Healthy Seniors Longfellow/Seward

Spring 2009

Martin Sabo to Speak at April 23 Annual Dinner Event

Longtime Minnesota U.S. Congressman and former Seward resident, Martin Sabo, will speak at Long-fellow/Seward Healthy Seniors’ 11^th Annual Italian Dinner fundraising event on Thursday, April 23 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Minne-haha Academy-North

Campus, 3100 W. River Parkway in Minneapolis.

An Italian menu will be served and the evening will end with a Silent Auction. Entertainment will be provided by Leonard “Skeets” Langley, accordionist, and Hyldred Peterson, pianist.

Tickets are $35 each and can be purchased through the Healthy Seniors office by calling 612-729-5799. (Seniors on a limited income can get discounted tickets.) Everyone is welcome!

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

· Upcoming Senior Socials

· Caregiver Support Groups

· Community Health Fair

· Senior Book Club

· Friendly Visitors Needed

The Gottwalts of Longfellow

Family, faith, hard work, and volunteer service: these themes flow through the lives of Elmer and Joanne Gottwalt, Longfellow residents for the last 52 years. Their lives are a testament to what makes a community strong and lasting.

Elmer Gottwalt and Joanne Borough first met in April, 1953 at the Marigold Ballroom on Nicollet Avenue and danced to the polka and “old-time” music of the Whoopee John Orchestra. The previous year each had come to Minneapolis looking for work, Elmer from a small town west of St. Cloud, Joanne from Duluth. They married in July, 1955, and soon began renting in the Longfellow neighborhood where they have lived ever since.

Upon moving to Minneapolis Joanne found work right away at Crane Plumbing and Heating and later went to work for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) for 10 years, even though she is a steadfast Roman Catholic! She retired from ELCA in 1995.

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(Gottwalts, continued from front page.)

Elmer had a tougher time but found work at the Buckingham Trucking Company. After 11 years there, he acquired a two-year degree at the University of Minnesota, and got a position at the Minnesota Department of Transportation doing maintenance and plowing freeways, a job he retired from 32 years later in 1997.

All this while, the Gottwalts had four children. In 1956 Joanne gave birth to her first child, Anne, followed by, in the space of six years, Kevin, John, and Michelle. Educated in area schools—Sanford, Roosevelt, Regina, St. Helena, Seward, and Longfellow Schools—they all moved on to successful careers, Anne as a Registered Nurse at

the University of Minnesota, Kevin in manage-ment for a local company (AGA), John in housekeeping at the Mall of America, and Michelle for UPS in Fargo.

Kevin and Michelle each have three children, Anne and John are single. All four Gottwalt children grew up at 36^th and Minnehaha, the first family home, where the Rail Station Bar & Grill now stands. After 35 years there, they moved to 38^th Street and 40^th Avenue and have lived there for 15 years.

Elmer and Joanne have been devout members of St. Albert the Great Church, and before that at Church of St. Helena. Decade-after-decade they have helped with church fundraising dinners, festivities, raffles, cleaning, and any job that needed doing. Elmer belongs to Holy Name and Joanne to Rosary Altar.

They are members of Howe Seniors, St. Helena Seniors, and both have been active in Teamster Retirees. Both are regulars at Longfellow/

Seward Healthy Seniors events. Joanne is particularly known for the delicious breads and treats she regularly brings to Senior Socials and bake sales, and for her phone volunteer work.

Elmer comes from a German family of 13 children and is fifth from the youngest. Joanne comes from an Irish/German family of eight children and is third from the youngest. They have traveled widely, having visited all but four states in the U.S. and many of the provinces of Canada.

For a short while, right after high school, Joanne entered the Benedictine convent in Duluth. She soon decided that convent life was not for her and she came to Minneapolis. The convent’s loss has been our gain!

