THINKFIRST NEED TO KNOW FALL PREVENTION CLASS Location: Lafayette Senior Center Day: Tuesday Falls are the leading cause of unintentional Fees: Free injury deaths for people over age 65 and a Time: 1-2:30pm leading reason for emergency room visits in the United States each year. Falls can ACTIVITY # DATE REGISTER BY cause brain injuries, hip fractures, and other 616536-A 1/3 12/31 devastating consequences. Many falls could 616536-B 3/7 3/4 be avoided through simple preventative measures. ThinkFirst To Prevent Falls is now available as a presentation on the basics of fall prevention for older adults. HELPFUL COMMUNITY RESOURCE PHONE NUMBERS LOCAL 303-665-5588 SENIOR SERVICES 303-665-9052 Lafayette City Hall 303-665-0469 Lafayette Senior Center 833-456-3359 Bob L. Burger Recreation Center 303-665-5571 Ride Free Lafayette 303-665-9661 Lafayette Police - Non-Emergency 303-689-4000 Lafayette Fire Department - Non-Emergency 303-665-0566 Good Samaritan Medical Center 303-665-4342 Coal Creek Cafe/Meals on Wheels Sister Carmen Community Center 303-441-1617 303-415-7000 BOULDER COUNTY 303-441-1100 303-441-3980 Area Agency on Aging (AAA) 303-413-7555 Boulder Community Health 303-441-1000 Boulder County Public Health 303-441-3700 Boulder County Veteran Services 303-443-8500 Boulder County Workforce Boulder Housing and Human Services 800-272-3900 District Attorney Community Protection 303-447-2848 Mental Health Parners 877-405-5872 OTHER Alzheimer's Association Via Mobility Services Social Security - Louisville Office lafayetteco.gov/Seniors | Winter-Spring 2023 51
TRIPS The Senior Center offers a variety of trips to exciting locations. To best serve you, please note: ▶ We are committed to running each trip that meets Please use the following levels to the required minimum number of participants. determine activity exertion levels or each trip: ▶ Please notify us as soon as possible if an emergency prevents you from attending a trip. WALKING LEVELS ▶ Feel free to pack a lunch or snack for the ride. LEVEL 1 Level ground and little Some trips will stop for lunch, so check the trip walking description. LEVEL 2 Uneven ground and moder- ▶ All trips meet at the Senior Center parking lot at ate amount of walking 103 S. Iowa Avenue unless otherwise noted. LEVEL 3 Hilly and challenging with high amount of walking SENIOR SERVICES NATIONAL WESTERN STOCK SHOW AND RODEO (Level 2) Polish your boots or wear them dusty, but don’t miss the National Western Stock Show! We provide the bus ride to the Denver Coliseum, and the Pro Rodeo delivers the fun. After the Rodeo, stroll around the Coliseum on your own or as a group and enjoy the numerous vendors’ offerings. Please bring money for food and dress for walking and the weather. NEED TO KNOW Location: Lafayette Senior Center Day: Thursday Fees: R $40/ NR $47 Time: 11am-5pm Ages: 21 and older ACTIVITY # DATE REGISTER BY 616200-A 1/18 1/4 52 Winter-Spring 2023 | SENIOR SERVICES | 303-665-9052
CANDLELIGHT DINNER THEATER BRECKENRIDGE SNOW SCULPTURES (LEVEL 1) (LEVEL 3) Enjoy a high-energy 60s-inspired song and Sit back and enjoy the ride to Breckenridge SENIOR SERVICES dance experience with The Motones vs. The to see the Breckenridge International Snow Jerseys. With a set list of nearly 50 songs, Sculpture Championship, a world-renowned \"Motones vs. Jerseys: In Concert\" features competition where 16 teams from around the music of beloved artists like Marvin the world hand-carve 25-ton blocks of Gaye, The Drifters, Frankie Valli and the snow into enormous, hand-carved, intricate Four Seasons, The Temptations, The Beach works of art Boys, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Herman's Hermits and many more. There will be time to ride the gondola (free), eat lunch at a restaurant of your choice, and Bring your phone to engage in this stroll around town to enjoy a self-guided interactive, theatrical experience. As an tour of the sculptures. There will be a lot of audience member, you can choose the outdoor walking at high altitudes making performance