New Scotland Senior News for Thursday, October 25, 2018
Come join us in the upcoming months. 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 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
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:
— Monday, Oct. 29: Defensive Driving class at the Community Center from 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for $25; pay at town hall. Call 518-439-4865 if interested and bring your lunch;
— Tuesday, Oct. 30; Buffet lunch at Taj Indian Restaurant “All You Can Eat” includes beverage $10;
— 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;
— Wednesday, Nov. 14: New Baltimore lunch for turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, butternut squash, and pumpkin pie on a donation basis;
— Thursday, Nov. 15; Dinner at the Bavarian Manor Country Inn special is prime rib includes soup or salad, dessert and coffee $20 or order off menu German dishes, seafood, chicken or grill with the cost on the senior and leaving the area 4 p.m.;
— 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;
—Monday, Nov. 19: Midway Café for lunch cost on senior leaving area 11:15 a.m. Cash only;
— 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. 6: Tour the New York State Executive Mansion in Albany decorated for Christmas at 10 a.m. (1 hour tour). You must sign up no later than Nov. 15. Only 10 seats available and lunch after to be announced;
— Tuesday, Dec. 11: Susan’s Christmas trip, Wits End, thrift shops, lunch, bakery, etc cost on the senior;
— Wednesday, Dec. 12: New Baltimore lunch of baked ham, scalloped potatoes, Frenched green beans, and bread pudding on a donation basis with traditional holiday decorations;
— Thursday, Dec. 13: Westerlo lunch of baked ham 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.