Senior Connections is a publication of Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors, a non-profit, community-based organization serving older adults in the Longfellow and Seward neighborhoods, located at 2800 E. Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406. Phone: 612-729-5799. Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors Board of Directors includes Ernest Cutting-Chair; Dick Westby-Vice-Chair; Joan Gerth-Secretary; Jerry Soechting-Treasurer; Dori Brandon; Sharon Brown; Mary Ann Dalbey; Marcie Johnson; Ruth Kildow; Neil Kingsbeck, Irene MackMurphy and Barbara Olson.

Upcoming Senior Socials

Senior Socials & Health Talks are held the third Tuesday of each month at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2730 E.31^st Street in Minneapolis. The program begins at 10:30 a.m. and the doors open at 10:00 a.m. Our nurse conducts blood pressure checks afterwards for those who are interested. Everyone is welcome.

April 21 - Stroke Prevention

Al Barton, Executive Director of the Minnesota Stroke Association, will present an overview of what stroke is, what the symptoms are and how to prevent it.

May 19 – Anxiety Road: The Old You

to the New You

Anxiety is a normal emotion that can sometimes be overwhelming. Hear the personal story of how the guest speaker made a triumphant recovery over an anxiety disorder. Learn tactics and strategies that can facilitate a stronger sense of self in dealing with low to high anxiety. Presented by Wade Crandall.

June 16 – Seniors and Seizures

(Please Note: The June presentation will be held at a different location than the church. We will meet at Bradshaw Funeral Home, 3131 Minne-haha Ave. S., a half-block south of the church.)

Seniors age 60 to 80 are the second most “seizure prone” population in America. Multiple factors such as stroke, brain tumors, head traumas and degenerative disease increase the risk of seizures. Lin Butler from the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota will discuss the different types of seizures and their triggers, possible causes and available treatment options.

Community Health Fair Scheduled for May 1^st

A Community Outreach Health Fair will be held May 1at the US Bank building, 2800 E. Lake Street from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. This free event has a number of co-sponsors, including Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors, Snyders Drug Stores, US Bank and River Lake Clinic.

New Morning Caregiver Support Group Starts April 14

Marcie Johnson, neighborhood clinical social worker, will host the first meeting of a new daytime Caregiver Support Group. If you are caring for a loved one and want to share with other caregivers, come to the group’s first meeting on Tuesday, April 14 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. in the US Bank Building (lower level), 2800 E. Lake Street in Minneapolis. The meeting is free and open to everyone. No registration is required. Group meetings will continue at the same time and place every second Tuesday of the month.

Evening Caregiver Support

Group Continues

Emma Moonier, Music Therapist, will continue to facilitate our evening Caregiver Support Group which meets every third Tuesday from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. at St. Peder’s Lutheran Church, 4600 E. 42^nd Street in Minneapolis. The next meeting will be held April 21.

Senior Book Club at Library

Join the Senior Book Club at the East Lake Library on the second Friday (usually) of each month at 10:30 a.m. for an engaging discussion. The library is located at 2727 East Lake Street in Minneapolis. Free parking is available behind the building. No registration is needed for the book club; all you have to do is show up.

April 17 – “Montana 1948” by Larry Watson

May 8 – “Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the

Prairie” by O. E. Rolvaag

Southside Spring Arts

Sampler & Social

☺☺☺☺☺

Tuesday, May 5 • 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Join Minneapolis Public Schools Community Education and Longfellow/ Seward Healthy Seniors for good fun, great entertainment and refreshments at this 4^th annual event. Celebrate the talents of older adult artists involved in Minneapolis Community Education Programs. Enjoy performances by the Southside Singers, Improvisational Acting, Poetry Reading and more. This free event will be held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2730 E. 31^st St. in south Minneapolis. Everyone is welcome! No registration is required.

Longfellow/Seward

Healthy Seniors

2800 E. Lake Street

Minneapolis, MN 55406

Friendly Visitors Needed!

Help Longfellow and Seward seniors stay in their homes and keep socially connected! If you like the elderly, then you’ll love this volunteer position! Call Mary at 612-729-5799 at Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors for information and a volunteer application. Start making a difference today!

