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Living it up!
JTS Northside Newsletter
Welcome to JTS Northside
Save the JTS Northside
Play the JTS
Senior Nutrition Program Bring a Guest Contest
JTS Northside Senior Nutrition Program
Needs More Senior Lunch Participants
In Order To Keep The Program Open.
As you may know, the 4C Council was
given the opportunity to provide
the senior lunches
at JTS Northside in
July 2010. The
limited funds are
from the County
Senior Nutrition
Program. The
funding for
this program was
to serve and average 58 meals to seniors per day. Although we have our participants’ ongoing support, the Center has been
only serving approximately 44 meals
daily. This means the County will pay
less into our Senior Nutrition Program for
food purchases and for staff preparing
the food.
Therefore, it is very essential that the JTS
Northside Community Center Senior
Nutrition Program needs to serve more
lunches every day!
This is a JTS Northside Weekly Contest where the Program participant who
brings the most guests to lunch each
week, Sunday through Thursday will win a
prize.
Your guests must be new to Northside or
have not attended for lunch within the
last three (3) months.
JTS is where the
community comes to
live it up!
The Contest starts Sunday, February 6
and ends Thursday, March 31, 2011.
The number of guests will be tallied on
Thursdays and the winner will be announced the following Sunday where
they will be awarded their prize, have
their picture taken, and the picture will
be posted in the JTS Northside lobby.
The contest has been created to keep
the Center open by increase the number
of meals served.
Flyer for the contest is on Page 3.
Senior Nutrition Program County & City Meetings
Thank you Northside community members who were able to attend and
speak at the Senior Nutrition Task Force
Public Hearing on Wednesday, January
26. Some 200 meal supporters were
February 2011
Please register your guest on a special
sign-up sheet indicating their information
and your name (the name of the person
who invited them).
We are asking all participants to inform
other seniors and the public to come
for lunch at JTS Northside Community
Center.
We are also distributing flyers informing
the neighborhood of our meal and activities programs.
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present, representing the various community centers in the County. The next meeting will be held in February with the date
and location soon to be announced by
the Senior Nutrition Task Force.
Diljit Budwal volunteers at the
Blood Pressure Station
Inside this issue:
Happening this month
Pg 2
Save our Program
Continued
Pg 3
Senior Meals Served
Pg 3
Nutritional Recipe
Pg 4
Health & Prevention:
Malnutrition
Calorie Counters
Pg 4
JTS, Tell the World
Pg 5
Volunteer Power
Pg 5
Chinese New Year
What’s up rabbit?
Pg 6
Tribute to Northside
Hero
Pg 7
Invite friends to JTS for
lunch & activities.
Last
page
Living it up!
4C SENIOR NUTRITION
PROGRAM
Jacinto “Tony” Siquig
JTS Northside
Community Center
488 North Sixth Street
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 343-7711
We are on the web
http://jtsnorthsidecc.wordpress.com
Hours of Operation
Sunday through Thursday
9AM to 3PM
(Lunch Served12-12:30PM)
Check the calendar for
specific activities days and times
On
February 21, 2011 for
President’s Day
4C Early Literacy Program
Operates
Monday through Friday
Inquire on the use of the Center facility
for community groups or private
gatherings, call the
City of San Jose Park, Recreation &
Services (PRNS)
(408) 535-3570
JTS Northside
Advisory Committee
Application deadline was
January 15.
Applications are being
reviewed and members will
be announced by
March 1, 2011.
Living it up!
Editor and Photographer
Eydie Mendoza,
4C Communications Specialist
Email: eydiem@4c.org
In this Issue, photo also taken
by Kevin Dankwardt.
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JTS Northside Newsletter
Continued from Front Page
Save the JTS Northside Senior
Nutrition Program
The City of San Jose Parks, Recreation &
Neighborhood Services (PRNS) Department is also assisting us in marketing the
Senior Nutrition Program.
The Santa Clara County Senior Nutritional Task Force has been meeting
with the City of San Jose, the public
and Senior Nutrition Program Centers
on how to keep the Senior Nutrition Programs open throughout the County.
