The Big Read Summer Reading is under way at Harrison Regional Library! Participants will be

keeping a log of what they read from June 1 until the end of August.

Our 2012 spotlight book is Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”.

We will have “To Kill a Mockingbird” speakers and tie-in activities on our regularly

scheduled visits to the senior centers all summer long. Reading logs will be turned in

September 4th

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The top five readers will win a daytrip to Monroeville, AL, the setting of our spotlight book “To Kill a

Mockingbird”. You must have read “To Kill a Mockingbird” to be eligible for the trip.

The winners will be announced at our 2012 Block Party on September 6th!

Alabaster Senior Center – 663-1307 – weekdays 9:00 am-2:00 pm

games/activities/lunch 1097 7th Street SW, Alabaster, AL 35007; see complete

calendar at: www.cityofalabster.com

Ongoing Activities

Mondays –10:00 am – Singing w/The Timeless Treasures; 12:00 pm – Knitting

Tuesdays –9:00 am – Shuffleboard – (NEW); 12:00 pm – Wii Bowling;

1:00 pm – Acrylic Painting

Wednesdays – 9:00 am – Rook; 9:30 am – Rummikub; 1:00 pm Zumba Gold; 1:00 pm – Open Painting Class

Thursdays – 9:30 am –Beg/Intermediate Line Dancing; 10:30 am – Beginning Line Dancing; 12:00 pm – Bridge

Fridays – 10:00 am – Games and Tempo Exercises; 1:00 pm - Zumba Toning

Calera Senior Center – 670-9988 - weekdays 8:00 am - 4:00 pm for games/activities/lunch;

We have new computers, exercise equipment, pool table, Wii and sewing machines.

Ongoing Activities

Special Events in August: 2nd – Lunch bunch – Urban Cookhouse; 6th – 9 am – Men’s Coffee Social @ Fran’s

Diner; 7th – 9:30 – 1:30 Acrylic Painting workshop; 10 am – Healthy Diet Plan by Oasis Hospice; 8th

– 10 am –

Dixie Troubadour band; 9th

– 10 am – Town Village Tour and lunch; 10th

– 10 am – Wii Bowling at Oaks on

Parkwood; 9:15 am Bingo and Biscuits by Jim N Nick’s; 13th

– 12pm – Preserving Family Memories through

scrapbooking; 14th

– 9:30 am – Blood Pressure checks with Comfort Care Hospice;10 am – Talent Show; 16th

– 10

am – COPD presentation by HealthSouth; 21st

- 9:30 am – Gardening with Betty; 22nd – 10 am – Harrison

Regional Library presentation; 29th – 9:15 am – Movie Madness; 30th – 10 am – “Aging with Grace” by New

Beacon Hospice

Senior Scene in Shelby County - August 2012

6th

– 10 am – Dixie Troubadours; 10th

– 10 am – Popcorn and a movie; 13th

– 10am Bingo and BP checks with Southern Care Hospice; 15

th – 10 am – Dixie Troubadours; 16

th – 10 am - Shelby Baptist Medical Center

Presentation; 22nd

– 9:30 am -Domino Tournament begins; 24th

- Fishing Trip @ Beeswax; 31st

-Picnic @ Calera Park

Chelsea Senior Program – Senior Center - 708 Hwy 36, Chelsea AL 35043

Ongoing Activities

Monday – Friday – 6:30 am – 10:30 am – Exercise at Chelsea City Hall on Circuit training equipment

Tuesdays – 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Games

Thursdays –9:00 am – 2:00 pm – Games and Covered Dish lunch; 2:00 pm – Line Dancing

Columbiana Senior Center – 669-3969; weekdays 9:00 am – 1:00 pm for games/activities

and lunch

Ongoing Activities

Mondays & Thursdays– Games and Wii; Exercise with Lisa

Wednesdays – Bible Study; Coffee with Mayor on 1st Wednesday; Dance class – 2

nd & 4

th Wednesday; Blood

Pressure check by Comfort Care on 3rd

Wednesday

Fridays – Games and Dixie Southern Troubadours Gospel Band (1st & 4

th Friday)

Music on Main – Friday nights through August – Downtown Columbiana

Free to the public from 7pm -9 pm; Food available for purchase

Aug. 3: Back in Time, a capella oldies group

Aug 10: Austin Foster, Gospel

Aug. 17: TBD

Aug. 24: Tupelo Honey

Aug. 31: Randy Glenn, country band

Heardmont Senior Center – 991-5742 weekdays 9:00 am-3:00 pm for

games/exercise/lunch 5452 Cahaba Valley Rd (119) in Heardmont Park-

heardmontpark@hotmail.com

Ongoing Activities

Mondays –9:30 am Tai Chi; 9:30 – Mah Jongg; 10:30 am – 3:00 pm Canasta

Tuesdays –10:00 am - Aerobics; 10:00 am – Bingo/Games; 11:00 am – Bible Study

Wednesdays – 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Bridge; 11:30 am – Rummikub;

