55+ Connections: Week of 9/9/2024
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There is now a paper version of this newsletter available at the library!
55+ Connections: Tuesday Gathering
Tuesday, September 10
10:30 AM
North Liberty Library – Meeting Room CD
We’ll be making autumnal garlands! You can choose what shapes you’d like to add to your garland and cut them out with our Cricut machine!
Join us each week for a social gathering full of activities and friendly conversation – board games, puzzles, art, book discussions, and more! No registration required.
55+ Connections: Friday Lunch
Friday, September 13
11:30 AM
North Liberty Rec Center – Classrooms 3 & 4
Hy-Vee is catering again this week and they are expected to bring meat lasagna and garlic sticks. After lunch, Kellee Forkenbrock with the North Liberty Library will be leading chair yoga for a relaxing, healthy activity. Registration for lunch is $5 and required for all who attend. Participants must register before noon on Thursday, September 12th. Call the Rec Center to register (319)626-5716 or go online to your RecDesk Account and register yourself.
Film Fridays at the Senior Center
Friday, September 13
2 PM
Iowa City Senior Center – Assembly Room or Room 302
Come watch a free movie at the Iowa City Senior Center! There’s free popcorn!
September 13: The Race to Alaska (2020)
Set in one of the most complex waterways in the world, showing the hardships and dangers in the Race to Alaska. Many will succumb against winds, currents, whirlpools, fear and fatigue as both character and watercraft are tested.
Bad Art Portraits
Friday, September 20
6:30 PM
North Liberty Library – Meeting Rooms BCD
Terrible at art? Good at art but need a brain break? Bring your friend or significant other for a night of painting, snacks, and laughs. Based off the viral portrait painting trend, we’ll be painting pictures of each other with whatever skill level we can muster. It’s the most fun if you bring a painting partner, but if you are on your own, that’s okay too! Registration is required and can be completed here.
Keep in mind that this is an after-hours library program. Please come to the library entrance of the Community Center on the west side of the building and staff will let you in.
Early Voting Johnson County
Early voting provides residents more opportunity to cast their vote, allows for voting outside normal polling locations, and avoids potential personal conflicts for voting on Election Day.
Early voting will be offered weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16 to Tuesday, Nov. 4. Early voting will be available in the Johnson County Administration Building lobby, 913 S Dubuque St., Iowa City, and drive-thru voting will be in the Health and Human Services Building parking ramp, 855 S Dubuque St., Iowa City.
Evening and weekend hours are as follows:
- 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28 through Wednesday, Oct. 30
- Noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26 and Sunday, Oct. 27
- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2
- Noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3
Satellite early voting locations will also be provided. Petitions for Satellite Voting Stations are due Thursday, Sept. 19 and the official satellite schedule will be announced soon after.
For the most up-to-date early voting information, visit the Auditor’s Office website at https://www.johnsoncountyiowa.gov/november-5-2024-general-election.
Silver Sneakers Program
Are you looking for a senior fitness program? If you have a Medicare Advantage or Medigap plan, your health insurance may include a free fitness membership for adults 65+ called SilverSneakers. A SilverSneakers membership includes access to roughly 14,000 recreation centers, churches, senior communities, and other neighborhood locations across the nation. You’ll get access to fitness equipment, social events, a variety of exercise classes, including boot camp, circuit training, strength and balance, tai chi, yoga, water aerobics, and Zumba, plus access to amenities like swimming pools, tennis courts, and walking tracks if available at certain locations. (The North Liberty Rec Center is a Silver Sneakers location!)
If you would like to learn more about the program, eligibility, and how to register, you can do so here.
