SIDELIGHTS For all seniors

SCOPE Howland Senior Center, 9273 High St. N.E., Warren, activities are as follows: Book Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to discuss "A Beautiful Mind"; beginning line dance classes are held from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, cost is $3 per session; craft emporium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday; "Lunch on the Titanic" from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 26, cost is $5 in advance or $6 at the door, reservations required; but tour Oct. 25 at 10:15 a.m. to Tara, $25 deposit required toward $45 cost; Caribbean cruise Feb. 9-18, cost $1825 per person double inside cabin or $2025 double outside cabin. For more information call the center at (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: Monday, lunch at the Dutch House at 11 a.m., Golden Age Follies and bridge at 1 p.m.; Tuesday, New Middletown satellite from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., oil painting at 10 a.m., blood pressure screening from noon to 1 p.m. and chorus at 1 p.m.; Wednesday, Lake Milton Satellite from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., watercolor class at 10 a.m., computer classes at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m., tai chi at noon, blood pressure screening from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., 500 card club at 1 and yoga class at 1; Thursday, TOPS and woodcarvers at 9 a.m., computer class at 10, grandparent support group at 10, blood pressure screening at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., square dancing at 1 and line dancing at 3; Friday, Sebring Fun Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and crafts at 2 p.m.; and Saturday, watercolor seminar from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The center is sponsoring a tour Sept. 24 of historical churches in Pittsburgh, with a stop at Station Square and lunch at Hoolihan's. Cost is $39. Call (330) 744-5071 for information. Ameritech Ohio Universal Service Assistance Program is offering assistance with phone bills to eligible Ohioans in one of the following programs: food stamps, Medicaid, SSI, HEAP, Federal Public Housing, E-HEAP, Ohio Works First or Disability Assistance. For more information call the center.