New Scotland Senior News for Thursday, November 10, 2016

Come join us on an adventure, make a new friend, or just join old friends.  Any 62 or older who is a resident of the town of New Scotland is welcome to get on the bus and come have fun, or call and make an appointment for a ride to a medical appointment.

To sign up, call me, at(518) 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 a 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 Osteobuster’s class at 10 a.m. at the Wyman Osterhout Community Center in New Salem.

Every first and third Wednesday, the senior citizens meet at the community center for a potluck lunch at noon 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. Please give as much notice as possible so we can schedule and find a volunteer to drive you.  Dialysis and chemotherapy appointments take precedent 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.

This program runs with volunteer drivers and money donations from riders.  No fee is charged; a donation of $5 each way is suggested 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 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:

— Friday, Nov. 11, with a 4:30 p.m. seating: South Bethlehem Chicken and Biscuit Dinner, mashed potatoes, beans, coleslaw, cranberry sauce, beverage and dessert for $11;

— Tuesday, Nov. 15, Saratoga Casino “Club 55 Day” buffet lunch $5.95 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;

— Wednesday, Nov. 16, 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, Nov. 7, Watervliet senior center for lunch of beef stew, peas, carrots, potatoes, and fruit cocktail.. Suggested donation is $3.50, with a stop at Schuyler Bakery on the way home;

—Friday, Nov. 18, 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, Nov 19,  South Bethlehem Church craft fair with venders, thrift shop, and lunch available. The cost is on senior; leaving the area at 9:45 a.m.

— Saturday, Nov. 26,  Berne Lutheran Church pancake breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Blueberry or plain pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, and more. Breakfast is on a donation basi

— Thursday, Dec. 1, Rensselaer Senior Center for lunch the menu to be announced. The entertainment is “Blue Christmas” with Donny Elvis. Suggested donation of $3.50;

— Friday, Dec. 2, Movie at the Spectrum. Any movie between 3:15 and 4 p.m. Dinner to be decided with the cost on the senior;

— Thursday, Dec. 8, Come ride the bus with Susan to Wits End to get into the holiday spirit, stop at the Dolce & Biscotti Bakery for some goodies and have lunch at the Half Moon Diner. The  cost is on the senior. Leaving the area at 9:30 a.m.;

— Friday, Dec. 16, Rensselaer Senior Center for a special lunch, menu to be announced with Santa Lucia. Suggested donation $3.50:

— Tuesday, Dec. 20, Saratoga Casino “Club 55 Day” buffet lunch $5.95 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;

— Wednesday, Dec. 21, Senior citizen's Christmas party at the Normanside Country Club. Sign up and food choice to follow and is required; and

—Friday, Dec. 30, 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.