The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center
will be closed on Thursday, December 31 and Friday, January 1 for New Year’s.
Regular hours and activities will resume on Monday, January 4. With the New
Year starting, you should plan to check out the Senior Activity Center. It is
open to participants 50 years and older. You can get busy with activities such
as: exercise class, women’s pool time, line dancing, Zumba dancing, card games that
include canasta and bridge, pool and snooker, bingo, and music night. There is
no charge for these fun activities just a willingness to have a good friendly
time. Hours for participation are Monday through Friday, 9:30 am to 4:30 p.m.; and
music night is held on Thursday evenings, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The facility
is closed on weekends. Stop by 1015 E. 12th Ave. or call 405-747-8080
for more information and make sure to pick up a calendar of events.
Monday, December 28 – Do you need to work off
some extra pounds put on over the holidays? Bring your New Year’s resolution,
to get in shape, to the free Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class. It is held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
mornings at 9:30 a.m. The exercise class utilizes stretchy bands to test
flexibility and bouncing balls to help with hand/eye coordination, along with stretching
and toning exercises. Each person has a chair for some of the exercises and
some are done while standing by your chair. Women pool players also come in at
9:30 a.m. and play several friendly rounds of 8-ball. They would welcome some
new women players to come join in the fun competition. At 10:30 a.m. line
dancers step in time to country songs. You are welcome to come join the group
and get some exercise while having fun. During the afternoon, canasta and
social bridge players get out their cards for plenty of good times. A jig-saw
puzzle is always out enticing someone to find another piece. Exercise
equipment, including a treadmill, is available too.
Tuesday, December 29 – If you are really
interested in getting in shape, check out “Zumba with Angie” at the Center. This
class will give you a vigorous workout. This is a fast paced dance exercise
class that takes place at 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. The exercises
are done mostly to Latin American dance music. In the afternoon, games are
played that include; canasta, duplicate bridge, pool/snooker, and jig-saw puzzle
solving. Exercise equipment that includes two exercise bikes, and a weight set
are available for use during the afternoon, too. Bingo is played at 2:00 p.m. It is a lot of laughs and everyone wins a
prize!
Wednesday, December 30 – Sit ‘n Be Fit
exercise class members meet up again at 9:30 a.m. Women pool players also get out their pool
sticks for some good friendly 8-ball. Then at 10:30 a.m., after the exercise
class, line dancers start kicking up their heels as they keep up with swinging country
tunes. During the afternoon, games of canasta and other card games are played. At
1:00 p.m. a coed pool tournament will take place. Come enjoy the fun
competition
Thursday, December 31 – The Center is closed
today.
Friday,
January 1– Happy New Year from the Stillwater Senior Activity Center! The
Center will be closed today.
Last weeks reported winners for social
bridge were: Connie Mennem, 1st, and Lynn Fent, 2nd. Duplicate bridge winning partners were: Penny
Sizemore and Lucy Robinson, 1st and Lionel Raff and Al Perry, came
in 2nd. The second day of duplicate bridge winners were: Al Perry
and Lionel Raff, 1st and Meg Kletke and Adrienne Hyle, 2nd.
The pool tournament champion for the week was Vic Berryman.