Hot Stuff

        Seniors on the move: For seniors considering a New Year's resolution to get out more, the Hyde Park Center is waiting for you. Area residents ages 60 and older are meeting friends and making new ones three times a week at the center's luncheons. Held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, seating begins at 11:30 a.m. and a three-course lunch is served by volunteers at noon. After lunch is a schedule of activities — bridge to videos. Transportation to the center is available for older residents of Hyde Park, Mount Lookout, Oakley and O'Bryonville. Reservations are required. Suggested contribution is $3 per senior; 25 cents extra for tea or coffee. 321-6816.

Shelf Help

        When mom makes more: The days of the husband being the sole breadwinner are long gone. In one of every three marriages, the wife earns more money than her husband. Women's higher salaries are altering the marriage equation and revamping the “traditional” roles of husband and wife. In Breadwinner Wives and the Men They Marry (New Horizon Press; $15.95), author Randi Minetor interviewed 120 husbands and wives and found how these modern couples successfully counter the out-dated notions of society. She illustrates how the balance of power need not be reversed but made equal as couples share responsibility inside and outside the home to strengthen the family.

Family Fun

        After the holidays: Even though we've just passed the official holiday season, here's an idea to make next year's winter holidays more fun. Buy the December/January issue of Family Fun magazine and tuck it away in the Christmas decoration box when dismantling the tree. It has lots of ideas for tasty treats for the children and timely tips for holiday parties. The magazine also includes instructions on making a menorah for Hanukkah and a kinara for Kwanzaa. Great ideas for recycling holiday cards include clipping them to make gift tags, and decoupaging favorite cards onto cigar boxes as a gift for next year or storage for special decorations.

Mark Your Calendar

        The healing process: The staff of Willow Wood in Amelia, a center for children ages 5-18 grieving the loss of a family member, is starting a grief support program, beginning 7 p.m. Tuesday Willow Wood also provides grief support groups for parents who have had a spouse or child die. Adult groups meet at the same time as the children's groups. During each session, participants make a memorial quilt to honor their loved one. The free sessions will run Tuesdays for 10 weeks. Advance registration is required and closes after the first session. 753-6464 or www.willowwood.org.
       King Day event: The 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial March and Program will be 11:15 a.m. Jan. 21, starting at Fountain Square. Following ecumenical prayers and remarks, participants will march to Music Hall for a noon program. Accessibility for the disabled will be provided and there will be an interpreter for the deaf and hearing-impaired. Free. 661-4272.

        Contact Shauna Scott Rhone by phone: 768-8511; fax: 768-8330; e-mail: srhone@enquirer.com.

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