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., and pinochle at 2:30; Wednesday, 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, pinochle and bridge at 1; Friday, movie at 9 a.m., boccie free at Waddell Park at 10 (lunch $2) and free art class at 10, exercise ($1) at 11, sandwich/salad lunch ($2) at 11:30, card games at 1, and cornhole games 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: Thursday, 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.

Senior Independence Senior Center of Mahoning County, 1110 Fifth Ave., Youngstown, has planned the following: Monday, Men’s and Women’s Needlecraft Club at 8:30; chair yoga class at 10, and bridge and bowling at 1; Tuesday, oil painting and Low Vision Support Group at Park Vista at 10, computer class at 10 and noon, exercises at noon, Digital Club at 2; Wednesday, watercolor class, computer and Bible study at 10 a.m., Tai Chi at noon, and 500 cards at 1 p.m.; Thursday, Watch Our Weight and Woodcarvers at 9 a.m., exercises at noon, line dancing at 1 p.m., and beginner line dancing at 2; and Friday, board games at 1 p.m. AT&T and HEAP discount applications available. Call (330) 744-5071.