SENIOR SIDELIGHTS

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 a.m. and chair yoga at 10; Tuesday, oil painting and Alzheimer’s Support Group at 10, computer class at 10 and noon; Digital Club and caregiver Support Program at 2; Wednesday, watercolor class at 10 a.m., tap class at noon, Tai Chi and 500 cards at 1 p.m.; Thursday, Watch Our Weight and Woodcarvers at 9 a.m., line dancing at 1 p.m. and beginner line dancing at 2; and Friday, board games and parties.

Special activities: OSU Nutrition Class at 11 a.m. Monday; Dutch Haus outing on Tuesday, and center closed for Martin Luther King Jr. day on Jan. 17. Call 330-744-5071 for free applications for HEAP, AT&T, Medicare and discount prescription program applications. Beginning Feb. 7 trained AARP tax experts will be at the center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Monday and Friday Take last year’s tax return, all 2010 papers, and all parties involved as returns will be filed electronically Appointments will be accepted at 330-744-5071.