winner via a real-time voting appropriate clothing and footwear a must. app. You will be glad you got a seat for dinner, but you won't want to stay in it once The trip fee includes transportation to the music starts! Breckenridge and parking. Your ticket includes a round-trip bus ride NEED TO KNOW from the Senior Center, a main dish, and gratuity. Drinks and dessert are additional. Location: Lafayette Senior Center Day: Friday NEED TO KNOW Fees: R $25/ NR $28 Time: 8:30am-6pm Location: Lafayette Senior Center ACTIVITY # DATE REGISTER BY Day: Friday Fees: R $77/ NR $90 616203-A 1/27 1/20 Time: 5-10pm ACTIVITY # DATE REGISTER BY 616207-A 1/20 1/2 lafayetteco.gov/Seniors | Winter-Spring 2023 53
HERBAL TEA BLENDING AT THE LITTLE MAKE AROMA THERAPY BATH SALTS APOTHECARY (LEVEL 2) WITH THE LITTLE APOTHECARY (LEVEL 2) Vist the Little Herbal Apothecary on South Pamper yourself this month at The Little Public Road to learn about the healing Herbal Apothecary as we learn about benefits of herbal teas and how to blend aromatherapy. Gain insight into the them to make delicious, healthy teas. Use powerful healing benefits of aromatherapy your new knowledge to make a tea blend while sampling various essential oils. Your to take home and enjoy. Please meet at the trip culminates with creating aromatherapy Senior Center, where we will walk or take bath salts to take home and enjoy. Meet at the bus the 3.5 blocks to the Apothecary. the Senior Center. We will walk or take the Please dress accordingly. bus 3.5 blocks to the Apothecary, depending on the weather. Please dress accordingly NEED TO KNOW NEED TO KNOW Location: Lafayette Senior Center Day: Thursday Location: Lafayette Senior Center Fees: R $15/ NR $17 Day: Thursday Time: 10-11:30am Fees: R $15/ NR $17 ACTIVITY # DATE REGISTER BY Time: 10am-11:30am ACTIVITY # DATE REGISTER BY 616211-A 1/26 1/12 616213-A 2/23 2/9 SENIOR SERVICES MOLLY BROWN HOUSE MUSEUM DOWNTOWN AQUARIUM (LEVEL 2) (LEVEL 2) Bring a bit of the tropics to your winter Historic Denver's Molly Brown House with a trip to the Downtown Aquarium in Museum tells the story of Margaret \"Molly\" Denver, home to over 500 species of exotic Brown. While touring this unique museum, fish and sea life. Engage in the interactive we will learn about Molly Brown, a woman Stingray Reef touch tank, and enjoy aquatic of adventure, activism, philanthropy, and and geographic exhibits or shopping. passion. Please bring money for lunch after We will eat lunch at the Aquarium café; the tour and dress for the weather. please bring money for lunch. Please wear comfortable walking shoes. NEED TO KNOW Your registration fee includes the Aquarium Location: Lafayette Senior Center entrance fee and transportation. Day: Wednesday Fees: R $20/ NR $25 NEED TO KNOW Time: 10am-3:30pm ACTIVITY # DATE REGISTER BY Location: Lafayette Senior Center Day: Tuesday 616212-A 2/8 1/25 Fees: R $28/ NR $34 Time: 10am-3:30pm ACTIVITY # DATE REGISTER BY 616214-A 2/28 2/14 54 Winter-Spring 2023 | SENIOR SERVICES | 303-665-9052
CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE HAMMOND'S CANDY FACTORY SENIOR SERVICES ENSEMBLE AT THE NORTHGLENN TOUR (LEVEL 2) THEATER (LEVEL 1) Since 1920 Hammond's has been crafting Enjoy a day of dance at Northglenn's sweet treats by hand. Take the 45-minute fantastic new theater with the Cleo Parker tour to learn how they create these treats Robinson Dance Ensemble. Cleo Parker and indulge in some free samples. After the Robinson Dance is a cultural ambassador, tour, candies are available for purchase if infusing vitality, innovation, and education you would like to take some home. Lunch is into every audience-around the corner and at the Red Rooster Café just down the road the globe. from Hammond’s. Please bring money for lunch and wear comfortable walking shoes. This dynamic dance ensemble uses the common language of dance to transcend NEED TO KNOW the boundaries of culture, class, and age. Location: Lafayette Senior Center You won't want to miss this energizing Day: Tuesday performance! A