New Scotland Senior News for Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Come have some fun, see something different, make a new friend, and join us on an adventure.                                  

The New Scotland Seniors are planning many trips on the Yellow Bus.

To Sign Up, call me at 439-9038; leave a message and I will call back to confirm. We have 14 seats, to be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. 

If possible two buses will be used with a minimum of six persons on the bus locally and minimum of eight for out of town trips. 

Every Tuesday and Thursday at the Wyman Osterhout Community Center in New Salem we have Osteobusters at 10 a.m.

On the first and third Wednesday of the month we have our senior citizen’s meeting at the Community Center. There is a potluck at 12:30 p.m. followed by a business meeting at 1 p.m.

For all prepaid events the check must be made out to the specified venue with event name and date in the check’s memo space.

If you are signed up for a trip and it is no longer listed, it is because the trip is full. You will be called with time and place of pick-up a day or so before the event.  If you can’t go, please call 439-9038 and cancel as soon as possible.

Future trips

— Sept. 19, Hudson Berkshire Wine Tour admission is $15 payable at first stop; bring your own lunch, water will be provided. We are leaving the area at 10 a.m.;

— Sept. 20, Sharon Springs Harvest Festival leaving area at 8:30 a.m. and returning home by 3 p.m. Lots of walking, vendors, shops, food, and entertainment;

— Sept. 23, Saratoga Casino Club 55 Day with a buffet lunch for $4.95 and chances to win grand prize for the day with Club 55 card. We depart around 9:30 a.m., and leave for home around 3:15 p.m. Suggested bus donation $5 each way. You also receive a $20 voucher for anyone arriving with the bus;

— Sept. 24, Warrensburg Museum of Local History, with lunch at the New World Diner, and a stop at Oscar’s Smoke House. We are leaving the area at 10 a.m.;

— Sept. 26, New Skete Monastery in Cambridge, leaving area at 11:30 a.m. Bring a lunch on the bus if you like cost is $6. A piece of their world famous cheesecake will be served. We will stop at the gift shop to purchase cheesecake to bring home if you like. Sampler boxes are available, and this cost is on the senior;

— Sept. 27, Hudson Valley Garlic Festival from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The cost is $10 at the gate;

— Sept. 30, Watervliet Senior Center, lunch of pot roast, mashed potatoes, broccoli, and peaches. Suggested donation is $3;

— Oct. 1, Senior Citizens business meeting at the community center at 1 p.m. Refreshments will be served and stay play cards and games afterwards;

— Oct. 2, Latham Price Chopper’s Market Bistro lunch and grocery shopping trip, the cost is on the senior; leaving area 11 a.m.;

— Oct. 4, Jerusalem Reformed Church turkey dinner, the menu also includes mashed potatoes, corn, and pie. The cost is $10, and the seating is at 4 p.m.;

— Oct. 10, Spectrum Theater movie, pick movie between 3:15 and 4 p.m., dinner preceding at Western Diner cost on senior;

— Oct. 15, Senior Citizens congregate meal, bring a dish to share and a plate and place service, at the community center at 12:30 p.m., stay and play cards and games afterwards;

— Oct. 7, Vermont Sugar Shack and Norman Rockwell Exhibit, admission is $2; Chocolatorium $2 admission, chocolate sampling $4. Lunch at Jonathan’s Table, the cost is on the senior. Leaving area at 10 a.m.

— Oct. 14, Westview Senior Center for lunch of  Sloppy Joe’s, coleslaw, mixed vegetables, and strawberries. The suggested donation is $3;

— Oct. 17, Saratoga Auto Museum “50 years of the Mustang” the cost is $5, lunch at Round Lake cost on senior, leaving area 9:30 a.m.;

— Oct. 21, Saratoga Casino Club 55 Day with a buffet lunch for $4.95 and chances to win grand prize for the day with Club 55 card. We depart around 9:30 a.m., and leave for home around 3:15 p.m. Suggested bus donation $5 each way. You also receive a $20 voucher for anyone arriving with the bus;

— Oct. 22, Palatine Bridge shops and tour of cheese factory, stop for lunch cost on senior, leaving area 9:30 a.m.;

— Oct. 23, Jewish Community Center for the My name is Barbra tribute to Barbra Streisand tickets are $12, payable to JCC. If you have questions please contact Susan Kidder or Mary Ann Cook;

— Oct. 24, Bingo at the community center from noon to 3 p.m., the fee is $2 and hot dogs before the game cost $1.50. Prizes!

— Oct. 28, Hoosick Falls Barn Quilt Tour lunch enroute cost on senior, leaving area 10:30 a.m.;

— Oct. 29, Watervliet Senior Center lunch crusted chicken, O’Brien potatoes, and Brussel sprouts; suggested donation $3; and

— Oct. 31, Rensselaer Senior Center, Halloween special meatloaf, roasted potatoes, carrots, and orange sherbet, suggested donation $3.

More senior info

  We offer a program run on volunteer drivers and money donations from riders. No fee is charged; a suggested donation is $5 each way for out of town trips, with a few dollars each way in town.  If you don’t have the means, you will never be denied a ride. Amounts are only suggestions. The town of New Scotland has two cars to take seniors living in the town of New Scotland only to appointments Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This is for medical, bank, legal, hair appointments, etc. Please give as much notice as possible so we can schedule and find a volunteer to drive you. Medical appointments take precedent over all other appointments. This is a curb-to-curb service.

Please call 439-9038 if you would like to volunteer to drive either or both vehicles.

If schools are closed because of weather, all trips are cancelled.  Money for events will be refunded if possible.

Up-to-date information on Yellow Bus trips can also be found at www.townofnewscotland.com.