Senior Sidelights

Niles SCOPE Center, 14 E. State St., Niles, has scheduled the following: Monday, Arthritis Foundation exercise program ($1) at 11 a.m., quilting and cards at 1 p.m., cards and lunch ($2) at 4, and TOPS at 5; Tuesday, breakfast ($2) at 9 a.m., square dancing ($3) at 9:30, lunch ($3 members and $4 nonmembers) at 11:30, dance aerobics ($1) at 12:30 p.m., card tournament at 1 p.m., blood pressures and pinochle at 2:30; Wednesday, lunch ($3 and $4) at 11:30 a.m., bingo and Texas hold’em at 1, cards at 2:30, and exercise program ($1) at 3; Thursday, line dancing ($3 for student, free for grandparent) at 9:30 a.m.; lunch ($3 and $4) at 11:30, bowling, pinochle and bridge at 1; American Red Cross blood Drive, 1-5; Friday, boccie free (lunch $2) and free art class at 10, exercise ($1) at 11, sandwich/salad lunch ($2) at 11:30, card games at 1, and arthritis aerobics at 2:30. Preregistration and payment of $10 are required for six beginner computer classes to start Oct. 14 and are scheduled for 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the McKinley House on Main Street. For more information these events, call the center, (330) 544-3676. Upcoming events: Oct. 1, Wii party and lunch. Oct. 12, Closed for Columbus day. Oct. 14, Ohio Consumers Council program on “Weatherization of Your Home,” noon to 12:45. Optional lunch is $3. Oct. 15: Blood drive from 1-5 p.m. Optional lunch is $3. Oct. 16: Trip to Wheeling Downs Casino, $20. Call center at (330) 544-3676 to register. Seats go quickly.