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 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

*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.

*THE RICKY & LUCY SHOW is at Chez Josef in Agawam, Mass., on June 7. The bus will leave the Senior Center at 8:45.

*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.

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*REMINDERS:

*ETHEL KAUFMAN will  lead a CHORUS GROUP on Mondays at 1 pm.

*Pat Babbage teaches EXERCISE classes on Monday and Wednesday mornings.

*HATHA YOGA classes are Monday and Thursday mornings at 10. Try a class with Helen Herbold.

 *Lynn Flanders is teaching COUNTRY-WESTERN LINE DANCING Tuesday mornings from 10:30 until 11:30.

*QUILTING CLASS meets on Fridays at 10 am.

*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.

* 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 and 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 Plantsville 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.

*A 5-DAY TRIP TO BRANSON, MO., is planned for September 18–22. Price per person is $1,179 single, $1,029 twin, $1,019 triple. Marilyn says it is a great trip. Come to the center for overnight trip booklets. 

*THREE-DAY TRIP from August 9 to 11. See the play Ruth, have an Amish dinner at Hershey Farm, a local tour of the chocolate capital Hershey, Penn., see The 2006 Summer Spectacular, visit the Choo Choo Barn, ride the Strasburg Railroad and more. The cost is $389 for double, $505, single, and $379, triple.

*CRUISE HAWAII on the New Pride of Aloha including two nights at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, September 1-10.

*MAINE RAIL & SAIL – A scenic train ride and Rockland Harbor cruise, September 26-28. The cost is $349 for double, $459, single, and $339, triple.

Menu For Week of June 5-9

Reservations must be made three days in advance.

Meals are subject to change.

Monday, June 5: Stuffed salmon with dill sauce, yellow rice, broccoli and cauliflower, pumpernickel bread, mandarin oranges;

Tuesday, June 6: Hearty turkey chili served over a half baked potato, tossed garden salad with sliced cucumber, Italian dressing, corn bread, seasonal fresh fruit;

Wednesday: Chicken parmesan, penne with marinara sauce, fresh sliced zucchini, parmesan cheese, Italian bread, diet fruited Jell-O with whipped topping;

Thursday: Stuffed pepper with tomato sauce, fiesta corn, diced carrots, wheat dinner roll, pound cake;

Friday: Split pea soup, unsalted crackers, chef salad with ham, turkey, cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, French dressing, club roll, cling peaches.

Also, for planning ahead—

Monday, June 12: Hamburger patty with sautéed pepper and onions, tater tots, burger roll, ketchup and mustard, grape juice, sugar cookie;

Tuesday: June 13: Creamy tomato soup, unsalted crackers, tuna salad plate over lettuce and tomato, club roll, rich chocolate pudding with whipped topping.

 

Activities Schedule, June 5–9

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

Tuesday: AM “Ricky & Lucy Show,” pinochle, country-western line dancing, PM bowling (at Brookfield Lanes), crafts;

Wednesday: AM “Crazy for Cooperstown,” pinochle, exercise; PM bingo, crafts;

Thursday: AM pinochle, hatha yoga, bowling, cards, PM ballroom dance lessons;

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.