NON-PROFIT

U.S. Postage

PAID

Minneapolis, MN

Permit No. 3948


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Our Pages Home About Us Services Calendar of Events Volunteer Newsletters Photos Staff Profiles Board Members Community Resources FAQ	Spring 2009 Martin Sabo to Speak at April 23 Annual Dinner Event Longtime Minnesota U.S. Congressman and former Seward resident, Martin Sabo, will speak at Long-fellow/Seward Healthy Seniors’ 11^th Annual Italian Dinner fundraising event on Thursday, April 23 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Minne-haha Academy-North Campus, 3100 W. River Parkway in Minneapolis. An Italian menu will be served and the evening will end with a Silent Auction. Entertainment will be provided by Leonard “Skeets” Langley, accordionist, and Hyldred Peterson, pianist. Tickets are $35 each and can be purchased through the Healthy Seniors office by calling 612-729-5799. (Seniors on a limited income can get discounted tickets.) Everyone is welcome! INSIDE THIS ISSUE: · Upcoming Senior Socials · Caregiver Support Groups · Community Health Fair · Senior Book Club · Friendly Visitors Needed The Gottwalts of Longfellow Family, faith, hard work, and volunteer service: these themes flow through the lives of Elmer and Joanne Gottwalt, Longfellow residents for the last 52 years. Their lives are a testament to what makes a community strong and lasting. Elmer Gottwalt and Joanne Borough first met in April, 1953 at the Marigold Ballroom on Nicollet Avenue and danced to the polka and “old-time” music of the Whoopee John Orchestra. The previous year each had come to Minneapolis looking for work, Elmer from a small town west of St. Cloud, Joanne from Duluth. They married in July, 1955, and soon began renting in the Longfellow neighborhood where they have lived ever since. Upon moving to Minneapolis Joanne found work right away at Crane Plumbing and Heating and later went to work for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) for 10 years, even though she is a steadfast Roman Catholic! She retired from ELCA in 1995. (Continued on page 2) (Gottwalts, continued from front page.) Elmer had a tougher time but found work at the Buckingham Trucking Company. After 11 years there, he acquired a two-year degree at the University of Minnesota, and got a position at the Minnesota Department of Transportation doing maintenance and plowing freeways, a job he retired from 32 years later in 1997. All this while, the Gottwalts had four children. In 1956 Joanne gave birth to her first child, Anne, followed by, in the space of six years, Kevin, John, and Michelle. Educated in area schools—Sanford, Roosevelt, Regina, St. Helena, Seward, and Longfellow Schools—they all moved on to successful careers, Anne as a Registered Nurse at the University of Minnesota, Kevin in manage-ment for a local company (AGA), John in housekeeping at the Mall of America, and Michelle for UPS in Fargo. Kevin and Michelle each have three children, Anne and John are single. All four Gottwalt children grew up at 36^th and Minnehaha, the first family home, where the Rail Station Bar & Grill now stands. After 35 years there, they moved to 38^th Street and 40^th Avenue and have lived there for 15 years. Elmer and Joanne have been devout members of St. Albert the Great Church, and before that at Church of St. Helena. Decade-after-decade they have helped with church fundraising dinners, festivities, raffles, cleaning, and any job that needed doing. Elmer belongs to Holy Name and Joanne to Rosary Altar. They are members of Howe Seniors, St. Helena Seniors, and both have been active in Teamster Retirees. Both are regulars at Longfellow/ Seward Healthy Seniors events. Joanne is particularly known for the delicious breads and treats she regularly brings to Senior Socials and bake sales, and for her phone volunteer work. Elmer comes from a German family of 13 children and is fifth from the youngest. Joanne comes from an Irish/German family of eight children and is third from the youngest. They have traveled widely, having visited all but four states in the U.S. and many of the provinces of Canada. For a short while, right after high school, Joanne entered the Benedictine convent in Duluth. She soon decided that convent life was not for her and she came to Minneapolis. The convent’s loss has been our gain! Senior Connections is a publication of Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors, a non-profit, community-based organization serving older adults in the Longfellow and Seward neighborhoods, located at 2800 E. Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406. Phone: 612-729-5799. Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors Board of Directors includes Ernest Cutting-Chair; Dick Westby-Vice-Chair; Joan Gerth-Secretary; Jerry Soechting-Treasurer; Dori Brandon; Sharon Brown; Mary Ann Dalbey; Marcie Johnson; Ruth Kildow; Neil Kingsbeck, Irene MackMurphy and Barbara Olson. *Upcoming Senior Socials* Senior Socials & Health Talks are held the third Tuesday of each month at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2730 E.31^st Street in Minneapolis. The program begins at 10:30 a.m. and the doors open at 10:00 a.m. Our nurse conducts blood pressure checks afterwards for those who are interested. Everyone is welcome. *April 21 - Stroke Prevention* Al Barton, Executive Director of the Minnesota Stroke Association, will present an overview of what stroke is, what the symptoms are and how to prevent it. *May 19 – Anxiety Road: The Old You* *to the New You* Anxiety is a normal emotion that can sometimes be overwhelming. Hear the personal story of how the guest speaker made a triumphant recovery over an anxiety disorder. Learn tactics and strategies that can facilitate a stronger sense of self in dealing with low to high anxiety. Presented by Wade Crandall. *June 16 – Seniors and Seizures* (Please Note: The June presentation will be held at a different location than the church. We will meet at Bradshaw Funeral Home, 3131 Minne-haha Ave. S., a half-block south of the church.) Seniors age 60 to 80 are the second most “seizure prone” population in America. Multiple factors such as stroke, brain tumors, head traumas and degenerative disease increase the risk of seizures. Lin Butler from the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota will discuss the different types of seizures and their triggers, possible causes and available treatment options. *Community Health Fair Scheduled for May 1^st* A Community Outreach Health Fair will be held May 1at the US Bank building, 2800 E. Lake Street from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. This free event has a number of co-sponsors, including Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors, Snyders Drug Stores, US Bank and River Lake Clinic. *New Morning Caregiver Support Group Starts April 14* Marcie Johnson, neighborhood clinical social worker, will host the first meeting of a new daytime Caregiver Support Group. If you are caring for a loved one and want to share with other caregivers, come to the group’s first meeting on Tuesday, April 14 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. in the US Bank Building (lower level), 2800 E. Lake Street in Minneapolis. The meeting is free and open to everyone. No registration is required. Group meetings will continue at the same time and place every second Tuesday of the month. *Evening Caregiver Support* *Group Continues* Emma Moonier, Music Therapist, will continue to facilitate our evening Caregiver Support Group which meets every third Tuesday from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. at St. Peder’s Lutheran Church, 4600 E. 42^nd Street in Minneapolis. The next meeting will be held April 21. *Senior Book Club at Library* Join the Senior Book Club at the East Lake Library on the second Friday (usually) of each month at 10:30 a.m. for an engaging discussion. The library is located at 2727 East Lake Street in Minneapolis. Free parking is available behind the building. No registration is needed for the book club; all you have to do is show up. April 17 – “Montana 1948” by Larry Watson May 8 – “Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie” by O. E. Rolvaag *Southside Spring Arts* *Sampler & Social* ☺☺☺☺☺ *Tuesday, May 5 • 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.* Join Minneapolis Public Schools Community Education and Longfellow/ Seward Healthy Seniors for good fun, great entertainment and refreshments at this 4^th annual event. Celebrate the talents of older adult artists involved in Minneapolis Community Education Programs. Enjoy performances by the Southside Singers, Improvisational Acting, Poetry Reading and more. This free event will be held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2730 E. 31^st St. in south Minneapolis. Everyone is welcome! No registration is required. Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors 2800 E. Lake Street Minneapolis, MN 55406 *Friendly Visitors Needed!* Help Longfellow and Seward seniors stay in their homes and keep socially connected! If you like the elderly, then you’ll love this volunteer position! Call Mary at 612-729-5799 at Longfellow/Seward Healthy Seniors for information and a volunteer application. Start making a difference today! NON-PROFIT U.S. Postage PAID Minneapolis, MN Permit No. 3948
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