Weekly Organized Events:

St. Germain PrimeTimers, Inc.
Weekly Organized Events:


Weekly Organized Events: Ice Cream Sales starts Memorial Day and Runs through Labor Day - Call Don Kossow at 715-479-3596 to volunteer for the ice cream wagon. Or E-mail: kossowdd@netpenny.net St. Germain Transportation Van Schedule. - Call Dorothy Kossow at 715-479-3596 for reservations. Some updates may be made from time to time. The van is also available for Fibbers noon meals. Monday-Wednesday-Friday at 10:00 AM. Walking in the St. Germain Community Center Gym. Call 715-479-4025. Second Mondays of month. - Badminton at 10:00 AM. From September to May. Call Dave at 715-479-1401 to sign up. Mondays - Fibbers Meals at 12:00 Noon. Cost $3.00 Call 715-542-2951 to reserve. Mondays - Bridge at 12:00 Noon. Call 715-542-3587 to reserve. Last Monday - Bingo at Fibbers sponsored by PrimeTimers after the meal. Call 715-542-2951. 2nd Tuesday of every month - Rhinelander trip. We leave from St. Germain Community Center at 8:45 AM. Some to the movies and some to shop at Kohl's (new store), Walgreen's Aldi's, Wal-Mart, Trigs, Menards, or any other places in Rhinelander that you like to shop. Cost is $2.00 Call Dorothy Kossow at 479-3596. We are also trying to schedule at Van trip to Wausau on the third week of each month. Call Dorothy Kossow at 715-479-3596 for details. Tuesdays - Line Dancing at 1:00 PM. Call 715-479-3947. On the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month we go to the Vilas Food Pantry next to the Kalmar Center in Eagle River. We leave at 3:00 PM. from the St. Germain Community Center. We also pick up at the Senior homes and County Flaire for this trip. The bus returns at 6:30 during the winter months as a dinner is provided at 5:00 in the Kalmar Center. During the Summer months we leave at 3:00 PM. and return at 4:30 PM. Wednesdays - Commission on Aging Meals at Fibbers at 12:00 Noon. Cost $3.00 Call 715-479-2951 to reserve. First Wednesday - Regular PrimeTimers Meeting. Call 715-479-6310. Wednesdays - Games and Cards at 6:00 PM. No sign up. Just show up. Bring a bag lunch. Call 715-479-6310. Thursdays - Bowling at Eagle River Bowling Lanes at 12:45 PM. (September to April). Call 715-479-4025. Fridays - Fibbers meals at 12:00 Noon. Cost $3.00 donation. Call 715-542-2951 to reserve. Monthly Organized Events: Every month we have almost 300 mailings to get out to our members. We could use some help. Call Barb at 715-479-6550 - Please! Second Tuesdays of each month at 1:30 PM. -- Pain Support Group. Do you have an annoying medical condition that is always bothering you? Find ways to get back to enjoying life and minimizing the problem. Call the Commission on Aging at 715-479-3725 and ask about the support group that meets in the PrimeTimers meeting room at the St. Germain Community Center. HELP! HELP! HELP! The Commission on Aging is looking for drivers for the escort program. The escort driver transports others to medical appointments and shopping. As of January 1, 2009 it pays 55 cents per mile of travel. Your time is donated. Can you spare some time to help people who cannot drive? Call the Commission on Aging at 715-479-3625. Vilas Food Pantry. 1542 Hwy. 45 North, Eagle River. Located just north of Kalmar Senior Center. Contact: Pam Zaugg 715-497-3388. Open every Wednesday of the month from 8:30 to 10:00 AM. and every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 3:30 to 5:30 PM. It is recommended that you get on a schedule of picking up a 2 week supply of grocieries. This would allow you to go 2 times per month. Those who are picking up food supplies at the Vilas Pantry can eat next door at the Kalmar Center at 5:00 PM without charge. The Tuesday schedule may work out better for those who wish to dine at the Kalmar Center while they are in the area. Lakeland Area Food Pantry. 1707 Hwy. 51 North, Arbor Vitae. Located just north of Northern Lights Harley-Davison on the opposite side of the Hwy. It is open for food distribution each Tuesday. Doors open at 8:30 AM. with food distribution from 9-11:30 AM. Guidelines are available at the pantry Call for days and time 715-358-2222. Boulder Junction Community Church Drop-In Food Pantry. If you or someone you know is having trouble making ends meet and there is too much month left at the end of the money, we have a solution. There is a variety of food products available for balanced nutrition. A two-week supply will be given out for those families who need it. Income guidelines have been expanded. This may be the extra needed for someone between jobs or laid off work or having a family crises. Come to the Boulder Junction Community Food Pantry Located at the Church Annex - (Garage) located at 10441 Main St. (Hwy. K West) in Boulder Junction, WI. A simple form must be signed each vist. Proof of your physical address is required at each visit as this outlet serves the western half of Vilas County only. Proof of income is not required but we ask for a photo ID. Names are kept confidential and kept only at this location. The pantry is open every week on Thursdays. It is open from 10:00 to 11:30 AM. on some weeks and open from 3:30 to 5:00 PM. on alternating weeks. Call 715-385-2146 for days and times to get the schedule. You may pick up your food supplies every other week. The computer has been removed from the PrimeTimers room. The sewing machine has also been removed. Lessons will not be available for the computer or the sewing machine any longer. COLLECT YOUR MILK BOTTLE CAPS! We can get 5 cents for every bottle cap turned in for the St. Germain Elementary School. Bring your bottle caps to our regular meetings and we will see that the school gets them. The milk brands that work with this are: Golden Guernsey, Kemps, and Morning Glory. SAVE YOUR CAMPBELL SOUP LABELS! Turn them in to the PrimeTimers at the Regular meetings. These will also be turned in to the St. Germain Elementary School for redemption.

