New Scotland Senior News for Thursday, September 20, 2018

Come join us for an adventure. Meet new and old friends and enjoy something new. Bring a friend or tell a friend or make a friend on the bus. Anyone 62 and older in the town of New Scotland is welcome. The buses belong to you.

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 prepay 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

The free exercise program that is offered at the community center has changed its name. The Healthy Bones for Life program was written by Janet Hakey-Brusgul, a physical therapist at Sunnyview Outpatient Therapy Services and assistant professor of physical therapy at Sage Colleges.

There are now six trained leaders. They meet at the Wyman Osterhout Community Center in New Salem every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a.m. Come join them any time you can.

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.

Every Thursday, there’s a movie at the Voorheesville Public Library. The show starts at 1:30 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:

— Wednesday, Oct 3: Senior Citizens business meeting at the Community Center 1 p.m. with cider and donuts;  stay and play cards and games;

—Thursday, Oct. 4:  Cruise with ‘ole Sal’ on the Erie Canal on “The Big Diamond” in Little Falls. This is an all day trip.  Leaving at approximately 10 a.m. with lunch at 11:30 a.m. and cruising at 1 p.m. Lunch cost is on the senior;

— Saturday, Oct 6: Annual Flea Market trip “I Love Lucy’s” dozens of vendors, food and a side trip to “Handy Up’s & Down” a second hand shop, late lunch or early dinner in route with the cost on the senior. Leaving the  area at 9 a.m.;

—  Wednesday, Oct. 10: Maybee Farm and Museum in Rotterdam Junction along the Mohawk River. Leaving at 9:30 a.m. Lunch at Puzzles Café in Schenectady with cost on the senior;

— Thursday, Oct. 11: JCC Autumn Concert “A Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr.” The cost is  $12 with the check made out to JCC and into me by Sept. 20 or $15 at the door Light refreshments to follow the show;

— Saturday, Oct. 13: Westerlo Reformed Church roast pork dinner with  the trimmings and cream puffs for dessert. This is a 4:30 p.m. seating with a cost of $12;

— Tuesday, Oct. 16:  Salem Courthouse tour free — old courthouse and jail circa 1789 – lunch stop  with the cost on the senior and then Battenkill Creamery for homemade ice cream;

— Wednesday, Oct. 17: Senior Citizens catered lunch at the Community Center with a 12:30 p.m.;

— Friday, Oct. 19: BINGO at the  Community Center from noon to  3 p.m. with a fee of $2. Hot Dogs before the game, cost is $1.50;

— Tuesday, Oct. 23: Saratoga Casino “Club 55 Day” buffet lunch $5.95 and chances to win grand prize for the day with Club  55 car. Depart around 9 a.m. and leaving casino around 3:15 p.m.; suggested bus donation $5 each way;

— Thursday, Oct. 25: Westerlo lunch menu to be announced with a suggested donation $5. Leaving area at 11 a.m.;  

— Friday, Oct. 26: movie at the Spectrum Theater. Any movie from  3:15 to 4 p.m. Dinner out at a restaurant with the cost on the senior;

— Saturday, Oct. 27: Berne Lutheran Church pancake breakfast 9:30 a.m. on a donation basis. The menu includes blueberry or plain pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, and more;

— Wednesday, Oct. 31:  Shaker Museum in Colonie near airport,. Leaving at 9:30 a.m. Lunch on the senior at GUS’s HOT DOGS in Watervliet;

— Monday, Nov. 5: Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Mass., leaving at 9:30 a.m. with lunch cost on senior following at Pat’s Pub next door;

— Wednesday, Nov. 7: Senior Citizens business meeting at Community Center at 1 p.m., light refreshments to be served and stay and play cards and games afterwards;

— Thursday, Nov. 8: Westerlo lunch menu to be announced with a suggested donation $5. Leaving area at 11 a.m.;  

— Tuesday, Nov. 13: Larry’s birthday luncheon trip to try Fox Creek Market in West Berne, lunch cost on senior. Leaving the area at noon;

— Friday, Nov. 16: movie at the Spectrum Theater. Any movie from  3:15 to 4 p.m. Dinner out at a restaurant with the cost on the senior;

— Wednesday, Nov. 21:  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;

— Saturday, Nov. 24: Berne Lutheran Church pancake breakfast 9:30 a.m. on a donation basis. The menu includes blueberry or plain pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, and more;

— Tuesday, Nov.. 27: Saratoga Casino “Club 55 Day” buffet lunch $5.95 and chances to win grand prize for the day with Club  55 car. Depart around 9 a.m. and leaving casino around 3:15 p.m.; suggested bus donation $5 each way;

— Friday, Nov. 30: BINGO at the  Community Center from noon to  3 p.m. with a fee of $2. Hot Dogs before the game, cost is $1.50;

— Wednesday, Dec. 5: Senior Citizens business meeting at Community Center at 1 p.m., light refreshments to be served and stay and play cards and games afterwards;

— Thursday, Dec. 13: Westerlo lunch menu to be announced with a suggested donation $5. Leaving area at 11 a.m.;

— Tuesday, Dec. 18: Saratoga Casino “Club 55 Day” buffet lunch $5.95 and chances to win grand prize for the day with Club  55 car. Depart around 9 a.m. and leaving casino around 3:15 p.m.; suggested bus donation $5 each way;

— Wednesday, Dec. 19: Senior Citizens annual Christmas party at a site to be determined. Lunch  at 12:30 p.m.;

— Friday, Dec. 28: BINGO at the  Community Center from noon to  3 p.m. with a fee of $2. Hot Dogs before the game, cost is $1.50.