Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multipurpose 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: Aug 13, 2010 12:00 am

Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multipurpose 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 203-270-4310.

You may drop in at the Senior Center 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 Walmart Route 6). Cost is 65Â¢ each way for the Sand Hill Plaza trip, 75Â¢ each way for out of town. Call 203-748-2511 TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE to book a ride and get the out-of-town Friday schedule.

This Weekâs Programs

*Bingo will be Tuesday, August 17, at 1 pm.

*The movie The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock will be shown on Thursday, August 19, at 1 pm. Movie popcorn will be served.

Upcoming Programs

*The Newtown Senior Center will be closed on Monday, August 23. Come to the Holiday Hill picnic.

*Bingo will be Wednesday, August 25, at 1 pm.

*Join us for an afternoon of entertainment and refreshments with Larry Ayce on Monday, August 30, at 1 pm.

*Richard Clark returns on Monday, September 13, at 1 pm, with the love trilogy The Good Doctor, Migration, and Myra andâ¦

*Music From The Heart, a program of old favorite songs, featuring Bucky Milam, with Ethel Kaufman and Jeremy Alston, will be Tuesday, September 21, at 1 pm, at the Newtown Senior Center.

Day Trips

*The annual summer picnic at Holiday Hill will be Monday, August 23, 9 am to 4 pm, with unlimited buffet until 3:30 pm. Entertainment will be provided by Vinnie Carr for your singing and dancing enjoyment. There is bingo, bocci, horseshoes, and a heated pool. Transportation is provided; departure is at 8 am. Cost is $27.

*On Wednesday, September 1, depart at 8 am for a day at Mohegan Sun, with $15 food coupons and three $5 bets. Cost is $31.

*The Inn at Villa Bianca is featuring a Rock ânâ Roll party, with dancing to live 50s music on Wednesday, September 8. A family-style luncheon will be served. Limit 12 people. Transportation will be provided. Depart at 11 am; cost is $29.95.

*Showing at Westchester Theatre on Wednesday, October 6, is Jekyll & Hyde. Lunch is included. Depart at 9:30 am; Cost is $88.

*Enjoy an elegant lunch at the famous Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Mass., visit the Crane Museum of Papermaking, and taste seven different wines at Furnace Brook Winery on Wednesday, October 13. Depart at 7:15, ETA at 6 pm in Newtown. Cost is $74 based on 40â52 people.

*Oktoberfest, a Bavarian day of feasting, dancing music, activities, open bar, and entertainment will be at Huntâs Landing in Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, October 27. Depart at 9:30; cost is $80.

Recurring Activities

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

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

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

*MAKE CARDS FOR OUR TROOPS every Tuesday from 10 am to noon and 1 to 3 pm.

*BEGINNERS BRIDGE LESSONS on Wednesday, 10 am with Mary Matern.

Monday: AM hatha yoga, exercise, PM chorus group, weaving, exercise, pinochle, movie.

Tuesday: AM cards for troops, line dancing; PM Tai Chi, pinochle, Wii bowling.

Wednesday: AM bridge, exercise; PM exercise.

Thursday: AM hatha yoga, pinochle; PM iris card folding craft class, Scrabble.

Friday: AM Mah Jongg, Quilts of Valor, exercise, chair yoga; PM knitting/crocheting, pinochle.

Menu For Week Of August 16â20

Monday: Cheese baked ziti, turkey meatballs in sauce, Italian blend vegetables, Parmesan cheese, Italian bread, oatmeal cookie.

Tuesday: Hot open roast beef sandwich on wheat bread with gravy, steak fries with ketchup, broccoli, orange juice, pineapple tidbits.

Wednesday: Herbed baked chicken quarter, rice and beans, green beans, oat bread, diet fruited Jell-O with whipped topping.

Thursday: Spinach and chicken soup with crackers, tuna salad boat, on hot dog roll, with lettuce and tomato, pasta and vegetable salad, fruit sherbet.

And for planning ahead â

Monday, August 23: Center is closed for Holiday Hill picnic

Tuesday, August 24: Hungarian goulash served over egg noodles, fresh zucchini, oat bread, apricot halves.

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