Senior News

Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of The Commission on Aging. The center is run by Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For more information about programs offered at the Senior Center call 270-4310.

You may drop in at the Senior Center on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook weekdays between 9 am and 4 pm. A hot meal is served at noon for which you must reserve three days in advance.

Newtown has daily door-to-door minibus service Monday through Friday. Buses also run all day from the Senior Center to Sand Hill Plaza. On Fridays, the bus alternates between rides to Danbury Fair Mall and Berkshire Plaza in Danbury (to Wal-Mart Route 6). Cost is 65¢ each way for the Sand Hill Plaza trip, 75¢ each way for out of town. Call 748-2511 TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE to book a ride and get the out-of-town Friday schedule.

 

This Week’s Programs

*AARP INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE available on Mondays only through April 9, 9 am to noon by appointment only. Bring last year’s tax return and any other pertinent information. Call 270-4310 to set up an appointment.

*COMPUTER LESSONS are given every Monday and Tuesday at 3 pm.

*POT LUCK DINNER on Tuesday, March 13, will be roast chicken, Irish potatoes, carrots, and a salad. The cost will be $3. For reservations, call the Senior Center.

*On Wednesdays at 10:30 am make CARDS FOR THE TROOPS serving overseas.

*Listen to whimsical songs and entertainment of BILL MICHAELS on March 14, and then join us for ST PATRICK’S DAY BINGO.

*St Patrick’s Day at the AQUA TURF CLUB on Thursday, March 15, in Plantsville, watch Irish dancers, listen to Mulligan and Company, while enjoying a family style luncheon; $66 per person. Call for reservations.

*BOARD GAME DAY is every Thursday at 1 pm. Coffee or tea and snack will be supplied.

*MOVIE TIME on Fridays at 1 pm. Enjoy a good “Favorite” movie with a friend. We supply the video and popcorn.

*BABY CONTEST FOR MARCH. Bring in your baby picture. We will have a contest in the end of March to guess who’s picture is who.

*On Tuesday, March 20, LARRY AYCE will be back. Come and enjoy the afternoon.

*Join us on March 27, at 1 pm, to find “4 WAYS TO SAVE” with Scott McDonald, a certified financial advisor with New York Life. Call to sign up.

*BINGO on March 28

*ANTIQUE ROAD SHOW produced by Harrison Galleries will take place on April 10, at 1 pm. Limit one item  per person.

Day Trips

*LARRY GATLIN and the GATLIN BROTHERS at the Mohegan Sun on Wednesday, April 11. A buffet lunch is included. Depart the Senior Center at 8 am; cost is $69 per person.

*MADAMA BUTTERFLY will be presented by the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center on Sunday, April 22. Butterfly is sung in Italian with English supertitles. Lunch is included at Les Sans Sulottes. Departure is at 8:30 am. Cost is $160 per person.

*See JERSEY DREAMERS, moments to remember at the Brownstone in New Jersey, on Wednesday, April 25. Cost per person is $70.

Overnight Trips

*FUTURE TRIPS include a 3-day trip to Pennsylvania Dutch countryside and visit the King Tut exhibit in Philadelphia, July 25–27; an 8-day tour of Scotland, August 22–30; and an Atlantic Canada Cruise September 3–8. Trip booklets are available at the front desk.

Menu For Week of

March 12-16

Reservations must be made

3 days in advance.

Monday: March 12: Stuffed pepper with marinara sauce, mashed potato, diced carrots, dinner roll, fruit cocktail.

Tuesday: March 13: Caribbean chicken, rice & beans, bean blend vegetables, oatmeal bread, coconut cream pie.

Wednesday: Seafood chowder, unsalted crackers, ham & cheese on a grinder roll with mustard or mayonnaise, creamy coleslaw, diet fruited Jell-O with whipped topping.

Thursday: Hot open roast beef sandwich with gravy, baked potato with sour cream, cauliflower florets, pineapple juice, seasonal fresh fruit.

Also, for planning ahead—

Monday: March 19: Hearty beef stew served over egg noodles, broccoli florets, seedless rye bread, seasonal fresh fruit.

Tuesday: March 20: Baked potato half topped with chicken, broccoli & cheese, diced carrots, soft breadstick, cranapple juice, pear halves.

Activities Schedule,

March 12-16

Monday: AM AARP income tax assistance, pinochle, hatha yoga, exercise, PM computer classes, chorus group.

Tuesday: AM pinochle, country-western line dancing; PM Tai Chi & Chi Kung, walking for fitness, computer classes, crafts.

Wednesday: AM exercise; PM Cards for the Troops, bingo, crafts.

Thursday: AM Breakfast Club, hatha yoga, cards; PM walking for fitness, board games.

Friday: AM advanced mah jongg, sewing, quilting, PM movie time, knitting, cards.

Remember, you must call at least one day in advance to book a ride, 270-4310; the Senior Bus, 748-2511.