Wednesday, October 28, 2015

The Senior Activity Center is an Active Place!

        The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center has many activities for participants, 50 years old and older. Activities are offered such as; exercise classes, pool/snooker playing, line dancing, Zumba, painting classes, card games, bridge, a monthly movie, and a music night. Hours for participation are Monday through Friday, 9:30 am to 4:30 p.m.; and music night is held on Thursday evening, 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.

        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, October 26 – Mondays are active with a free exercise class called “Sit ‘n Be Fit”, women’s pool playing, and a painting/crafting class. These activities start 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. The women pool shooters play several friendly rounds of 8-ball and would welcome some new women players to come join in the fun competition. Painters and crafters get together and share ideas and pointers for their art work with each other. They do furnish their own art supplies. 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, October 27 – A fast-paced aerobic exercise dance session called, “Zumba with Angie” 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 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 everybody wins a prize!

        Wednesday, October 28 – The doors open at 9:30 a.m. and the exercise class members arrive ready to stretch and tone their muscles. Women pool players also arrive with their pool sticks in hand ready to rack up the pool balls. 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.

         Thursday, October 29 – You can work up a good sweat exercising to jazzy tunes in the Zumba class that starts at 10:30 a.m. Afternoon games start at 1:00 p.m. Canasta and bridge are popular games of choice. At 1:00 p.m. a coed pool tournament will take place. Come enjoy the fun competition. Bingo is called by a guest caller at 2:00 p.m. Every one bingos and receives a prize. Don’t forget music night at 6:00 p.m. There is always good toe tapping music to enjoy!

         Friday, October 30 – Sit ‘n Be Fit class, women’s pool, and the painting class all begin at 9:30 a.m. Then at 10:30 a.m. line dancers arrive ready to boot scoot around the floor to some lively tunes. Afternoon games of duplicate bridge begin around 12:15 p.m. Canasta players start coming in around 12:30 p.m. along with pool players and puzzle solvers.   

         Last weeks reported winners for social bridge were: Thea Pratt, 1st, and Connie Mennom, 2nd; duplicate bridge winning partners were; Al Perry and Lionel Raff, 1st; and Norma Burk and Treca Baer were 2nd. The second day of duplicate bridge champions were; Al Perry and Lionel Raff, 1st; and Lucy Robinson and Terry Miller, 2nd.  The winner of the pool tournament this week was Vic Berrryman.                                                              

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