Raynham Senior Center

A reminder it is tax season, and the scams are rampant, including the continuing scam involving a phone call from a person claiming to be from the IRS and threatening the person called if they do not send money. Bridgewater was hit with these calls recently, and Raynham's turn came soon after, as we learned from the Raynham Police and from seniors who told us they had received the calls. Be prepared for the calls to continue as tax season continues.

We have a survey that is coming out in the next few days. The survey is eight questions, and has space for further comments. We hope people choose to read it and perhaps fill it out, in part or in total.

Better nutrition and better diabetes management will be the topic when Peggy Pochay, RD, CDE, Morton Hospital Registered Dietician and Certified Diabetes Educator visits on April 7 at 12 noon. Sign up in advance at 508-828-7938 for the workshop and light lunch.

The newsletter is going out now, and we're looking forward to our April events, including our annual Red Sox opening day at Fenway party on April 11 at 1 p.m. Here's a happy reveler from last year.

Get your kicks with a free style dance group on Mondays at 2:15 p.m. This free fun dance is informal, and we invite you to boogie away to tunes. If you have a favorite CD or music on your phone, bring it in. This is a free program.

We're welcoming Marty Ulak, facilities director at The Arbors, on March 31 at 1 p.m. for a program about avoid and prevent falls. This is a free program open to the public.

Free blood pressure clinic is on March 9 from 10 to 11 a.m. with nurses from Longmeadow of Taunton. This clinic is open to anyone who wants to get their blood pressure checked.

A reminder to all who want to dispose of unwanted medications. The Raynham Police Department has a locked container in the lobby for the disposal of meds. Thanks to the RPD.

Thanks to Amy Schram of the Beter Business Bureau for a very good presentation about scams, fraud and identity theft. Those who attended received information which included how to tap into the BBB website for information about businesses, including complaints, and the businesses' responses to the complaints.

Happy (belated) birthday to Theodor Seuss Geisel. Many of us will be reading at the schools to celebrate his work.

We may have a little snow on Friday. Remember to check on the weather at the NOAA site, which is mobile friendly. The weather station is located in Taunton, where it has been for years, and the data is updated regularly. There are also many maps and charts for all the people who are really into monitoring weather, many of us.

This is our resident killdeer, who laid eggs last year and spent most of the spring with her family in the fields next to the senior center. We think she'll be back, because I can hear killdeer now.