TOPS #16
The weekly meeting of Take Off Pounds Sensibly #16 was held Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church at 54 E. Corydon St.
Assistant Weight Recorder Barb Smead and Co-Leader Dianne Lewis weighed in 27 members with a loss of 17 pounds and two staying the same.
The song was “When We Get Together.”
Best Loser in Waiting and Officer of the Week is Sue DellaValle.
Secretary Sue DellaValle read the report.
A household tip was shared by Chris McCracken, a fashion tip by Dianne Lewis, healthy tips by Elaine Harris, an inspiration by Dee Rhodes and a joke by Jeannie Miller.
The Nickelodeon is potato salad. The food to avoid is pizza. The fruit is plums and the vegetable is cabbage.
The food chart was won by Connie Hemibach. The weekly program was by Jeannie Miller.
The meeting was adjourned with the Friendship Circle and the TOPS Prayer.
TOPS 623
SMETHPORT — The meeting of Take Off Pounds Sensibly 623 was held on Tuesday evening at the East Smethport United Christian Church with 11 members weighing in.
There was a 10-pound loss. The “no no” is chocolate.
Silvana Reed, the group’s NW Pennsylvania area captain, presented an educational program called “Connecting the Dots with TOPS.” Members discussed the different fad diets that people have been on and the reasons why they did not work. The premise of TOPS is that it is not a diet, it is support and encouragement with guidance in healthy eating habits and exercise.
Jayme will present the program next week.
Women’s Literary Club
The Women’s Literary Club met this past Friday at the Bradford Area Public Library.
President Patti Neidich opened the business meeting with a thank you to Sue Jefferds and Joan Mansour for the luncheon selection at last weeks meeting at the Bradford hospital. She welcomed Sue Shonts as a guest at Friday’s meeting.
Three books were introduced at the meeting. Betty Hatch recommended the book “The House Book, Congress Street, Millionaire’s Row.” This book is a history of the majestic homes of Congress Street written by Bradford Landmark Society Curator Sally Ryan Costik.
Sue Jeffereds introduced “The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse” written by Charlie Mackey. Sue stated that this book explores the characters’ unlikely friendship and the poignant, universal lessons they learn together. Fran Runyan recommended the book “Love Anthony” by Lisa Genova. This book tells the story of an accidental friendship that gives a grieving mother the ability to understand the thoughts of her eight-year-old autistic son and make sense of his brief life.
The former chief of police and now city administrator, Chris Lucco, presented the program “Current Topics of Concern.” Lucco discussed the problems of fraud and theft, as criminals prey on the older generation. He discussed fraud, theft, utility, home improvement, other scams and Social Security scams.
Lucco recommended that people should never open up a link they do not know on their computer. He also recommended that for any utility or account phone call, people need to ask for their account number, or the name on the account. He assured the club members that the scam artist will not know this information and will hang up. He also advised that members should never send a check in the mail to an unknown source. He added that if a charity is calling, always ask them to send you something about the charity in the mail.
Lucco added that another scam is the “grandparent scam.” In this claim, grandparents get a call from a supposed police officer stating that their grandchild is in jail and needs money. He advised that the caller phone the grandchild or parents and ask if this is correct.
Finally, he explained that Social Security scams will claim the intended victim will lose his or her benefits unless the person gives repayment money or a social security number. He stated again to ask them for your address, name or social security number.
The meeting closed with cookies and tea presented by the tea committee.
The next meeting on Feb. 7 will be the Valentine’s Day Tea with the Current Events Club. It will be held at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church.
