SENIOR NEWS

The following events will take place at the Amherst Center for Senior Services, 350 John James Audubon Parkway. For more information, call 636-3059.

Book Lovers' Club will meet and discuss "Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 22. The next book will be "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire.

Stay in Control of Your Health will be presented from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22.

Income Tax Filing is being offered from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays during February, March and April. Call for an appointment.

Dinner Club will meet again in March. The annual fee is $6 for an individual and $8 for couples. Send checks to Ida Kasprzak, 19 Miller Road, Getzville, NY 14068.

Table Tennis/Ping-Pong is played in activity room A from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and from 9:30 a.m. to noon in activity room B.

Women's Pool is offered from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday in the billiards room.

Blood Pressure Screenings will be available from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Knitting Club meets at 9 a.m. Tuesdays in the waiting lounge.

Music Combo will be held at noon Fridays in the music room.

Drama Club meets at 12:30 p.m. Mondays in classroom 3.

Duplicate Bridge is played at 9 a.m. Thursdays in the card room.

Men's Social Club Members meet at 1 p.m. Wednesdays in the card room.

Stained Glass Groups meet at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursdays in the art room.

Needlework Club meets at 9:30 a.m. Mondays in classroom 1.

Scrabble Club meets at 12:30 p.m. Thursdays in the card room.

Pinochle members meet at 12:45 p.m. Wednesdays in the card room.

Amherst Senior Singers meet from 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. Wednesdays. Call 632-3929.

Woodcarving classes are offered at 9 a.m. Tuesdays in the art room.

Amherst Recorder Consort meets from 9 to 11 a.m. Fridays in the music room. For more information or to join, call 836-5568.

Bridge Club meets at 1 p.m. Fridays in the card room.

Bingo meets at 1 p.m. Thursdays.

Chess meets at 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays in classroom 2. Call 639-5950.

Cribbage meets at 1 p.m. Thursdays in the card room.

Dominoes Club meets at 1 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of every month.

Duplicate Bridge is held at 9 a.m. Thursdays in the card room.

The Quilt Club meets at 12:30 p.m. Mondays. New members are always welcome. Lunch Menu

The cost of lunch is $2.25 for Erie County residents age 60 and older. For reservations, call 636-3059.

Wednesday, Feb. 21 - Breaded fish with tartar sauce, au gratin potatoes and vegetables Normandy.

Thursday, Feb. 22 - Spirals with meatballs and tomato and mushroom sauce, French bean medley and cauliflower.

Friday, Feb. 23 - Baked macaroni and cheese casserole, stewed tomatoes and apple juice.

Monday, Feb. 26 - Baked meat loaf with gravy, herbed pasta and broccoli.

Tuesday, Feb. 27 - Baked boneless chicken breast with gravy and stuffing, sweet potato and peas.

Wednesday, Feb. 28 - Shredded beef in gravy, diced carrots and apple juice.

Thursday, March 1 - Breaded pork chop with gravy, mashed potato and scalloped apples with cinnamon.

Friday, March 2 - Vegetable lasagna with tomato sauce, cauliflower with parsley and vegetables.