The City of Stillwater Senior Activity Center
will be holding a defensive driving class on Monday, December 7 from 9:45 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. Sign up now, class is limited. Meridian Technology Center will be
instructing the course. By taking the class, you could possible receive a
discount on your vehicle insurance. Check with your insurance provider. The
Senior Activity Center offers many activities for participants, 50 years old
and older. 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. 12th Ave. or
call 405-747-8080 for more information and make sure to pick up a calendar of
events.
The Walk in the Park event for senior
walkers is ongoing in Couch Park. Seniors can sign up and log in each time at
the Center. Walk the trail ten times and earn a t-shirt and better health.
Monday, November 30 – Join the free exercise
class called, “Sit ‘n Be Fit” and work off those extra calories consumed over
Thanksgiving. 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 treadmill, is available too.
Tuesday, December 1 – The “Zumba with Angie”
class will work off those extra calories. This is a fast pace dance exercise
class that takes place at 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. 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 a treadmill, two exercise bikes, and
a weight set are available for use during the afternoon, too. At 1:00 p.m. a
coed pool tournament will take place. Come enjoy the fun competition. Bingo is
played at 2:00 p.m. It is a lot of
laughs and everybody wins a prize!
Wednesday, December 2 – Exercisers meet up
again at 9:30 a.m. to tone up in the “Sit ‘n Be Fit” exercise class. Women pool
players also get out their pool sticks for some good friendly 8-ball. 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. The Center will start to look like
Christmas as participants and the staff members get out the decorations and put
up the Christmas tree starting at 10:30 a.m. Volunteers are welcome to come and
help. During the afternoon, games of canasta and other card games are played. At
2:00 p.m. the monthly movie, with a Christmas theme, will be shown.
Thursday, December 3 – It is Zumba time again
at 10:30 a.m. Work up a good sweat by moving to the jazzy tunes. Then in the
afternoon canasta, bridge, other card games, and pool/snooker are played. At
2:00 p.m. it is time to call out “bingo” as the numbers are called out by a
guest caller. Everyone is a winner!
Friday,
December 4 – Friday mornings are busy starting at 9:30 a.m., with Sit ‘n Be Fit
exercise class, women’s pool, and a painting class. The painting class is a
good social time to bring your art supplies and get creative and discuss your
project ideas with the other class members. A popular game in the afternoon,
starting around 12:15 p.m., is duplicate bridge. Then canasta players start
coming in around 12:30 p.m. They all have a good time and enjoy the
fellowshipping. Pool tables are also open for some games. A puzzle is always
out waiting for someone to come by and put in a piece or two.
Last weeks reported winners for social
bridge were: Anna Cooper, 1st, and Thea Pratt, 2nd; duplicate
bridge winning partners were; Al Perry and Lionel Raff, 1st and Betty
Lowrey and Patricia Logan, were 2nd. The second day of duplicate
bridge, Al Perry and Lionel Raff came in first; and Treca Baer, Norma Burk,
Camille Johnston and Betty Lowrey all tied for second place. The winner of the pool tournament this week was
Jack Ventris.
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