On Wednesday at 9 a.m. the Mower County Senior Center is hosting our next defensive driving class.

This is a four-hour refresher class to get a discount on your car insurance. If you have taken the initial eight-hour class three years ago, it is time to take the refresher course. To sign up, stop by or call the senior center front desk at 1-507-433-2370.

Volunteering

October is going to be Mower County Volunteer for Senior’s Month.

We are recruiting volunteers that are interested in helping a senior. We all understand as we age there are things that aren’t as easy for us or at a certain point we just can’t do any more. During the month of September we are looking for individuals or groups of people that want to lend a helping hand to a senior.

We are looking at projects that are outside that take a max of four hours to complete. The senior would be responsible to supply the items necessary to do the project and we will match them up with a volunteer or a group of volunteers to get their project completed.

If you are an individual or you have a group of people that would like to spend a little time helping out a senior in the community, please give Mary Allen with the Chore program a call at 1-507-481-3333.

Think about a date in October you will be available to do the project when you sign up. If you are a senior and have a project, Mary can get you signed up for that as well. Thanks for helping the senior’s living in our community.

Don’t forget our coffee shop, where every day you can have homemade soup for $1 and sandwich for 50 cents. Tuesday we are having scalloped potatoes and ham in the coffee shop for only $2.

Upcoming events

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: SilverSneakers, 8:15 a.m.; Exercise w/Evie’s Friends, 9 a.m.; Scalloped potatoes and ham, 11:30 a.m.; Cards (500, Duplicate Bridge,  Pinochle) 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Tai Chi,  9 a.m.; Walking Club, 9 a.m.;  Defensive Driving, 9 a.m.; WWW Coffee Shop  11:30 a.m.; Weight Watchers, 12:15 p.m.; Cards (Duplicate Bridge, Pinochle, Cribbage), 12:30 p.m.; Stitching Bees, 1 p.m.; Open Chess, 1 p.m.

Thursday: Tops, 8 a.m.; Silver Sneakers, 8:15 a.m.; Exercise with Evie’s Friends, 9 a.m.; Cards (Pinochle), 12:30 p.m.; Bingo and Open Chess, 1 p.m.; Weight Watchers, 5 p.m

Friday: SAIL Bone Builders, 9 a.m.; Walking Club, 9 a.m.; Cards (Bridge Tournament, 500), 12:30 p.m.; Ping Pong, 3 p.m.

Weekly Card Results 

Monday Bridge

Aug. 20, two tables

1st Millie Seiver, 2nd Russ Vaale, 3rd Jaynard  Johnson, 4th John Karnes, 5th Mary Johnson

Tuesday Duplicate Bridge

Aug. 21, six tables

1st Ray Schmidt, 1st Gail Schmidt; 2nd Dave Ring, 2nd Loren Cleland; 3rd Larry Crowe, 3rd Bill Momsen; 4th Lorraine Lippert, 4th Ron Peters; 5th Vandy Newman, 5th Bud Higgins; 6th Teresa Baldus, 6th Harriet Oldenburg

Tuesday 500

Aug. 21, three tables

1st Russ Vaale, 2nd Gene Rauen, 3rd Barb Dickman

Friday 500

Aug. 24, three tables

1st Sally Michels, 2nd Russ Vaale, 3rd Bernice Scholer, 4th Dennis Bray

Wednesday Duplicate Bridge

Aug. 22, five tables

1st Larry Crowe, 1st Jim Fisher; 2nd Vandy Newman, 2nd Ron Peters; 3rd Gail Schmidt, 3rd Ray Schmidt; 4th Barb Rofshus, 4th Lorraine Quindivan; 5th Dave Ring, 5th Sally Michels

Friday Bridge

Aug. 24, two tables

1st Carolyne Higgins, 2nd Dave Solomonson,

3rd Jaynard Johnson, 4th Anne Dvorak

Pinochle

Dave Solomonson