SIDELIGHTS For all seniors

Howland SCOPE On Stage Book Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the home of Peggy Boyd. There will be a potluck luncheon, and "Mrs. Claus" will read "Night Before Christmas." A Christmas dance and dinner will be held Wednesday with doors opening at 6 p.m. followed by the buffet at 6:30. Cost is $7.50, and reservations are required. An ABC Christmas luncheon will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 19. Cost is $3.50, and reservations are required. A trip is planned for Feb. 19 to Chardon Square for lunch at the Rosepoint Cottage Tea Room followed by a stop at the Lake Farm Quilt Show and Remembrance Quilt Supply Shop. Departure will be at 8 a.m. from Howland and 8:30 from West Farmington with a return at about 7 p.m. Cost is $42 with a $20 deposit needed now and final payment by Feb. 1. Space is limited to 34 people. Howland and Niles SCOPE will join for a New Year's Eve dance at the Niles center. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7:30 and dancing from 9 to midnight. Those attending should take their own beverages. Tickets are $12 and are available at either center. Space is limited to 90 persons. For information on any of these activities call (330) 609-7806 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Mahoning County Senior Center, 1110 Fifth Ave., Youngstown, will sponsor the following events: Monday, bridge at 1 p.m.; Tuesday, oil painting at 10 a.m., blood pressure screening at noon and computer class at 1; Wednesday, watercolor class at 10 a.m., tai chi at noon, blood pressure screening at 12:30 p.m. and 500 card club at 1; Thursday, woodcarvers at 9 a.m., diabetes support group at 10, blood pressure screening at 10:30, computer class at 11, foot doctor at 11:30, square dancing and computers at 1 p.m., blood pressure screening at 1:30 and line dancing at 3; Friday, craft club Christmas party at the MetroPlex Centre at noon. For more information call the center at (330) 744-5071.