SENIOR SIDELIGHTS


Austintown Senior Center, 100 Westchester Drive, has planned the following: Monday, active exercise and charity quilting at 8 a.m., 30 minutes with God, blood pressure checks, senior spinning and the Law and the Constitution video class at 9, bingo, beginner computer and painting classes at 10, local trip for lunch at 11:30, lunch and advanced computer class at noon and crafting for gift cart at 1 p.m.; Tuesday, active exercise at 8 a.m., understanding investments video class at 9, bingo at 10, quilting class at 10:30, line dance class at 11, chair yoga and lunch at noon, AARP choir practice at 1 p.m., MV Olde Car Club show at 5 and paint and taste at 6; Wednesday, active exercise at 8 a.m., 30 minutes with God, trip to Lake Erie wineries and medical myths video class at 9, senior spinning and bingo at 10, Fountain of Youth fitness and intermediate computer class at 11, pizza party at noon, movie matinee at 12:30 p.m., Austintown medical van at 1 and Austintown Junior Women League meeting at 6; Thursday, active exercise at 8 a.m., wood carving and ancient cities travelogue at 9, chair yoga and SOS at 9:30, vets helping vets at 10, keeping fit video class at 10:30, knitting class at 11, crocheting and intermediate computer classes at noon, duck pin bowling at 1 p.m., conversational Spanish class at 1:30, and dinner and grocery bingo at 5; Friday, active exercise at 8 a.m., 30 minutes with God and Skeptics American History video class at 9, bingo, discussion group and senior spinning class at 10, Drums Alive at 11 and lunch and trivia at 11:30. For information call 330-953-1416 or visit www.austintownseniorcenter.webs.com.

Girard Multi-Generational Center, 443 Trumbull Ave., has planned the following: Monday, yoga stretch at 8:30 a.m., morning stretch class at 9:30, knitting and crocheting class at 10:15, one-on-one computer tutoring and Pilates at 10:30, and fitness rooms and computer cafe from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Tuesday, blood pressure screening at 9 a.m., Tone up with Tunes at 10, yoga at 10:30, Popcorn Festival potluck luncheon at noon in the gym (take a dish to share), and fitness rooms and computer cafe from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, yoga stretch class at 8:30 a.m., morning stretch class at 9:30, one-on-one computer tutoring and Pilates at 10:30, and fitness rooms and computer cafe from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, cookie decorating and movie at 9 a.m., yoga at 10:30, and fitness rooms and computer cafe from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, morning stretch class at 9:30 a.m., Tone up with Tunes at 10, one-on-one computer tutoring at 10:30, Mommy & Me yoga at 11, tai chi at noon (cost is $5), and fitness rooms and computer cafe from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday: coffee bar from 8:30 to 11 a.m., adult basketball and cornhole from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wii gaming system, air hockey, and pingpong also are available. Meal program/Trumbull County Office of Elderly Affairs is at 2:30 p.m. Call 330-675-2486 for information. For information regarding membership and any of the services offered at the center, call 330-545-6596.

Trumbull County Senior Court AARP Driver’s Safety Program offers a certified instructor to provide a review of driving skills and techniques as well as strategies to help seniors adjust to physical changes that may affect their driving ability. The cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. Classes will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Hubbard Public Library, 436 W. Liberty St.; from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at Cortland S.C.O.P.E., 125 N. Bank St.; and from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Nov. 6 at St. Joe’s at Eastwood Mall in Niles. Call for reservations at 330-675-2616. Co-sponsor is the Trumbull County Probate Court.