concession stand Fees: R $10/ NR $12 is available for snacks during the Time: 10am-3:30pm performance. ACTIVITY # DATE REGISTER BY NEED TO KNOW 616216-A 3/21 3/7 Location: Lafayette Senior Center LAFAYETTE HISTORY MUSEUM AND Day: Thursday COFFEE (LEVEL 2) Fees: R $25/ NR $30 Time: 11am-3pm Walk from the Senior Center to the ACTIVITY # DATE REGISTER BY Lafayette History Museum for a tour, then enjoy coffee or treats at the East 616215-A 3/2 2/16 Simpson Coffee Shop. Please wear weatherappropriate clothing, and bring money for a free-will donation at the museum and snacks at the East Simpson Coffee Shop. Space is limited so sign up early. NEED TO KNOW Location: Lafayette Senior Center Day: Thursday Fees: R $2/ NR $3 Time: 11am-2pm ACTIVITY # DATE REGISTER BY 616217-A 4/6 4/2 lafayetteco.gov/Seniors | Winter-Spring 2023 55
UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT LONGHOPES DONKEY SHELTER BRITAIN AT CU- BOULDER (LEVEL 2) (LEVEL 2) George Hinchliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Travel to Bennett Colorado, to visit Great Britain is a group of all-singing, Longhopes Donkey Shelter, which has been strumming ukulele players who have around since the late 1990s. Longhopes become world-famous for their unexpected is a beautiful vision that came to life interpretations of film scores and rock 'n' when the founder wanted to give donkeys roll. Joyous, heartfelt, and wonderfully an alternative retirement other than a clever, these beloved Macky Auditorium slaughterhouse. We will visit and learn favorites are as hilarious as they are fiercely more about these beautiful mammals, then talented. Have a ukulele? Bring it and play stop for lunch along the way. Please bring along! money for lunch and wear closed-toe shoes and comfortable clothes in which to hug Doors open at 6pm for the 7:30pm a donkey! The registration fee covers the performance. Concessions are available at shelter donation of $50 per person and the venue, but please eat dinner before the transportation. show. NEED TO KNOW Don't miss out on this unique and entertaining evening! Register by Feb. 17 Location: Lafayette Senior Center Day: Thursday NEED TO KNOW Fees: R $60/ NR $65 Time: 9:30am-3:30pm Location: Lafayette Senior Center ACTIVITY # DATE REGISTER BY Day: Tuesday Fees: R $43/ NR $51 616219-A 4/27 4/13 Time: 5-10pm ACTIVITY # DATE REGISTER BY 616218-A 4/18 2/17 SENIOR SERVICES EXTENDED TRAVEL From time to time, the Senior Center may partner with extended travel companies to offer trips out of state or country so that a group of older adults from Lafayette can travel together. If you have trips you would like to see offered. Please see our Recreation Coordinator at the Senior Center. 56 Winter-Spring 2023 | SENIOR SERVICES | 303-665-9052
WELLNESS BASIC FOOT CARE ORTHO-BIONOMY® BODYWORK SENIOR SERVICES Foot care for those who need just the basics: Ortho-Bionomy is a therapeutic technique that a foot soak, short lotion massage and nail file relieves pain by helping the body to rediscover pedicure. Service provided by Bonnie Miller, CNA. its natural balance. This method of osteopath- based bodywork, which includes working with NEED TO KNOW structure, lymph, fluids, neurology, organs, Location: Lafayette Senior Center and the endocrine system, allows the body to Day: Tuesday relax while opening neurological pathways that Fees: R $23/ NR $27 assist with and speed up the process of healing. Time: 9-11:30am Laura Samel, an Ortho-Bionomy practitioner, Dates: Jan. 3, Feb. 7, March 7, April 4 provides 45-minute hand or foot sessions. Appointment required. Call 303-665-9052 NEED TO KNOW MEDICAL FOOT CARE Registration Deadline: 3 days in advance The Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) provides Location: Lafayette Senior Center Medical Foot Care, including toenail trimming, Day: Monday calluses filing, foot sensation, circulation, Fees: R $40/ NR $48 overall foot health, and blood pressure checks. Time: 9am-2pm Call the Colorado VNA at 303-698-6496 to Dates: Jan. 9 and 23, Feb. 13 and 