The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center
will host the October birthday, pot-luck luncheon on Friday, October 10 at
12:00 noon. You can bring a food dish to compliment Frito-chili pie or pay
$3/person and enjoy the friendly fellowshipping. Also, during the busy week, free
guitar lessons will begin on Tuesday, October 7 at 9:30 a.m. Just bring your
own guitar and let Jim Thomas help you get better at playing. Remember to Zumba
with Angie at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This is an aerobic fitness
program done to high tempo dance music. After all the exercise you can get your
blood pressure checked at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday by Home Call Home Health. There is no charge and no sign up for this
service. Stop by 1015 E. 12th Ave. or call 405-747-8080 for
more information. Make sure to pick up an October calendar of events when you
stop by. The Center is open Monday through Friday, 9:30 am to 4:30 p.m. and
Thursday, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for music night. The facility is closed on
weekends.
Monday, Oct. 6 – Time to talk yourself into
exercising by joining the free exercise class, Sit ‘n Be Fit, offered at the
Senior Center every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9:30 a.m. This class
incorporates a chair for some sitting, stretching exercises along; with some
standing, limbering up exercises, also. Stretching bands, rubber bouncing
balls, sponge balls, and wooden dowel sticks are all used for various exercises
that help with your coordination and flexibility. Women’s 8-ball pool time and
a painting/crafting class also take place at the same time. The women pool
players play several friendly, competitive rounds of 8-ball and would love for
more players to come and join them. Also, the painting/crafting class would
like for more members to join their group. You can bring your art supplies or a
craft project and socialize while sharing your artistic skills. At 10:30 a.m.
seniors can come try their footwork out to some country music during the line
dancing class. Beginners to more advance dancers are all welcome. They have a
good and invigorating time. Later, during the afternoon games of bridge,
canasta, pool/snooker, and jig saw puzzle solving are popular.
Tuesday, Oct. 7 – Tuesday morning has become a
busy time. Starting at 9:30 a.m. you can act like you are at a bowling alley by
playing some Wii bowling. This is played on a game system where each player is
in control of his own game by holding the hand controller and trying to make
strikes just like at a real bowling alley. Also, at 9:30 a.m. a new session of
free guitar lessons will begin. The instructor, Jim Thomas will give his time
to help people learn the guitar or brush up on their playing skills. Zumba
class participants start moving to the dance music at 10:30 a.m. to get some
exercise. Afternoon games include; canasta, duplicate bridge, dominoes, and jig-saw
puzzle solving. Exercise equipment that includes a treadmill, two exercise
bikes, and a weight set are available for use, too. Free blood pressure checks
will be taken at 1:00 p.m. Bingo is played at 2:00 p.m. It is a lot of laughs
and everyone gets a prize!
Wednesday, Oct. 8 – Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise
class starts at 9:30 a.m., or you can get some exercise by walking around the
pool tables during women’s pool time. Then at 10:30 a.m. line dancers really
get their exercise by kicking up their heels to some swinging country tunes. In
the afternoon games of canasta and other cards games are played. Also, at 1:00
p.m. a coed pool tournament will take place. Senior men and women pool players
are welcome to participate. Bring your own pool stick or use one from the
Center and join the fun competition. An afternoon movie is shown at 2:00 p.m.
The movie for this week is a comedy, titled, “Mom’s Night Out.”
Thursday, Oct. 9 – Another fun time with Wii
bowling begins at 9:30 a.m. Zumba with Angie, begins at 10:30 a.m. During the
afternoon, try a game of canasta, or some pool/snooker playing. At 2:00 p.m. a
wild game of bingo takes place. Everyone is a winner. Musicians tune up their
instruments to make some good toe-tappin country music, that starts at 6:00 p.m.
Come enjoy the music!
Friday, Oct. 10 – Friday mornings start
off with the Sit ‘n Be Fit exercise class, women’s 8-ball pool, and a
painting/crafting class, all beginning at 9:30 a.m. And at 10:30 a.m. line
dancing class members move to the music. Preparations will be going on for the
12:00 noon, birthday pot-luck luncheon. After lunch cards are brought out for afternoon
games of canasta, and pool balls for rounds of pool/snooker.
Game champions announced for last week
were: social bridge; Cloyann Fent, 1st, and Janetta Loper, 2nd;
duplicate bridge winners were; Lionel Raff and Al Perry, 1st; and Meg
Kletke and Adrienne Hyle; 2nd. Winner of the pool tournament last
week was Frank Berry. Wii bowling champion for the week was Lynn Duncan.
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