SENIOR SIDELIGHTS

Austintown Senior Center, 100 Westchester Drive, has planned the following: Monday, open exercise and pancake breakfast ($3.50) at 8 a.m., monthly membership meeting and blood pressure checks at 9:30, bingo at 10, painting class at 10:15, cards and OSHIP social worker at 11:30 and intermediate computer class at noon; Tuesday, open exercise at 8 a.m., trip to Southern Park Mall at 9:30, Vets Helping Vets and bingo at 10, bridge club at 10:30, line dancing at 11, cards at 11:30 and Irish-cooking class at noon; Wednesday, open exercise at 8 a.m., bingo at 10 and pizza party ($3) and movie, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” at noon; Thursday, beginner computer class at 8:45 and 10:15 a.m., woodcarvers and trip to Hartville at 9, yoga at 9:15, beginner crochet and Bible study at 11, dinner at 5 p.m. and beginner computer class and bingo at 6; and Friday, open exercise at 8 a.m., bingo and discussion group at 10, self-defense seminar at 11:30 and lunch at 12:30 p.m. For information call 330-953-1416 or visit www.austintownseniorcenter.webs.com.

Champion S.C.O.P.E. Senior Center, 445 Mahoning Ave., Champion, has planned the following: Monday, breakfast with speaker Cindy Hammer on birds at 10:30; Tuesday, lunch ($3) at 11:15 and exercise and arthritis class with instructor ($2) at noon; Wednesday, cards at 9:30 a.m., Kent State University nursing students speaking at 11:30 and bingo and games at 12:30 p.m.; Thursday, lunch ($3) at 11:15 a.m. and exercise and arthritis class ($2) at noon; and Friday, tai chi with Dell Piper at 10 a.m., lunch ($5) at 11:15 and crafts and painting with Pam Cibella at noon.

Girard Multi-Generational Center, 443 Trumbull Ave., has planned the following: Monday, morning stretch class at 9:30 a.m. and knitting and crocheting at 10; Tuesday, exercise with Jude and AARP tax help at 9:30 a.m., yoga ($3 for members, $5 for nonmembers) at 10:15 and nutrition/healthy living at 10:30; Wednesday, morning stretch class at 9:30, computer class and health screenings at 10 and yoga from 3 to 4 p.m.; Thursday, exercise with Jude and AARP tax help at 9:30 a.m. and yoga from 10:15 to 11:15; and Friday, morning stretch class at 9:30 a.m., chair yoga at 10:15 and tai chi at noon. Monday-Friday: coffee bar from 8:30 to 11 a.m., fitness rooms from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; computer cafe from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; adult basketball and cornhole from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Wii gaming system, air hockey and pingpong also available. Assistance with HEAP applications is available by appointment only. Meal program is Tuesday-Friday at 2:30 p.m. For questions or reservations call 330-545-6596.

Guardian Angels of Ohio, a volunteer program of the Trumbull County Probate Court, is looking for new volunteers. Volunteers receive training to become advocates who reach out as friends to seniors who may need a phone call, a visit in a nursing home or a visit at home. They also plan special events such as health fairs and Make a Difference Day projects. The next meeting is 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Perkins Family Restaurant, 1953 Niles-Cortland Road SE (state Route 46). For information contact 330-675-2521 or visit www.trumbullprobate.org.

Senior Independence Senior Center of Mahoning County, 1110 Fifth Ave., Youngstown, has planned the following: March 13, St. Patrick’s Day party at 1:30 p.m. with food, live entertainment and prizes; April 8, Hartville tour for $55 with lunch, tax and gratuity are included and time to shop at the flea market, open to all, call for information; April 21-27, Tunica/Memphis trip, double occupancy $480 for members, open to all, for information call 330-744-5071.