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

By LINDA BAUER

Published: Aug 27, 2010 12:00 am

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 65Â¢ each way for the Sand Hill Plaza trip, 75Â¢ 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 Weekâs Programs

*Join us for an afternoon of entertainment and refreshments with Larry Ayce on Monday, August 30, at 1 pm.

*On Wednesday, September 1, depart at 8 am for a day at Mohegan Sun, with $15 food coupons and three $5 bets. Cost is $31.

*Bingo will be Thursday, September 2, at 1 pm.

Upcoming Programs

*The Newtown Senior Center will be closed Monday, September 6, in observance of Labor Day.

*On Thursday, September 9, at 1 pm, come enjoy the movie Itâs Complicated with Meryl Streep. Popcorn will be served.

*Richard Clark returns on Monday, September 13, at 1 pm, with the love trilogy The Good Doctor, Migration, and Myra andâ¦

*Learn how to protect your jewelry from theft at home, while traveling, or when selling or buying and passing to the next generation on Wednesday, September 15, at 1:30 pm.

*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.

*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.

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

Day Trips

*The Inn at Villa Bianca is featuring a Rock ânâ Roll party, with dancing to live 50s music on Wednesday, September 8. A family-style luncheon will be served. Limit 12 people. Transportation will be provided. Depart at 11 am; cost is $29.95.

*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 40â52 people.

*Oktoberfest, a Bavarian day of feasting, dancing music, activities, open bar, and entertainment will be at Huntâs 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, 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 August 30âSeptember 3

Monday: Sweet and sour meatballs over rice, Oriental blend vegetables, seedless rye bread, cranberry juice, pineapple tidbits.

Tuesday: Italian wedding soup with crackers, chicken Caesar salad with tomato, croutons and dressing, herbed breadstick, marble cake.

Wednesday: Greek lemon soup, haddock with spinach and tomato OR sliced turkey on wheat with mayo, brown rice, garden peas, wheat bread, sliced peaches.

Thursday: Cheese lasagna, sausage, Caesar salad with croutons and Caesar dressing, garlic bread, diet fruited Jell-O with whipped topping.

And for planning ahead â

Monday, September 6: The center will be closed for Labor Day.

Tuesday, September 7: Sweet and sour meatballs over noodles, green beans, herbed breadstick, chocolate chip cookie.

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