27, schedule an appointment, for questions, or March 13 and 27, April 3 and 24 to see if this is a covered benefit of your Kaiser Appointment required. Call 303-665-9052 plan. Credit cards are preferred, cash and checks are accepted. HEARING CLINICS NEED TO KNOW Family Hearing provides free audiology ser- Location: Lafayette Senior Center vices, including hearing screening, checking Days: Wednesday and cleaning ears, and inspecting and cleaning Time: 9am-4pm hearing aids. Fees: $55 MFC NEED TO KNOW $15 Fingernails Dates: Jan. 18, Feb. 15, March 15, April 19 Location: Lafayette Senior Center Appointment required. Call 303-698-6496 Fees: Free Time: 2-3:30pm LYONS CLUB GLASSES Date: Feb. 14 and April 11 Appointment required. Call 303-665-9052 The Senior Center is proud to partner with our local Lyons Club to offer FREE sunglasses and reading glasses to seniors in need. The Lafayette Lyons Clubs accepts donations of no longer- needed prescription glasses, reading glasses, and sunglasses. Stop by the Senior Center if you need reading glasses or sunglasses. MARCH 3 | 11:30AM-12:30PM lafayetteco.gov/Seniors | Winter-Spring 2023 57
PARKS & OPEN SPACE Heron Lake Open Space Waneka Lake Trail Sunset Maple Park Greenlee Wildlife Preserve PARKS & OPEN SPACE Coal Creek Trail Lafayette's Open Space and trail system provide recreation and wildlife viewing opportunities throughout the community. Lafayette's Open Space contributes to the small-town feel that residents and businesses find appealing PARKS Twenty parks with water features, play structures, shelters (available to rent), restrooms, and more. TRAILS Over 23 miles of soft-surface trails for hiking and biking offer plenty of wild adventure for the whole family. Amenities include shade, benches, and pet pick-up stations. OPEN SPACE Lafayette's 1,617 acres of solely and jointly owned Open Spaces exhibit how residents and wildlife can flourish together. Open Space properties provide organic farms, environmental education, nature discovery, trail recreation, and wildlife viewing opportunities, including amazing birding, prairie dog colonies, and coyote dens. Learn about upcoming Open Space programs on the following pages. FOR A FULL LIST OF PARKS , TRAILS, OPEN SPACES, AND THEIR AMENITIES, PLEASE VISIT: lafayetteco.gov/Facilities 58 Winter-Spring 2023 | OPEN SPACE | 303-661-1268
OPEN SPACE PROGRAMS All Open Space nature programs are free. Reservations are required for all programs. Visit the enrollment page for more information for each program. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For all questions or concerns please contact Naturalist Martin Ogle. The Shack at Waneka Lake is an interpretive, educational center located between Waneka Lake and Greenlee Wildlife Preserve. Visit The Shack to discover more about Colorado flora and fauna, the future of sustainability, and the unique connections between humans and earth. Open Saturdays and Sundays (times vary). LAFAYETTE BIRDS! BRISK WALK ON COAL CREEK Beginning birders (families and adults) experience Get your blood pumping and brain engaged with a the fun of birdwatching at this ongoing birdwatching brisk three-mile walk led by naturalist Martin Ogle. opportunity on the first Sunday of each month. Learn fascinating stories about our local natural Knowledgeable birdwatchers will be on hand to bring and human history in a healthy and fun way with the world of birds alive. Meet at The Shack, located on fellow walkers! Registration is required. FREE the north side of Waneka Lake Park. FREE NEED TO KNOW NEED TO KNOW Location: Coal Creek Trailhead at Flagg Park Location: Greenlee Wildlife Preserve ACTIVITY # DATE TIME Time: 1-3pm 717601-A March 11 1-2:30pm ACTIVITY # DATES BRISK WALK IN OUR PLACE 717300-A Jan. 1, Feb. 5, March 5, April 2 Get your blood pumping and your brain engaged with a brisk walk of discovery. This three-mile CHICKENS OF COLORADO walk, led by naturalist Martin Ogle and Lexi Bulich (Fitness Coordinator), offers a moderately Join JAX and Lafayette Open Space in a fun