LeRoy Pennysaver & News

LE ROY PENNYSAVER & NEWS - MARCH 29, 2020 O n L i n e , A l l t h e T i m e WBTAi.com CANCELLATION: The Le Roy Stafford Senior Citizens will be cancelling their April 15th dinner as well as the planned trip to Del Lago Casino due to the instruction of conduct while we continue to navigate through this pandemic. Please follow for regular notification if we are able to resume with our May 20th dinner. If you have contact with any of our members in any way, please make them aware that the April events are cancelled. Any questions, please contact Rosemary Miller at 506- 5233 or Sharon Frost at 768-6846. Thank you. Unshaken, Unstirred How to keep your cool when you’re housebound in the country By Shelly Rafferty Here’s a list of family activities that makes it possible to keep your distance (don’t get closer than 6 feet to anyone outside your family/household circle ) and still have fun. And remember, whatever you do, each time you enter your house immediately wash your hands (warm water, soap, 20 seconds) and disinfect the doorknobs. 1. Be a backyard Citizen Scientist: Get out your binoculars and start counting (http://www.birdsandblooms.com/gardening/ backyard-wildlife/backyard-citizen-science/) 2. Help the environment:Walk a country road and pick up trash 3. Prepare for summer bonfires: Collect firewood 4. Make way for your car: Organize your garage 5. Feel the air: Stargaze, fly a kite 6. Care for critters: Make a bird feeder 7. Spruce up:Wash your windows 8. Reach out:Write a letter 9. Teach yourself: Learn to play a ukulele 10. Make art: Paint, draw, write poetry, write a story 11. Perform: Read a play with your children (http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm ) 12. Straighten up: Re-arrange your furniture 13. Support your library: Declutter, catalog your books, sell online, or box to donate! 14. Drain the swamp: Clear a ditch 15. Fold some fun: Make paper airplanes and origami 16. Phone a friend: Find out who needs to hear a friendly voice (Call your church or senior center…) 17. Cash in: Sort and roll coins 18. Get hooked: Learn to crochet (or knit or embroider) 19. Do the twist: Bake big pretzels from scratch https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/30-minute-whole-wheat-pretzels/ 20. Skip and jump: Play hopscotch on the driveway 21. Chalk it up: Make sidewalk art 22. Find that Snipe or Heffalump: Design a scavenger hunt 23. Hear ye, hear ye: Listen to a podcast https://www.fatherly.com/play/the-best-podcastsfor-kids/ 24. Pump that iron: Lead a workout from your porch 25. Lean in: Put your rocker in the sun and relax! Shelly Rafferty, PhD , is an editor and writer specializing in fiction and academic writing. She has worked as a publishing professional for the past 30 years and is the co-owner /CEO of JournalReadyUSA. Her poetry, fiction, articles, and academic writing have appeared in many anthologies, magazines, newspapers, and journals. Email: shellyrafferty2020@gmail.com .