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January, 2021
My Dear Katy Senior Friends
I just want to share with you that this is going to be my last
month with the City of Katy...I am retiring at the end of January.
My time with the City over the past, almost, nineteen years has
been magnificent! I think my position as the Director of the
Fussell Senior Citizen Center was God Sent and it has truly been a
joyful journey for me. Please believe me when I say that this has
not been an easy decision to make and I will sincerely miss all of you! I have built
wonderful friendships and beautiful memories with you and with the residents of
Katy. I will treasure them always and hold them close to my heart. Truly, I have
enjoyed getting to know each one of you. I do hope our paths will cross from
time-to-time during the future. Thank you so much for all of your love and
support over the years and ...May you and your families have a Happy and
Blessed New Year, 2021!
#281.391.4837
“Why Stay At Home When You Can Go!”
“Why Stay At Home When You Can Go!”
Senior Health
Maximum Hip
A Diet That Is Across
Good For 1. Snail mail org.
Your Brain 5. Union foe
9. Skirt feature
10. Continental currency
Researchers looking 11. Car
for a way to keep 12. Like Death Valley
brain function healthy 13. In frightened manner
have combined the 15. Place for a stud
best parts of the 16. Type of optical telescope
Mediterranean Diet 22. Mélange
and the DASH diet to 23. Vagabond
make the MIND diet. 24. Norway's capital
The diet itself is 25. Matinee hero
easy: Eat more foods 26. Be rife (with)
in 10 categories and 27. Coward of note
eat less of five spe-
cific foods, according Down
18. Manicurist's tool
to healthline.com. 1. Thunderbirds' org.
19. ___ list
2. Pivot
20. Wind instrument
The 10 MIND diet 3. Hummus holder
21. Throw, as dice
4. Place for supplies
foods:
5. Sand-dollar relative
- Six or more serv-
6. Ringlet
ings per week of kale,
7. Seed covering
spinach, cooked
8. Torso
greens or salads. The headline is a
14. J.F.K. regulators
- Eat at least one clue to the answer
16. Tooth part
non-starchy vegeta- in the diagonal.
17. Choice word
ble per day in addi-
tion to the green leafy Oatmeal, brown rice, whole wheat bread or pasta.
vegetables. - Once a week, eat fatty fish like salmon, sardines, tuna, trout and mackerel.
- Twice a week, eat - Four times a week eat beans, lentils and soybeans.
berries such as blue- - Eat chicken or turkey twice per week. Avoid having them fried.
berries, raspberries - Drink one glass of wine daily but no more.
and blackberries.
- Five servings of The five foods to avoid:
nuts per week. - Butter and margarine. Eat less than 1 tablespoon daily.
- Use olive oil to - Cheese. No more than once per week.
cook. - Red meat. No more than three servings per week of beef, pork, or lamb.
- Three servings of - Fried food. No more than once per week.
whole grains daily: - Pastries and sweets. No more than four times per week.
“Why Stay At Home When You Can Go!”
Resolutions
Here are some resolutions that will make 2021 a Smartphone pinky joins
little more interesting. list of tech injuries
1 Learn some jokes.
Try to find a selection of one-liners that will work Cell Phone Elbow,
in a variety of situations. Find a longish joke that will Smartphone Neck Pain, Tex-
be suitable to tell at lunch with a friend. ting Claw and now
2 Learn a useful phrase in different languages. Smartphone Pinky, the new-
If you want laughs, learn something silly. With one est tech injury.
resolution, you tick off 'learn something new.' Done. No one has studied
3 Learn a new trick. Smartphone Pinky yet, but a
Instead of vowing to improve balance and get plethora of Twitter, Insta-
exercise, learn to juggle. You’ll get both. And a party gram and TikTok users claim it's real with photo-
trick.
graphic evidence.
4 Give yourself a big win.
Supposedly a dent appears in the little finger
For the big win, resolve something that you have
on the middle bone. Sometimes people say the
a good chance of accomplishing:
position of their pinky changes, or that the finger
- Spend more money on fun. If you break this
starts to sway downward from the knuckle.
resolution, you are saving more money.
You might check yours.
- Never buy another organizational basket. So, if
you do break down, you are getting organized. Although the supposed malady is debated,
- Never become a circus acrobat. Unless you are
notice that most people do hold their phones so
one now, this is a resolution you can keep. that the little finger takes most of the weight.
