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 the 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 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

*Reservations must be made no later than May 7 for the FIVE-DAY TRIP TO BRANSON, MO., September 18–22. Price per person is $1,179 single, $1,029 twin, $1,019 triple.

*Mother’s Day TEA AND BINGO on Wednesday, May 10, at 1 pm. Bring your favorite teacup or teapot (oldest, prettiest, or even most unusual) along with your stories.

 

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*REMINDERS: The center is in the process of updating the birthday list. Call the center to be sure we have the correct date of your birthday.

*Call the Senior Center or stop for information or reservations for the various trips that are being offered. Come to the center for overnight trip booklets.

*FIESTA DINNER THEATER presents Grandpa’s Ghost on May 16. The cost is $73. Departure time is 9:15 from the center. Call the Senior Center for reservations or additional information.

*A day of chance at MOHEGAN SUN on Tuesday, May 30, which includes $10 food coupon, two $5 pull tabs. Depart at 8 am; cost is $26.

*CRAZY FOR COOPERSTOWN is on Wednesday and Thursday, June 7–8; depart at 7:30 am. Visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Fenimore Museum, and Farmers’ Museum. Lunch at the famous historical Otesaga Hotel. Cost per person is $249 single; $199 double; and $189 triple, which includes deluxe motorcoach transportation.

*THE RICKY & LUCY SHOW is at Chez Josef in Agawam, Mass., on June 7. The bus will leave the Senior Center at 8:45. Cost per person is $68. Stop in at the Senior Center or call for a reservation or additional information.

*BALLROOM DANCE LESSONS, Thursday, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, from 4 to 5 pm, $28 per person ($7 per hour). Join Joseph & Nonnie Williams and dance the fox trot, waltz, cha-cha and more. Must attend all 4 classes. Space is limited. Call to sign up.

* See JIM NABORS at MOHEGAN SUN on Tuesday, June 13. The price is $65 and includes lunch voucher and two free bet coupons. Departure is 8:15 am.

*AARP DRIVING CLASSES will be June 19 & 20, from 1 to 5 pm. The cost is $10, payable on the day of the class. Call to sign up.

* ALL ABOARD on the Belle of Brattleboro for a cruise of New England’s longest river. Leave the Senior Center at 7 am, on Friday, July 7, for Putney, Vt. The cost is $76.

*Travel to the Aqua Turf Club in Planstville on Tuesday, July 18, for a POLKA FEST. The cost is $58, and departure is 10 am. Enjoy a family style lunch of Polish food accompanied by the rousing music of Dick Pillar and his Polkabration Band.

*DATE CHANGES for Westchester Dinner Theater are Hot Mikado is changed from July 14 to September 14 and Full Monty is changed from September 14 to October 26.

*TRAVEL TO THE ISLANDS at Camp Conri Lodge in Ashford, Monday to Friday, July 24–28. For $190 per person enjoy three meals a day, physical, spiritual, and social activities, crafts, bible study, fishing, talent night, boating, and bingo.

*The center is closed on Memorial Day, May 29.

Menu For Week of May 8-12

Reservations must be made three days in advance.

Meals are subject to change.

Monday, May 8: Maryland crab cake, tartar sauce, creamy macaroni and cheese, cut green beans, oatmeal bread, tropical fruit salad;

Tuesday, May 9: Baked potato half filled with chicken, broccoli and cheese, diced carrots, 100% whole wheat bread, chilled pears;

Wednesday: BBQ chicken quarter, potato salad, coleslaw, wheat dinner roll, mixed fruit juice, apricot halves;

Thursday: Home style meatloaf with gravy, mashed potatoes, peas & diced carrots, seedless rye bread, season fresh fruit;

Friday: Shrimp bisque, unsalted crackers, sliced steak & peppers, egg noodles, pumpernickel bread, Mother’s Day cake.

Also, for planning ahead—

Monday, May 15: Salisbury steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, peas & diced carrots, wheat dinner roll, cling peaches;

Tuesday, May 16: Boneless chicken cacciatore over egg noodles, green beans, soft breadstick, chocolate chip cookie.

 

Activities Schedule, May 8–12

Monday: AM pinochle, hatha yoga, exercise, PM chorus group;

Tuesday: AM pinochle, country-western line dancing, PM bowling (at Brookfield Lanes), crafts;

Wednesday: AM pinochle, exercise; PM Mother’s Day Bingo, crafts;

Thursday: AM pinochle, hatha yoga, bowling, cards;

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

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