Senior News

SENIORNEWS 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.

Donated books for sale in the Waiting Lounge. Three for 50 cents.

Entertainment Books 2008, available at the volunteer desk for $25.

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 and through April 11. Appointments are necessary.

Gallery display for March and April opens Wednesday, March 12.

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

Vision Support Group meets at 11 a.m., Thursday, March 13 in the Waiting Lounge.

Literacy Volunteer Training, Thursday, March 13. For more information, call 636-3055, ext. 126.

New Member Orientation, 10 a.m., Thursday, March 13.

RSVP training, training for the Erie County Volunteer Program will be at 9:30 a.m., Friday, March 14.

Luck of the Irish party, ice cream sundaes and Celtic music, 1 p.m., Friday, March 14.

The Baker's Rack, Monday, March 17.

Caregivers Support Group meets at 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 19 in the Waiting Lounge.

Movie Matinees, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 19. "Elizabeth: the Golden Age," 12:45 p.m., Friday, March 28.

Men's Issues group meets at 11 a.m., Thursday, March 20 in Classroom 2.

Amherst Travel Club meets at 1 p.m., Tuesday, March 18, and a trip involving a visit to Spragues Maple Festival and other activities will be held on Thursday, March 20.

Annual Spring plant sale, 9 a.m., Thursday, March 20 in the lounge.

Birthday party luncheon for March and April birthdays, Tuesday, March 25.

Camera Club, 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 26. Annual convention

Maple sugar presentation, 1 p.m., Thursday, March 27.

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

Visual assessment and glasses adjustment, 9 a.m., Monday, March 31.

Annual Red Hat Society lunch, noon, Thursday, April 3. Reservations are required.

Cultural series presentation "The History of Graycliff," 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 2.

Bird watching, 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 9.

Stamp and coin collecting club forming. If interested, contact the volunteer reception desk.

Farmers Market, 12:30-1:30 p.m. every Tuesday in March in the lounge.

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. SENIORNEWS Monday through Friday in the billiards room.

Health Insurance Information is available on Thursdays. Appointments are necessary.

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, 1 p.m., Fridays in the music room.

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 11:30 a.m. Fridays, music room. Call 836-5568.

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

Bingo, 1 p.m. Thursdays in the craft room.

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

Canasta Club meets at 12:30 p.m. Mondays in the card room.

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

Dominoes Club, 1 p.m. Mondays.

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

Open cards, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and Friday mornings in the card room.

Quilting Club, Mondays in Classroom 4 immediately after lunch.

Senior center cookbooks are for sale at the volunteer reception desk.

Donated books are for sale in the Waiting Lounge.

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.