According to The Conversation, the change in
the little finger might well be just a soft tissue
A little help with the yard work compression from the constant weight of the
No matter what kind of house you get, sooner or
later, there's going to be yard work. According to phone. Unlike Cell Phone Elbow, no one has
Home Advisor, the average cost of landscaping in reported actual pain from the little finger.
2020 was $3,318. With Cell Phone Elbow, pain and tingling in
If that sounds plenty salty, imagine a $10 million the forearm and little finger come from holding
home. According to Business Insider, this property a mobile phone up to the ear or holding it while
will cost $100,000 or more per year, just for land-
lying in bed for a long time. The pain comes from
scaping.
the shoulder rubbing the ulnar nerve, one of the
Take these examples:
major nerves in the arm. Just six minutes of
- Michael Jackson. The lush gardens and
grounds of Neverland reportedly cost $95,000 per
those postures increases the strain on the nerve
month for the front of the house which, among other by 69 percent.
things, featured a lavish carpet of red and white flow- Texting Claw is a repetitive strain injury that
ers. presents as pain in the thumb and wrist. It
- At President Trump's Mar-a-Lago property, it costs comes from making small repetitive movement
more than $100,000 per year just to mow 20 acres of with the thumb against the screen. Reduced tex-
lawn, including two grass croquet courts and a
ting appears to alleviate the problem.
putting green, according to Lawn Starter. That would-
n't include lawn treatments or maintenance. It also Finally, neck pain can come from staring
takes a crew of five to 10 people to do it. down at a screen for a prolonged period, which
increases strain on the shoulder blade.
“Why Stay At Home When You Can Go!”
Memories from The Past
Crocheted Caps
For
Katy Memorial Hospital
Newborns
DAY TRIPS
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Leg Pain Could be Alarm for
Heart Health
Everyone gets a charley
horse now and again while
walking. But what if you
experience a painful cramp-
ing sensation more often
Martin Luther King Jr., Day than normal, or even every
January 18, 2021 time you walk? Claudication
— the medical term for leg
pain while walking — is a
common symptom of
...Auld Lang Syne peripheral artery disease
(PAD), an often undetected
and sometimes dangerous condition, according to
The celebration of the new year is the oldest of
the Harvard Heart Letter.
all holidays. The Babylonians celebrated about 4,000
PAD occurs when fatty deposits narrow and clog
years ago, though they had no written calendar. They
arteries outside of the heart, most often in the legs.
set the new year on about March 23, the time of year
While some people have mild or no symptoms,
that spring begins. The Romans celebrated the new
cramping in the arms or legs that starts during physi-
year at about the same time until Julius Caesar chose
cal activity and disappears after a few minutes of rest
January 1 in 46 BC.
occurs in some PAD patients, according to the Mayo
In English speaking countries, the song "Auld Lang
Clinic. Pain may also occur in the buttock, hip, thigh
Syne" has been sung at the stroke of midnight for
or calf, according to the Centers for Disease Control
hundreds of years. Written by Robert Burns, it was
and Prevention.
first published in 1796, but it has been described as
Other symptoms of peripheral artery disease in-
the song nobody knows.
clude: Muscle weakness; Hair loss;
If you are musically inclined, you could surprise
Smooth, shiny skin; Skin that is cool to the touch,
your friends by singing the last verses after they finish
especially if it occurs with pain while walking that
with the first two. There are two verses in between,
subsides after stopping; Decreased or absent pulses
but they have too many old English words.
Here it is then: in the feet; Persistent sores in the legs or feet; Cold
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never or numb toes.
brought to mind? Peripheral artery disease is often a sign of fatty
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and deposits in other areas of the body, which can
days of auld lang syne? reduce blood flow to the heart and brain, according
For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, to the Mayo Clinic. Contact your physician if you’re
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang experiencing these symptoms and over age 65; over
syne. age 50 and have a history of diabetes or smoking; or
And here's a hand, my trusty friend, and gies a
hand o' thine; under age 50, but have diabetes and other risk fac-
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang tors like obesity or high blood pressure.
syne. According to the CDC, a doctor may use a variety of
After this, repeat the first two verses. In case you tests and imaging techniques to diagnose this issue.
wondered, auld lang syne, loosely translated, Treatment may include aspirin or other antiplatelet
means medications, as well as lifestyle changes like tobacco
"old long ago" or cessation and exercise. In some cases, surgery may
"the good old days." be necessary.“Why Stay At Home When You Can Go!”
