Senior Moments - January 2012

For more information and/or to register for all IVGID Senior Programs:
CALL: (775)832-1310,
CLICK: http://www.inclinerecreation.com/ to register online or
COME IN: Incline Village Parks & Recreation Center, 980 Incline Way, Incline Village
 

Active Adult 55+ Ski Clinics

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Day:       Wednesdays
Dates:   January 25
               February 1, 8, 15, 29 (will not meet February 22)
               March 7, 14, 21 continuing through the end of the season
Time:    9:00am - 9:45am Meet for a Social/Continental Breakfast in the Loft Bar of the Diamond Peak Main Lodge
              10:00am - 12:00pm - Join PSIA Certified Instructors for Ski Clinics
Where:  Diamond Peak Ski Resort                            

Fee:     $169 Clinic Pass good for all sessions*
             $23 for a single session*
*Must have a Diamond Peak Season Pass or daily lift ticket to participate.  Daily lift tickets will be available for purchase at the Loft Bar from 9:00am – 9:45am on each clinic day. Standard ticket prices apply.    

Fee Includes:  A Continental Breakfast and 2 hour ski lesson. Class size is limited and may sell out. Pre-registration is strongly suggested.

To Register:  Call (775)832-1310
                        Click www.Inclinerecreation.com
                        Come In to the Incline Village Recreation Center, 980 Incline Way

Clinics, for intermediate and above skill levels, are designed to improve skills, introduce skiers to new techniques and equipment and encourage skiers to continue skiing later in life.  Beginners will be accommodated in Beginner Ski School group lessons at the Active Adult 55+ Ski Clinic Price.

Catch a ride with the 55+ Senior Transportation Program!

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Catch a ride with the 55+ Senior Transportation Program! The suggested roundtrip minimum donation per senior (55+) rider is $3.00 + an additional charge of .50 for subsequent destinations. Special request on-demand transportation is available for same-day roundtrip fee of $25.00 per senior (55+) rider Monday through Saturday.  All reservation requests can be made by contacting the Recreation Counter at (775)832-1310 and require a minimum of 24 hours advance notice.

• Tuesdays
 Carson City- January 10th and 24th       
Reno- January 3rd, 17th, and 31st
 
• Wednesdays
 Local- January 11th and 25th 
 Local/Truckee/Kings Beach- January 4th and 18th   

Conversation Café – Ongoing every Thursday from 10:00am-11:00am

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Meet us at Aspen Grove, 960 Lakeshore Blvd for the next Conversation Café. Lively discussion, interesting people & good food make this the most talked about senior activity in the Village! A nutritious continental breakfast is served for $2.00 per person. Scholarships for breakfast are available by calling (775)832-1302. Do you have a Conversation Café topic you would like to moderate? If so, please contact IVGID Senior Programs at (775)832-1310. Please note- Participant suggested topics and volunteer moderators are subject to change.
The preselected topics for this month are:

January 5th:    Career Paths- How you got to where you are now
January 12th:  Current Events
January 19th:  Term limits
January 26th:  Your movie choice for the 84th Annual Academy Award

The Incliners

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IVGID’s first senior program provides social and educational opportunities for seniors 49+. The club meets at the Chateau from 5:30pm-9:00pm on the first and third Tuesday of the month.

• Potluck Dinner and Bingo- Tuesday, January 3rd         
• catered HOLIDAY dinner - Tuesday, January 17th           

Reservations are required for the catered dinner by January 13th and can be made by calling Sharon Matthews, Reservations Chairman, at (775) 831-1258 or by mailing a check made payable to Incliners, PO Box 3244, Incline Village, NV 89450.  For Incliner membership information contact Membership Chair, Gene Brockman (775) 831-3798. Visit http://www.inclinerstahoe.com

IVGID Senior Programs & SNC partner for Award-Winning Lifelong Learning Opportunities!

Lifelong Learning Program at Sierra Nevada College -The SNC (Sierra Nevada College)/IVGID Lifelong Learning Program allows residents over the age of 60 to register (space available) in up to three Fall undergraduate courses at SNC on a non-degree seeking basis. The cost is $35 per credit. Inquire about registration at the Office of Registrar’s located on the second floor of David Hall on the SNC campus, 999 Tahoe Blvd. Bring your photo i.d. Registration begins at 9:00am and ends at 4:30pm on January 13th.  Spring classes will begin on January 17th. For more information, please call (775) 831-1314 or visit http://www.sierranevada.edu/.

The Digital Photography Club

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Join us for our regular club meetings on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month (this month: January 5th and 19th) from 6:00pm-7:30pm at Aspen Grove, 960 Lakeshore. Please bring recent photos, either digital or prints, to share and discuss with the group, and as always any questions you might have. Discussion led by Jim Markle. Dessert will be available for a suggested donation of $1.00. See you there!

Digital Photography Club Field trip to the Carmel Gallery & Downtown Truckee’s First Friday Event

On Friday, February 3, join IVGID Senior Programs Digital Photography Club and S.T.E.P. Out on a fieldtrip to the Carmel Gallery in Truckee, CA where we will view the wonderful pieces the gallery has on display and listen to a presentation by one of the gallery’s art consultants.  Following the gallery we will enjoy free food, drink and music at Truckee’s monthly First Friday event! Meet at the Recreation Center Lobby at 4pm and we will return at approximately 9pm. Pre-registration is required by 5pm on Thursday, February 2nd. You can register online at www.inclinerecreation.com, by phone by calling 775-832-1310, or by visiting the Recreation Center at 980 Incline Way. Cost is $5.00 for pass-holders and $6.25 for non-pass holders and includes transportation and admission into the gallery. Don’t forget your camera!

