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 65¢ each way for the Sand Hill Plaza trip, 75¢ 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 Week’s Programs

*AARP INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE, for lower and medium income, Mondays only from 9 am to noon, February 9–April 6. Bring last year’s tax return and any other pertinent information. Call 270-4310 to set up an appointment.

*A DAY AT THE RACES, live harness racing at Monticello, N.Y., on Wednesday, February 11. Depart at 8 am, hot and cold luncheon buffet, clubhouse admission and 1,800 video gaming machines.

*VALENTINE BINGO will be February 11 at 1 pm.

*Play SCRABBLE every Thursday at 1 pm.

*Appointments can be made to review and/or sign up for PART D DRUG PLANS on Mondays between 10 am and noon. Call for an appointment, 270-4310.

*Work on the QUILTS OF VALOR project every Friday from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. Bring your lunch. Donations of cotton material are welcomed. Thirteen quilts have been sent out to date.

 

Upcoming Programs

*The Senior Center will be closed on Monday, February 16 in observance of Presidents’ Day.

*COMMISSION ON AGING will be Monday, February 23, at 5 pm.

*LIFE LINE SCREENING is an ultrasound technology that views plaque buildup in arteries. The screenings will be at the center on Friday, March 27. Register for the stroke, vascular disease, and heart rhythm package screenings by calling 888-653-6441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com.

Day Trips

*ACE IN THE HOLE presents the show “Carnival in Venice,” an Italian-style Mardi Gras, at The Brownstone in Paterson, N.J., on Tuesday, February 24, featuring Italian American tenor DaVido and also Italian-style street performers, and the I Ragazzi Band will provide daylong listening and dancing pleasure. Cost is $86; depart center at 8:30 am.

*SHOWTIME at the Log Cabin featuring the Dublin City Ramblers on Wednesday, March 11. Depart at 7:30 am for Holyoke, Mass., stopping at the Christmas Tree Shop and then onto the Log Cabin for a St Patrick’s Day luncheon, while listening to ballads, folk, humor, and foot-tapping music. The fee is $85.

*On Sunday, August 30, depart for Lee, Mass., and enjoy a luncheon at the Cork N’ Hearth. After lunch travel to Tanglewood for an afternoon with the BOSTON POPS with JAMES TAYLOR. Depart 9 am; cost is $110. Call 270-4310 to reserve your tickets now as there are only 25 tickets available.

 

Recurring Activities

*YOGA classes are Monday and Thursday at 10:30 am.

*CHORUS on Monday at 1 pm

*Billiards room; poker/card room; ping pong; and Wii bowling, golf, tennis, and baseball.

*Wii BOWLING, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons.

*VALENTINE CARDS FOR OUR TROOPS every Tuesday morning from 10 am to noon and 1 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 DAY on Tuesdays and Fridays at 2 pm. Enjoy a good “favorite” movie with a friend.

Monday: AM hatha yoga, exercise, PM chorus group.

Tuesday: AM country-western line dancing; PM Tai Chi, bowling, movie.

Wednesday: AM bridge, exercise; PM bingo, exercise.

Thursday: AM hatha yoga, cards; PM mah jongg, scrabble.

Friday: AM mah jongg, Quilts of Valor, PM knitting, movie.

 

Menu For Week Of February 9–13

Monday: Oven fried chicken quarter, macaroni and cheese, garden peas, buttermilk biscuit, seasonal fresh fruit.

Tuesday: Beef barley soup with crackers, cold cut grinder with ham, salami, cheese, lettuce and tomato and mayonnaise on grinder roll, coleslaw vinaigrette, pears.

Wednesday: Stuffed fillet sole, brown rice pilaf, fresh zucchini, tartar sauce, wheat dinner roll, orange juice, butterscotch pudding with whipped topping.

Thursday: Baked ziti with cheese, sausage, broccoli florets, parmesan cheese, Italian bread, pineapple tidbits.

And for planning ahead—

Monday: February 16: Closed for Presidents’ Day

Tuesday: February 17: Baked ham with pineapple glaze, sweet potato pone, green beans, dinner roll, cherry pie in honor of Presidents’ Day.

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