Burnham Brook E-News
May Massage Special
Treat someone special with a massage
90 Minute Massages
$50 at Burnham Brook
$70 In Your Home
Available through May
Gift Cards Available! Call Petra White of Massage Pros
269-209-5969
Gardening Assistance
Habitat for Animal and Plant Preservation, Inc. and the Leila Arboretum Society have formed a partnership, offering members of Burnham Brook a unique opportunity this spring. A 10% discount on plants and landscape supplies, coupled with volunteers to assist with installation as well. Call Luke Lindsley to schedule your gardening needs, at 269-788-6696.
Volunteers Needed
If you are interested in gardening, we are
looking for someone to help Lucy in the
Burnham Brook Gardens.
Contact Marianne Drewry, 966-2566, ext. 330
Silver Saddles
Did you know that riding a horse increases flexibility, muscle tone and stamina, and also improves your mood, and posture. Sign up for this demonstration and informational session, presented by the Cheff Center.
Tuesday, June 10, 1pm
Free
Transportation to Cheff Center provided, sign up in the program office.
Big Brother Big Sister
Big Brother Big Sister of America is a national federation serving children and youth in all 50 states. We are looking at having the children come to Burnham Brook one day a month to spend time with a mentor. Mentors and children will have use of the woodshop, billiards, games, crafts and the fitness center, and of course you can always spend additional time outside of Burnham Brook. This is an opportunity for members to influence the lives of these children. Please contact the program department if you are interested in mentoring a child.
Bowling
Get together with your friends at Nottke’s. This is not a league, just friends getting together for an afternoon of bowling and socializing. Every third Thursday they will be serving a free lunch at noon. No need to sign up, just come out to bowl, and have a good time.
Every Thursday starting May 1
$5 per person to bowl
Senior Citizens Only
Billiards
Do you enjoy playing billiards? Our billiards area offers 3 tables (just newly finished) and cue sticks if you don’t have your own. The billiard area is open during the centers regular operating hours. Members are welcome to use the tables anytime. For the serious players, tournaments are held weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Members Only
Hobby Clubs
Hobby and Sports Sailing Club
Are you looking for a new hobby and a fun sport? Remote control sailing might be for you. This hobby is practiced all over the world. Model sailing is a safe, quiet, and challenging hobby that will provide you with many hours of enjoyment. The club will encourage the building and sailing of model sailboats.
Nationally there are 3,500 registered boats. Kits can be bought and constructed, and the cost can range from $300-$500 or less for already built boats. Control of the finished sailboat is accomplished using a simple two channel radio.
For more information in the club, please call Jerry Kohl 269-753-0468 or Rick Kohl at 734-604-9372. You can also see their display at our Spring Craft Show on June 14th.
Tackle Crafter’s Club
Do you build your own fishing rods or tie your own flies? Do you carve your own fishing lures or make spinner baits? Maybe you would just like to learn how. Join Paul Jakubiak monthly at the Tackle Crafter’s Club.
Third Wednesday, 6:30pm
Free to Member, $3 Non-member
Craft Room
Instructor: Paul Jakubiak
For more information, please contact Paul Jakubiak at 965-8352.
Introduction to Fly Fishing
Join Paul Jakubiak with Uncle Jake’s Flies, along with other volunteer fly fishers at this seminar covering the basics of fly fishing. Participants will learn about equipment, knots, casting and types of flies. This will take part along the Kalamazoo River so participants may bring waders and their own gear if they have it. Equipment will also be available for participants use. This event precedes the kick-off of a bigger project that will focus on introducing area youth to basic fishing skills. Paul’s goal is to hold future classes and outings that would help parents/grandparents learn how to take their kids fishing and to mobilize other area fishermen to actively help kids fish who may not otherwise have a chance. This initiative will be discussed briefly at the June 8th fly fishing seminar.
Anyone with experience that wishes to assist is invited to contact Paul. For more information or to pre-register, please contact Paul Jakubiak at 965-8352.
Sunday, June 8, 1-4:30pm
County Park/Bridge Park off Wattles Road
Music
Lew Boyd Band Practices
You are welcome to stop by and listen as the Lew Boyd Band rehearses Wednesday evenings in the Lew Boyd Room.
Wednesdays, 7-8pm
Note: The band does not practice the Wednesday following the Lew Boyd Dance.
Burnham Brook Singers
Do you enjoy singing? Share your talents with the Burnham Brook Singers. Rehearsals are held weekly in preparation for performances at local events, senior living facilities and more.