paced walk with snack, water and story breaks. exploration of our state's wild chickens. Learn how Registration is required. FREE to raise domestic chickens at home. Registration is required and limited to 20 people. FREE NEED TO KNOW NEED TO KNOW Location: Outdoor Classroom at the BBRC 105 W. Baseline Road Location: JAX Farm and Ranch, ACTIVITY # DATE TIME 400 W. South Boulder Rd., Lafayette ACTIVITY # DATE TIME 717600-A Feb. 15 1-2:30pm 717400-A February 25 10-11:30am COAL CREEK TABLE TALK EARTH DAY EVERY DAY Discover the wonders of Coal Creek with exciting PARKS & OPEN SPACE displays and hands-on activities at this drop-in Enjoy the outdoors and learn how to protect the event. Stop by the Public Road Trailhead and visit Earth, fight climate change, and create a sustainable with Open Space staff, who will share exciting facts Lafayette in this family-friendly event. Delight in a about the local wildlife found in the Coal Creek Jeff and Paige performance, view an electric vehicle Corridor. No registration is required. FREE showcase and a sustainability farmers market, and explore the newly-renovated Outdoor Classroom Open Space. No registration is required. FREE NEED TO KNOW NEED TO KNOW Location: Recreation Center Parking Lot Location: Coal Creek Trailhead at S. Public Road ACTIVITY # DAY TIME ACTIVITY # DATE TIME 717100-A Saturday 10am-2pm 717000-A 4/22 11am-1pm lafayetteco.gov/Recreation | Winter-Spring 2023 59
POLICIES POLICIES RECREATION CENTER ► Appropriate apparel must be worn in accordance with POLICIES & PROCEDURES the area of the facility being used. Shoes and shirts are required at all times. Only non-marking shoes are All facility guests using a daily fee area must check-in at allowed in the racquetball courts or in the gymnasium. the front reception desk. Guests found to be using the Proper swim attire (bathing suits) must be worn in all facility without paying will be asked to leave and may be pools. No street clothes will be allowed in the pools. suspended from future use. Shirts and close-toed, non-marking shoes are required in the weight room and gymnasium. ► There is no smoking, chewing tobacco, marijuana, alcoholic beverages or gum allowed in the Center. ► Changes in the recreation schedule may occur without Food and drink are permitted only in designated areas notice. Lap swim and open swim times may change. Call (lobby, multiuse rooms, outdoor patio). Sports drinks the Recreation Center at 303-665-0469 or the information and water brought past the front desk must be in a line at 303-665-0468 if you have any questions. spill-proof, non-breakable bottle. No glass is allowed The recreation staff will enforce all rules and safety policies in the Center. for the benefit and enjoyment of all. Our Center Staff is always available to help you. If you have any feedback, ► Equipment, including basketballs, racquetball racquets please feel free to contact any member of the staff. and balls, and a Walleyball set are available for check out for current members of an active status household CODE OF CONDUCT from the Front Desk The City of Lafayette Recreation & Facility Management ► The Recreation Center is NOT responsible for lost or Department seeks to create a welcoming environment for stolen articles. It is strongly recommended that you all facility users and program/activity participants. To do not bring any valuables into the Center. Please help ensure a safe and satisfactory experience for all, the turn in any found articles to the lost and found at the City expects that respectful, courteous and considerate front desk. Lost items may be identified and retrieved behavior is exhibited at all times by those visiting our from the front desk. facilities and participating in programs and activities. ► A courtesy phone is located in the vestibule and A violation of the Code of Conduct may include, but is outside the family locker rooms for personal calls. not limited to: disorderly conduct, the use of offensive, Please be considerate of other guests when using threatening