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

*CLOSED Go0d Friday, March 21.

*AARP TAX ASSISTANCE, appointments only on Mondays through April from 9 am to noon. Bring last year’s tax return and all other pertinent information. Call 270-4310 for an appointment.

*The COMMISSION ON AGING will meet at the Senior Center on Monday, March 17, at 5 pm.

*Applying for SENIOR TAX RELIEF BENEFIT? Attend one of these dates: March 18 or April 9, from 9 am to noon; or March 26, 1 to 4 pm, with your 2007 tax return, Social Security 1099, and all other 1099s for pension, etc.

 

Upcoming

Programs

*AARP 55 ALIVE mature driving course for Thursday, March 27, and Friday, March 28, from 12:30 to 4:30 pm. Must attend both classes. Fee is $10.

*Friday, April 4, 10:30 am, Frances Hendrickson will talk on the “QUILTS OF VALOR” project, which brings a comfort quilt to every wounded service person returning from the war on terror. Visit website www.govf.org to read about it.

 

Day Trips

*ITALIAN FEST at Mount Haven Resort, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, April 10. Depart at 9 am; cost is $70 per person.

*American Ballet Theatre presents SWAN LAKE. Depart 9:30 am on Saturday, May 31, to New York City and enjoy lunch and the ballet Swan Lake. Cost is $150.

 

Future Trips

*APRIL 24: The Return of Vaudeville & The Big Band Era

*MAY 7: Ripley’s Believe It or Not

*MAY 21: Fiesta Dinner Theatre

 

Recurring Activities

*FREE COMPUTER LESSONS are given every Monday and Tuesday at 3 pm.

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

*BOWLING at Brookfield Lanes for Senior “Fun Bowl,” Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 3 pm.

*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 TIME on Fridays at 1 pm. Enjoy a good “favorite” movie with a friend. We supply the video and popcorn.

Monday: AM pinochle, hatha yoga, exercise, PM computer classes, chorus group.

Tuesday: AM pinochle, country-western line dancing; PM Tai Chi & Chi Kung, bowling, walking for fitness, computer classes, crafts.

Wednesday: AM exercise; PM bingo, crafts.

Thursday: AM Breakfast Club, hatha yoga, cards; PM bowling, walking for fitness, board games.

Friday: AM advanced mah jongg, sewing, quilting, PM movie time, knitting, cards.

 

Menu For Week of

March 17–21

Monday: St Patrick’s Day Special: Corned beef and cabbage, boiled red potatoes, diced carrots, Irish soda bread, Leprechaun cake.

Tuesday: Black bean soup with crackers, thinly sliced steak, mashed squash, garden peas, wheat bread, fudge brownie.

Wednesday: Veal roulade with gravy, mashed potato, California blend vegetables, wheat dinner roll, diet fruited Jell-O with whipped topping.

Thursday: Easter Special: Fresh ham with gravy, sweet potato pone, whole green beans, applesauce garnish, seedless rye bread, hot cross buns.

And for planning ahead—

Monday: March 24: Spaghetti and meatballs in marinara sauce, Parmesan cheese, Caesar salad with croutons and Caesar dressing, garlic bread, apricot halves.

Tuesday: March 25: Mushroom barley soup with crackers, beer batter fish and tarter sauce, rice pilaf, spinach, wheat bread, diet fruited Jell-O with whipped topping.

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