Stillwater Senior Activity Center Offers Many Activities

        The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center stays busy with many activities for participants 50 years and older. Activities offered are: exercise class, women’s pool time, line dancing, Zumba dancing, card games that include canasta and bridge, pool and snooker, bingo, and music night. 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.

        Monday, January 11 –Check out the Center’s free Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class. 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 weight set and exercise bikes are available too.

        Tuesday, January 12 – “Zumba with Angie” is a dance exercise class offered Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Center. This class will give you a vigorous workout. This is a fast paced class that takes place at 10:30 a.m. 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 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 everyone wins a prize!

        Wednesday, January 13 – The Center’s doors open at 9:30 a.m. It is time for exercisers and women pool players to get going with their fun. 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, January 14 – During the morning guitar lessons take place at 9:30 a.m. and at 10:30 a.m. the Zumba class starts swaying to the jazzy tunes. They can work up quite a sweat by the end of the class. Starting around 1:00 p.m. canasta and bridge players are dealing out their cards. Pool and snooker tables are available for some fun times. Music night musicians start tuning up their instruments at 5:30 p.m. and by 6:00 p.m. they are ready to entertain the audience with country tunes until 8:30 p.m. You can bring snacks or finger foods in to share with everyone.

         Friday, January 15 – Friday mornings are busy with Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class, women’s pool time, and a painters/crafters get together. Bring your painting or crafting supplies and share your skills with the class. At 10:30 a.m. the line dancers get in line and start moving and swinging to their favorite songs. In the afternoon, duplicate bridge, canasta, pool and snooker are played. A coed pool tournament will be held at 1:00 p.m.  Come enjoy the fun competition. Also, a puzzle is always out on the table waiting for a piece to be found.

         Last weeks reported winners for duplicate bridge were: Al Perry and Lionel Raff, 1^st and Jerry Koelsch and Sandy Boepple, 2^nd.