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Page 6 Lakeland Senior Center Lakeland Senior Center is located at 4527 Canada Road For a complete list of Senior Center activities, including calendar updates, visit www.lakeland tn.gov, Residents, Parks & Recreation, then click on “Just for Seniors.” Computer Basics Classes Tuesdays, May 13th, June , 17th 3:30 - 5 p.m. Lakeland resident Howard Chick, and an experienced assistant, will provide instruction for beginners on Tuesdays beginning midMay (six classes). There will be an Advanced Computer class on June 24th. The Lakeland Senior Center has a limited number of laptops available on a reservation and first-come, first-serve basis. Participants should bring their own laptops, if possible. To reserve a laptop or for more information, contact Senior Programs at 901-867-2717. FREE Hearing Screening & Seminar Wednesday, May 21st 12:30-1:30 p.m. Joe Pickler & Gary Dixon from Zounds Hearing seniornotes Centers will be holding a free seminar on the facts and effects of hearing loss on lifestyle and health. Free hearing screenings will also offered. There will be a c o mp l i m e n t a r y l u n c h provided (Lenny’s Subs). Please RSVP at least a week in advance, if possible, to 901-867-2717. The support of health-related programs ensures other providers will continue to offer free health clinics at the Senior Center. Arlington Senior Citizens Center The Arlington Senior Citizens Center is located at 6265 Chester St. For additional information, contact the Arlington Senior Citizens Centerat 867-7698 o r b y e - m a i l (brussell@townof arlington.org) Exerise Classes: Mon.Wed.-Fri. MAGI—Thursdays in May at 10:00 am singing, a movie, a pot luck lunch and games immediately after. Tuesday, May 13 12:002:00pm Charles Norman performs Friday, May 23 11:30 am Scrap-booking 38002.com theview theview May 2014 The Marines Have Landed! Make and Take: Advanced Care Plan (Living Will) Wednesday, May 21 11:00 am A presentation by Baptist Hospital’s Eleanor Farber J.D. LCSW advanced Care Planner will be given at the Town of Arlington Senior Center on May 21st at 11:00 a.m. Farber will be at the center to assist anyone that would like to create and finish a living will, which is now called an Advanced Care Plan. According to the Senior Center, “many seniors do not have a living will and are sometimes slow in making the decision to prepare one. There are many factors that can place seniors in a situation where we may have to take care of someone, or where they themselves might become incapacitated. An advanced care plan lets seniors make those decisions, taking that burden away from those they love..” Ms. Farber will explain the different parts of the Advanced Care Plan and guide participants step by step in filling it out at no charge. Participants will be able to leave the center with a vital part of their health care planning completed. Special to THE VIEW 38002 Arlington Chapter of the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities (APTA) Rachel H. K. Burrow Museum--Open Sat., May 17, 10am-4pm New exhibits: Music in Arlington, Banking Over Time For the enemies of the United States, those are the last four words they want to hear. However, for Marines and supporters of the United States Marine Corps in northeast Shelby County, those four words should be music to their ears. About a year ago, the Walter K. Singleton Marine Corps League, Detachment 476 began holding their monthly meetings at Highland Heights Presbyterian Church located at 2855 Morning Sun Road (near Hwy 64). The detachment is named in honor of Walter Keith Singleton a United States Marine Sergeant who was born in Shelby County. Sergeant Singleton was killed in action in Vietnam in 1967 and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, this nation’s highest military honor, for his heroism during the war. The members of the detachment include veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The detachment’s membership also includes numerous recipients of some of this nation’s highest military awards, medals and citations. The detachment is actively involved in the Marine Corps’ annual Toys for Tots campaign and sponsors scholarships for Marines and the children of Marines. The members also participate in numerous other activities and events that serve and honor our country’s veterans and their families. The detachment meets the third Tuesday of each month at 1900hrs (7:00pm civilian time). If you are interested in joining or supporting the detachment, please contact the detachment’s Commandant, Al DeWitt at 901-6524 8 5 8 o r a m de witt4 7 @co mcast.net. Information is also available on the group’s website at www.mcldet476.com. Memorial Day Service, Mon., May 26, 9am, at Arlington Cemetery Miss Meta Marley taught music in Arlington in the early 1900s. She played piano, even in her later years after she lost her hearing. Miss Marley did not marry and lived in her family home on Chester Street. The closeup of Miss Marley is from a photograph of her music class in ca. 1910. The class picture (with the names of the students in the class) is part of the “Music in Arlington” exhibit at the Rachel H. K. Burrow Museum on May 17.