Various proposals are being considered
from consolidating programs to centralized one location to prepare the meals
and transfer them to other centers.
There have been several meetings from
the Task Force to address these matters. To review previous meeting minutes and agendas visit the City’s website
http://www.sjdistrict1.com/seniornutritio
n/index.html
Help spread the word that your favorite
community center is fully operational
and this is where the neighborhood
comes to live it up! Bring your friends
and family with you to take advantage
of these delicious meals, activities,
dances and special events. Our success depends on bringing in additional
serving more nutritional lunches.
If you have ideas to increase participation please let us know. Leave your suggestions by writing them down and
drop them in the Idea Box located on
the round table in the front lobby.
Senior Nutrition Meals
Baked
Chicken,
Gravy,
Whole grain
stuffing, and
Orange
slices with
Milk
In January 2011, the Nutritional staff
served 1031 lunches. We served a
hundred more than in December,
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approximately 922 nutritional senior
lunches.
Bring a guest because we want to
serve more lunches.
Your family and friends are welcome to join us for lunch this winter.
Spread the word that it’s a great
affordable donation of $2.50 for
seniors over 60 and $5 for nonseniors. Also, lunch cards are available at $25 for 11 meals.
We invite seniors to join the Senior
Nutrition Program at JTS Northside.
Feel free to call the Nutritional Site
Coordinator, with questions (408)
343-7711.
Don’t forget to register yourself
and your guests for the Bring A
Guest Contest!
Please be sure to check holiday
schedules. The menu and activities
calendar are also posted on the
information bulletin board, the 4C
website and JTS Northside website.
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Living it up!
Nutritional Monthly Recipe
Ingredients:
BEEF STEAK RANCHERO
RECIPE
Serves 4 people
½ cup fresh tomatoes
1crushed garlic clove
3 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 cup cooked kidney bean (or
beans of your choice)
1/3 cup sliced green onion
1 teaspoon chopped jalapeno
pepper
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 lb beef steak
2 cups hot cooked rice
Serve with tortillas and rice.
Directions:
1. Mix tomatoes, garlic, lime juice,
beans, green onions, jalapeno
pepper and cilantro in bowl; set
aside.
2. Season meat with salt and pepper. Cook over hot coals or broil 5
minutes per side or until done as
desired.
3. Slice meat thin and top with tomato mixture.
Serve over rice and garnish with
lime wedges and additional cilantro, if desired.
Health & Prevention
Malnutrition
Prevent malnutrition
According to Senior Nutrition:
The joy of eating well and aging
well Food for thought:
“Understanding malnutrition
Malnutrition is a critical senior
health issue caused by eating too
little food, too few nutrients, and
by digestive problems related to
aging. Malnutrition causes fatigue,
depression, weak immune system,
anemia, weakness, digestive,
lung, and heart problems, and skin
concerns.
possible
• Get help with food prep
Consult your doctor.”
Calorie Counters
2000 calories a day
How many calories do seniors
need? There is a right number of
A man over 50 who is:
calories for your body. Use the
following as a guideline.
A woman over 50 who is:
•
Not physically active needs
about 1600 calories a day
• Somewhat physically active
needs about 1800 calories a day
• Very active needs about
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• Eat nutrient packed food
• Have flavorful food available
• Snack between meals
• Eat with company as much as
WEBSITE SOURCE:
http://helpguide.org/life/senior_
nutrition.htm
•
Not physically active needs
about 2000 calories a day
• Somewhat physically active
needs about 2200-2400 calories
a day
• Very active needs about
2400-2800 calories a day
In this Photo: A Very Fresh
JTS Northside House Salad
Remember that balanced nutrition is more than calorie counting. Read on for more tips on
creating a nutritious lifestyle.
Source: National Institute of Aging.
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JTS Northside Newsletter
World Wide Access
public can many times join in on
Extra! Extra! Read
some of the discussion.
all about it online.
