Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multipurpose 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 203-270-4310.

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 Walmart Route 6). Cost is 65¢ each way for the Sand Hill Plaza trip, 75¢ each way for out of town. Call 203-748-2511 TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE to book a ride and get the out-of-town Friday schedule.

 

This Week’s Programs

*Masonicare’s Lunch and Learn Series will feature “MEMORY LOSS” on July 16, by Carl Anderson. All programs at noon have a complimentary lunch included. Reservations required.

*Listen to the BOSTON POPS at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass., on Sunday, July 18. A luncheon buffet at the Morgan House will be served followed by the Boston Pops with special guest Arlo Guthrie. Depart at 8 am; cost is $118.

Upcoming Programs

*RECYCLED BINGO will be on Wednesday, July 21, at 1 pm.

*Come learn about healthy indoor grilling of fruits and vegetables with Judy Prager, senior nutrition services dietician, on Tuesday, August 10, at 1:30 pm. Food samples, recipes, and raffle prizes! Call for reservations, 203-270-4310; seating is limited.

*Masonicare’s Lunch and Learn Series will feature “STRESS REDUCTION TIPS” on August 20. All programs at noon have a complimentary lunch included. Reservations required.

 

Day Trips

*ALL YOU CAN EAT LOBSTER BUFFET at Delaney House, Holyoke, Mass., on Thursday, July 22, along with a comedy and impressions show by Frank Cirell. Cost is $91. Come check out the great menu; you cannot beat it.

*A family-style summer luncheon at VILLA BIANCA in Seymour will be Wednesday, August 4. Visit the tropics, with live Hawaiian music and hula dancers. Depart at 11 am; cost is $29.95. It is limited to 12 people.

*Ace in the Hole Productions presents Honky Tonk Angels, with songs by Patsy Cline, Elvis, and more. Music, laughter, dancing, lunch, and a good time is on tap. Depart at 8:30 am on Thursday, August 5, for The Royal Manor in Garfield, N.J. The cost is $83.

*Depart at 10:30 am on Thursday, August 12, to listen to BOBBY VINTON at the Aqua Turf. Lunch at Aqua Turf will be a family-style menu. Cost is $91.

*Hunter Mountain GERMAN ALPS FESTIVAL — an Oktoberfest on Saturday, August 14 — German music, strolling musicians, great shows, craft vendors, polkas, outdoor biergarten. Depart at 8:30 am; cost is $54.

*Jump aboard the Millennium, a 400-passenger catamaran, for a narrated cruise of ten lighthouses along with a Newport, R.I., Harbor tour Monday, August 16, departing at 7 am. Cost is $90.

*Enjoy an elegant lunch at the famous Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Mass., visit the Crane Museum of Papermaking, and taste seven different wines at Furnace Brook Winery on Wednesday, October 13. Depart at 7:15, ETA at 6 pm in Newtown. Cost is $74 based on 40–52 people.

Recurring Activities

*YOGA classes are Monday and Thursday at 10:30 am.

*Billiards room; poker/card room; ping pong; and Wii bowling, golf, tennis, and baseball.

*Wii BOWLING, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons.

*MAKE CARDS FOR OUR TROOPS every Tuesday from 10 am to noon and 1 to 3 pm.

*BEGINNERS BRIDGE LESSONS on Wednesday, 10 am with Mary Matern.

*Iris card folding CRAFT CLASS every Thursday at 1 pm.

Monday: AM hatha yoga, exercise, PM chorus group, weaving, exercise, pinochle, movie.

Tuesday: AM cards for troops, line dancing; PM Tai Chi, pinochle, Wii bowling.

Wednesday: AM bridge, exercise; PM exercise.

Thursday: AM hatha yoga, pinochle; PM iris card folding craft class, Scrabble.

Friday: AM Mah Jongg, Quilts of Valor, exercise, chair yoga; PM knitting/crocheting, pinochle.

Menu For Week Of  July 12–16

Monday: Pollack with sautéed onions and peppers, fresh sweet potato, broccoli cuts, wheat bread, fresh slice of melon.

Tuesday: Hungarian goulash served over noodles, fresh zucchini, oat bread, apricot halves.

Wednesday: Chicken cordon bleu, rice pilaf, French green beans, croissant, fruit and pudding parfait with topping.

Thursday: Apple juice, roast turkey with herb stuffing and gravy with cranberry sauce garnish, peas and onions, whole wheat bread, sugar cookie.

And for planning ahead —

Monday, July 19: Cranberry juice, sweet and sour meatballs, rice, Oriental blend vegetables, seedless rye bread, pineapple tidbits.

Tuesday, July 20: Italian wedding soup with crackers, chicken Caesar salad with croutons, tomato and Caesar dressing, herbed breadstick, diet fruited Jell-O with whipped topping.