UOVSFC News for the week of March 23

A man left the snow-filled streets of Ottawa for a vacation in Mexico. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on
which he had written her e-mail address, he did his best to type it from memory. Unfortunately he missed one letter and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher's wife, whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look, let out a piercing scream and fell to the floor in a dead faint. At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen: "Dearest Wife, just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Signed, Your eternally loving husband. PS. Sure is hot down here!"

Walk in the Woods: Let’s try the new route called Memory Lane which leads into the Creek-side Route then back on Soggyland Shortcut. Total distance about 3.3 km and takes 90 minutes or less. Meet at the ski chalet on Balmer’s Bay Road ready to walk at 1:30 pm on Wednesday March 25.

March 23, 2026 Beaded Bracelet Workshop with Trudy. Registration closed. It is at the Deep River Legion, 9 am – noon today.

Thursday morning Coffee and Conversation will be at the Deep River Library at 10:00 am on March 26.

Free Community Breakfast, Saturday March 28, 8 am – 10 am at the Community Events Center (CEC). Juice, baked beans, sausages, pancakes, real maple syrup, fresh fruit, tea, coffee. Donations appreciated – all ages welcome. Sponsored by Upper Ottawa Valley Seniors Friendship Club in partnership with Deep River Community Kitchen.

The barn quilt workshop: second session March 24 at 9 am in the Deep River Library program room.

The Chicken Pottery workshop April 14 and 28 is FULL. It will take place at the Deep River Legion, not at the Deep River Library as previously advertised. You can contact 23uovsfc55@gmail.com to put your name on a waiting list.

Ballroom Dancing with Mac and Elizabeth on Tuesdays April 7 and 21 from 9am-11am - at the Deep River Library program room.
Mac and Elizabeth have been dancing for more than 30 years, and have run the Sunday afternoon social dance in the Deep River library for more than 10 years. This class will be low impact and introductory level, and dancers will be doing swing and foxtrot (specifically, east coast swing and social foxtrot).
Wear comfortable clothes, little or no scents, and supportive, well fitting shoes that are not too sticky - hard plastic or leather soles are best.
We strongly suggest couples register together, but singles are ok. If there are singles
we are usually short of men, so single men are very welcome.
There is no cost to these two classes.
To register, please email: 23uovsfc55@gmail.com before April 1.

Gentle Fitness with Kim Knight
On Tuesdays at the Deep River Library program room at 11:15am. April 7, April 21, May 19, May 26
The classes will be a mix of gentle exercises for flexibility and balance and tips on how to increase more movement throughout a day. Chairs only are required for these classes. $10 per class or 4 classes for $35. Please register with payment to 23uovsfc55@gmail.com or by dropping a note with payment in to the drop-box at the front desk at the Deep River town hall.

Save the date!
SATURDAY, MAY 2
���� UOVSFC DINNER & DANCE ���� at the Deep River Legion. Details to follow at a later date.

County wide bus trip to the Ottawa Tulip Festival, along with dinner, on May 11th. The seats for Deep River are now FULL, however we are keeping a cancellation list in case someone cancels or in case the seats in Petawawa and Pembroke do not fill up. (There will be 4 buses leaving from different locations in the county.) Bus 2: Lead is Melanie Theil, Upper Ottawa Valley Seniors Friendship Club, 613-401- 3452 or 23uovsfc55@gmail.com
Pick up locations - Ashley's Independent (Jan's Valu-Mart), 75 Deep River Road, Deep River (11:00am),
Petawawa Civic Centre, 16 Civic Centre Road, Petawawa (11:30am), County of Renfrew, 9 International Drive, Pembroke (11:55am)
All buses will meet at Commissioner's Park with arrival time between 1:00 and 1:30 pm. We will be staying at the festival until 3:00 - 3:30 pm. Buses will start leaving the festival at 3:15 pm and 3:45 pm to head to the restaurant.
The pricing for this trip ($80 per person) includes transportation and dinner at Buffets Des Continents only (buffet dinner, coffee, tea, pop, and services). Individuals are welcome to bring food and drinks on the bus and to the festival.

Valvular heart diseases are dysfunctions of the doors that direct blood flow within the heart. These diseases affect hundreds of thousands of people in Canada. Heart valve problems are often undetected, and late detection may have severe consequences.
A free screening conducted by the Ottawa Heart Institute is being hosted by the UOV Senior’s Friendship Club for people 65+ with no known heart issues. The mobile screening program offers early detection, diagnosis and treatment. The first clinic on April 30th is fully booked, but a second date of October 20th has been added.
To participate in upcoming clinics at Real Hope Christian Assembly, 33019 Hwy 17 Deep River, please call 613-696-7412 or email at heartvalve@ottawaheart.ca Limited space available. Future clinic dates will be booked based on need.

The Upper Ottawa Valley Seniors Friendship Club is open to all adults living in the area from Chalk River to Deux Rivieres.
Website https://seniorsfriendshipclub.ca
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sfc.uov

Ann Serdula with information and proof reading from others.