JTS Northside ComWeb sites and Blogging:
munity Center has
Your favorite news station, radio,
a website and is
newspaper and magazine also
connected globhave websites where you can
ally. Yes, we too
read the most current stories or
are online so anyone in the
view the monthly issue. Various
world can see read the newsletsections especially the news editer, access the calendar or
WEBSITE: http://jtsnorthsidecc.wordpress.com torial sections are many
monthly menu, and even
times blog sessions, where
see photos and videos of
the public writes on the
how we live it up!
Blogging:
topic.
You may have heard family or
Spread the news. Tell your family
friends mention Facebook,
Engage in a debate on a hot
ad friends that we are conMySpace, or Twitter. They are
topic or write your family and renected to the world.
blogging, communicating at
ceive immediate replies, or
real time instead of waiting for
check-out what for lunch at JTS
If you do not have your own
email to arrive minutes or be
Northside online.
computer, you local library has
read days later. They also have
computer centers available for
their own web page using venFor you bloggers, we are on
the public to search the web
ues like Facebook where they
Facebook too. “Like” us and
and read email.
display biographies, photos, faspread the word.
vorite music, and videos. Some
Local libraries also have basic
people blog about politics,
computer classes that teach paTweet ! Tweet ! We are on
news, local issues, and some
trons how to turn on and off a
Twitter as well. Follow us;
vent about various issues. The
computer, type, and search the
web.
Volunteers
Volunteer Power
The JTS Senior Nutrition Program
depends on volunteers for its success. Your assistance is invaluable.
WE COULD NOT DO IT
WOITHOUT YOU!
4c Council would like to thank all
the volunteers for their hard work
and contributions by helping in coordinating events, passing out fliers,
setting up the dining room, bringing
in bread & other donations, checking people in for meals, activities, &
events and so much more.
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Anyone interested in volunteering
to help with the Senior Nutrition Program should speak with the on-site
coordinator about options.
We can also use volunteers for the
occasional event or celebrations.
Please see the Center Receptionist
for a Volunteer Application and
write in what and how you would
like to help, for example tell us if
you want to help register folks for
some Sunday Social Dances, if you
want to pass out fliers to your
neighbors, or if you have a special
skill set and want to volunteer to
teach a class.
Tell your neighbors to volunteer at
Northside.
The most effective way to help today is by inviting your neighbors
and friends to the Center to eat
here and join in the activities! Everyone is welcome, regardless of
age.
THANK YOU!
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Living it up!
Chinese New Year
February 3, 2011
begins the Chinese
New Year, Year of the
Rabbit
Rabbit. It starts with the
second New Moon after the winter solstice.
Each Chinese New Year has three
names or ways of being identified:
1.Animal: Year names are repeated every 12 years because
there are12 corresponding animals.
2.Formal Name/Stem-Branch: 2011
is XinMao/
What’s Up, Rabbit?
Born in the Year of the Rabbit
Personality:
In the Chinese Zodiac, the Rab-
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In
the 'Stem-Branch' system years are
counted in 60-year cycles, so the
Name of the Year is repeated
every 60 years. For example: 2010
was the11-th year in the current 60year Cycle and 2009 was the10-th
year in the current 60-year Cycle.
“A Cycle is analogous to a century
in the International Calendar system which is 100 years long.”
3.Year: 2011 on the Gregorian Calendar is Year 4708 on the Chinese
calendar.
(Source:
http://www.chinapage.com/newy
ear.html)
bit’s characteristic traits are creative, compassionate, and sensitive, making them friendly, outgoing, and avoid conflict. Rabbits
believe strongly in friends and
family. “Their serene nature keeps
Rabbits from becoming visibly upset. They’re overall conservative
and not interested in taking risks.”
They can be sophisticated, expressive, stylish, and enjoy other cultures and ethnicities, but are most
comfortable being home.
Compatibility:
The Rabbit is most compatible with
the Pig and Dog and incompati-
We are celebrating Chinese New
Year at JTS Northside on Sunday,
February 27th from 1:30 to 5 PM.
Please join us for a special Chinese
Senior Nutrition Lunch from 11:30AM
to 1PM prior to the Celebration. The
event is to include Performances,
Entertainment and a Ball Room Social Dance and is co-sponsored by
4c Council and the Rainbow
Group. See the flyer on Page 2.
