Stillwater Senior Activity Center Celebrates January Birthdays

The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center participants will celebrate all the January birthdays on Wednesday, January 31. Cake and ice cream will be served at 2 p.m. The Center offers many activities for persons, 50 and over, such as; card games, social and duplicate bridge, pool and snooker, exercise classes, line dancing, Zumba, Bingo, a painting 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. 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 of the month, 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. Reminder: music night is not schedule for this week.

Monday, January 29 – A Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class gets together every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 9:30 a.m. along with women’s 8-ball pool players. In the exercise class a chair is set out for everyone to do the sitting exercises and to use for support while doing the standing ones. Stretchy bands and bouncing balls are utilized to test your flexibility and coordination. The women pool players play several rounds of friendly 8-ball pool and always welcome new players to join them. Starting at 10:30 a.m. line dancers line up ready to do some boot scootin’ across the floor in time to country music. They have fun while getting some good exercise. At 1 p.m. canasta, social bridge, pool and snooker are played. Also, check out the jig saw puzzle table and test your puzzle skills.

Tuesday, January 30 – If you want to move at a faster pace you should come try the “Zumba with Angie” exercise/dance class. The routine is done to fast moving music. The class meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Good sturdy shoes are required for all the quick stepping, no backless, slide on types are allowed. Afternoon games include; duplicate bridge, canasta 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, January 31 – The Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class and women pool players get together again starting at 9:30 a.m. Then at 10:30 a.m., line dancers do some quick stepping to country tunes. 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. Remember at 2 p.m. participants will celebrate January birthdays with cake and ice cream.

Thursday, February 1 – Guitar lessons continue for participants at 9:30 p.m. Then at 10:30 a.m. it is time to Zumba again. Class members move with Angie and work on their steps to the Latin American music. The afternoon brings out canasta, bridge and pool players, at 1 p.m. Exciting games of bingo begin at 2 p.m. Reminder: Music night will not be held tonight.

Friday, February 2 – Sit ‘n Be Fit exercisers, women pool players, and artists all come in at 9:30 a.m. The artists bring in their art supplies and share their ideas and skills with each other. The painting class time continues into the afternoon now to accommodate more artists and give their paint time to dry. At 10:30 a.m., line dancers start strolling across the floor keeping in step to the music. During the afternoon, duplicate bridge starts at 12:15 p.m., then canasta, pool and snooker playing begins 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 duplicate bridge winners were: Lionel Raff, Al Perry, Betty Lowrey, and Carl Provence all tied for first place. Friday’s winning partners in duplicate bridge were: Butch and Wilma Hiatt, 1^st; and Adrienne Hyle and Meg Kletke, 2^nd.