New Activities at the Senior Center

        The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center will begin two new activities this week. Tuesday, September 9 at 10:30 a.m. you can participate in a fun game called Table Pong. Cups of water are set up and ping pong balls are used by teammates, who race to try to bounce them into their cups first. Sounds like fun? Check it out every Tuesday. Wednesday, September 10 at 1:00 p.m.; a coed pool tournament will be played and you can also get your Medicare medication checked out for any possible savings. Get ready to Zumba with Angie starting Thursday, September 11 at 10:30 a.m. All seniors 50 and over are welcome to participate, free of charge. Angie Whitehead, the certified Zumba instructor would like for you to try this form of an exercise/dance class done to Latin American type dance music; that proves to be a fun way to exercise. This class will be offered Thursdays, September 11^th, 18^th, and 25^th at 10:30 a.m. Then on Friday, September 12 at 12:00 noon the September pot-luck, birthday luncheon will be held. Bring a food dish to share that compliments the entrée of Chef Salad or pay $3/person and enjoy the fellowshipping and delicious food. You should check out what is going on at your Senior Center. Stop by 1015 E. 12^th Ave. or call 405-747-8080 for more information. Make sure to pick up a September 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.

        Monday, Sept. 8 – Monday morning activities begin at 9:30 a.m. with a free Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class. This class incorporates a chair for some sitting, stretching exercises along; with some standing, limbering up exercises, also. Stretching bands, rubber bouncing balls, sponge balls, and wooden dowel sticks are all used for various exercises that help with your coordination and flexibility. Women’s 8-ball pool time and a painting/crafting class also take place at the same time. The women pool players play several friendly, competitive rounds of 8-ball and would love for more players to come and join them. Also, the painting/crafting class would like for more members to join their group. You can bring your art supplies or a craft project and socialize while sharing your artistic skills. At 10:30 a.m. seniors can come try their footwork out with some country tunes during the line dancing class. Beginners to more advance dancers are all welcome. They have a good and invigorating time. In the afternoon games of bridge, canasta, pool/snooker, and jig saw puzzle solving are popular.

         The Monday social bridge group would like to extend an invitation for bridge players, all skill levels, to join them on Mondays at 1:00 p.m. Call 747-8080 and leave your name and phone number or come by the Senior Center to get your name on the players list. They like for you to sign up before the Monday you intend to play, so enough tables can be made up with players.

        Tuesday, Sept. 9 –A popular activity played on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 9:30 a.m. is Wii bowling. This is a 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. Also, don’t forget the new activity of table pong will start at 10:30 a.m. Come see how accurate you can bounce a ping pong ball. In the afternoon, games include; canasta, duplicate bridge, dominoes, and jig-saw puzzle solving. 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, Sept. 10 – Exercise with Sit ‘n Be Fit class or play 8-ball pool with the women starting at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday mornings. Then at 10:30 a.m. line dancers start kicking up their heels to some swinging country tunes. In the afternoon games of canasta and other cards games are played. Also, at 1:00 p.m. a coed pool tournament will be held. All seniors are invited to come join the fun. You can also get your Medicare medication checked to see if you qualify for any savings at 1:00 p.m. An afternoon movie is shown at 2:00 p.m. The movie for this week is a drama film, titled, “Noah.”

         Thursday, Sept. 11 – A fun time with Wii bowling begins at 9:30 a.m. A new class starts at 10:30 a.m. called Zumba by Angie. This is a fun class that puts exercise to dance music. During the afternoon, try a game of canasta, or some pool/snooker 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 some good toe-tappin country music. Come enjoy the music!

        Friday, Sept. 12 – 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 move to the music. At 12:00 noon the September birthday pot-luck luncheon will be held. Bring a food dish to share or pay $3/person. 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; Penny Sizemore, 1^st and Lynn Fent, 2^nd.  Duplicate bridge winners were; Treca Baer and Norma Burk, 1^st and Murna Raff and Sandy Boepple, 2^nd. Winner of the pool tournament last week was Wayne Vinson. Wii bowling champions for the week were Lee Arnswald and Jean Hatcher.