SIDELIGHTS For all seniors

SCOPE Howland Senior Center, 9273 High St. N.E., Warren, is offering beginner tap-dance classes from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Mondays. Jason Burgermyer will be the instructor, and cost is $2 to be paid directly to him. Free computer classes are being offered from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday through Thursday. There is a $5 fee for non-Howland residents. A dinner cruise and Longaberger basket factory excursion is planned for June 19. The trip will include a visit to Roscoe Village. Departure is at 7 a.m. with a return at 10:30 p.m. Cost is $68 per person and includes all entrance fees and the dinner cruise in Zanesville. The garden club will meet for a picnic and plant exchange at 10:30 a.m. June 20. Members are to take a casserole. Reservations are being taken at the front desk for the ABC luncheon to be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 27. Cost is $3.50 per person or $4.50 at the door. Guest speaker will be Emily Varner, Trumbull County Archivist. For more information call (330) 609-7806 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Senior Center of Mahoning County, 1110 Fifth Ave., Youngstown, has planned the following activities: Monday, 55-Alive Driving Class from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and bridge at 1 p.m.; Tuesday, outing to Lancaster at 8 a.m., oil painting class at 10, computer classes at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. and blood-pressure screening from noon to 1 p.m.; Wednesday, watercolor class at 10 a.m., tai chi at noon, blood-pressure screening from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and 500 card club at 1; Thursday, woodcarvers and TOPS meetings at 9 a.m., diabetes support group at 10, blood-pressure screening from 10 to 11 a.m. and 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., foot doctor at 11:30 a.m., financial group and line dancing at 1 p.m. and investment group at 2; and Friday, crafts at 12:30 p.m. Call (330) 744-5071 for more information.