Fran Coffey, far right, leads the Gas City Cloggers as they practise their dance routines at the Veiner Centre in January. Pictured are Nita Luker, Doreen Denis, Betty Demish, Marie Gallagher, Colleen Westgarth, Diana Baker, Gladys Knodel, and Fran Coffey.
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of her as she’s always down at the Strathcona Centre with a ‘hand’ in her hand.
Noble started visiting the centres after she moved to Medicine Hat from Camrose in 2000. When she arrived she set out to meet new people. She became a member of the Veiner Centre, met new people, joined new clubs and began to feel as though she belonged here. Noble admits the Veiner and Strathcona Centres have become very important to her, and those like her.
Seventy-one-year-old Fran Coffey, president of the Gas City Cloggers and an avid line dancer, praises the centres as places where she feels vital.
“I’ve been using the centres for about 15 years. A friend of mine told me about the clubs and I decided to go investigate the place,” says Coffey. “All of the ladies are so nice and the facilities are very good — it feels like a home away from home.”
Terry Butterwick, Woodcarving Club president, says the centre offers an active senior many opportunities to join a club.
Butterwick’s grandfather had been a carver and shortly after retiring
Butterwick found himself in the local library searching for books on beginners carving. Although wood carving isn’t as popular as model building Butterwick has met about 40 others also bitten by “the carving bug.”
“I moved to town from Bow Island in 2004 and have been going down there since — haven’t missed many Mondays,” says Butterwick. “I don’t think you can attach a value to either centre. Whoever came up with the idea to build them should have got a pat on the back.”
The four represent the diverse group of individuals who tout the centres as a centrifugal force in the senior community. Noble says she wouldn’t speak for anyone else but “would guess” the centres are just as important to the rest of the centres 2,000 members. An additional 2,000, at a minimum, are served through various programs like Meals on Wheels.
Noble feels fortunate to live in a community where seniors and their specific needs are not overlooked. Many of the members of the Veiner and Strathcona centres are long-time residents of the Gas City while others are not but they’ve all met new people
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