November 10th Luncheon

Our program this month started with Fred Scheffler playing prelude music at the piano. Thank you Fred!

Nanette Hieb, our new Director of Recreational Ministries at Washington Heights Baptist, sang a solo; "The Touch of the Master's Hand". This was a fantastic solo for a number of reasons; but most important is the way it applies to the lives of babies. Click the music title to hear Nan sing.
Next, the Miami Valley Women’s Center provided an interesting presentation about the women's center and their services for young men and women. Nancy, who is the Clinical Director and Cindy Goode, the Executive Director, did the speaking and used an interesting video. I thought I knew all there was to know, but I did learn something new. Click the names to hear their talks.
Nancy also showed a short video of an Ultrasound for a baby about 12 weeks old still in it's mommy. Who could abort after seeing this? Click HERE to see the video on YouTube.

Nancy and Cindy did an excellent job of presenting the work of the Miami Valley Women's Center but there is more to learn and see on their website. Click HERE visit their website. Also, if you are interested in volunteering, please contact the center to see what jobs/positions are available. Some of our YAHers do already volunteer.
This is the first time we’ve used the new facilities, including the first ever use of the new kitchen. These facilities are going to work out very well for our group. Join us in December and you won't be disappointed!

Charlie Pagnard at Young at Heart Luncheon

Our program today was an outstanding one with our own Charlie Pagnard accompanied by Dr Charles Clevenger at the piano. Charlie is our Ministry Pastor and leads our band, choir and the praise team. Of course, he also occasionally plays a piece or two on his trumpet for the church.
Charlie's day job is at Cedarville University where is a professor teaching trumpet, etc. He is also a part of several other musical ventures. He is first chair with the Dayton Symphony, plays trumpet with the Carillon Brass and does an annual program in Germany with EuroBrass. Since this doesn't keep Charlie busy enough, he also is in partnership with his son in a local Papa Murphy's Pizza franchise. Dr. Charles Clevenger is also a professor at Cedarville University and teaches piano. We should also plan a piano concert by Dr. Clevenger, some day!
Today Charlie played a nice variety of pieces intermixed with stories from his past. I think I saw Charlie's mom, Betty, cringing a few times as he told things about his childhood that she is hearing for the first time. All in all, this was a wonderful time together.

Thank you Charlie, we will do this again! Everyone insists. You can hear the entire program HERE.

Day Trip - Mrs Wick's Pies

Today, we visited the Wick's Pies production facility in Winchester, Indiana. Wicks produces a huge volume of pies and pie shells each day. On a typical year, they bake approximately 12 million pies and shells; sending pies to about 30 states in the USA. They employ about 75 people to work three shifts a day. The third shift is dedicated to cleaning and maintenance.

As you can see below, our group and any visitors, must wear hair and beard nets. There are other clothing and adornment restrictions as well. They broke our group into two smaller groups with a man and his wife each taking part of the group.
Our guides (a man and his wife) explained some of what we could expect to see before we entered the facilities. I was impressed with how clean and efficient the factory was.
I couldn't help taking this photo of Bill Potter. He had a beard that had to be covered, so we nicknamed him Santa! Tease him about this when you see him!
After the factory tour, we went across the street to Mrs. Wick's Pies Restaurant for lunch and some of their famous pie. Most of us also bought a pie or two (or even many more) to bring home to family and friends.

Branson Trip - Day 7

A fantastic trip comes to an end!


Saturday, September 26 was our final day of this trip. We departed St. Louis
at 8:30 in the morning after a nice breakfast in our hotel. Then we drove across, Illinois, Indiana and into Ohio before arriving in Dayton about 5:30PM. This time is significant and is representative of the way our trip went all week. This is the time of return originally planned. All week we arrived and departed as planned. In fact, often we were a little early.

I think everyone truly enjoyed this trip. Our driver, Donna, was a very good driver and a great assistance throughout the trip. She became part of our group and a real friend to most of our Young at Heart people. She was also a great help when last minute arrangements or changes had to be made.

This trip was a fun one and will live on in our memories for a long time. Of course a lot of the credit goes to the entertainers and our planners, Diamond Tours. However, I believe one other major reason for the success of this trip is our people. Everyone was cooperative and helped each other when help was needed. Some long lasting friendships have been made during the week of our Branson Trip. It is my hope that these relationships will continue and grow.

Branson Trip - Day 6

All good things must come to an end, so they say. We departed from Branson this morning at 8:30 AM. We truly enjoyed the time in Branson.

We drove across Missouri and stopped in St. Louis to visit the Gateway Arch at the Mississippi River. Some of our group rode to the top of the monument and others walked up the street for a better view of the Old Courthouse and the Arch.

Some also walked to the waterfront for a view of the casino, river boats and the mighty Mississippi River.

There is a nice museum under the arch; Mercantile Store and gift shop, too. That is also were we board the cars to the top of the arch.

Branson Trip - Day 5

It is difficult to believe this is our last full day here in Branson. We are making the most of it!

We enjoyed a show by the Twelve Irish Tenors in the morning. These guys are either born in Ireland or are Irish/American. They did a wide variety of music including Irish Ballads and Dance and popular music.

After the show we went to Old Downtown Branson for more shopping and lunch. They we had time to rest back at the hotel before dinner and also time for our Trip Photo.

Remember: You can click on the photos to enlarge them!

This evening we had dinner at McFarlains Restaurant; then we experienced the Hughes Brothers Show in their theater. At first you would think this is another all guys group, but that is not the case. This includes the families. We had loads of fun listening to the music and watching the children perform with their fathers
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Branson Trip - Day 4

September 23 we visited the Americana Theatre to see the Red, Hot and Blue Show. This is a musical show with music representing most decades of the 20th Century. It was a very fast moving show with an extremely large number of costume changes. This show included music and dancing.
After this show we visited the Grand Country Market and had lunch in a variety of restaurants.

This evening we went to the Stage Door Restaurant at the Welk Resort for a buffet dinner and then to see Lee Greenwood & Bellamy Brothers Show. The music style of this program is decidedly Country Western.