New Scotland Senior News for Thursday, March 2, 2017

Come join us. Spring is just around the corner and we have planned a fun-filled spring and into the summer.

Please spread the word to any senior in the town of New Scotland who is 62 or older. Have some fun and adventure; there is something for everyone.

To sign up, call me, Susan Kidder, 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  people on the bus locally and minimum of eight for out-of-town trips.

Participants must pre-pay for all events with checks made out to the specified venue with the event name and date filled in on the memo line.

When trips become filled, they are no longer listed. Those who signed up will be called with time and place of pick-up a day or so before.

Scheduled programs and meetings

Every Tuesday and Thursday, there is a free Osteobusters class at 10 a.m. at the Wyman Osterhout Community Center in New Salem.

The first and third Wednesday of every month, the New Scotland Seniors meet at the community center at 12:30 p.m. for a potluck lunch followed by a business meeting at 1 p.m.

Transportation

The town of New Scotland has two cars to take seniors living in New Scotland only to medical appointments, Mondays through Fridays, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

This program runs with volunteer drivers and money donations from riders. No fee is charged; a donation is suggested of $5 each way for out-of-town trips and a few dollars each way within town. If you don’t have the means, you will never be denied a ride. Amounts are only suggestions.

Please give as much notice as possible so we can schedule and find a volunteer to drive you.  Dialysis and chemotherapy appointments take precedence over all other appointments. This is a curb-to-curb service. The program is run at the discretion of the senior outreach liaison and the program committee.

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

If schools are closed because of inclement 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.

Upcoming trips

Join us for these excursions:

— Saturday, March 4, for a breakfast of pancakes, waffles, sausage, syrup, and orange juice for $6 at Stone House Farm, leaving the area at 8:30 a.m.;

— Wednesday, March 8,  New Baltimore’s St. Patrick’s Day for lunch of corned beef and cabbage, carrots, potatoes, Irish Soda Bread, ice cream and cookies. Cost is on a donation basis. Hilary Schrauf and George Ward will play traditional Irish music.

— Thursday, March 9, Rensselaer senior center for lunch of roast turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, carrots, and fruit cocktail with a suggested donation of $3.                   

— Tuesday, March 14, Rensselaer senior center for lunch of roast pork with gravy, roasted red potatoes, carrots, and warm sliced apples with cinnamon. A suggested donation of $3.

— Wednesday, March 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., and stay and play cards and games afterwards;

— Thursday, March 16, Saratoga County Historical Museum. The cost is a Free will donation, lunch at Lakeside Farm, with the cost on the senior. Leaving the area at 9:30 a.m.;

— Wednesday, March 22, Brunswick Historical Society Old School House. The cost is a free will donation followed by lunch at Prospector’s Restaurant in Schaghticoke with the cost on the senior;

— Thursday, March 23, Westerlo Reformed Church for lunch at noon, the menu to be announced with a suggested donation of $5;

— Friday, March 24, Bingo at the community center from noon to 3 p.m. for $2. Hot dogs before the game cost $1.50 and there are prizes;

— Saturday, March 25,  Peaceful Valley brunch at 1 p.m. with Larry. We will leave the area at 9:30 a.m.  The menu includes pancakes, French toast, real maple syrup, eggs, ham, sausage, home fries, sausage gravy, juice, coffee or tea;

— Monday, March 27,  Mid Way Café lunch with the cost on the senior. It is cash only;

— Tuesday, March 28, Saratoga Casino “Club 55 Day” buffet lunch and chances to win a grand prize for the day with Club 55 card. We depart around 9:30 a.m. and leave the casino around 3:15 p.m. The suggested bus donation is $5 each way;  

— Friday, March 31, Movie at the Spectrum. Any movie between 3:15 and 4 p.m. Dinner to be announced with cost on the senior;  

— Tuesday, April 4,  Rensselaer senior center for lunch with the menu to be announced and a suggested donation of $3.50. The entertainment is “A Tribute to Conway Twittie”;

— Wednesday, April 5, Senior Citizens business meeting at the community center at 1 p.m.  Refreshments will be served and stay to play cards and games afterwards;

