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 Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For more

By LINDA BAUER

Published: May 25, 2007 12:00 am

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

*The Senior Center will be closed Memorial Day, Monday, May 28.

*LARRY AYCE is back for song and dance on Tuesday, May 29, at 1 pm.

*BINGO: Wednesday, May 30, at 1 pm.

*Tour The CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Thursday, May 31, in Hyde Park, N.Y., enjoy a Northern Italian cuisine at Caterina De Medici, and then onto Millbrook Vineyard in Millbrook, N.Y., for a wine tasting. $82 per person; bus departs at 8 am.

*COMPUTER LESSONS are given every Monday and Tuesday at 3 pm.

*CRAFT CLASS, Patchwork Bandboxes, on Tuesday, June 5, at 1 pm.

*Social Gathering POT LUCK dinner is June 5, from 4 to 6 pm. Dinner is roast chicken, assorted summer salads, corn on the cob, watermelon, tea and coffee. Bring a dessert to share. Cost is $5.

*HEARING LOSS WORKSHOP is Thursday, June 7, at 1 pm. A short film will be shown. Learn how the ear hears and causes of hearing loss, and types of hearing aides.

*BOWLING at Brookfield Lanes for Senior âFun Bowl,â Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 3 pm.

*BEGINNERS BRIDGE LESSONS on Wednesday, 9:30 am, with Mary Matern.

*BOARD GAME DAY is every Thursday at 1 pm. Coffee or tea and snack will be supplied.

*MOVIE TIME on Fridays at 1 pm. Enjoy a good âfavoriteâ movie with a friend. We supply the video and popcorn.

*VOLUNTEERS are needed to help with flower boxes, side garden, garden by the stairs, making cards for the troops, and folding and addressing our newsletter.

*ANNUAL PICNIC is Tuesday, June 12, 11 am to 3 pm, at Dickinson Park. Bring a lawn chair and a snack or dessert; listen to live entertainment. Cost is $5 per person.

*Join meteorologist ART HORN on Thursday, June 14, at the Senior Center at 1 pm, for a 50-minute slide showÂ on âWeather of the USA.â Space is limited, so call to reserve a seat.Â Â

Day Trips

*Visit Emerson Place in Mount Tremper in the Catskill Mountain area, home to the WORLDâS LARGEST KALEIDOSCOPE Wednesday, June 13. Lunch at Catskill Rose and then visit Stucki Embroidery Work. Last stop is âChocolate Cheers.â Depart 9 am; $76 per person.

*GYPSY at the Westchester Broadway Theater, depart at 9:30 am on Thursday, June 21; $71 per person.

*Summer Festival at PLATZL BRAUHAUS in Pomona, N.Y., Tuesday, July 10. Enjoy three meals, a dip in the pool, shuffleboard, bocci, or listen to the band play. Bring your swimsuit. Depart at 8:30 am; cost is $75 per person.

*THE ROCKETTES at Radio City Music Hall on Friday, November 9, with lunch at Rudyâs. Early booking special, $105 per person.

*Visit Broadway and see JERSEY BOYS and have lunch at Oscarâs at the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Wednesday, December 5. Depart the Senior Center at 9:15 am; cost is $193 per person.

Overnight Trips

*FUTURE TRIPS include a 3-day trip to Pennsylvania Dutch countryside and visit the King Tut exhibit in Philadelphia, July 25â27; an 8-day tour of Scotland, August 22â30; and an Atlantic Canada Cruise September 3â8. Trip booklets are available at the front desk.

Menu For Week of

May 28-June 1

Reservations must be made

3 days in advance.

Monday: May 28: Memorial Day: Closed

Tuesday: May 29: Cream of mushroom soup with crackers, tuna salad on a bed of lettuce with tomato, pasta and vegetable salad and French dressing, soft breadstick, diet fruited Jello-O with whipped topping.

Wednesday: Cheese lasagna, sausage, parmesan cheese, Caesar salad with croutons and Caesar dressing, Italian bread, seasonal fresh fruit.

Thursday: Daveâs meatloaf, mashed potato, California blend vegetables, seedless rye bread, grape juice, cling peaches.

Activities Schedule,

May 28âJune 1

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: AM pinochle, country-western line dancing; PM Larry Ayce, Tai Chi & Chi Kung, bowling, walking for fitness, computer classes, crafts.

Wednesday: AM exercise; PM bingo, crafts.

Thursday: AM Culinary Institute, Breakfast Club, hatha yoga, cards; PM bowling, walking for fitness, board games.

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

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

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