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 the 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

*On Thursday, June 22, 1 pm, a SEMINAR: PROTECTING THE FAMILY JEWELS, JEWELRY 101 will cover facts on simple home security measures, proper care of jewelry, general options for selling, intelligent estate planning, and insurance guidelines. Call center to sign up.

*If you have already signed up for all 4 classes, this week’s BALLROOM DANCE LESSONS will be Thursday, June 22, 4 to 5 pm.

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*REMINDERS: *This month’s CRAFT PROJECT is a painted/stamped TOTE BAG for the beach or for your knitting/quilting on Tuesday, June 27, 1 to 3 pm, in the art room.

*ANNUAL PICNIC on Wednesday, June 29, 11 am to 3 pm, at Dickinson Park, rain or shine. Join us for lawn bocce, cards, live entertainment, good food, laughter and dancing. Cost is $5. Bring a chair. Hamburgers, hot dogs, and salad will be served. Please help by bringing a snack or a dessert to share. Call to sign up.

*SWEET HART BUS — Call 748-2511 for reservations and 830-4399, their direct line, to go home so you don’t have to wait at doctor’s office.

*ETHEL KAUFMAN will  lead a CHORUS GROUP on Mondays at 1 pm.

*Pat Babbage teaches EXERCISE classes on Monday and Wednesday mornings.

*HATHA YOGA classes are Monday and Thursday mornings at 10. Try a class with Helen Herbold.

 *Lynn Flanders is teaching COUNTRY-WESTERN LINE DANCING Tuesday mornings from 10:30 until 11:30.

*QUILTING CLASS meets on Fridays at 10 am.

*Call the Senior Center or stop for information or reservations for the various trips that are being offered. Come to the center for overnight trip booklets.

OVERNIGHT TRIPS

*ALL ABOARD on the Belle of Brattleboro for a cruise of New England’s longest river. Leave the Senior Center at 7 am, on Friday, July 7, for Putney, Vt. The cost is $76.

*TRAVEL TO THE ISLANDS at Camp Conri Lodge in Ashford, Monday to Friday, July 24–28. For $190 per person enjoy three meals a day, physical, spiritual, and social activities, crafts, bible study, fishing, talent night, boating, and bingo.

*A 5-DAY TRIP TO BRANSON, MO., is planned for September 18–22. Price per person is $1,179 single, $1,029 twin, $1,019 triple. Marilyn says it is a great trip. Come to the center for overnight trip booklets. 

*THREE-DAY TRIP, August 9–11. See the play Ruth, have an Amish dinner at Hershey Farm, a local tour of the chocolate capital Hershey, Penn., see The 2006 Summer Spectacular, visit the Choo Choo Barn, ride the Strasburg Railroad and more. The cost is $389 for double, $505, single, and $379, triple.

*CRUISE HAWAII on the New Pride of Aloha including two nights at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, September 1–10.

*MAINE RAIL & SAIL — From September 26 to 28 enjoy a boat cruise on Penobscot Bay, dinner at Rockland Trade Winds, Lobster Capital of Maine, tour Maine Lighthouse Museum, Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth building, and a scenic train ride to Brunswick. The cost is $349 for double, $459, single, and $339, triple.

DAY TRIPS

*Travel to the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville on Tuesday, July 18, for a POLKA FEST. The cost is $58, and departure is 10 am. Enjoy a family style lunch of Polish food accompanied by the rousing music of Dick Pillar and his Polkabration Band.

*DATE CHANGES for Westchester Dinner Theater are Hot Mikado is changed from July 14 to September 14 and Full Monty is changed from September 14 to October 26

Menu For Week of

June 19-23

Reservations must be made three days in advance.

Meals are subject to change.

Sandwiches and Salads will be available on Fridays with three days notice.

Monday: June 19: Maryland crab cake OR sliced turkey sandwich on oatmeal bread with cranberry sauce, tartar sauce, macaroni & cheese, green beans, oatmeal bread, tropical fruit salad;

Tuesday: June 20: Half baked potato filled with chicken, broccoli, and cheese, diced carrots, whole wheat bread, sliced pears;

Wednesday: First Day of Summer: BBQ Chicken quarter, potato salad, coleslaw, wheat dinner roll, mixed fruit juice, sherbet;

Thursday: Meatloaf with gravy, mashed potato, peas & diced carrots, seedless rye bread, birthday cake;

Friday: Tuna Wrap, coleslaw, three-bean salad, fresh fruit.

Also, for planning ahead—

Monday: June 26: Salisbury steak with gravy, mashed potato, peas & diced carrots, wheat dinner roll, cling peaches;

Tuesday: June 27: Boneless chicken cacciatore, egg noodles, green beans, soft breadstick, chocolate chip cookie.

 

Activities Schedule, June 19-23

Monday: AM pinochle, hatha yoga, exercise, PM chorus group;

Tuesday: AM, pinochle, country-western line dancing, PM bowling (at Brookfield Lanes), crafts;

Wednesday: AM pinochle, exercise; PM bingo, crafts;

Thursday: AM pinochle, ballroom dancing, hatha yoga, bowling, cards;

Friday: AM advanced mahjong, sewing, quilting, PM knitting, cards.

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