— Tuesday, April 11, Schenectady County Historical Museum with admission of $5.  There is a World War II exhibit followed by lunch at the Puzzles Café. The restaurant is staffed by special needs workers and the cost is on the senior;

— Wednesday, April 12,  New Baltimore Church luncheon with a menu of veggie lasagna, tossed salad, Italian bread, ice cream and cookies. Cost is on a donation basis with The Delaires a “A Spring Concert”;

— Thursday, April 13,  Bavarian Manor Country Inn for a prime rib dinner with special soup or salad, dessert and coffee for a cost of $18.50 or order off menu. The cost is on the senior. We are leaving the area at 4:15 p.m.;

— Wednesday, April 19, Installation of Officers at the Maple Inn on the Lake at 12:30 p.m. The menu is a choice of meal  a turkey dinner with all the fixin’s or fish fry and French fried potatoes. These entrees  include one trip to soup and salad,  a third entree of half-a-turkey or ham sandwich and continual soup and salad bar. The beverage and tip are included. Cost to members is $10 and  non-members is  $15. You  must sign up and pay Susan Kidder by April 3;

— Friday, April 21, Movie at the Spectrum. Any movie between 3:15 and 4 p.m. Dinner to be announced with cost on the senior;

— Saturday, April 22, Berne Lutheran Church pancake breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Blueberry or plain pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, and more. Breakfast is on a donation basis;

— Tuesday, April 23, Saratoga Casino “Club 55 Day” buffet lunch and chances to win a grand prize for the day with Club 55 card. We depart around 9:30 a.m. and leave the casino around 3:15 p.m. The suggested bus donation is $5 each way;

— Friday, April 28, Bingo at the community center from noon to 3 p.m. for $2. Hot dogs before the game cost $1.50 and there are prizes;

— Saturday, April 29, join us for the Washington County Fiber Tour. The first stop is an Alpacas farm and shop and the next stop is the award-winning cashmere goats raised by the Anglican/Episcopalian Sisters of St. Mary at their convent. Lastly we stop at to see fiber and award-winning breeding sheep stock that our county is becoming known for. Come into the yarn barn and shop for locally-produced yarns, roving, and coated Merino, Romney and Cormo fleeces. There are also Adirondack watercolor paintings and prints, and other artisan goods.

It also features shearing, handson-skirting and fiber demonstrations. A full day with a  lunch stop at Prospectors Restaurant with the cost on the senior, walking shoes are needed.  

— Wednesday, May 3, Senior Citizens business meeting at the community center at 1 p.m.  Refreshments will be served and stay to play cards and games afterwards;

— Thursday, May 4, a trip to the Senate House for a tour costing $3. We will have a light breakfast at Hartman’s Kaffee Haus in Round Top noted for its great homemade Danish. Then the tour in Kingston of the Senate House and onto lunch at Hoffmann House Tavern built in 1679 and restored in 1977. This is a long day not for the timid but plenty of rest stops along the way

— Wednesday, May 10,  to the New Baltimore Church for a luncheon of oven barbecue chicken, potato salad, three bean salad and rhubarb cake. The cost is on a donation basis with Dick Brooks “More on Our Elementary School Experiences”;

— Thursday, May 10, Rensselaer senior center for lunch to be announced with a suggested donation of $3.50. The entertainment is  “To All Mother’s with Love” with Donny Elvis;

— Wednesday, May 14, senior citizens congregate meal (bring a dish to share and a plate and place service) at the community center at 12:30 p.m., and stay and play cards and games afterwards;

— Tuesday, May 23, Saratoga Casino “Club 55 Day” buffet lunch and chances to win a grand prize for the day with Club 55 card. We depart around 9:30 a.m. and leave the casino around 3:15 p.m. The suggested bus donation is $5 each way;

— Friday, May 26, Bingo at the community center from noon to 3 p.m. for $2. Hot dogs before the game cost $1.50 and there are prizes;

— Saturday, May 27, trip to Woodstock-New Paltz for the art and craft fair (Memorial Day Weekend) one of the largest variety and art and crafts, with musicians, New York state wines and handcrafts. We leave the area at 8:45 a.m. The admission is $8. We will  leave the fairgrounds at 3 p.m. Food is available there and there is an amount of walking