 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.
 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. Newtownâs 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 24-28
There is a NEW DAY & TIME for the BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP. We now meet on the first Wednesay of the month, from 3 to 4 pm. The next meeting will be Febraury 2, and we are discussion The Poisonwood Bible.
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 âSunrise to Sunset.â 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 â Pat Babbage is starting a beginnerâs 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 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 yearâs 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.
TRIP BOOKLETS describing our trips for the year will be available February 8.
Announcing our first trip of the new year: Show Time at the Bull Run Restaurantâ¦
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 Valentineâs 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 Valentineâs performance. Cost for this trip is $51.
Menu For Week Of January 24-28
Reservations must be made three days in advance.
Meals are subject to change.
Meals include milk and margarine.
Monday: BBQ chicken, macaroni and cheese, vegetable medley, corn bread, fresh fruit;
Tuesday: Stuffed flounder, rice, Italian green beans, whole wheat bread, fruited Jell-O w/ topping;
Wednesday: Liver and onions w/ gravy, sauteed onions, mashed potatoes, peas, rye bread, sliced peaches;
Thursday: Sliced steak w/ mushroom gravy, sliced roasted potatoes, butternut squash, pineapple juice, whole wheat bread, birthday cake and ice cream;
Friday: Tomato soup w/ unsalted crackers, toasted cheese sandwich, garden salad w/ Italian dressing, tapioca pudding w/ topping.
Activities Schedule, January 24-28
Monday: AM Pinochle/Bridge, walking (meet at Dickinson Park pavilion), art class; PM yoga, Bible study group;
Tuesday: AM Pinochle, exercise; PM 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; PM knitting.
 Remember, you must call three days in advance to book a meal or a ride, 270-4310; the Senior Bus, 748-2511.