Fridays, 9:15-11:30am
All members welcome
Dances
Lew Boyd Dance
Dance the night away at our monthly swing dance, as you enjoy the big band sound of the Lew Boyd Band. The dances are open to the public, and adults of all ages are invited to join one of our upcoming dances.
Senior Prom - Friday, May 16, 7-10pm
Summer Romance - Friday, June 20, 7-10pm
$5 Members
$8 Non-members
Refreshments will be served.
Thursday Night Dance
Dick Day will be playing for your listening and dancing pleasure with his variety of great tunes. Bring all your friends for a great time!
All dances 7-10pm
$5 Members, $8 Non-members
Thursday, May 22 -
Bring your daughter (& son-in-law) for Mother’s Day-free
Thursday, May 29 –
Old fashion round dancing during the evening!
Thursday, June 12 -
Bring your son (& daughter-in-law) for Father’s Day-free
Thursday, June 26 –
School’s out! Bring your great grandchildren and let them
see how Grandpa and Grandma can boogie!
Free for grandchildren
Burnham Brook Members must present membership badges at all dances to receive membership discount.
More Games
Bingo Bucks
Wednesdays, 1pm., .20 cents per card.
Do you enjoy playing bingo, but just can’t afford it? Bingo Bucks is played just like cash bingo, but each card is $.20 and you receive “Bingo Bucks” instead of cash. These bingo bucks can be used for classes, memberships, or events at Burnham Brook. We are also looking into making this a grocery bingo down the road, so come play bingo as you socialize with friends.
Mah Jongg
Fridays, 1-3:30pm
American Version
Bring your own card, or purchase a card for $7.
Mah Jongg is a game traditionally played by the Chinese, but here at Burnham Brook we play the American Version. Mah Jongg involves skills, strategy, and calculation, as well as a certain degree of chance.
BUNCO
Tuesdays, 1-3pm
Do you enjoy playing BUNCO? We had the idea given to us to start a BUNCO league and we listened to our members!! All you need to do is show up. All materials needed to play the game will be provided. We hope that our members will come join this new program and have a great time. If you don’t know how to play, don’t worry, we will teach you. Sign up in the program office – we need at least four players to play.
Horse Shoes
We found horseshoe pits! Come spring and summer we will have the pits cleaned and ready for play. We also found the horseshoes, and if you like to play – get a group together and let us know! The program department will then get a tournament started.
Video Games For The Young At Heart
The Nintendo’s Wii system is getting seniors active in a virtual world full of sports. Thanks to Matt Schell of Lakeview High School, Burnham Brook will be receiving a Wii system for our members. Matt is working on obtaining his Eagle Scout Rank for Troop 355 and has chosen Burnham Brook for his project. Through fundraising projects, Matt will purchase a Wii system, and install it at Burnham Brook for our members. Matt will also be holding a demonstration to show us how it works on Sat., May 10, from 9-10am and 1-2pm.
With the Nintendo Wii system, players are able to be active without a lot of stress to their bodies. Traditionally video games have you sitting with a remote, but the Wii system is different. It has a motion-sensitive controller, which allows players to act out the game play. Wii sports games offer low-impact exercise with a full range of motion that’s similar to tai chi or chair aerobics, only these games are more fun, and it brings just as many men out as it does women. Nintendo also offers the new Wii Fit game; it can measure a player’s body mass index and uses a “balancing board” to encourage exercise through games like bowling, tennis, golf and skiing. Many senior communities around the nation are holding leagues using the Wii system.
The Wii is part of a trend called “nana-technology”: technology your grandma can use. We are very excited for this to get started at Burnham Brook and will keep you updated as to when this will be starting.
Dance Classes
Social Dance
Calling all singles! Calling all couples! Come out and boogie, meet new friends and get a great workout. Colleen Burke can get you on your way. Learn all the dances from the Fox Trot, East Coast Swing, Waltz, Cha Cha, and Rumba.
Every Monday Evening
6:30-8:30pm
$2 Members, $4 Non-members (Pay at the Door)
Instructor: Colleen Burke
Tap Dance
Learn to tap like Fred Astaire! With over 20 years of experience Sheri Rarick teaches Tap Dance to the young at heart. Classes go through spring and will pick back up in the fall.
Every Monday, 10-11am
$20 Members, $30 Non-members
Instructor: Sheri Rarick
Line Dance
If Social Dance is not your thing – try country line dancing with Bob Meredith.