Seniors you are invited to attend...
Zoom & Virtual Activities
Monday
9:30 am-10:30 am, Seniors-Zoom Coffee Klatch w/Pat & Peggy, Social
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 279 859 0926 Password: 4H24Jz
11 am - Zoom/Virtual Body Boogie Exercise
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Meeting ID: 846 6369 6863 Password: 260604
10:00 am -Seniors-Zoom Songbirds/Singing w/Shirley & Cathy
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Meeting ID: 717 735 4655 Password: songbird
1:00 pm - Seniors—Comedy Hour (1st & 3rd Mondays)
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Meeting ID: 279 859 0926 Password: 4H24Jz
Tuesday
9 am - 10 am Doctor’s Committee, Second Tuesday, only once a month
Passcode: 4H24Jz
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Meeting ID: 279 859 0926 Passcode: 4H24Jz
9am - Tai-Chi Exercise (No Tai-Chi Exercise on the 2nd. Tuesday of each month)
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Meeting ID: 821 4649 1952 Password: 485920
10:30 am - Seniors-Virtual Tour ...we will have new tour each week
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Meeting ID: 862 9856 1855 Password: 530668
12 pm- Seniors-Zoom Senior Chit Chat w/Pat & Peggy
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Meeting ID: 862 9856 1855 Password: 530668
2:00 pm Katy Seniors on Broadway (1st. & 3rd. Tuesdays)
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Meeting
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Wednesday
11 am - Zoom Body Boogie Exercise
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MeetingID:84663696863 Password: 260604
9:30am - Seniors--Zoom Knitting & Crocheting…w/Betty & Beth
Go to Zoom & click join a meeting
Meeting ID: 385 865 6922 Password: 4bpddk“Why Stay At Home When You Can Go!”
Continue…
Wednesday
2pm - Virtual Bingo ...w/Pat & Peggy (1st. & 3rd. Wednesday )
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12:30pm –Line Dancing
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Meeting ID: 207 401 2178 Passcode: Tdance
Thursday
12:30 pm - Virtual Music & Entertainment ...different each week
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MeetingID:84196827964
Password: 634587
3:00 pm - Zoom Senior Chit Chat w/Pat & Peggy
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MeetingID:84196827964
Password: 634587
Friday NOTE: NO ACTIVITIES ON FRIDAY, January 1, 2021
9:30 am - Seniors-Zoom Coffee Klatch w/Pat & Peggy, Social Time
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Meeting ID: 279 859 0926
Password: 4H24Jz
10:00 am - Seniors-Zoom Songbirds/Singing w/Shirley & Cathy
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Meeting ID: 717 735 4655
Passcode: songbirds
11:00 am - Zoom Body Boogie Exercise
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MeetingID:84663696863
Password:260604
1:00 pm - Senior Virtual Events Are Added Here -as needed- on Friday afternoons
Invitations will be sent out when scheduled
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Special Zoom & Virtual Events Are Added As Needed During The Month…
We have a lot of activities and the occasional visit from the Mayor and City Council in the Koffee Klatch. The
events are a great way to stay active and see friends if you are stuck at home. We are traveling all over the
world in the Virtual Travel Tours and we visit Broadway for movies and plays. We just recently played the
stage play Memphis and we do old and new programs for Comedy Hour and games such as Virtual Bingo. We
also have your health in mind with the Doctor’s Committee, Body Boogie and Tai-Chi. If you need more
information, please call us at the Center, # 281-391-4837...then come online, we’d love to see you, Pat & PegJanuary, 2021
Woodsland Park Recreation Center -
#281.391.4414 443 Danover Katy, Texas 77494
At the time of this printing, the Fussell Senior
Center remains closed and we are uncertain
about our opening. But, please be advised that
our staff is still working. We are available to
answer your questions or concerns, Monday
through Friday 8 am—5:00 pm. Just give us a
call at our regular # 281-391-4837 or, you may
email us at: pdimmick@cityofkaty.com or
pbaker@cityofkaty.com..
City of Katy
Fussell Senior Citizen Center
2021 Advisory Board
“Why Stay At Home When You Can Go!”
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