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The Week Ahead -- Sunday, November 3, 2024 | |
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Table of Contents
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- GIDG To Discuss Iran at Meeting Tomorrow
- Military Discussion Group: the Crimean War
- Y's Men Play and Enjoy Ping Pong Every Monday
- Classical Music Society Focuses on Aaron Copland
- This Thursday Y's Men Meet at The Westport Library
- Art and Music of the Grateful Dead Explored
- Entries for Expo 21 Photo Contest End Thursday
- Fire Department Requests Help for Hurricane
- Woman's Club Seeks Funds For Coats and Blankets
- Eyeglasses Needed to Help Others
- Upcoming Trips Announced by T&E Committee
- Y's Men Holiday Party Set for December 19
- How to Order Free Covid-19 At Home Tests
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GIDG to Discuss Iran at Meeting Tomorrow
At its meeting two weeks ago, the Global Issues Discussion Group (GIDG) had a lively discussion of the many issues facing and occurring in the Middle East. No solutions were proposed that were accepted by the group, but many ideas were floated.
According to Moderator Frank Wood, "We agreed that there is more to discuss. Moreover, we want to focus closely on Iran. Perhaps by then Israel would have retaliated. Whether Yes or No there will be much to discuss about the outcome or the prospects of an attack."
GIDG meets tomorrow (Monday, November 4) at the Saugatuck Congregational Church at 9:00 am.
For more information, contact Frank at fwood227@gmail.com.
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Crimean War Subject of Military Discussion Group
The Crimean War, its causes, and its aftermath will be the topic at the Y's Men Military Discussion Group when it meets tomorrow (Monday, November 4). Fought from 1853 to 1856, the Crimean War pitted the Russian Empire against an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia-Piedmont
The Group, led by Jon Fox, will meet at 10:00 am upstairs at the Saugatuck Congregational Church.
For additional information, contact Jon at jonfox06880@gmail.com.
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Y's Men Come Out, Play, and Enjoy Ping Pong Every Monday | |
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About a half dozen Y's Men play ping pong on Mondays at the Senior Center.
Usually six to eight Y's Men meet regularly every Monday from 2:30 to 4:00 pm to play and enjoy ping pong at the Westport Center for Senior Activities. They form the Y's Men Ping Pong Group which is encourging other Y's Men to join them.
Each Monday, Holly Betts, assistant directgor of the Center, makes sure two tables are set up for the Y's Men. Unfortunately, many of the regulars have had surgeries that deal with chronic stiffness and other maladies that come with aging. For example, Group Captain Steve Eliot is recovering from three major surgeries and a spinal cord infection. In his day Steve was college champion at Trinity College four years in a row. To play now, he uses a wheelchair.
The Group is considering an intra-group tournament, and Steve is exploring the possibility of some matches against other towns. As a result, he has the team on a strict training schedule: They must walk around the table twice, simulate backhands and forehands with five pound weights, and stick to a 6,000 calorie per day diet. He must be kidding, but to make sure and to find out more about Y's Men Ping Pong, contact Steve at steliot@aol.com.
To play, you must register with the Center which takes only a minute.
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Classical Music Society
Discusses Copland This Tuesday
The Y's Men Classical Music Society will again dip into the classical music TV series “Keeping Score” by Michael Tilson Thomas. This time to examine Aaron Copland and the American Sound at its next meeting Tuesday, November 5, 2:45 to 4:15 pm, Westport Center for Senior Activities.
In the segment, Conductor Thomas focuses on Copland, widely known as the "Dean of American Composers." He shows how Copland wrote classical music in his own special way "capturing the energy of America's bustling cities and the vast quiet of its empty plains."
Non-members and new members are welcome. Reservations required. Contact Ed Bloch at 203-227-4920 or edbloch71@gmail.com.
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This Thursday Y’s Men Meet at The Westport Library
For Consumer Reports Presentation
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The regular Thursday morning meeting of the Y's Men shifts to The Westport Library this week (on November 7) for a special presentation at 10:00 am on "Why Consumer Reports Is More Important Than Ever."
The Y's Men, in association with The Library, bring in Consumer Reports experts Ellen Kunes, Barrie Rosen, and Jen Shecter for an inside look at how CR delivers the key decision information you need through Consumer Reports magazine. Consumer Reports always has your back when it comes to the information you need to make the right decisions on, well, virtually everything!
Invite your spouse and friends as this Y's Men presentation is open to the public and should not to be missed.
Coffee and donuts wil be available prior to the meeting.
| Cultural Impact of the Grateful Dead Presented Last Week | |
Dr. Philip Eliasoph at last Thursday's meeting.
