Alliance Senior Center news for week of Oct. 3

Activities

Shuffleboard – 1 p.m. Mondays.

Cornhole – 10 a.m. Tuesday and 1 p.m. Thursday.

Ping Pong – 1 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.

Members Euchre – 1 p.m. Monday.

Open Cards – 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

Results:

Shuffleboard – Kathy Kress and Dean Lair.

Members Euchre – Ron Bartholomew, first; Bev Flickinger, second.

Open cards – Joan Wade, first; Marilyn Herron, second.

Other activities

VACCINE CLINIC – Alliance City Health Department plans a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination clinic for the updated bi-valent booster from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Alliance Area Senior Center, 602 W. Vine. Clinic is by appointment only. Schedule by contacting the call center at 330-249-1013. Do not contact the Senior Center or Health Department. The bi-valent booster is for those ages 60 and older and anyone with an underlying medical condition, or those who have completed the primary series of COVID-19 vaccine and are two months since their last booster.

RIGATONI DINNER – 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 11. Dinner includes rigatoni with meat sauce, tossed salad, cake, bread and coffee. Dinners are $9 for adults, and $5 for children ages 10 and younger. Event is open to the public, and tickets are available at the door. Takeout available.

STITCH OF THE MONTH – Stitch of the Month Class will feature Lemon Peel Stitch at 1 p.m. Oct. 19. Learn the stitchwhile making a keyhole kitchen towel designed to hang from your oven handle or for use as a hand towel. Cost is $25 per person and includes all supplies for the class. Sample of the keyhole kitchen towel is available to view at the Senior Center front desk. Class size is limited, and, because of the close proximity, face masks will be required.  Call the center to register at 330-821-3348.

CERAMIC CHRISTMAS TREES – Ceramic Christmas Tree Painting Class will be 1 p.m. Oct. 26. Join to create your own personalized ceramic Christmas tree. The folks from Jonesworks will be the instructors. Trees range from large to extra small, and priced according to size. Price includes tree, base, light, star and cord. Choose between clear, multi-color or blue lights, and clear or orange star. Call the center to make a reservation.

ELECTRONICS RECYCLING – An electronics recycling event will run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 24. Bring items to the center to be recycled. A $20 per monitor and $50 per television charge will be implemented to dispose of CRT televisions or CRT monitors.

Tours

Tours from the Senior Center are open to the public. Call 330-821-3348 to make reservations.

∙ Those signed up for the Gateway Clipper tour are reminded the bus departs at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 7.

Rivers Casino Tour – Nov. 1. Those taking part receive $10 in free-play. Member cost is $34; and non-members will pay $39. Call to make reservations.

Alaska Discovery Land & Cruise – Information meeting at 1 p.m. Oct. 20. Trip will be Aug. 9-20; 12 days and 26 meals – 11 breakfasts, seven lunches, eight dinners. Highlights include Fairbanks, Sternwheeler Discovery, Music of Denali Dinner Theater, Denali National Park, Tundra Wilderness Tour, Luxury Domed Rail, Anchorage, Hubbard Glacier, Glacier Bay, Skagway, Juneau and Ketchikan.

This article originally appeared on The Alliance Review: Alliance Senior Center news for week of Oct. 3