Stillwater Senior Activity Center will Close for Holiday

        The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center will close on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Regular hours will resume on Monday, November 30 at 9:30 a.m. The Senior Activity Center offers many activities for participants, 50 years old and older. Hours for participation are Monday through Friday, 9:30 am to 4:30 p.m.; and music night is held on Thursday evenings, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. However, there will be no music this week due to the holiday. 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.

         Notice, coming on Monday, December 7 a defensive driving class will take place from 9:30 a.m. to approximate 4:00 p.m. A lunch break will be given. A sign-up sheet is out now at the Senior Center, so come by or give the Center a call to sign-up. Space is limited. You might be able to receive a discount on your vehicle insurance.

        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, November 23 – The holidays are coming so don’t wait for your New Year’s resolutions. Start now on an exercise program. The Center offers a free exercise class called, “Sit ‘n Be Fit”. It is held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings 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. Women pool players also come in at 9:30 a.m. and play several friendly rounds of 8-ball. They would welcome some new women players to come join in the fun competition. 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, November 24 – 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, November 25 – Exercisers meet up again at 9:30 a.m. to tone up in the “Sit ‘n Be Fit” exercise class. Women pool players also get out their pool sticks for some good friendly 8-ball. 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. At 1:00 p.m. a coed pool tournament will take place. Come enjoy the fun competition.

         Thursday, November 26 – Center is closed for the holiday.

         Friday, November 27 – Center is closed.

         Last weeks reported winners for social bridge were: Lynn Fent, 1^st, and Sally Simmons, 2^nd; duplicate bridge winning partners were; Al Perry and Lionel Raff, 1^st and Jane Anderson and Camille Johnston, were 2^nd . The second day of duplicate bridge, Al Perry and Lionel Raff came in first; and Treca Baer and Norma Burk were second. The winner of the pool tournament this week was Fred Seamons.