Stillwater Senior Activity Center to Hold Seasonal Celebration Luncheon

        The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center will hold a catered Seasonal Celebration Luncheon with an Italian theme on Friday, February 12 starting at 12:00 noon for senior participants. Price of the meal is $2/person. Come enjoy the good meal and fellowship with all your friends. Also at the Center, trained AARP tax preparers are here to prepare your taxes on a first come first serve basis, Mondays through Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon all the way until Thursday, April 18. No appointments will be taken. You will need to bring your return from last year if possible, picture identification, social security card, and any income information as needed. Many activities are offered for participants 50 years and older. Come check it out! 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, February 8 – Free income tax assistance begins at 9:30 a.m. along with the free Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class and women’s pool playing. The exercise class is a good 45 minute stretching and toning workout. A chair is provided for everyone for support. Some exercises are done while sitting in your chair and some are done standing by the chair. Stretchy bands, bouncing balls, and hand weights are all utilized in the workout. Then at 10:30 a.m. boot scootin’ music is heard coming from the line dancing class. They have a lot of fun and receive some good exercise at the same time. Afternoon activities begin around 12:30 a.m. which include bridge, canasta, pool and snooker. A puzzle is always out encouraging you to stop and put in a piece.

        Tuesday, February 9 – Tax help continues Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. “Zumba with Angie” is a dance exercise class that is offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. The exercises are done mostly to Latin American dance music. It will give you a good fun workout. 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. A coed pool tournament will be held at 1:00 p.m.  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, February 10 – Exercise class, women’s pool and tax assistance all begin at 9:30 a.m. 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, February 11 – Doors open at 9:30 a.m. The tax preparers will be busy along with guitar players increasing their knowledge of the instrument during lessons. Then at 10:30 a.m. the Zumba class starts some fast moving to 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.  Snacks are served during the evening.

         Friday, February 12 – Friday mornings are active with Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class, women’s pool time, and a painters/crafters group get together. Bring your painting or crafting supplies and share your skills with the class. There will be no line dancing this Friday due to the preparations going on for the Center’s first Seasonal Celebration Luncheon. It will be a catered Italian lunch that will start at 12:00 noon and cost $2/person for senior participants. This catered celebration luncheon will replace the monthly birthday pot-luck luncheons and they will occur four times a year.  Afternoon card games will begin at 2:00 p.m. due to the luncheon. No duplicate bridge will be played this Friday. Also, a puzzle is always out on the table waiting for a piece to be found.

         Last weeks reported winners for social bridge were: Penny Sizemore, 1^st, and Connie Mennem, 2^nd. Duplicate bridge winning partners were:  Al Perry and Lionel Raff, 1st; and Jerry Koelsch and Sandy Bopepple, 2^nd. The second day of duplicate bridge the winners were: Camille Johnston and Lionel Raff, 1^st ; and Meg Kletke and Adrienne Hyle, 2^nd .