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Silver Creek Senior Citizens meet

SILVER CREEK — The Silver Creek Seniors met on June 29th. with 31 members and guests present. President Ed Newman opened the meeting with The Pledge to the Flag and all raised their voices to sing God Bless America. Pauline Flitt offered a prayer and blessing of the food. Ed then welcomed guest Sue Winspear. Also, Marilyn Matgers stopped in to join us. Our lunch consisted of Pizza from Ellie’s, blueberry loaf, donuts and cookies. The 50-50 winners were: Ernie Hilliker, Don Munch and Ron Conover. The winners of the gifts were Janice Snyder and Kim Munch. Wheel of Fortune lucky ...

Fredonia Beaver Club Pinochle scores announced

Fredonia Beaver Club pinochle results include: June 1 — Barb Smith 562; Kathy Kamery 561; Peanuts Betty Donovan June 8 — Gene Pauszek 562; Lucy Saeli; Double pinochle Fran Sullivan; Peanuts Philip Cornell June 10 — Betty Donovan 563; Nancy Mosier 557; Double pinochle Kathy Kamery; Peanuts Fran Sullivan June 15 — Nancy Mosier 675; Fran Sullivan 492; Peanuts Philip Cornell June 17 — Nancy Mosier 590; Peanuts Kathy Kamery. June 22 — Kathy Kamery 543; Lucy Saeli 540; Barb Smith 539; Donna Nickerson Double pinochle; Phil Cornell Peanuts June ...

Dunkirk Senior Citizens schedule events

The Dunkirk Senior Center will be having a “Welcome Summer” picnic lunch on Wednesday, June 23, from noon to 2 p.m. The menu will include a hot dog, potato salad, pasta salad, baked beans and dessert. The cost is $2 per member. Door prizes/50-50 raffle will be held. Stop in the Senior ...

Silver Creek Seniors meet

The Silver Creek Seniors met on June 15 with 25 members present. President Ed Newman welcomed Inez Edler. He then said that Earl Sheeler had just brought in hot dogs from the grill, so lunch would be first on the agenda. After everyone had their fill, we said The Pledge to the Flag and sang God Bless America. Pauline Flitt offered a prayer and post blessing of the food. The 50-50 winners were: Pauline, Jean McDaneld, and Joan Militello. Gifts were won by Earl, Sherry Spanos and Janice Snyder. Wheel of Fortune lucky winners were Ron Conover(twice), Don Hoeber, Annette Hoeber(twice), ...

State OFA to offer classes for senior citizens

The state Office for the Aging is partnering with The Association on Aging in New York and GetSetUp to offer 50,000 classes featuring more than 300 different course options developed by and for older adults. The GetSetUp curriculum and community are designed to combat social isolation and promote independence through live, interactive classes and online connectivity with a community of more than 650,000 older adult learners from more than 160 countries around the globe. Additionally, all guides and instructors are retired educators/professionals/technologists, promoting economic ...

Sheridan Seniors return after over a year

SHERIDAN — The Sheridan Seniors recently met after over a year because of COVID-19 restrictions. There were just under 20 members in attendance. The welcome back meeting started by singing the “Happy Seniors Song” followed by the “Pledge of Alliance “ and singing “God Bless America.” Pauline Flitt gave the blessing before everyone was served pizza. After discussing business, the games began. First was the Riles & Woolley drawing won by Rose Cerrie. The spinning wheel was played with several winners. The final games played where Bingo. Janice Snyder was the bingo caller ...