By Brian Lester on July 24, 2018
Cathy Larker, Holley-Navarre Senior Center, Janet Pokroy, Jeanneane King, Jim Russell, Les King, Margaret Russell, Mark Pokroy, Navarre, Shuffleboard, Sport
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Mark and Janet Pokroy, along with Jim Russell, are playing a game of shuffleboard on a summer afternoon at the Holley Navarre Senior Center. A few others stop by as the day progresses. The game is being played on the new courts that were laid down earlier this year after months in which the pieces […]
By Brian Lester on May 21, 2018
Bill Ferson, Don Brown, fundraiser, Holley-Navarre Senior Center, Mark Pokroy, Pancake breakfast, plant sale, T.J. Husser
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Don Brown is having fun amid the hustle and bustle of another pancake breakfast at the Holley-Navarre Senior Center on a Saturday morning. He has been involved at the senior center for more than two years now and steps up for a variety of volunteer opportunities during the year. Read the full article in the […]
By Brian Lester on April 14, 2018
Brian Finegan, Brian Lester, Cherie Wren, Dimitra Teal, fundraiser, Holley, Holley-Navarre Senior Center, Janet Pokroy, Linda Parsons, Mark Pokroy, Mystery Dinner Theater, Navarre, Sandy McDaniel
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Two hours of anticipation was on the cusp of its conclusion Saturday night. The final piece of the script was in my hands — the reporter known as Smitty in the Holley Navarre Senior Center’s mystery dinner theater production — and also in the hands of the sometimes-clueless Inspector Eddie Constantine, a role played by […]
By Brian Lester on April 6, 2018
April 7, Cheri Wren, Dimitra Teal, Dinner Theater, Holley, Holley-Navarre Senior Center, Janet Pokroy, Last Call at Chez Mort, Lee Mueller, Linda Parsons, Mark Pokroy, Navarre
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The microphones are laid out on a table inside the Holley Navarre Senior Center. Everyone in the cast of Last Call at Chez Mort, the dinner theater production that will play out Saturday at the center, is ready for another rehearsal. Read the full article in the April 5 issue of Navarre Press. Visit www.navarrepress.com/subscribe […]
By Brian Lester on April 2, 2018
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Not everyone is blessed with artistic talent. But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn how to draw or paint. “If you can hold a pencil, I can teach you to paint,” said Mary Ellen Linthicum, an art instructor at the Holley Navarre Senior Center. Read the full article in the Mar. 29 issue of Navarre […]
By Brian Lester on October 20, 2017
AARP, Baby Boomers, Janet Pokroy, Mark Pokroy, Navarre residents, retirement, seniors, travel, Travel tips
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Travel is high on the priority list of those 50 and over. It’s also big business for the industry, according to Stephanie Miles, the senior vice president for marketing and member benefits at AARP. “Travel is the number one thing people at that age aspire to do, especially with a significant other or family,” Miles […]
By Brian Lester on April 20, 2017
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Janet and Mark Pokroy used to ride their bikes around the Holley-Navarre Senior Center in the summer months when they were down here visiting the area. Their first impression of it from the outside looking in was an interesting one. “It looked closed. There was no one around. We had no idea what it was,” […]
By Gail Acosta on January 26, 2017
Art, art class, artistic talent, Holley-Navarre Senior Center, Janet Pokroy, Judy Sorensen, Mark Pokroy, Mary Ellen Linthicum, Navarre, Painter, Painting class, seniors
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Although she has been passionate about painting for more than half her life, Mary Ellen Linthicum never planned on teaching an art class at the Holley-Navarre Senior Center. It just happened to work out that way. Read the full article in the Jan. 26 issue of Navarre Press. Subscribe online at navarrepress.com for as little […]
By Gail Acosta on February 18, 2016
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To a sold-out crowd on Feb. 6, the Holley Navarre Senior Center Mystery Dinner Theater group gave a rousing performance of the murder mystery “‘Pasta, Passion and Pistols.” The center was transformed into a little Italian restaurant in Little Italy, N.Y. for the play. Restaurant owner Pepi Roni was shot in the back and the […]