Photo by Ted Horowitz
Think you’ve been fooling anyone with your Ivy League haircut and business casual clothes? That it’s not obvious you’ve spent six hours at a stretch on your feet with the best band of the Sixties, the Grateful Dead?
Academic, critic and polymath Dr. Philip Eliasoph spoke to the Y’s Men last Thursday about his lifelong study of the Grateful Dead, examining the San Francisco phenomenon through the lenses of art history, mythic narrative, and Pop cultural consumerism.
He called his approach post-modernist to the Dead’s intersection of music, political protest and capitalist creativity. This was one of the most intriguing and introspective looks into an iconic American Band.
Watch this video to learn about the historic impact the Grateful Dead has had on American society, to this day. You will enjoy it!
| Entry Period for Expo 21 Photo Contest Ends Thursday |  | |
Northern Lights
Photo by Ted Horowitz
Our 21st Annual Photo Contest is open only to Y’s Men members and our wives, plus participants at the Westport Center for Senior Activities. In short, Expo 21 is only for shooters old enough to have decided what’s good – or not!
The period for submitting entries will end this Thursday (November 7).
If you’ve entered before (or a first-timer) be sure to read the new rules click here. As always, your three photos have to be mounted to a precise size and delivered to one of our meetings or to the Senior Center. The entry fee has been waived and a new honest category has been added “Highly Manipulated.”
That label applies to too many photos we see in shows now. They are heavily edited with software to make, for example, the most spectacular sunset ever seen on the planet and like no reality the photographer ever did see – just imagined.
The rules are specific about photos fitting in this category which “look more like art than a depiction of reality.” Welcome to the new era of creative photography. Nothing wrong with being creative with photographs, except when not labeled as such and viewers are deceived. Expo 21 is requiring labels.
Judging will take place on Tuesday, November 12, and the entries will be on display at the Senior Center from Friday, November 15 through January 2025.
Please don’t wait for the last minute to enter. It takes some time.
| Westport Firefighters Need Our Help to Help Hurricane Victims |  | |
Westport firefighters are collecting much needed supplies and monetary donations to assist residents in North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene. They are filling a trailer and traveling South to help support the hurricane victims.
Needed Items include:
Food, bottled water, contractor-size trash bags, blankets, first aid supplies,feminine hygiene products, diapers and baby clothes, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, paper towels, bleach, shovels, brooms, gloves, coolers, propane, cook stoves, flashlights, batteries, fans, dehumidifiers, and generators.
Drop items off at Fire Department Headquarters at 515 Post Road East at any time.
Checks can be made out to "Westport UFCF" with Hurricane Relief in the Memo section and dropped off at Fire Department Headquarters.
Mail donations to Westport UFCF "Hurricane Relief," PO Box 5182, Westport CT 06881, or go to www.wufcf.org/donate-now to make an online donation and be sure to note that it is for the Hurricane Relief effort.
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Donations Needed to Purchase Coats and Blankets | |
The Westport Woman's Club is raising funds which it will use to purchase coats and blankets for those affected by the recent hurricanes. A $100.00 donation provides one coat and two blankets for someone in need. | |
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You may be able to read this, but many others can’t.
They need your help, and now it’s easy for you to give it to them.
Please bring your unused glasses, whether prescription or just readers, and drop them in the donation box at tomorrow morning's meeting.
The more pairs you bring, the more people you help, so bring in those unused glasses, or you will have to answer to Jon Fox.
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Remembering COVID-19, and Getting Free
The Test Kits You Still Need
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The last days of the Presidential election brought TV news reports reliving the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was shocking how much had been forgotten.
The stumbling efforts to get organized; the fights over masks; and then the relentless surge after surge of deaths with finally 1,200,000 Americans estimated to have died.
Though the pandemic is over, COVID is still very much with us. Just about everyone knows someone in Westport and Weston who has gotten gotten sick from it since Labor Day.
The Federal government knows it, too, which is why every household in the country is eligible again to get four at-home tests absolutely free, including shipping.
Just click on this link https://special.usps.com/testkits and follow the simple instructions to get your four rapid antigen tests, just like the ones you’ve probably used many times before.
You may recall the FDA found many of the “expiration” dates printed on these boxes were too early. The website has lists of the new dates. Best to write them on the box since who could possibly remember in six months?
While diagnosis is great, protection is Job #1: Time to get vaccinated for COVID and flu.
Do it now and critically a week before those crowded Thanksgiving dinners with those darling little petri dishes who call you Grandpa.
COVID is still the third biggest killer after heart disease and cancer. Flu is fifth. You can get both vaccines at the same time at your pharmacy. A double is safe for most but check with your provider.
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