring a loved one to make medical decisions for us. In the current age of technology and advances in medical care, Advance Healthcare Directives give guidance to your surrogate decision maker. Anyone over the age of 18 should attend this session.
Knowing the wishes of a loved one when you are the decision maker is a gift. Yet, many of us avoid talking about this difficult subject. It’s been estimated that making healthcare decisions for your loved one is as stressful as surviving a fire to your home. If you could reduce the stress and logistics your loved ones will face with your illness, you would, wouldn’t you?
Today, if you haven’t already, resolve to give your loved ones the gift of clarity. It’s not as pretty as a bouquet of flowers or as tasty as a box of chocolate, but it’s a gift that will enlighten and lighten the lives of those you care about the most.