Every Monday, 2-4pm
$2 Members, $4 Non-members (Pay at the Door)
Instructor: Bob Meredith
Weaving & Fiber Art
by Anna Stevens
Warp, weft, weave? No, it’s not just an alliteration but rather a series of fun classes taught by Kathy Berlincourt at Burnham Brook Community Center. She brings to her students not only knowledge but a genuine love of fiber arts.
Kathy is well known in the area for her talent at weaving and other crafty arts involving the use of various fibers.
It’s a romance that started when she was a young girl and has evolved over the years into a passion for using the beauty of fibers to create useful as well as fanciful items.
Kathy began as a young girl weaving pot holders on a small frame loom and over the years her passion for the fiber arts became her life “calling”.
She tells about trading a kiln for her first loom. In 1996, she began weaving shawls on a triangle loom. Her weaving has progressed over the years to the point where she has a house full of looms. She has
even begun making her own looms out of PVC pipe.
Kathy job coaches at Goodwill Industries when needed as well as teaches classes at the Art Center.
Weaving, as do many crafts, brings a sense of tranquility to the individual that is often hard to find in our daily lives. You learn to focus on the job at hand and put aside the pressures in your life. Give yourself a special gift and participate in one of the classes that Kathy offers at Burnham Brook.
There is a skill level for us all, ranging from the making of flowers out of scrap fabric, pulled string weaving, a braided rug class to rug twining.
A more detailed description of Kathy’s classes as well as dates and times are listed on the following page.
We hope many of you will join us for a class that is sure to enhance your appreciation of fibers.
Kathy will provide everything you need to get started for a nominal materials fee. The only thing that you will need to bring to class is your creativity. Be prepared to have a great time.
Card Games
Bid Whist
Monday - Friday, 9am-12pm
Bid Whist is a partnership trick-taking game. It is played with a standard 52 card deck plus 2 jokers. One is the Big Joker and one is the Little Joker. There are 4 players consisting of two teams of two, each player sits opposite their partner. The object of the game is to reach a score of 7 or more points or force the other team to go negative 7 or more points. Points are scored by bidding for and winning tricks, which in this game are called books.
Pinochle
Tuesdays, 1pm, Dining Room,
Call Irene Hornfeck at 962-4784
Pinochle is a trick-taking game typically for two, three, or four players and played with a 48 card deck. Derived from the card game Bezique, players score points by trick-taking and also by forming combinations of cards into melds. Each hand is played in three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks.
“Evening” Euchre
Tuesdays, 4-6:30pm
Euchre
Thursdays, 12:30-3:30pm, Country Kitchen
Euchre is a trick-taking card game most commonly played with four people in two partnerships with a deck of 24 standard playing cards. It is closely related to the French game Ecarete and it may be sometimes referred as ‘Knock Euchre” to distinguish it from Bid Euchre. Jacks are high in this card game with nothing lower than a “10”.
Men’s Bridge Club
Mondays, 12-3pm
Friday Contract Bridge
Fridays, 1pm, Members only
(If you do not have a partner, they will pair you up with someone.)
This is a trick-taking card game of skill and chance. It is played by four players who from two partnerships; the partners sit opposite each other. The game consists of the auction (often called bidding) and play, after which the hand is scored. Much of bridge’s popularity owes to the possibility that it can be played in tournaments of an arbitrarily large number of players.
Arts & Crafts
Please register in the Program Department for craft and woodshop classes at least 7 days in advance unless otherwise indicated. Payment is due at the time of registration. Non-member rates are available for most classes. Please call (269) 966-2566 ext. 320 to sign up for all classes. Please view our class samples that are located in the glass cabinets in the lobby area.
Knitting and Crocheting Lessons
Would you like help starting a project? Are you in the middle of a project that you can’t seem to finish? Iva can help! Enjoy the company of friends as you work on your project, with Iva at your side to help you when needed.
September-May
Thursdays, 1-4pm
$5 Members, $7 Non-members
Instructor: Iva McKeown
Beading Workshop
Bring your bead projects and enjoy beading as you share ideas and socialize with friends. This workshop meets every third Monday of the month. February-June
6:30-8:30pm in the Country Kitchen
Free to Members, $3 Non-members
Instructor: Cindy Bumford
One Stroke Painting - Painted Birdhouse
Just in time for spring! Instructor Cindy Bumford will help you paint a birdhouse for your feathered friends. You bring the birdhouse and she will show you the technique of one stroke painting to make your birdhouse your own.
