Senior centers 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 Aug. 4-8: Monday, barbecue pork sandwich; Tuesday, meatloaf; Wednesday, stuffed shells; Thursday, parmesan chicken; Friday,hamburgers. 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.; speaker on diabetic foot care, 11 a.m.; lunch, noon; pool, games, 1 p.m.; exercise, 3 p.m.
Tuesday: Rotary, noon; township meeting, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday: shop in Warren, 8:30 a.m.; Warren County Fair, 1 p.m.; men's night, 6 p.m.
Thursday: pool, cards, 10 a.m.;advisory meeting, 10:30 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 Senior Center Wii competition is coming up and we have been practicing bowling, tennis, golf, baseball and even driving. Stop in the center and try your hand at the fun games.
Wednesday, Aug. 20, Ray will be taking the bus to the Erie Zoo.
The August birthday picnic will be at Rod and Gun with corn on the cob, hot dogs, baked beans, watermelon and cake. Rip Off will be played after lunch.
Highlights
Aug. 4: Lenore from Temple Home Care will speak about Diabetic Foot Care at 11 a.m.
Aug. 12: Seneca Allegheny trip.
Aug. 13: Night out with Ray for dinner and shopping.
Aug. 18: Carol speaking about glaucoma at 11 a.m.
Aug. 20: Erie Zoo trip for the day. Enjoy Lunch and shopping at Mason Farms.
Aug. 25: Blood pressure testing from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Aug. 26: Mystery lunch at 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 28: Last picnic of the summer at Rod and Gun. Don't forget to bring a wrapped gift for the big game of Rip Off.
Trips
Aug. 14-16: Atlantic City trip.
Sept. 9: Fort Erie Horse Races and Casino.
Sept. 21-27: Savannah, Ga.
Sept. Gaither Homecoming.
Oct. 11: The musical "Girls' Night Out."
Oct. 14: Seneca Allegheny
Nov. 11: Seneca Allegheny
Nov. 19: Rockettes at Shea's Theatre.
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:
Enjoy Senior Day at the Warren County Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 6. The van will leave the Center at 11 a.m. and travel to Pittsfield. The gate fee, when showing your Medicare card, is $4; otherwise it's $8. Cost for the van ride is $3. Remember to bring money for lunch and incidentals. We'll return to the Center no later than 4 p.m. Limited seats, so call in advance.
Parkinson's Disease Support Group will be held on August 6th at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
TV Transition to Digital - it's all the buzz. On Thursday, Aug. 7, at 11 a.m., John Christensen, General Manager of WSEE-TV in Erie, will speak on digital TV and what it means to you. He will answer questions about conversion boxes, cable and satellite TV and antenna TV. Come in and get the picture.
The center will prepare and serve a special luncheon on Monday, Aug. 11: stuffed chicken breast or vegetable lasagna. Cost is $3 which will benefit the center. Served at noon - make reservations by 9 a.m. that day by calling 723-3237. Takeouts available for $3.25.
Phone in your reservation and ride requests for and Old Fashioned Picnic .. it's our August monthly dinner on Tuesday, August 19th, at Betts Park in the pavilion across from the Bocce court. Join us at 6 p.m. for hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, chips and dip, and punch, plus lots of good music. Ron Carrington will be our featured singer. Cost is $4 per person and please bring along your own place setting. Reservations and ride requests may be phoned into the Center at 723-3237. The Senior Center van will pick up those needing a ride.
Sunday Dinners will resume in September.
Wonderful News for the Vision Impaired: Due to two generous donors, we now have a Closed Circuit TV Englarger which magnifies items to read, do handiwork, write checks, etc., more easily. This machine is completely user-friendly and is located in the livingroom.
Daily Events for coming week:
Monday, Aug. 4 - Wii Sports, 9 a.m.; Crafts, 9:30 a.m.; Free Blood Pressure Screening, Brain Teasers, Cards, 10 a.m.; B-I-N-G-O, 12:45 PM; Quilting, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 5 - Wii Sports, 9 a.m.; Boccee, 9:30 a.m.; T.O.P.S., Cards, 10 a.m.; Scrapbooking, 10:30 a.m.; Zonk & Cribbage, 12:45 AM, Bridge, Pinochle, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 6 - Erie Shopping Trip, 8 a.m.; Wii Sports, 9 a.m.; Pokeno, Cards, Crochet, 10 a.m.; Off to the Fair, 11 a.m.; Scrabble, 12:45; Canasta, 1 p.m., Parkinson's Support group, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 7 - Wii Sports, 9 a.m.; Bocce, Stamping, 9:30 a.m.; Cards, Board Games, 10 a.m.; Presentation on Digital TV Transitions, 11 a.m.; Trivial Pursuit, 12:45 PM; Bridge, 1 p.m.; Al-Anon, 8 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 8 - Basement Sale, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Wii Sports, 9 a.m.; JAMMERS, Cards, 10 a.m.; Poker, Cribbage, Basket Weaving Class, Prairie Point Purse Class, 1 p.m.
Reserve your tickets for the Vince Gill show at Chautauqua Amphitheater on Friday, Aug. 22.
A trip is planned to Branson, Missouri, Oct. 13-20.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Thursday & Friday, October 30th & 31st.
There is a brochure for the Ashville-Wheeling-Oglebay trip Dec. 1-5. There will be a stop on the way home at the Longaberger Basket Company.
The Scandinavian/ran Cruise is planned for June 9-22, 2009.
Members may sign up for the Broadway Show, "Jersey Boys" in Pittsburgh Jan. 10, 2009.
