SENIOR SIDELIGHTS For all seniors

Austintown Fitch High School students will hold a Senior Appreciation Dinner for senior citizens of Austintown at 4 p.m. Oct. 29 in the school cafeteria. The menu will feature turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas and peach cobbler. Cost is $2 to be collected at the door. Reservations are necessary by calling (330) 797-3900, Ext. 1501, or sending a list of those attending to Senior Appreciation Dinner, Austintown Board of Education, 225 Idaho Road, Austintown, Ohio 44515, Attention: Annette.
SCOPE Howland Senior Center, 9273 High St. N.E., Warren, activities are as follows: Monday, Genealogy on the Web group at 11 a.m. and Gourmet Cooking group at 11:30; Tuesday, strength training at 10 a.m., book club at 11:30 and trip to Cleveland for "Chicago" at 3:45 p.m., cost is $85; Thursday, Green Thumb Gardeners at 10:30 a.m. and ABC lunch at 11:30 a.m., reservations are required; and Friday, strength training at 9 a.m., tai chi at 10 (cost is $5) and chess at 10:30. Luncheon with township administrators is set for noon to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 29, and a Halloween party will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 30. A mystery bus tour is planned for 8:30 a.m. Oct. 31. Flu shots will be given from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 3. For more information on events, schedules or fees or reservations call the center, (330) 609-7806 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
SCOPE Warren Senior Center, 220 W. Market St., will sponsor a bus trip to Shakespeare's Castle in Ellwood City, Pa., Dec. 2, including a tour of Daffin's Candy Factory in Farrell, Pa., lunch, a guided tour of the castle and a visit to Kraynak's in Hermitage, Pa. The bus will leave the center at 9 a.m. and return about 4:30 p.m. The cost for the entire day is $40, and reservations are required by Nov. 26. For more information call the center, (330) 399-8846.
Senior Center of Mahoning County, 1110 Fifth Ave., Youngstown, has planned the following activities: Monday, bridge and follies at 1 p.m.; Tuesday, New Middletown satellite and oil painting at 10 a.m., computer class at 10 and noon, blood pressure screening from noon to 1 p.m., chorus at 1 p.m. and digital club at 2; Wednesday, watercolor class at 10 a.m., tai chi at noon, blood pressure screening at 12:30 p.m. and 500 card club and yoga at 1; Thursday, woodcarvers and TOPS at 9 a.m., grandparents support group at 10, blood pressure screenings at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., square dancing at 1 and line dancing at 3; and Friday, Sebring fun day at 10 a.m. and crafts at 12:30 p.m. The center has applications for the SBC telephone discount and HEAP programs. For more information call (330) 744-5071.