Stillwater Senior Center Closed for Memorial Day

        The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center will close Monday, May 25 in honor of Memorial Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday. Enjoy the many free activities that are offered for everyone age 50 and over, such as: exercise class, painting and crafting class, line dancing, Zumba exercise, bridge, canasta, bingo, guitar lessons, once a month movie time, pool playing for men and women including coed pool tournaments, and a music night. 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. Stop by 1015 E. 12^th Ave. or call 405-747-8080 for more information. Make sure to pick up a calendar of events.

         A special note, the weekly movie time has changed to an once a month showing. A movie will be shown on the first Wednesday of each month. Join us for a good movie. You cannot beat the price of a free movie and popcorn.

           Please note: for the month of June only, free beginning line dancing classes for seniors will be held on Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. So, if you have wanted to learn to line dance this is your chance. Join the fun!

        Monday, May 25 – The Center will be closed.

        Tuesday, May 26 – The Center opens at 9:30 a.m.  A Wii player is available to use. The game that is the most popular on this gaming system, is bowling. If you like to bowl you should enjoy this game, or you can try some of the others that are available. Then at 10:30 a.m. you can get a really good workout in the free Zumba class. This class is done to some high tempo music and is bound to get your heart rate up. Afternoon games include; canasta, duplicate bridge, and jig-saw puzzle solving. Exercise equipment that includes a treadmill, 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, May 27 – If you would like to get an exercise workout for free, check out the free Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class that meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.  It is not all sitting exercises, but a chair is always there for support. Or bring your pool stick and shoot some 8-ball during women’s pool time, also at 9:30 a.m.  Then at 10:30 a.m., after the exercise class, line dancers start kicking up their heels to some swinging country tunes. During the afternoon, games of canasta and other card games are played. Remember the weekly afternoon movie has now been changed to a once a month showing. A movie will be shown on the first Wednesday of each month at 2:00 p.m. The movie scheduled for June 3 at 2:00 p.m. will be “Paddington”.

         Thursday, May 28 – Guitar lessons and Wii play take place on Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m. Then another class that will really get you moving is Zumba with Angie. It begins at 10:30 a.m. This is a fast paced exercise class done to jazzy type music. Come check it out and work up a good sweat. Afternoon games start around 1:00 p.m. Canasta is a popular game of choice. At 1:00 p.m. a coed pool tournament will be held. Bring your pool stick and enjoy the fun competition! At 2:00 p.m. every Thursday a guest bingo caller arrives ready to give out prizes. Join the fun! Don’t forget music night at 6:00 p.m. There is always good toe tapping music to enjoy!

         Friday, May 29 – Morning activities begin at 9:30 a.m. These activities include the free exercise class, women’s pool, and a painting/crafting class.  At 10:30 a.m. country music can be heard playing as the line dancers move their feet in time to the music. Afternoon games include; canasta, duplicate bridge, and pool and snooker playing.

         Last weeks reported winners were: for social bridge, Lynn Fent, first and Sally Simmons, was second; and in duplicate bridge; winning partners were; Treca Baer and Norma Burk, first; and Sandy Boepple and Jerry Koelsch, came in second. Winners in duplicate bridge played later in the week were; Al Perry and Lionel Raff, first; and Meg Kletke and Adrienne Hyle, second. Winner of the weekly pool tournament was Wayne Vinson.