Thursdays – 10:00 am – Aerobics/toning w/Donna; 10:00 am – Bingo Bunch;

Fridays – 9:00 am – ZUMBA Gold; 10:00 am – Intermediate Line Dance; 11:00 am- Beginning Line Dance

Special Events in August: 2nd – 11:15 am – Blood Pressure and sugar check by New Beacon; 10th

– 7pm –

Saturday Night Dance; 16th

– National Weather Service Outing and lunch; 23rd

– 9:15 am - Jammin’ with Biscuits

(bring your favorite jelly or jam to enjoy with our biscuits);11 am - Harrison Regional Library presentation – “To Kill

a Mockingbird”

Special Events in August: 1st– 10 am –Dixie Troubadours; Coffee with Mayor Lowe; 8th

– Ice Cream Social

w/New Beacon; 13th

– Day trip to tour Hyundai plant; 15h – Blood Pressure check-ups; 17

th – UAB Health

Presentation; 22nd – Dixie Troubadours; 29th

– 10 am – Crafts with Southern Care

Helena Senior Center (next to Library behind City Hall) call Bill May at 871-3553

Ongoing Activities

Mondays and Thursdays - 10:00 am - Chair aerobics

Tuesdays - 11:00 am - 3:00 pm - Cards & Games – Bring your own lunch – Drinks

provided

Fridays – 5:00 pm – Evening Social (meeting & potluck); 1st Friday – Club provides the

meat for the meal. August 3rd

– Burgers and fixings! Come meet our new members!

Visit The Kenneth R. Penhale City of Helena Museum located at the

former Masonic Lodge, 5260 Helena Road . Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, or by appointment. (205) 369-1448

Montevallo Senior Center – 665-9206 weekdays 9:00 am-1:00 pm games/hot lunch

Ongoing Activities – Daily Vegetable Gardening this Summer!

Wednesdays –10:00 am – Computer Class w/ UM professor Dr.Ratchford ; 10:30 am – Exercise & Yoga w/UM

student;

Alabama National Cemetery

The Alabama National Cemetery was dedicated July 13, 2008. When it opened for burials on June 25, 2009, it

became the 129th national cemetery administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The cemetery is

situated on 479 acres of hills approximately three miles north of the center of historic Montevallo. The site is open for

visitation daily from sunrise to sunset. The office hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Phone: (205) 665-9039 or (866) 547-5078. http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/alabama.asp

Pea Ridge Senior Recreation Club – 665-3997 - Every other Tuesday for gospel music,

fellowship and covered dish – call Mary Ross for information at 665-1980

Pelham Senior Center – 620-6064 –Open Weekdays 10:00 am-3:00 pm

Art/Exercise/Dance/Games – Shelby County residents 55+ welcome

Ongoing Activities

Mondays – Crafts & Games 10:30 am – 3:00 pm; Mah Jongg 12:00 pm; 12:30 pm Exercise

Tuesdays – Art 10:30 am $5 monthly; Advanced (1:00 pm) and Beginning (2:00 pm) Line Dancing 1:00-3:00;

Rummikub 1:00 pm

Wednesdays –Men’s Coffee Club 10:00 am; Bridge 10:00 am; Wii Bowling 11:00 am; Exercise 12:30 pm; Rummikub

1:00 pm

Thursdays – 10:30 am – 1:00 pm Pelham Pioneers Program & Guest Speakers; Games 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Fridays – Tai Chi 10:30 am; Exercise 12:30 pm and Games begin at 1:00 pm

Special Events in August starting at 10:30: 2nd – Covered Dish lunch – “You can’t take it with you” - Ruth

Brock; 9th

– Senator Cam Ward; 16th

– Guest pianist – Newman Evans; 23rd

– Bingo; 30th

– Summer Big Read

presentation – Harrison Regional Library; 31st – 1:15pm Bookworms

Special Events in August: 20th – 10 am – UAB health presentation

Vandiver Civic Center – 672-8040 or 229-3389 - Meet 2nd & 4th Fridays 11:00 am

Potluck Lunch, Games and Senior Fellowship; Pleasant Grove Fellowship Hall Hwy 43.

Blood Pressure Check, Speakers, Music, Exercise, and Fun and Games

We have broken ground on new Vandiver/Sterrett Senior Center – stay tuned!

Vincent Senior Center – 672-7697 Open Weekdays 9:00 am–1:00 pm

Games/Activities/Computers/Hot Lunch

Ongoing Activities

Mondays –Game Day – Darts/dominoes/Nintendo Wii games, Exercise, Reflections

Tuesdays – Bingo, Exercise; 8:30 am – Internet Bible Study with Pastor Jacky Eden – Westside Baptist

Thursdays – Exercise; Relaxing Piano Music via Internet

Westover Senior Center 678-3385 X703; Meet Wednesdays at 10:00 am for games/activities/covered dish lunch

Shelby County, Alabama – Community Services 205-670-6555 phone published 07/31/2012

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