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Hot Dogs and Hot Rods helps seniors ring in summer
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Tony Bianchi and Diana Lynn Kaysen pose with Bianchi’s 1956 Chevrolet Corvette at Friday’s Hot Dogs and Hot Rods event at the Turlock Senior Center (CHRISTOPHER CORREA/The Journal).

A week after the popular American Graffiti Festival wrapped up in Modesto, the senior citizens of Turlock continued to build a similar annual tradition of their own.

On Friday, the Turlock Senior Center hosted the third Hot Dogs and Hot Rods event, where the senior community, family and friends were treated to hot dogs, root beer floats and classic cars over music from the 60s and the entertainment brought on by an Elvis impersonator.

The event represented not just a place for local seniors to munch and socialize, but also learn the resources offered by the center at 1191 Cahill St.

The Turlock Senior Citizens have a full slate of activities throughout the week.

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Grill master Lenny Martin was busy Friday at the Turlock Senior Center, serving up tens of dozens of foot-long hot dogs to community members at the third annual Hot Dogs and Hot Rods event (CHRISTOPHER CORREA/The Journal).

Mondays offer low-impact exercises, “walk and firm,” qigong, spinners and dominoes, and billiards.

Tuesdays feature chair yoga, acrylic painting, chorus and ukulele, billiards, crochet and knitting, and line dancing. 

Wednesdays offer the same activities as on Mondays, but also with quilting classes, bunco, pinochle, and in the afternoon, practice for Ingram’s Big Band.

With Thursdays off, Fridays mark the end of the week with more low-impact exercises and walk and firm, line dancing, billiards, bridge, and the always-popular bingo.

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Turlock Senior Citizens President Karen Valek makes root beer floats for attendees of Friday’s Hot Dogs and Hot Rods event at the Turlock Senior Center (CHRISTOPHER CORREA/The Journal).

Those same days are when the senior center’s cafe is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Reservations for a free meal can be made by calling (209) 480-7381. 
For more information on the Turlock Senior Center, log on to www.turlockseniors.com or contact them through email at SeniorCitizensOfTurlock@gmail.com or by calling President Karen Valek at (209) 568-9323.