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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