REORGANIZED SENIOR CLUB TO START EVENTS WITH FEB. 11 DANCE.Byline: Bettie Rencoret Senior columnist LANCASTER - Faced with the possibility of disbanding, several loyalmembers of the 40 and Up Singles Club The term "singles club" can refer to one of two things: 1) In reference to a record label, a singles club refers to monthly program in which the buyer gets a single, usually a 7-inch record, sent to his or her home every month. have joined forces to reorganize under new leadership. Components of the new reformation, under the direction of Deana Hunter,will include a board of directors and a committee of volunteers who will plan and implement all of the club's activities. ``We're going to have new music and a variety of DJs so that everyone has a chance to dance to favorite songs,'' said Hunter. ``We think we'll better serve our members if we spread the choices around some. We can't please everybody all of the time, of course, but we'll aim to satisfy most, most of the time.'' Tonight from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., a dance will be held at the Lancaster Elks Lodge, 240 E. Ave. K, with only a few changes. As time progresses, there may be more, organizers said. Admission to tonight's dance will remain the same at $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers. The reorganization came after Hester Williams decided to retire as the club's executive director. ``I just couldn't do it anymore. It's a stressful job,`` said Williams. ``But I won't be entirely out of the picture. I'll stick around to lend a hand to give assistance. to give assistance; to help. See also: Hand Lend on a consulting basis as long as I'm needed.'' The first special dance planned by the reorganized club will be a Valentine's Dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Feb. 11. There will be music from the 1950s to the present played by The Crosswinds band. The Valentine's Dance will cost $10 for everybody and will be open to the public. Organizers said the club will enforce a dance code: Clean, neat jeans will be acceptable, but shorts will not be allowed, nor will T-shirts, especially those with questionable slogans. ``When we say `dress to impress,' which has always been our credo, we mean it,'' said Hunter. ``We think it isn't asking too much to expect people who attend to dress appropriately at least one night a week.'' Since the club, for the first time in many years, did not have a New Year's Eve dance at its usual meeting place, regular member Manny Manny may refer to: In nobility:
About 40 people danced 2005 away, welcomed in the New Year with traditional champagne toasts, then lingered for a last dance to begin 2006. For more information on the club, call (661) 949-9467 or (661) 723-4891. Menus for the week at the senior life nutrition sites in Lancaster andPalmdale have been announced. All meals include bread, margarine andcoffee, tea or milk, for a suggested donation of $2. Monday: Beef Stroganoff beef stro·ga·noff n. Thinly sliced beef fillet sautéed and mixed with onions, mushrooms, sour cream, and herbs, often served on a bed of noodles or rice. with noodles noo·dle 1 n. A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dried dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water. [German Nudel. , peas and carrots, lettuce salad, juice, ice cream. Tuesday: Beef enchilada casserole, Spanish rice, soup, green beans green beans Noun, pl long narrow green beans that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable , coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. , applesauce. Wednesday: Mandarin chicken salad, marinated beets, pea salad, pineapple juice, cheesecake. Thursday: Riblet rib·let n. 1. A cut of meat from a rib end of veal or lamb. 2. One of a series of microscopic grooves, each a few thousandths of an inch wide, inscribed on the surface of an adhesive-backed tape and used on airplanes and boat sandwich, macaroni macaroni: see pasta. salad, corn, carrot salad,orange juice, banana. Friday: Roast turkey, bread dressing, Normandy vegetables, tossed salad, vegetable soup, gelatin gelatin or animal jelly, foodstuff obtained from connective tissue (found in hoofs, bones, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage) of vertebrate animals by the action of boiling water or dilute acid. with pears. The Antelope Valley Senior Center will be closed Jan. 16-20. Meals will be served at the Palmdale Senior Center that week; there will be no cessation of home-delivered meals. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Among the members of the reorganized 40 and Up Singles Club are, from left, Maureen Peters, Fred Lovio, Sandy Brown, Cinda Quigley and Manny Perry. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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