Sunday, January 21, 2007
Senior events
Bingo day: 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pulaski Senior Center. Free. 994-8627.
Osteoarthritis seminar: 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, Christiansburg Recreation Center senior activities room. With speaker Shelia Rice. Free. 382-2349.
Wohlfart Haus, Wytheville, trip: leave Christiansburg Recreation Center at 11:30 a.m. Thursday for this tribute to Elvis. Christiansburg residents, $37; others, $47. Includes ticket, lunch and transportation. 382-2349.
Sam's Club, Roanoke, trip: Leave Christiansburg Recreation Center at 8 a.m. Friday. Christiansburg residents, $14; others, $7. Breakfast stop at Golden Corral before shopping at Sam's. Register at 382-2349.
Mystery game social: 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 29, Christiansburg Recreation Center. $5. Register at 382-2349.
Healthy soups: 12:30 to 2 p.m. Jan. 31, Christiansburg Recreation Center. $3. Led by Jessi Martinez. 382-2349.
Wheatland Retirement Community (Christiansburg) needs volunteers to help with arts and crafts, to file and polish fingernails and to lead a sing-a-long group. Other activities include reading to small groups and providing entertainment. 382-5200.
Free smoke detectors: Offered by Montgomery County fire departments to anyone who needs them. Call your local fire department or Neal Turner, Montgomery County emergency service coordinator, 394-2146.
H2U (Health, Happiness and You membership program), Pulaski Community Hospital: For $15 a year, members receive benefits at both the local and national level. Provides health information, resources and experiences to members. For more information: www.hsu.com or 994-8418.
Personal training and fitness classes: Available at the Blacksburg Senior Fitness Center. Registration is ongoing for Personal Training, Fit over Fifty, Healthy Backs, Pilates for Seniors and Stretch, Balance and Tone classes. Fees vary. Free orientations to the fitness center available by appointment. 961-1134 or 961-1149.
Card games: Bridge, 10 a.m. Mondays; canasta, 1:30 p.m. Mondays; beginning canasta, 2 p.m. Tuesdays, Radford Senior Center. 731-5517.
Novice Knitters: 2 to 4 p.m. Mondays, Blacksburg Senior Center social room. Informal group works on a variety of needle projects. Free. 961-1134.
Duplicate bridge: 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, Blacksburg Community Center. Partners required and intermediate to advanced skill levels recommended. 552-5361.
AARP Blacksburg: Third Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Blacksburg Community Center. 552-5818.
Quilting and Ceramics: 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Radford Senior Center. 731-5517.
Gospel singing: Public invited monthly for gospel singing of old hymns on the following schedule: 10 a.m. first Tuesdays at the Christiansburg Recreation Center senior activities area; and 2 p.m. first Wednesdays at Wheatland Retirement Center, Christiansburg. Musicians and singers welcome. Mary Dotson, 382-8543.
Party bridge: 9 a.m. to noon second Tuesdays and 1 to 4 p.m. second and fourth Wednesdays, Blacksburg Community Center. 961-1134.
Badminton: Wednesdays, 9 a.m. Pulaski Central Gym. 994-8627.
Bingo: 10 a.m. Wednesdays, New River Valley Mall community room, Christiansburg. 382-6346.
Creative Memories: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. first Wednesdays, Radford Senior Center. Features scrapbooking with leader Lynn Wright. Supplies available or bring your own. Lunch included for $15. 731-5517.
Radford Chapter AARP luncheon: 12:30 p.m. third Wednesdays, Radford Senior Center. A guest speaker will address seniors each month on a topic of interest. 639-4571.
Seniors workshop: 9 to 11 a.m. fourth Wednesdays, Radford Senior Center. $5. 731-5517.
Blood pressure clinics: 9 to 10 a.m. first Fridays in the Betty Craig Activity Room of the Radford Senior Center. Blood sugar screenings also offered at Friday clinic. 731-5517.
Easy Motions: Less strenuous exercise class, 9 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Christiansburg Recreation Center multipurpose room 2A. Doctor's note and registration required, 382-2349.
Fun & Fit Fridays: 8 a.m. to noon, at the Blacksburg Senior Center. Billiards, table tennis, shuffleboard, basketball free throws, Frisbee, croquet, horseshoes, boccie and planned outings for other activities. Registration not required. No programs during holiday weeks. 961-1134.
The Funeral Consumers Alliance of the Virginia Blue Ridge: Volunteer consumer-rights advocacy group provides information about options available for funeral and other end-of-life arrangements, www.funerals.org/fcavbr. 953-5589.
Intrepid USA Healthcare Services: Provides free, in-home evaluations to determine whether an individual qualifies for professional home-care services such as home health aid, medical social workers and physical therapy under Medicare, Medicaid or other insurance. 961-5464 or (888) 416-1428.
H2U Montgomery Regional Hospital: Seniors 50 and older can receive national and local benefits from membership in the Montgomery Regional Chapter. Betty Jahn, 953-5291.






