Senior News

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

Farmer's Market, 12:30-1:30 p.m. every Tuesday in February.

Income Tax filing, volunteers will be on hand to assist with Federal and New York State Income tax returns, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays starting in February and ending April 11. Appointments are necessary.

Book Club, "For One More Day," by Mitch Albom, 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 28.

Craft Project, candle-making, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28. Fee is $7.

The Importance of a Good Night's Sleep, 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 29.

St. Joseph's Day Table, 1-3 p.m. Monday, March 10. Tickets are $10.

Medicaid planning and Elder Law issues, 1 p.m. Thursday, March 13.

Book Club, "Love in the Time of Cholera," by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 10 a.m. Thursday, March 27.

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

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

Blood Pressure Screenings, 11 a.m. to noon Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Knitting Club, 9 a.m. Tuesdays in the waiting lounge.

Mah-Jongg Club, 1 p.m. Tuesdays in the card room.

Music Combo, noon Fridays in the music room.

Drama Club, 12:30 p.m. Mondays in Classroom 3.

Duplicate Bridge, 9 a.m. Thursdays in the card room.

Men's Social Club, 1 p.m. Wednesdays in the card room.

Stained Glass Groups, 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursdays, art room.

Needlework Club, 9:30 a.m. Mondays in Classroom 1.

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

Pinochle, 12:45 p.m. Wednesdays in the card room.

Pinochle Review, 9 a.m. Fridays in the card room.

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

Woodcarving classes, 9 a.m. Tuesdays in the art room.

Amherst Recorder Consort, 9 to 11 a.m. Fridays, music room. Call 836-5568.

Bridge Club, 1 p.m. Fridays in the card room.

Bingo, 1 p.m. Thursdays.

Chess matches, 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays in Classroom 2.

Canasta Club meets at 12:30 p.m. Mondays.

Chess, 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays in Classroom 2. Call 639-5950.

Cribbage, 1 p.m. Thursdays in the card room.

Dominoes Club, 1 p.m. second and fourth Mondays of every month.

Duplicate Bridge, 9 a.m. Thursdays in the card room.

Quilting Club, Mondays in Classroom 4 immediately after lunch.

Blood Pressure Screening, 11 a.m. to noon every Wednesday and Thursday.

Wheelchair Van Service will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and is available to Amherst residents 55 and older. Call 636-3075 for more information.

Instructors Wanted Send a brief outline of the proposed subject matter to Phyllis Holmes, Amherst Senior Services, 370 John James Audubon Parkway, Amherst, NY 14228 or call 636-3055, ext. 109.