Monday, August 3, 2015

August Birthday Luncheon at the Stillwater Senior Activity Center

        The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center will celebrate participant’s August birthdays on Friday, August 14 at 12:00 noon with a pot-luck luncheon. You can bring a food dish to share or pay $3/person. The entrée this month will be hamburgers cooked out on the grill. Join in the friendly conversations and good food! The Center is open for participants, 50 years old and older. Hours for participation are Monday through Friday, 9:30 am to 4:30 p.m. and Thursday evening, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. is time for music night. 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.

        The Walk in the Park event for senior walkers is ongoing in Couch Park. Seniors can sign up and log in each time at the Center. Walk the trail ten times and earn a t-shirt and better health.

        Monday, Aug. 10 – The Center activities for Monday morning gets under way at 9:30 a.m. with a Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class, a round of women’s 8-ball pool, and a painting/crafting class. The 45-minute exercise class incorporates a good stretching routine using stretchy rubber bands, and rubber or sponge balls. The women pool players have a good competition while playing several rounds of 8-ball. Artists exchange their ideas and show off their creativity on canvases during their class. After the exercise class at 10:30 a.m. you can step in time to country tunes while line dancing. In the afternoon, games of bridge and canasta are played.

        Tuesday, Aug. 11 – If you are looking for a fast paced exercise workout, come to the Center and try out the “Zumba with Angie” class. It takes place at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.  You can get a good hour long workout dancing to some high tempo music. 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. At 1:00 p.m. a coed pool tournament will be held. Bring your pool stick and enjoy the fun competition! Bingo is played at 2:00 p.m.  It is a lot of laughs and everyone wins a prize!

        Wednesday, Aug. 12 –Try the Sit ‘n Be Fit exercises that are done in a combination of sitting and standing, while a chair is always there for support. Or bring your pool stick and shoot some 8-ball during women’s pool time, all starting 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, along with pool and snooker.

         Thursday, Aug. 13 – Work up a good sweat moving to the jazzy tunes in the Zumba class at 10:30 a.m. Afternoon games start at 1:00 p.m. Canasta is a popular game of choice, or try out your pool shooting skills. Don’t forget music night at 6:00 p.m. There is always good toe tapping music to enjoy!

         Friday, Aug. 14 – While preparations are being made for the 12:00 birthday pot-luck luncheon, activities are going on such as; Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class, women’s pool, and painting class. Then at 10:30 a.m. line dancers arrive ready to boot scoot around the floor to some lively tunes. Afternoon games of canasta and duplicate bridge are played. Pool and snooker tables are open for use, also.


         Last weeks reported winners for social bridge; Barbara Geiser was first and Lynn Fent was second. Duplicate bridge winning partners were; Al Perry and Lionel Raff who came in first; and Sandy Boepple and Jerry Koelsch were second. 

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