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

*Music From The Heart, a program of old favorite songs, featuring Bucky Milam, with Ethel Kaufman and Jeremy Alston, will be Tuesday, September 21, at 1 pm, at the Newtown Senior Center.

*Bingo will be Wednesday, September 22, at 1 pm.

*AARP Driving class will be Thursday and Friday, September 23 and 24, between 12:30 and 4:30 pm. Must attend both classes; registration is required. For AARP members, $12; for nonmembers, $14.

Upcoming Programs

*Flu shot clinics will be Tuesdays, October 5, 12, and 19, from 9 am to noon, and October 26, 9 to 11 am.

*Newtown Senior Center is accepting donations for the White Elephant Room for the Fall Bazaar. Bring in your treasures. The bazaar will be October 22–24.

 

Day Trips

*Showing at Westchester Theatre on Wednesday, October 6, is Jekyll & Hyde. Lunch is included. Depart at 9:30 am; Cost is $88.

*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.

*Oktoberfest, a Bavarian day of feasting, dancing music, activities, open bar, and entertainment will be at Hunt’s Landing in Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, October 27. Depart at 9:30; cost is $80.

 

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.

Monday: AM hatha yoga, exercise, PM chorus group, art class, pinochle, poker, gin rummy etc, exercise.

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

Wednesday: AM bridge, exercise; PM exercise.

Thursday: AM hatha yoga, pinochle, poker, gin rummy etc; PM Scrabble, pinochle, poker, gin rummy etc.

Friday: AM Mah Jongg, quilting, exercise, chair yoga; PM knitting/crocheting.

Menu For Week Of

September 20–24

Monday: Montreal chicken, brown rice pilaf, winter blend vegetables, oat bread, pound cake.

Tuesday: Fresh ham with gravy, applesauce garnish, fresh sweet potato, country style vegetables, seedless rye bread, peach slices.

Wednesday: Chunky beef stew served over egg noodles, Riviera blend vegetables, buttermilk biscuit, mixed fruit juice, seasonal fresh fruit.

Thursday: Roast turkey with gravy, apple stuffing, cut broccoli, cranberry sauce, wheat bread, birthday cake.

And for planning ahead —

Monday, September 27: Stuffed tilapia with lemon sauce, parsley boiled potatoes, garden peas, whole wheat bread, pineapple tidbits.

Tuesday, September 28: Chicken noodle soup, broccoli quiche, stewed tomato, chopped spinach, multigrain dinner roll, diet fruited Jell-O with whipped topping.