Celebrating August Birthdays at the Senior Center

        The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center will celebrate participant’s August birthdays with a pot-luck luncheon on Friday, August 8 at 12:00 noon. The theme for the luncheon will be a hamburger and hotdog cookout. Bring a food dish to share with the entrée or pay $3/person and join the fun!  The Center offers a great place to stay cool while enjoying the many activities for seniors 50 and over. Stop by 1015 E. 12^th Ave. or call 405-747-8080 for more information. Make sure to pick up an August calendar of events when you stop by. The Center is open Monday through Friday, 9:30 am to 4:30 p.m. and Thursday, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for music night. The facility is closed on weekends. Music night on Thursdays is a good evening outing to check out.

        Monday, Aug. 4 – If you are needing to get out of the house and get some exercise, check out the free Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class that takes place every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9:30 a.m. This is a good workout that utilizes stretchy bands, bouncing balls, and hand weights, while sitting or standing by a chair. Women 8-ball players also get exercise moving around the pool tables practicing their shooting skills. Bring your pool stick or use one from the Center and join the fun. A painting/crafting class also meets. It is a good social time to get together and help each other with artistic ideas. At 10:30 a.m. a group of line dancers practice some boot scoot’in moves. Check it out and get a powerful workout while having a blast! Afternoon games begin around 1:00 p.m. Bridge and canasta are popular card games played along with pool/snooker and puzzle solving.

        Tuesday, Aug. 5 – Did you know the Center has a bowling alley? It is open every Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30 a.m. Wii bowling, that is. This is a popular game played on a game system where each player is in control of his own game by holding the hand controller and trying to make strikes just like at a real bowling alley. Exercise equipment that includes a treadmill, two exercise bikes, and a weight set are available for use, too. In the afternoon, games include; canasta, duplicate bridge, dominoes, and jig-saw puzzle solving. Also, at 1:00 p.m. a coed pool tournament will be held. All seniors are invited to come join the fun. Bingo players also meet up on Tuesday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. It is a lot of laughs and everyone gets a prize!

         Wednesday, Aug. 6 – Exercise class and women’s pool time get started at 9:30 a.m. Then at 10:30 a.m. the line dancers start kicking up their heels up to some swingin’ country tunes. Then, in the afternoon games of canasta are played. An afternoon movie is shown at 2:00 p.m. The movie for this week is a classic drama, titled, “Fried Green Tomatoes.”

         Thursday, Aug. 7 – Join the Wii bowling team for fun and laughs starting at 9:30 a.m. In the afternoon, get in a game of canasta, social bridge, or pool playing. At 2:00 p.m. a wild game of bingo takes place. Everyone is a winner. During the evening, starting at 6:00 p.m., musicians tune up their instruments to make good toe-tappin country music. Come enjoy the music!

         Friday, Aug. 8 – Friday mornings are active with exercise class, women’s 8-ball, and a painting/crafting class, all beginning at 9:30 a.m. And at 10:30 a.m. line dancing class members kick up their heels to some music that gets them moving.  After lunch, the cards will be brought out for games of canasta, and pool balls for rounds of pool/snooker.

         Game champions announced for last week were: social bridge winners; Lynn Fent, 1^st and Anna Cooper, 2^nd. Duplicate bridge winners were; Al Perry and Lionel Raff, 1^st and Patricia Logan and Betty Lowrey, 2^nd place. Winner of the pool tournament last week was Frank Berry.