Free Blood Pressure Checks at Stillwater Senior Activity Center

The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center will offer free blood pressure checks Wednesday, August 2. Humanity Hospice will provide the checks starting at 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. The Center offers a cool place to enjoy various activities for participants age 50 and over. Activities include: card games, pool and snooker, bridge, exercise classes, line dancing, Zumba, bingo, a painting/crafting class, and an evening of music with country tunes performed by several musicians. Exercise equipment that includes an exercise bike, a treadmill, and a weight set are available for use in the afternoons. The summer water aerobics class is coming to an end. The last two days will be Tuesday, August 1 and Thursday, August 3. The class is held from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Stillwater Municipal swimming pool. Cost for the class is $2 per session and is paid at the pool. Also, a walking trail is located right outside by the Center, in Couch Park. Regular hours at the Senior Center are Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and music night is held on the second and fourth Thursday during the summer, from 6 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. Please note; music night will not be held this Thursday.

Monday, July 31 – Stay cool while taking part in Sit ‘n Be Fit, a free exercise class offered every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 9:30 a.m. The class provides a good workout to help tone your muscles. Some exercises are done while standing, but a chair is always there for support. Also, women pool players come in at 9:30 a.m. for some friendly competition in 8-ball games. Bring your pool stick or use one at the Center and join the fun. After the exercise class, a line dancing class is held. The boot scootin’ begins at 10:30 a.m. At 1 p.m. canasta, social bridge, pool, and snooker are played. If you like to do jig-saw puzzles, check out the puzzle table and test your puzzle skills.

Tuesday, August 1 – Try the exercise/dance class, Zumba with Angie. She will get you moving to a more intense routine of exercise/dance moves every Tuesday and Thursday, starting at 10:30 a.m. Good sturdy shoes are required for all the quick stepping, no backless, slide on types are allowed. Remember water aerobics at 12:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Afternoon games include; canasta, duplicate bridge, and pool/snooker. Most cards games begin at 1 p.m. except for duplicate bridge which starts at 12:15 p.m. Two rounds of bingo are called at 2 p.m. It is a fun time and everybody wins a prize!

Wednesday, August 2 – Sit ‘n Be Fit exercisers and women pool players come in again to take part in their activities at 9:30 a.m. Then at 10:30 a.m., line dancers do some quick stepping to country tunes. In the afternoon, games of canasta and other card games are played starting around 1 p.m. along with pool and snooker. A puzzle is always out ready to be solved.

Thursday, August 3 – Guitar tunes can be heard coming from the guitar lessons class at 9:30 a.m. Then at 10:30 a.m. Zumba dancers move along with Angie as they work on their steps to the Latin American music. Get your last day in for water aerobics at 12:30 p.m. The afternoon brings out canasta and bridge players and pool players, at 1 p.m. Exciting games of bingo begin at 2 p.m. Music night will not meet this week.

Friday, August 4 – Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class members, women pool players, and a painting/crafting class all arrive starting at 9:30 a.m. ready to have a good time. The artists bring in their art projects and supplies and share their ideas and instructional skills with each other. They would like to welcome new painters to the group. At 10:30 the line dancers get their feet moving in time to some swinging tunes. Afternoon brings out the card players. Duplicate bridge begins at 12:15 and the canasta players start around 1 p.m. The puzzle table is always waiting for someone to stop by and find a piece to the puzzle.

Last weeks reported social bridge winners were: Lynn Fent, 1^st, and Norma Shamblin, 2^nd.  Duplicate bridge winning partners for the week were: Al Perry and Lionel Raff, 1^st; and John and Sandy Boepple, 2^nd. The previous week, duplicate bridge winners were reported as: Butch and Wilma Hiatt, 1^st; and Charles Foreman and Anna Cooper, 2^nd.