Seniors Plan Busy Summer Week
Lunches:
Area Agency on Aging will serve the following menu at Conewango Towers, Warren Senior Center and Warren Senior Community Center July 21-25: Monday, vegetable lasagna; Tuesday, hamloaf; Wednesday, barbecued chicken; Thursday, hamburger hash; Friday, macaroni and tuna salad. Eligible participants must be 60 or older. Suggested donation is $2.50. Call 723-3763 for information on congregate meal sites and center locations.
Marienville
MACA Building
927-6607:
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: cards, games; lunch, noon; bingo.
Endeavor
Township Building
463-7774:
Monday, Tuesday, Friday: cards, games; lunch, noon; bingo.
Tidioute
25 First St.
484-3020:
Monday: bingo, games; lunch, noon.
Tuesday: bingo, games; lunch, noon.
Thursday: bingo, games, cards; lunch, noon.
Sheffield
Main at Pickering
968-5667:
Monday: pool, games, 10 a.m.; lunch, noon; pool, games, 1 p.m.; exercise, 3 p.m.
Tuesday: Rotary, noon; mystery lunch.
Wednesday: shop in Warren or Erie, 8:30 a.m.; men's night, 6 p.m.
Thursday: pool, cards, 10 a.m.; lunch, noon; pool and bingo, 1 p.m.; exercise, 3 p.m.
Friday: pool, games, 10 a.m.; lunch, noon; games, 1 p.m.; bridge, 2 p.m.
The boat trip this summer will be to Caledonia, Ontario. No passport will be needed, just a photo ID and birth certificate. The group will board the Queen for an afternoon luncheon cruise. Call for details.
Upcoming events
July 19: Finger Lakes, Wine Festival
July 22: Mystery lunch.
July 23: shop in Erie.
July 28: 50/50 drawing.
July 29: Boat Trip
July 31: birthday picnic lunch
Aug. 12: Seneca Allegheny
Aug. 14-16: Atlantic City trip
Sept. 9: Fort Erie Horse Races and Casino.
Sept. 21-27: Savannah, Ga.
Oct. 14: Seneca Allegheny
Nov. 11: Seneca Allegheny
Nov. 22-23: Sight and Sound Theater, Lancaster
Nov. 29: Pittsburgh Mills and Hartwood Acres
Dec. 9: Seneca Allegheny
Dec. 13: Cabella's shopping and Festival of Lights on Oglebay
Youngsville
Rouse Manor
563-4273:
Monday: cards, games; lunch, noon.
Tuesday: cards, games; lunch, noon.
Thursday: cards, games, bingo; lunch, noon
Sugar Grove at
Methodist Church
489-7805:
Tuesday: fun and fitness with Gladys, 9:30 a.m.; cards, games; lunch, noon.
Thursday: spinner dominoes; cards, games; lunch, noon; Bible study.
Friday: cards, games; lunch, noon.
Conewango Towers
726-2961:
Lunches daily at 11:30 a.m.
Warren Senior Center
800 PA Ave. W.
723-3237:
Every Monday Warren Senior Center offers free blood pressure screenings at 10 a.m. Bingo will be played every Monday in July at 12:45 p.m.
Check out the summer sale. Come in to the reception area to see what's available, including greeting cards, baby blankets, wreaths, T-shirts, scrubbers, handbags and much more. All items are beautifully handcrafted by members, and all sales benefit the center.
The basement sale is held each Friday from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Biscuits are for sale for 30 each. They are a great pairing with fresh strawberries for the best shortcake ever.
The July monthly dinner will be Wednesday, July 30, at First Presbyterian Church, corner of Third and Market Sts. A delicious ham and scalloped potatoes dinner will be prepared and served by the Kiwanis men, led by Joe Passaro at 6 p.m. After dinner downstairs, participants will go upstairs to the sanctuary and be entertained by the first-rate Elks Club Band. Cost will be $4 per person. Take your own place setting. Phone in your reservations and ride requests to 723-3237. There will be a TAWC bus available for transportation, and a space on the bus needs to be reserved when you phone in your dinner reservation. TAWC cannot accept reservations on the day of the dinner.
Sunday dinners will resume in September.
Quilt raffle tickets are available at the reception desk. This beautiful quilt was hand crafted at the center in the scrap quilt pattern. Stop at the center to see it or log on to www.seniorcenter.com to view the quilt. Tickets are a dollar each or six for $5. The drawing will be Dec. 24.
Using herbs on just about anything will be highlighted by speaker Nancy Yergin on Tuesday, July 22, at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome to join in and listen to Nancy's helpful suggestions.
Are You O.K.? is a telephone reassurance system offered from the center at no cost to participants. This is a daily friendly check-in call to citizens who live alone. To benefit from this service call the center at 723-3237 and add your name to our call list.
Trips and destinations: A trip to the Cranberry Mall is slated for Wednesday, July 23. Participants will leave the center at 8:30 a.m. and return by 5 p.m.
Call to reserve tickets for the Vince Gill show at Chautauqua Amphitheater on Friday, Aug. 22. Participants will take a big bus and, weather permitting, will enjoy a picnic before the concert. Make sure your reservation is in early; only tickets sold will be purchased.
A trip is planned to Branson, Missouri, Oct. 13-20. Call soon while seats are still open.
The journey to Oglebay/Biltmore Estate has a brochure available. Dates are Dec. 1-5, with a stop on the way home at the legendary Longaberger Basket Company.
The Scandinavian/Russian Cruise is planned for June 9-22, 2009. Reservations are being taken, and a signup sheet is available along with insurance forms.
Members may sign up for the show, "Jersey Boys" in Pittsburgh Jan. 10, 2009. For any questions and trip information, call the center at 723-3237.