Senior Snowshoe Hike Series

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Trekkers of all abilities are welcome to join IVGID Senior Programs for a light to moderate social snowshoe through the beautiful Tahoe mountainside- weather and snow permitting! Beginning January 3rd we will meet each Tuesday throughout the winter at the Rec. Center at 10:00am and enjoy a trek through the beautiful Tahoe landscape. Directly following the snowshoeing we will enjoy a social buffet style lunch at Patterson Dining Hall located on the campus of Sierra Nevada College. Bring your daypack, camera, water, snowshoes, poles, goggles/sunglasses and winter apparel.  Fee includes snowshoe hike, transportation and lunch. *With or without snow, we will start the hike series as planned on January 3rd. Dress warmly and bring your yak trax just in case we encounter patches of snow or ice!

Participant Fee: $16.00
IVGID Photo I.D. Pass Holder Fee: $13.50

Community Snowshoe Hike

This award winning event encourages exercising in an intergenerational social setting for ages 9+* and is part of the Community Health and Wellness Outreach Initiative. There will be light fare available for those who would like to purchase dinner at the top. Meet at Diamond Peak’s upper parking lot at 5:00pm. We will return around 9:00pm. Visit our website or call (775) 832-1310 for information. Pre-registration is required. A late registration fee of $5 will apply after noon on the day of the event.

Day:                     Friday
Dates:                  February 10, March 9
Time:                   5:00pm - 9:00pm
Fee per hike:       Adult $13 / Seniors 55+ and ages 9-14 $10 /  Family of 4 $35
                            w/IVGID Pass - Adult $10/ seniors 55+ and ages 
                            9-14 $8.00 /$28 for a family of 4
Location:             Diamond Peak Ski Resort Main Lodge 
*Check out Parents night out for family members under 9 years of age.
 

Fitness at the Incline Village Recreation Center– 55+ Classes

 

• 55+ Fitness Tue & Thurs 11:10am (group fitness)*
• 55+ Yoga Wed 11:10am (group fitness)*
• Yoga Mon & Fri 11:10am (group fitness)*
• Zumba ®  at the Rec. Center.  Mon 9:00-10:00am, Tuesdays 5:10-6:00pm (new), Thurs 12:15 – 1:15pm and Saturdays 11:10 – 12:10pm. Free to IV Rec. Center Members; Drop-in Fees apply to all other participants
• All aqua fitness classes now honor the 55+ friendly rate. The aqua fitness schedule is:
    •    7:00 - 8:00am - Liquid Cardio -  Mon, Wed, & Fri
    •    9:30 - 10:30 -  Combo Mon-Sat
    •    10:45 - 11:45am - H20 Basics

•    *All 11:10am (M-F) Group Fitness Classes and all Aqua Fitness Classes honor the 55+ Friendly Drop-In Rate of $10.00/Visitors and $5.00/IVGID Pass Holder participants. All group and aqua fitness classes are free to Recreation Center members. Senior memberships at the Recreation Center start at $23/week (IVGID Photo I.D. Pass Holders) $37/week (Participants) and $59/month (IVGID Photo I.D. Pass Holders) $71/month (Participants).
•    Fitness Room Attendants are available Monday-Friday from 9:00am–11:00am and 3:30pm – 6:00pm and Saturday from 9:00am -11:00am.
•    Personal Training and Massage Therapy services are available by appointment.  Contact the Host Counter for Massage Therapy appointments & rates 775-832-1300 or call Pandora to discuss Personal Training appointments & rates at 775-832-1350.
•    Looking for an alternative workout? Try Cardio Cycle & Core or Cardio Cycle & Strength! These classes combine non-impact cycling with a core workout or traditional small weight and resistance apparatus strength conditioning: 35 minutes cycling and 25 minutes core or strength conditioning. Check the Group Fitness Schedule for days and times. 

Save the Date!

S.T.E.P. Out and Digital Photo Club Field Trip to the Carmel Gallery and Downtown Truckee’s First Friday Event.  Friday, February 3rd 4pm-9pm. 

Classic Movies at the Library. Saturday, February 25th 2pm-5pm: “An Affair to Remember.”

Environmental Novelist Li Miao Lovett visits Sierra Nevada College February 10-11.
Book signing, and reception on Friday, February 10 at 7 pm. Fiction writing workshop from 9-noon on Saturday, February 11. Writers in the Woods literary series continues to bring great writers and writing workshops to the Tahoe community

Transportation Sustainability at Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences at SNC. February 23rd 6pm-7pm.  With Dan Sperling, Director UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies and Tom Turrentine, Director UC Davis Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Research Center

The return of the Active Adult 55+ Ski Clinics Wednesdays at Diamond Peak...Details to follow! 

Community Events

 eLearning Café Ongoing Classes and Activities
• Tuesdays 9:30am: Computer Literacy
• Tuesdays 7pm: Bridge
• Wednesdays 3pm: iPad class
• Thursdays 7pm: Adult Italian
• Saturdays 7pm: Game night

Incline Village Library December 2011 Programs! Through Friday, December 31
Fall Reading Program: I Know What You Read Last Summer @ Your Library
• December 2nd and 16th 2-4:00pm: Lifescapes
• December 3rd 11:00am-3:30pm: Tahoe Library Coalition Book-sale. Browse a room full of books, CD’s, DVD’s and videos at this one-day sale.
• December 14th 4-5:00pm: Hanukkah Story Time and Party
• December 17th 3-4:00pm: Fairest Picture- Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe. Join author David Antonucci to discuss his latest book chronicling the experiences of Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe. Book signing will follow the presentation.
• December 21st 4-5:00pm: Christmas Story time and Party with Santa
• December 28th 4-5:00pm: Kwanzaa Story time and Party

Family Science Day at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center

eLearning Café Ongoing Classes and Activities

Incline Village Library January 2012 Programs!

Volunteer Opportunities