Franklin Community Newsletter
August, 2007
Upcoming Events
September 20
Lifelong Friends
September 23
Community Picnic
October 14
Polka Party
October 18
Lifelong Friends
November 10
Salute to Veterans
We would like to
extend our
sympathies to the families of the following people who were residents
or former
residents of
Please
remember
that the community center is available for funeral dinners at no charge
to the
family. FCCI will provide meals for
funeral dinners for
September 20
(Norine Laird
Come and rekindle
old
friendships or make new ones that will last a lifetime.
Spend an hour or the entire afternoon playing
cards, dominoes, games, enjoying the program or just visiting.
September’s
program will be titled “Remember Me” (care of Alzheimer’s Patients at
Home and
in the Nursing Home). Presented by Carol
Kerr,
September 23 –
Come
out and
enjoy the afternoon. Picnic lunch,
kids
games, prizes, bocce, bingo, awards ceremony.
Bring your lawn chairs and plan to spend the afternoon visiting
with old
friends and making new friends. Franklin
& Centennial Collectible Items will be available at sale prices. Pick up some great Christmas gifts and
keepsake items for the family.
WE SALUTE OUR
VETERANS
November 10
If
you are a
FCCI has
openings for the
following two jobs. Please
call
Part time Office Clerk (25
hours per
week): Will file, answer phone,
compose letters,
other general office work. Must be over 55 and meet the eligibility
requirements for the SER program.
Minimum wage $5.85 per hour
Groundskeeper/Maintenance
(25 hours per week): Will do light maintenance, lawn care and other general jobs. Must be 55
or older and meet SER eligibility requirements.
Minimum wage $5.85 per hour. Flexible
hours.
WEBSITE
New
Photos have
been added from the centennial and Amazon Army. If
you have any photos from the centennial to
share please e-mail them or call (620-249-9333) and we can make
arrangements to
scan them. Also please let me know
if
you can identify anyone in any of the photos that are on-line.
Check
out History
page as this is full of photos and info.
The “Early Family” section is growing. Please add your family
photos and
information.
PARK (Ray
Hamblin
Reservations: While there is no charge for using the park, reservations for the shelter are necessary in
order to ensure your family has full access to the shelter. Due to the
rains
and other problems the bathrooms are not usuable. However we have
placed a
porta-potty at the park for the convenience of park users.
Please do not abuse this privilege. Volunteers
work very hard to maintain the
park and the entire area. We do not
have
extra funds to pay for vandalism and other problems that are caused by
only a
few people. Please keep your eyes and
ears open for vandalism or mischief at the park and report it to one of
the
board members or the Sheriff’s department.
For reservations call Phyllis at
CONTRIBUTORS
While the community
center
debt has been retired there are still many ongoing day to day expenses
and we
want to continue the programs that benefit everyone.
Insurance, maintenance, utilities, lawn
care, park maintenance, historical preservation, kitchen supplies, hall
supplies, etc. are just a few of the ongoing expenses that we continue
to
incur. In many instances volunteers
continue to use their own equipment, gas, office supplies, etc. to keep
the
community activities going. We would
like to reach a point where the community is self sufficient and we
only need
to depend on volunteers for labor.
(Dianna Morrison
Call for rental
information. We constantly receive
compliments on the beauty of the facility as well as it being “user
friendly”.
“CENTENNIAL”
Many
have asked if we will be doing it again next year.
Of course “centennial” implies every 100 years
but due to the interest we are working on an idea to have some sort of
yearly
“reunion”. It will likely be a
catered
dinner (reservations in advance required) and just the day spent
visiting with
old friends. The event will be at the
community center. Watch future editions
of the newsletter as well as notices in the newspaper for a date. It will be a great chance for everyone
to
know that on a certain date each year we will be gathering to renew old
friendships.
“HUGE
(Also will be available at Community Picnic)
(Call Phyllis
Centennial
Keepsake Newspaper -50 cents
SEK
Living Magazine
(4 page full color
Historic
Flooring Trivets - $15.00
each (Made from the original flooring
salvaged from the Hall and St. Philip Neri.
Very Few Left. Handcrafted)
Chalkboard
$10.00
(Very few remaining pieces of original chalkboard from
Tapestry
-
$35.00 (centennial logo) 50" x
66"
Tote -
$20.00 (centennial logo) Lined and
double sided
Magnets,
Key Rings (Centennial Logo) -
$2.00
Patches
(Centennial Logo or The Spirit Logo) - $2.00
Hat/Lapel
Pins
- $2.00 each.
Christmas
Ornaments - $3.00 each
(choice of Centennial Logo or The Spirit Logo)
Calendars
-
$3.00 (full of photos and memories)
Cookbooks
-
$5.00
Hats $5.00
(Centennial & The Spirit Remains Logo)
T-Shirts $3.00
(Centennial & The Spirit Remains Logo)
Sweat
Shirts
$5.00 (Centennial & The
Spirit Remains Logo)
Denim
long sleeve shirt $12.00
$100 for 100 years
FCCI
DIRECTORS:
Robert
Craig
Stokes,
Henry
Ashbacher,
Margaret
Kennedy,
Norine
Laird,
Frances
OBlak,
Ray
Hamblin,
Mary
Ann Shull,
WATER BOARD DIRECTORS:
Craig
Stokes,
Jim
Rhuems,
Doris
Morlock,
Ray
Hamblin,
Dianna
Morrison,
Newsletter Editor: Phyllis Bitner
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