Tickets will be for pre-sale by the
Rainbow Group or may be purchased that day of the event at
the door for $5. SPACE IS LIMITED
ble with the Rooster and Rat.
Rabbits and the 5 elements:
There are Water Rabbits – Wood
Rabbits – Fire Rabbits – Earth Rabbits and “Metal Rabbits – Years
1951 and 2011; Metal gives Rabbits more strength, resilience and
determination. Metal Rabbits are
more intense in their actions,
whether they’re work-related or
romantic.”
WEBSITE SOURCE:
http://www.chinesezodiac.com/
rabbit.php
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Tribute to a JTS Northside Hero
“They attended all the dances and
joined the chorus,” says daughter
Fe Celia King. They were Mr. and
Mrs. Valentines!”
The couple coordinated community dances, events and contributed greatly to the Center.
“I danced before … very well …
the Rigodon de Honor .”
“They were here every day.”
Smiling, Manaois boasts, “I
danced before … very well
… the Rigodon de Honor (a
traditional elegant Filipino
dance).”
Imagine moving across the world
to the U.S. after retiring. Yes, after
retiring.
This December 2010, 92 year old
Major Hernando Ferrer Manaois,
born April 2, 1918 returns to his
hometown in the Philippines after
being part of the Center for 23
years.
“I will truly miss Mr. Manaois,” Lily
Ponce, JTS Northside receptionist
says tearfully. “He always stopped
by the window to say, ‘Hi.’”
Major Manaois, a WWII Veteran of
the United States Army Forces in
the Far East (USAFFE) and survivor
of The Bataan Death March, and
his wife Apolonia moved to San
Jose from the Philippines in December 1987.
Parents to ten children, they relocated to spend time with their
four children, Fe Celia, Alicia,
Ernie, Merlo and their 22 grandchildren living in Calif.
Within days of arriving, the
Manaois’ heard about Northside
Community Center, visited, made
friends, and instantly became active board members.
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In 2006, he had two grand
mal seizures which left him
unable to walk. He is in a wheel
chair now.
After sharing a beautiful marriage
of 63 year, Mrs. Manaois passed
away in 2008.Having served in the
USAFFE, Major Manaois also organized American Legion Post 858 at
Northside and served as coorganizer even up to 3 years ago.
King says it’s true, “The group was
really close. They traveled to advocate for American Veterans.”
Manaois historical mark extends
even more. He adds, “We went to
Washington DC and Sacramento to
meet the Governor to advocate for
our rights. And in 2009, The President
signed Filipino Veterans Equity Bill.”
“We have more relatives there
that can help support. He will
have more company and family
to care for him. He also has
many friends there. Before he
and my mom moved here. He
started a senior group back
home,” concludes King.
Ponce thinks back, “He danced
with everyone with fancy footwork. He was one of Northside’s
best dancers… he was very loving and caring with everybody.
He will be truly missed at Northside.”
Thank you and Bon Voyage, Major Hernando Ferrer Manaois has
been more than fortunate for
your contributions and membership to JTS Northside Community
Center.
Photo of Major Manaois can also be
seen in the American Legion 858 Post
upon permission.
He also lectured at Universities to
tell about WWII. He’s been interviewed numerous times and many
research papers have been written
about him by students at San Jose
“It’s my duty.”
State University.
“It’s my duty,” tells Manaois. He believes it is his ongoing responsibility
to advocate and represent American Veterans.
Manaois says he’s going home to
regain his strength.
Right photo provided by Kevin
Dankwardt||Left to Right
Granddaughter, JTS Northside Site
Nutrition Coordinator Nita Geda,
Major Manaois and Daughter Fe
Celia King.
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Special Announcements
JTS Northside Seniors, invite your friends and family.
Please share this newsletter with your neighbors.
JTS Northside offers seniors fun activities and services like: a nutritional lunch five days a week, birthday celebrations
once a month, hair cut appointments on Sundays, and classes on Conversational English, English as a Second Language
and a choice of dance classes. JTS is where the community comes to live it up!