or abusive language or gestures, theft, mobile phones in the facility. public intoxication, use of drugs, sexual misconduct, harassment, failure to cooperate with Department ► The Center lockers operate on a padlock system. personnel, possession of any type of weapon, non- Patrons may bring a personal lock to secure compliance with Department rules and regulations, any belongings in a locker. If needed, combination unlawful activity, and any other behavior deemed to be padlocks are available for purchase at the Front Desk disruptive. The City reserves the right to deny admission for $8.00. Staff will cut off personal locks remaining and or take appropriate disciplinary actions against any on lockers at the end of each business day. Personal individual violating this Code of Conduct. items remaining in the locker will be placed in lost and found. Check for items at the Front Desk. After PERSONAL TRAINER POLICIES three weeks, if not claimed, lost and found items will be donated to Sister Carmen. ► Personal Training clients must notify their trainer, Fitness Coordinator or Front Desk staff at least 24 hours ► Cameras/camera phones are not allowed in the locker in advance of a session to reschedule. Cancellations and room areas. Please stow these items in a bag or changes made less than 24 hours prior to the session carrying case. and any missed appointments will be charged in full. ► Family Locker Rooms are available for use by adults ► The Lafayette Recreation Center does not permit personal with young children and patrons who require training in exchange for money or services by anyone in assistance in the locker room. the facility other than authorized City of Lafayette staff. ► Racquetball reservations may be made two days in advance. Failure to show for a racquetball reservation without a two hour notice may result in a suspension of court reservation privileges. Racquets are available for checkout during your reserved time on the court only. Adult annual pass holders may reserve seven days in advance. 60 Winter-Spring 2023 | Bob L. Burger Recreation Center | 303-665-0469
POLICIES AGE GUIDELINES ALL AREAS: For your child’s safety, all children under ten (10) years of age must be supervised by a guest 16 years or older. LOCKER ROOMS: In the best interest of all our patrons, children six (6) years of age and older are required to use the gender- appropriate locker room. RUNNING TRACK: Available to anyone age 12 years and older. Infants are permitted in a personal baby carrier/harness only. Strollers are not permitted on the track. POOL AREAS: Children five (5) years of age or younger, who will be swimming, must display the appropriate wristband and be accompanied by a paying guest 16 years or older who is in the water, within arms reach of the child(ren). Children 6 - 9 years of age must be supervised by a guest 16 years or older who is present and attentive in the pool area. FITNESS AREAS: Weight and fitness equipment is available to anyone age 15 years and older. Those between the ages of 15-17 must complete a weight room/fitness equipment orientation. PARTICIPANTS WITH DISABILITIES People with disabilities are welcome and invited to contact the Recreation Department at 303-665-0469 to discuss the need for adaptations and assistance. Requests for scheduled activities should be made at least two weeks before the start date. Families with children with disabilities are encouraged to complete the Support Assistance Form available at the BBRC Front Desk when registering. The appropriate Recreation Department staff member will contact you after receiving the completed questionnaire. The City of Lafayette does not provide customized care or individualized personal assistance. POLICIES lafayetteco.gov/Recreation | Winter-Spring 2023 61
PLAN YOUR NEXT EVENTS OUTSIDE! wanEka lake RESERVE A PARK SHELTER available MARCH-OCTOBER whitetail lAmont does FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT LAFAYETTECO.GOV/PARKSHELTERS
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