Wednesday, May 21, 1-3pm
$10 Members, $15 Non-members
One Stroke Painting - Card Crafting
Make a birthday card, create a scrap book design or decorate a gift bag. This card crafting class will teach you a one-stroke painting method that you can use to create gift cards and more.
Wednesday, June 18, 1-3pm
$10 Members, $15 Non-members
All One Stroke Painting classes are taught by instructor, Cindy Bumford. Please pick up your material list in the program department at time of registration.
Braided Rug Class
This is an entry level class. The students will complete a hand braided rug. The fun part of this class is two fold in that we will be using reclaimed polar fleece materials and making a straight rug. There will be no corners to turn and no increasing, just a very fun easy way to make a braided rug. 5 week class.
Tuesday, June 10-July 8, 10am-2pm
$25 Members, $30 Non-members
Material Fee: $10
Instructor: Kathy Berlincourt
Tube Bead Bracelet Class
Create colorful handmade beads using paper and surgical tubing. Mix the beads with assorted glass beads to create a beautiful stretch bracelet. Glass beads will be available to purchase at the class, and all other materials will be provided.
Monday, June 30
5-6:30pm
$10 Members, $15 Non-members
Instructor: Michelle Brubaker
Upcoming Craft Classes!
Stamping Club
More info to come in July
One Stroke Painting
July – Garden Keep
August – Patio Stone
September – Trash to Treasure
October – Glass Painting
November – Candle
Volunteer Corner
Up-coming Dates to Remember
Woodshop Certification - Mondays at 1pm Sign-up in the Woodshop.
· Committee Meeting Reminder: We need your feedback and new ideas!
· Receptionists and Program Desk, Wednesday, June 25, 1:30pm.
· Membership Development Meeting, Wednesday, June 18, 2pm.
*Please note that the committee meetings are now being held every other month.
Volunteer Opportunities
We have several opportunities for volunteers. If you would like to help out at the receptionist desk or program desk we need subs! You will be fully trained by our staff and on an on-call basis. We are also in need of volunteers for the following upcoming events:
May 15 – Health Fair booth
June 14 – Car Show/Craft Show
Volunteer Reminder
Please remember to sign-in on your volunteer sheet at the front desk. We want to make sure that you receive credit for your hours served. Any questions or concerns should be directed to Marianne Drewry, Program Coordinator, 966-2566, ext. 330.
P.S. If you are a current or retired
Kellogg employee, please let us know!
Congratulations to our 2007 Volunteer
Award Winners
Woodshop - Malcolm Young
Billiards - Tim Westover
Program Desk - Pat Heinrich
Cafeteria Worker - Raymond Whitman
Newest Volunteer - Sandy Davis
Front Desk - James Wright
Dance - Jean Huling
Husband & Wife Team - Arnold & Lucy Stucky
Burnham Brook Singers - Onda Bonke
Arts & Crafts - Cindy Bumford
All Around Award - Anna Stevens
Pres Kool Award - Debbie Brenne
NEW! Premium Community Wellness Membership
Our new Premium Community Wellness Membership includes all the perks of Burnham Brook’s Basic and Fitness Memberships plus a community wellness pass to 3 different aquatic classes at the Battle Creek YMCA, walking tracks at Full Blast and Pennfield High School, pool time for open and lap swim at Harper Creek and Lakeview Schools and Kellogg Community College. Purchase or upgrade your membership in the Burnham Brook Program Office.
The Premium Community Wellness Pass includes use of the following locations:
Pennfield Schools
Fitness
FREE to pass holders that live in the district
M,W,F, 5:30-8:30am
M-F, 5-8pm
Saturday 10am-3pm
Sundays CLOSED
Memorial Day through September
Full Blast
Walking Track
M-F, 6am-7pm
Saturday, 9am-1pm
Through December 2008
Battle Creek YMCA
Pool Use Only - Aquatic Classes
M,W,F, 7:30-8:15am, Water Aerobics
M,W, F, 9-9:45am, Arthritis Exercise
T, Th, 3:30-4:15pm, Water Aerobics
Must Register for classes in Burnham Brook Program Office
Through December 2008
Harper Creek Public Schools
Open Swimming
Wed. & Sat., 7-9pm
Classes available at no cost - Times TBA
Lakeview Middle School
Open Swim / Lap (Pool 85 degrees)
T, Th, 2-3pm, June 10-July 24
Closed the week of July 4th
Kellogg Community College
Open Swimming/Lap
M,W, 10am-12pm
T, Th, 3-5pm
Start date to be announced