Holiday Closings Set for Stillwater Senior Activity Center

        The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center will be closed on Thursday, December 24 and Friday, December 25 for Christmas. Regular hours and activities will resume on Monday, December 28. The Center is open to participants 50 years and older. You can get busy with activities such as: exercise class, women’s pool time, line dancing, Zumba dancing, card games that include canasta and bridge, pool and snooker, bingo, music night, and a monthly movie. There is no charge for these fun activities just a willingness to have a good friendly time. 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. 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 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, December 21 – Get ready for the holidays by getting busy in the free exercise class that is offered at the Center, 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, December 22 – “Zumba with Angie” is another class offered at the Center that will give you a vigorous workout. This is a fast paced dance exercise class that 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. At 1:00 p.m. a coed pool tournament will take place. Come enjoy the fun competition. Bingo is played at 2:00 p.m.  It is a lot of laughs and everyone wins a prize!

        Wednesday, December 23 – Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class members meet up again at 9:30 a.m.  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.

         Thursday, December 24 – The Center is closed.

         Friday, December 25 – The 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: Treca Baer and Norma Burk, 1^st and Betty Lowrey and Al Perry, came in 2^nd. The pool tournament champion for the week was Vic Berryman.