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November 9, 2010–YAH Luncheon with Gary Lare

We had a fantastic time with our Young at Heart Luncheon program, November 9. Our program was a full one with plenty going one. We started with Piano Music from Fred Scheffler and David Brandt. Our prelude material is so good that many people come as early as 10:30 AM just to listen to that entire program.

Following the prelude we did our normal opening material including, jokes, acknowledge visitors, Birthdays and Anniversaries. Then, we review the future Day Trips. Finally, we brought on our program for the month. This month, we featured a ventriloquist, Gary Lare. This is the second year that we’ve used Gary. He comes to us from the Cincinnati area and has a very busy schedule. We are fortunate to be able to have him on our schedule with his FRIENDS.

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Hmm, I thought this guy looked a lot like our former president Richard Nixon.

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Of course, a highlight of Gray’s program is when he brings up a number of our people to help with the performance. Gary’s Dummies, so to speak! Gary had the group do “Old McDonald had a Farm” Of course our group performed like animals!

Following Gary’s entertainment, we had a short time of devotions led by John Coons a former pastor from Kansas. John did tremendous job in the five minutes that I allowed him. It worked well enough that I will certainly be including him again. You can listen to what John had to say, HERE!

Of course, this was a LUNCHEON program and what a luncheon it was! Lisa and the staff in the kitchen prepared an awesome meal. Turkey pot-pie in shells, sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce, green beans and pumpkin pie. I thought the sweet potato casserole was even better than what we get at La Comedia, but Lisa tells me it is the same recipe. Speaking of recipes, Lisa will have a section of our December Newsletter dedicated to some of your favorites! Look for the newsletter late this month.

Next month, we will have a special Christmas Luncheon program with Christmas music and a special friend of our church, Dr. David Warren. I believe the meal will be another special one, too! Be sure to join us.

Day Trip–October 26, 2010 - Hawthorne Hill and Carillon Park

This trip was another new one and I thought it was a great one. We visited Carillon Park and Hawthorne Hill. I would highly recommend it for anyone who missed this. It is a good mix of history and architecture. Our guide did a fantastic job of telling interesting stories about Hawthorne Hill the home of the Wright Brothers and interesting stories about the family, too.

When we arrived, we split our group in two because they limit home many people can tour the home. One group, mine, went through the park, while Lisa took the other group to tour the home.

I recommended that in Carillon Park we focus on the buildings with material on the Wright Brothers but the groups could do this anyway they wanted.

Orville Wright actually helped with the rebuilding of this Wright Flyer for the park. I had a work friend who actually knew him during that time.

These are a couple of the new additions to the park. On the left is a kitchen, and the right is the Newcome Home.

The building on the left is one of my favorites in the park. This is the Deeds Barn replica and houses some great technology displays relevant to Daytonians. The other is the original barn, and I remember this when it was located by what is now the Glengary Recreation Center in Kettering. Later it was moved to the Moraine Museum. Now it is physically inside the Carillon Park museum. This and other new buildings should be open in the spring of 2011.

Around noon, we had lunch in Culps Café in the park. They had prepared a nice meal for us with soup and a sandwich.

After lunch the groups were to switch with my group going to Hawthorne Hill and Lisa’s group touring the park, with an emphasis on the Wright Brothers. However, while we were loading the bus for the home, a tornado warning alarm sounded. The group touring the park would be drenched, if not blown away to Kansas. So, they decided to return to the church. I continued on to Hawthorne Hill since we would be in out of the rain and this place is as good as any to hide out during a tornado. It is a very sturdy structure. As it turned out, the threat was pretty much over in less than 1/2 hour. There were trees down but no damage other than wind damage and we all survived.

The tour took about an hour and a half and was very well worth the visit. Our guide pointed out many unique features of the home and told interesting stories about the Wright family.

This is a trophy given to the brothers in France for achieving a flight in excess of 60 feet (or was it meters) anyway, they beat the goal handily by flying 90 feet above the ground in controlled flight. The trophy illustrates the brothers under the wings.

I think everyone would agree that this is a trip to recommend to friends and family.