Services for Newtown seniors are sponsored by the Commission on Aging and are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. For more information about programs offered at the Senior Center call 270-4310.

For information on federal, state and community resources available to seniors, call 270-4330 or 270-4315. Newtown’s Municipal Agent for the Elderly is Alisa Awalt. She can be reached at 270-4330.

You may drop in at the Senior Center on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook weekdays between 10 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 mini-bus service Monday through Friday. Monday from 1 to 3 pm the mini-bus will go to Sand Hill Plaza. Fridays, the bus will alternate going to Danbury Fair Mall and to Berkshire Shopping Plaza. Cost is 60 cents each way for the Sand Hill Plaza trip, 75 cents 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.

 

News For Week of January 17-21

A REMINDER that the center will be closed Monday, January 17, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr Day.

THE OSTEOPOROSIS SCREENING scheduled for February 17 is full. We are accepting names for a waiting list for a possible additional screening. Please call 270-4310 to sign up.

Come on down and join us at BROOKFIELD LANES each Tuesday and Thursday for a great time bowling. We meet at noon and the cost is only $1.25 per game.

We have started a NEW QUILTING CLASS that meets every Friday at 10 am. We are in full swing. The name of the quilt is “Sunrise to Sunset.” These quilts are individually made.

Please join us every Monday for BIBLE STUDY. We meet at 1 pm.

BOOK EXCHANGE: Put one in, take one out… Come browse our Book Exchange shelves and trade your good condition paperbacks or hardcovers.

TAP DANCING CLASS — Pat Babbage is starting a beginner’s tap dancing class. Call 270-4310 to sign up. Any hard-soled shoes are fine.

NEW HORIZONS meets the first Tuesday of the month. The next meeting is Tuesday, February 1.

Beginning Monday, February 7, and continuing through Monday, March 27, AARP income tax representatives will be at the center to assist with income tax preparation. The service is being offered by appointment only on Mondays only between 9 am and noon. You must bring last year’s tax return and any other pertinent information for this year. Please call 270-4310 for an appointment.

Over the next few months, the center will be assembling a Millennium Booklet. If you would care to share any reflections, thoughts or memories about your life or your time in our town, we would love to include them. Please mail them or drop them off here at the center.

THE BEREAVEMENT GROUP MEETS every Monday for the newly bereaved. It is totally private and there is no charge. Call 270-4310 to sign up.

Come with us to fabulous NEW ORLEANS. Information is now available at the center. We are departing September 27 for five fun-filled days.

Announcing our first trip of the new year: Show Time at the Bull Run Restaurant…

We will depart from the senior center at 8 am on Monday, February 14. Enjoy lunch and entertainment at The Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, Mass. This restaurant prides itself on maintaining and enhancing its ambience as a pre-Revolutionary tavern. The owner is a graduate of the prestigious Culinary Institute of America. Your choice of menu today is Baked Fleur de Lis Ham, Stuffed Filet of Sole, or Roast Native Tom Turkey.

After our delicious meal, we will enjoy a wonderful show, Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the Songs of Patsy Cline, a tribute to Patsy Cline by Sandy Martin. Sandy has opened for numerous country music superstars and also starred in the critically acclaimed A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, which ran in Boston in 1993. You are sure to enjoy this special Valentine’s performance. Cost for this trip is $51.

 

Menu For Week Of January 17-21

Reservations must be made three days in advance.

Meals are subject to change.

Meals include milk and margarine.

Monday: The senior center will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day.

Tuesday: Baked ziti w/ tomato sauce, zucchini & yellow squash, Italian bread, fruited Jell-O w/ topping;

Wednesday: Salisbury steak w/ gravy, mashed potatoes, carrot coins, orange juice, oatmeal bread, peanut butter cookie;

Thursday: Tuna-noodle casserole, mixed vegetables, tossed salad w/ Italian dressing, dinner roll, sliced peaches;

Friday: Chicken-rice soup w/ unsalted crackers, French dip sandwich (hot roast beef on grinder roll w/ au jus), carrot and raisin salad, fresh fruit.

Activities Schedule, January 17-21

Monday: No activities today — the senior center will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day.

Tuesday: AM Pinochle, exercise, keyboard class (Level I); PM needlecraft, bowling (at Brookfield Lanes);

Wednesday: AM line dancing, Pinochle; PM Bingo;

Thursday: AM exercise, Pinochle, PM crafts, bowling (at Brookfield Lanes);

Friday: AM sewing/quilting group, mah jongg; PM knitting.

 

 Remember, you must call three days in advance to book a meal or a ride, 270-4310; the Senior Bus, 748-2511.