SENIOR SIDELIGHTS

Austintown Senior Center, 100 Westchester Drive, has planned the following: Monday, active exercise at 8 a.m., 30 minutes with God and senior spinning at 9, Piloxing, bingo, painting class, beginner computer class and quilting at 10, and lunch and advanced computer class at noon; Tuesday, active exercise at 8 a.m., video class: Ancient Technology, trip to Butler Art Musuem and lunch and pilates/yoga at 9, bingo, quilting and crocheting at 10, line dancing at 10:30, chair yoga and Microsoft Word computer class at 11:30, lunch at noon, class on candle meditation at 12:30 p.m., AARP choir practice at 1, intermediate computer class at 2 and car cruise at 5; Wednesday, active exercise at 8 a.m., 30 minutes with God and blood pressure checks at 9, AARP safe driver course (4 hours), intermediate computer class, bingo, quilting, BP Express and senior spinning at 10, Zumba at 11, advance computer class at 11:30, $3 pizza party at noon and TOPS and cooking class at 1 p.m.; Thursday, active exercise at 8 a.m., wood carving and aerobics at 9, S.O.S. at 9:30, chair yoga, vets helping vets, quilting and crocheting at 10, video class: natural healing at 10:30, knitting at 11, and lunch and grocery bingo at noon; Friday, active exercise at 8 a.m., 30 minutes with God, and video class: Skeptics American History at 9, bingo, quilting and senior spinning 1 at 10, senior spinning (E) at 10:30, yoga at 11 and Hollywood Casino Skybox for lunch at 1 p.m. For information call 330-953-1416 or visit www.austintownseniorcenter.webs.com.

Guardian Angels of Ohio, a volunteer program of Trumbull County Probate Court, is looking for new volunteers. Angel volunteers receive training to become advocates who reach out as friends to seniors who may need a friendly phone call, a visit in a nursing home or a visit at home. Angels also are involved in planning special events for seniors such as health fairs and Make a Difference day projects. The next meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. July 7 at Shepherd of the Valley, 4100 N. River Road, Warren. Reservations are needed for the 5 p.m. dinner, which costs $6.50. For information or reservations, call 330-675-2521 or go to www.trumbullprobate.org.

Lighting the Way is a series of free sessions on aging to help seniors and their families cope with the many decisions that come with advanced age. Legal Matters is the topic for the session from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 2860 E. Market St., Warren. Information about power of attorney, living will, durable power of attorney, guardianship and protecting your identity will be discussed. Representatives from Mahoning County Probate Court will attend, and Atty. Elliot Legow will speak. A question-and-answer period also is planned. Light refreshments will be provided during breaks. For information and/or to register for the June session, call the Rev. Tom Eisweirth, Blessed Sacrament Church, Warren, at 330-372-2215; the Rev. Ann Marie Winters, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Warren, at 330-394-5741; or the Rev. Bill Leitch, Living Lord Lutheran Church, Warren, at 330-856-5302.