Mar 31, 2010 - Annual Easter Bonnet Contest

We held our Annual Easter Bonnet Contest today. We had eight Senior Ladies make and wear Easter Bonnets this year, but no Senior Gentleman, we're sorry to say. Here are photos of the eight Senior Ladies who wore bonnets.

Joyce Pead made several of the bonnets - four in all this year. She doesn't use a pattern so each one is unique. She said that it takes about a day and a half to make each hat.

The winners this year were:

• Funniest - Cowboy Bunny Pam
• Most Original - Joyce Pead
• Prettiest - Karen Warner

Jan. 20, 2010 - A call for entertainers

We have great people in our community who perform for the Senior Citizens on a regular basis - and we love them and appreciate their talent. However, we are looking for other local talent to come and perform for us as well - and we know that you're out there.

We need performers for our Wednesday meal time, which is from 12:00 noon to 12:30 p.m. We'll even feed you a healthy lunch!

If you or your group would like to perform to a willing and appreciative crowd, please call Ethel Marx at 624-4104 or call the Senior Citizens Center at 624-3458 or email us info@sfscc.info. We would love to have you perform for us.

Nov. 11, 2009 - Veterans Day

Our center director, Karolyn Hodge, spoke about Veterans Day today. Many of our seniors are veterans and we gave them a standing ovation with a round of applause for their service in our behalf.

Also, one of our seniors, a WWII veteran himself and well known artist/painter, Oliver Parson, recently donated a painting to the South Fremont Senior Citizens Center (SFSCC). You can read an article on Oliver Parson and the painting by visiting South Fremont News and Views and reading the article, "The famous father of famous sons".

Oct. 28, 2009
We held our annual Halloween Costume Contest today.
Winners: Hugh Wright for the Funniest, Viola Moon for the Scariest and Karen Warner for the Most Original. While most Seniors didn't come in costume, they did come dressed in Halloween themed clothing.

October 26, 2009

Make sure to come to lunch on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 dressed in your best halloween costume for our Halloween Costume Contest. Will and Janelle Rhea will be our judges. The categories are: Funniest, Scariest and Most Original.

July 22, 2009

Oui, Wii. We now have a Nintendo Wii and a large screen monitor to play it on. For those who don't know, many assisted living centers use the Nintendo Wii to help seniors stay fit - to a certain degree. They play the Wii Sports, which includes tennis, baseball, golf, boxing and bowling. Bowling seems to be the SFSCC favorite. The Seniors are using it on Tuesday and Thursday for exercise and hope to get good enough to have tournaments with other Senior Centers in the area. Come give it a try!

May 28, 2009

The Idaho Commission on Aging (ICOA) is the sole state agency designated under the Older Americans Act to administer programs and services for Idahoans 60 years of age and older. Our director, Karolyn Hodge wrote an article for the June 2009 issue. Read the article here - it starts on page 5 or you can click on it in the index.

Apr. 08, 2009
We held our annual Easter Bonnet Contest today.
For more information, read the article, "Seniors Don Their Easter Bonnets" at: South Fremont News and Views

Feb. 24, 2009
KIDK Channel 3 came up to the St. Anthony library to do a small story on our logo contest.

Feb. 23, 2009
All twenty two of the entries for the logo contest are now hanging in the St. Anthony library to be judged by the community. Please go visit the library and vote for your top three favorites.

Judging will end when the library closes Wednesday, Feb. 25th, 2009. Winners will be announced Friday, Feb. 27th, 2009.

Feb. 18, 2009
Our logo contest is coming to close this Friday. Entries are already starting to appear in the St. Anthony Public Library. The majority of entries from South Fremont High School will be in on Friday. So please be sure to go to the library on Monday and vote for your favorites.

Feb. 18, 2009
Today is our Director's birthday. Karolyn Hodge is 29! Okay, so she's been 29 for a little while now. but we still love and thank her, for her service to the South Fremont Senior Citizen's Center. She's been our director since 1996.

Jan. 27, 2009
Due to extreme cold temperatures, the center will be closed today. As of 5:00 a.m. this morning, when the Fremont County School District decided to cancel school, the temperature was -21º and felt -40º.

Jan. 22, 2009
Our Logo Contest is underway. We are offering four top prizes and other prizes, for the best logos submitted by students in south Fremont County. Click on the "Logo Contest" tab above for details.

The contest is sponsored by the South Fremont News and Views, Eastern Idaho Community Action Program (EICAP), The Idaho Volunteer RSVP Program, and the St. Anthony Branch of the Fremont County Library District.

Jan. 14, 2009
Due to budget cuts, the South Fremont Senior Citizen's Center and the Ashton Senior Center were going to lose the transportation portion of the their Senior programs. Karolyn Hodge met with the Fremont County Commissioners and the Commissioners assured her they would happily help both South Fremont and Ashton to keep their transportation programs. "It's a small part of our budget, we can afford it and we're going to support the program. It's too good a thing for our area," said Paul Romrell, Fremont County Commissioner to Karolyn Hodge, the Center's Director. Thanks to the Fremont County Commissioners.

See the Senior Centers get a ride from Fremont County article on www.sfnewsandviews.com

Dec. 31, 2008
Throughout the winter months, and especially with the particularly heavy snows we've had lately, we will be closed on the days that the Fremont County School's close, due to inclement weather. If you have internet access, you can check this web site as we'll post that information here. Or you can check SF News and Views or KIFI Local News 8 web site.

If you don't have internet access, all of the TV stations in the area generally run a ticker across the bottom of the screen during their morning shows that tell which school districts are closed due to inclement weather.

Nov. 15, 2008
Our new web site is nearing final completion. You may have noticed that it's changed from a few weeks ago. Karolyn Hodge, our Center Director and Will Rhea, our webmaster are reviewing and making final changes. We hope you like it.

Oct. 29, 2008
We have a new website design and a new domain name. Formerly, our site was hosted on the City of St. Anthony, Idaho's web site as a link. But we now have our own domain name - "www.sfseniors.info". We will post news and information here and at the bottom right of every page is a link to contact us and also have answers to frequently asked questions.

We will also have a calendar that has our weekly menu and a list of activities that are planned. Please check the site often to see what's for lunch and our fun activities.

Oct. 23, 2008
We held an award ceremony for our volunteers yesterday that was very well attended. You can read all about on SF News and Views, your online news source for all things happening in South Fremont County. Just click the link below.

SF Senior Citizen Center Awards