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SENIOR SIDELIGHTS

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Austintown Senior Center, 100 Westchester Drive, has planned the following: Monday, painting and drawing class ($5 fee and take your own materials) and free blood pressure checks at 9:30 a.m., bingo at 10 and lunch at 11:30; Tuesday, Zumba at 10:30 a.m., lunch at 11:30, bingo at noon and golf league at Mill Creek Par 3 at 2 p.m. for those who signed up at the center; Wednesday, bingo at 10 a.m., lunch and speaker at 11:30 and tai chi at noon; Thursday, yoga at 9:30 a.m., senior shape up at 10:30, lunch and birthday party at 11:30 and bingo at noon; and Friday, bingo at 10 a.m., lunch with Dr. Holly Reinke from Centers for Hearing Care as the speaker at 11:30 and Senior Focus TV show at 12:15 p.m. The center is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information call 330-953-1416 or visit www.austintownseniorcenter.webs.com.

Lordstown SCOPE, in Lordstown Elementary School, will sponsor the following: Friday, bingo at 11 a.m. and a sloppy Joe, salad and chips lunch at noon; May 31, Wii bowling, bridge or candle making at 10 a.m. and lunch of tomato soup and hot dogs at noon; June 1, woodcarvers at 10 a.m. and lunch of chicken wraps and chips at noon; June 2, bridge at 7 p.m.; and June 3, bingo at 11 a.m. and lunch of baked chicken, potatoes and vegetable at noon. Lunch reservations are not required but are appreciated by calling 330-824-2173. Pinochle players are invited to form a group. A three-month trial membership will be available until the end of June.

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 bridge at 1 p.m.; Tuesday, oil painting at 10 a.m., computer class at 10 and noon, bridge for beginners at 10:30, exercises at noon and Digital Club at 2 p.m.; Wednesday, watercolor class at 10 a.m., tap class 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, cards. Special events include the following: Boardman Fun Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and Thursday; Monday, Medicare 101; Tuesday, Das Dutch Haus Trip , and Friday, Youngstown bingo and dessert from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 330-744-5071 for free applications for HEAP, AT&T, Medicare and discount prescription program applications.