Stay Cool at the Stillwater Senior Activity Center

        The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center is a cool place to come 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. Free beginning line dancing lessons will be given for the month of June only on Tuesdays, at 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Come learn a few fun dance steps!  Also, a water aerobics class began June 2 at the Stillwater Public Municipal Pool. The class will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays, through July 30, starting promptly at 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. The charge is $2 per session and is paid at the pool each time you come. 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 and make sure to pick up a calendar of events.

            The Center has been blessed with donations from a couple of groups that the participants and staff want to give a big thank you and acknowledgement too. Beautiful flowers are blooming out front of the Center due to two Stillwater Girl Scout troops. Troops #253 and #2198 planted the flowers and are overseeing them as a group project. The flowers have added a lot of joy to everyone as they enter the building. Also, the Newcomer’s Club of Stillwater donated two cordless sweepers, which will aid staff in an easier clean up, after game playing. Both donations are very much appreciated.

        Monday, June 15– The week starts off with a free exercise class called, Sit ‘n Be Fit, women’s 8-ball pool, and a painting class. The exercise class incorporates a good stretching routine using stretchy rubber bands, and rubber or sponge balls. The women’s pool group have plenty of fun and laughs while playing several rounds of 8-ball. In the painting class, artists get together and exchange their ideas and show creativity on canvases. Also, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 10:30 a.m. you can come step in time to country tunes while line dancing. In the afternoon, games of bridge and canasta are played along with pool or snooker.

        Tuesday, June 16 – For the month of June, beginning line dancing classes will be taught at 9:30 a.m. and last until 10:15 a.m. There is no charge for the class, so if you have been thinking about learning to line dance come join the class on Tuesdays during the month of June only. 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. Water aerobics takes place at the City pool at 12:30 p.m. 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, June 17 – If you would like to get an exercise workout for free, check out the 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. At 1:00 p.m. a coed pool tournament will be held. Bring your pool stick and enjoy the fun competition!

         Thursday, June 18 –Guitar lessons take place 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 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, June 19 – Friday mornings you can find women playing pool, exercisers in the free Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class, and artists in the painting/crafting class all starting at 9:30 a.m.  At 10:30 a.m. country music can be heard playing as line dancers move their feet in time to the music. After lunch, afternoon games include; canasta, duplicate bridge, pool and snooker.

         Last weeks reported winners were: for social bridge; Lynn Fent was first and Connie Mennem was second.  Duplicate bridge; winning partners were; Al Perry and Lionel Raff, first; and Lucy Robinson and Penny Sizemore, came in second. The second day of duplicate bridge, winners were: Betty Lowrey and Camille Johnston, first; and Sandy and John Boepple, second. Winner of the weekly pool tournament was a tie between Vic Berryman and Jack Ventris.