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March 2025

About Senior Solutions
03/28/2025

Building a Bridge With Journey House, A Home Base for Former Foster Youth
03/28/2025

Come for the Knitting, Stay for the Conversation... and the Cookies
03/28/2025

Creating Safe and Smart Spaces with Home Technology
03/28/2025

Finding Joy in My Role on The Pasadena Village Board
03/28/2025

I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!
03/28/2025

Managing Anxiety
03/28/2025

Message from Our President: Keeping Pasadena Village Strong Together
03/28/2025

My Favorite Easter Gift
03/28/2025

The Hidden History of Black Women in WWII
03/28/2025

Urinary Tract Infection – Watch Out!
03/28/2025

Volunteer Coordinator and Blade-Runner
03/28/2025

Continuing Commitment to Combating Racism
03/26/2025

Status - March 20, 2025
03/20/2025

Goodbye and Keep Cold by Robert Frost
03/13/2025

What The Living Do by Marie Howe
03/13/2025

Racism is Not Genetic
03/11/2025

Bill Gould, The First
03/07/2025

THIS IS A CHAPTER, NOT MY WHOLE STORY
03/07/2025

Dramatic Flair: Villagers Share their Digital Art
03/03/2025

Empowering Senior LGBTQ+ Caregivers
03/03/2025

A Life Never Anticipated
03/02/2025

Eaton Fire Changes Life
03/02/2025

February 2025

Commemorating Black History Month 2025
02/28/2025

Transportation at the Pasadena Village
02/28/2025

A Look at Proposition 19
02/27/2025

Behind the Scenes: Understanding the Pasadena Village Board and Its Role
02/27/2025

Beyond and Within the Village: The Power of One
02/27/2025

Celebrating Black Voices
02/27/2025

Creatively Supporting Our Village Community
02/27/2025

Decluttering: More Than The Name Implies
02/27/2025

Hidden Gems of Forest Lawn Museum
02/27/2025

LA River Walk
02/27/2025

Message from the President
02/27/2025

Phoenix Rising
02/27/2025

1619 Conversations with West African Art
02/25/2025

The Party Line
02/24/2025

Bluebird by Charles Bukowski
02/17/2025

Dreams by Langston Hughes
02/17/2025

Haiku - Four by Fritzie
02/17/2025

Haikus - Nine by Virginia
02/17/2025

Wind and Fire
02/17/2025

Partnerships Amplify Relief Efforts
02/07/2025

Another Community Giving Back
02/05/2025

Diary of Disaster Response
02/05/2025

Eaton Fire: A Community United in Loss and Recovery
02/05/2025

Healing Powers of Creative Energy
02/05/2025

Living the Mission
02/05/2025

Message from the President: Honoring Black History Month
02/05/2025

Surviving and Thriving: Elder Health Considerations After the Fires
02/05/2025

Treasure Hunting in The Ashes
02/05/2025

Villager's Stories
02/05/2025

A Beginning of Healing
02/03/2025

Hectic Evacuation From Eaton Canyon Fire
02/02/2025

Hurricanes and Fires are Different Monsters
02/02/2025

January 2025

Go Figure: Cheryl & Beth Are Skating Through Life

By Karen Bagnard
Posted: 12/19/2024
Tags: karen bagnard, newsletter january 2025

Haven’t we all done that a time or two in our lives... skated on thin ice?  Well, we have two Villagers who have skated on thin and thick ice!  Cheryl Graffi and Beth Molnar are figure skaters and have been nearly all their lives.  And they are still skating, at least three times a week, go to “skate camp” every summer and still compete in amateur competitions.  

Cheryl grew up skating in Chicago… mostly thick ice there! It’s as natural as walking for her. She also fell in love with figure skating and, with her ex-husband, who also did dance skating.  As she told us at the Member Connections presentation, she and Beth, “I can never stop or I may not get back on the ice again.” Cheryl has won awards for being the oldest figure skater!

Beth fell in love with figure skating at about age 10 while a Girl Scout. She skated at the old Pasadena Winter Gardens and the ice rink that used to be in one of the ballrooms at the Civic Center. These days, she and Cheryl skate in the “big tent” at the Civic Center.

During their presentation they demonstrated the protective padding they wear on the ice and shared a wonderful video of a routine they performed. These gals may be old enough to be Villagers but they are truly young at heart!

Beth and Cheryl have promised to let us know the next time they will be performing or competing at the Pasadena ice rink. They will certainly have a Village cheering them on!

 

They were interviewed for National Women's Health and Fitness Day by Pasadena Ice Skating Center. View it here.

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