WEEKLY ORGANIZED EVENTS - Walking in the gym and the Exercise Room will be open every day except Saturday and Sunday. Building opens at 8:00 AM * Bowling * Card Playing * Line Dancing * Exercise equipment in work-out room * Walking in the Gym.
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Your Team Leaders
President: Judie Berard (715-479-6659)
Vice President: Ginny Sparkowski (715-356-3476) (E-mail: ginnyanddan@verizon.net)
Secretary: Barb Steinhilber (715-479-6550) (E-mail: barbjs2@verizon.net)
Treasurer: Dave Zielinski (715-479-1401) (E-mail: davezee1@verizon.net)
Activities Directors: Fred and Carol Radtke (715-479-6310) fradtke@verizon.net)
Editor,RSVP: Fred Radtke (715-479-6310) (E-mail: fradtke@verizon.net)
Bingo Schedule: Fred Radtke (715-479-6310) (E-mail: fradtke@verizon.net)
Past President: Verdelle Mauthe (715-542-2538) (E-mail: wuffman@nnex.net)

Directors: Marge Berg (715-479-7499), Jim Grace (715-542-2010) (E-Mail: jkgrace1@verzon.net),
Bob Myers (715-542-3401), Sandy Summers (715-542-4598).

Senior Meals: Verdelle Mauthe (715-542-2951) (E-mail: vrmaut@earthlink.net)
Sunshine Cards & Historian: Toni Newton (715-477-6280)
Meeting Refreshments: Sandy Summers (715-542-4538)
Transportation: Dorothy Kossow (715-479-3596) (E-mail: kossdd@peoplepc.com)
Ice Cream Wagon Volunteers: Call Don or Dorothy Kossow (715-479-3596) (E-mail: kossdd@peoplepc.com)
Website: Loyd Black (479-5997) (E-mail: loydar@nnex.net)
Programs: Glen Steiner (715-479-9009) (E-mail: gcs@nnex.net)
RSVP Volunteer Program: Fred Radtke (715-479-6310) (E-mail: fradtke@verizon.net)

Vilas County Commission on Aging: Benefit specialist or Movies 715-479-3625
PrimeTimers that are on Commission on Aging: Robert Meyers (St. Germain) and Kris Main (Cloverland Township).

The Coalition for Wisconsin Aging Groups (CWAG)
Our own PrimeTimers members are now associated with CWAG. Fred Radtke was recently elected Vice President and Bob Meyers was elected to the Governing Board. CWAG is a grass-roots state organization that fights for the mature adult citizen. CWAG has helped to bring us Senior Care, Badger Plus programs, Benefit Specialists at the Commission on Aging, and has a panel of a dozen lawyers who help solve legal issues in cases of fraud, medicare issues, power of attorney medical issues and financial issues, wills and trusts.

Note: Loyd Black and Donna Rollman are off the Commission on Aging Board as of January 1, 2009.
State laws mandate a maximum 6 years consecutive service. Then another person must volunteer for the position.
The two positions have now been filled (see above).