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; 1:00 pm – Ballroom Dancing;

Tuesdays –9:00 am – Shuffleboard; Walking Program; 12:00 pm – Wii Bowling; Wednesdays – 9:00 am – Rook; Crochet 101; 9:30 am – Rummikub; 1:00 pm Zumba Gold; Thursdays – 9:00 am – Walking Program; 9:30 am –Beg/Intermediate Line Dancing; 10:00 am – Watercolor Painting; 10:30 am – Beginning Line Dancing; 12:00 pm – Bridge; 1:00 pm - Watercolor painting 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.

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

Special Events in September: 5th – 9:30 – Bible Study; 6th – Lunch Bunch – Firebirds at Patton Creek; 7th – 11:45 – Birthday Celebration by Hospice Advantage; 10th – 9-11 am – Free Vision Screening; 12-3pm – Preserving Family Memories thru Scrapbooking; 11th – 9:30 am – Free Blood pressure checks by Comfort Care; 10:15 am – Show and Tell; 12th - History of Siluria – by Historical Society; 14th – 10 am – Outing to Alabama Symphony Coffee Concert and Lunch; 9:15 am – Bingo and biscuits with Jim N Nick’s; 17th – Outing to Clanton; 18th – 9:30 – gardening with Betty-visit organic farm; 10 am – Bingo with Comfort Keepers; 19th – 11:45 am - UAB Presentation; 20th – 9-11 Flu Shot clinic by Brooklere Pharmacy; 25th – 10am – Southern Care Hospice presentation; 26th – 10 am – Timeless Treasures sing at Lakeview Estates; 27th – 10am – Shelby Baptist Presentation

Senior Scene in Shelby County - September 2012 Senior Centers will be closed for Labor Day

on September 3rd

September is National Senior Center month! Visit your local center.

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

Ongoing Activities Mondays & Thursdays– Games and Wii; Exercise with Lisa

Wednesdays – Bible Study; Coffee with Mayor on 1st Wednesday; Dance class – 2nd & 4th Wednesday; Blood Pressure check by Comfort Care on 3rd Wednesday Fridays – Games and Dixie Southern Troubadours Gospel Band (1st & 4th Friday)

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

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.

Special Events in September: 6th – 9:00 – Outing to Harrison Regional Library Big Read finale; 12th – 10 am – Computer Class taught by HR Library; 14th – 9 am – Outing to Alabama Symphony Coffee Concert at Alys Stephens Center; 7pm- September Night Dance; 18th – 9 am - Men’s Coffee Social; 26th – 9 am – Trip to Birmingham Museum of Art and lunch

AARP Driving Course 9:00 am – 1:00 pm for two days on September 19th & 20th – Registration required.

Special Events in September: 5th – 10 am – Bible Study & Coffee with Mayor; 6th – Big Read Block Party at Harrison Regional Library; 7th – Dixie Troubadours; 10th – Presentation by Shelby Ridge; 11th – Work on booth for County Fair; 12th – Day trip to Toomer’s Corner to see trees; 14th – Coffee Concert at Alabama Symphony; 19th – Bible Study and Harrison Library Presentation; 21st – Bag Bingo; 27th – 10 am – Football Tail Gate Party; 28th – Dixie Troubadours

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

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

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

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

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

Special Events in September starting at 10:30: 6th – Outing to Harrison Regional Library for Big Read Block Party; Bingo; 13th – Presentation by Becky from Harrison Regional Library; 20th – Bingo; 23rd – Bingo; 27th – Guest Dolores Hydock “Two Suitcases and an Accordion”; 28th – 1:15pm Bookworms

Howdy Pardner! Join us for a Western Dance on September 21st from 7-9 pm $4/person

Special Events in September: 4th – 10 am – “How to Save Energy at Home” – Pearlie Caldwell; 6th – Harrison Regional Library Big Read Finale; 10th – 10 am – Safety in the Home by local Fire/Police Departments; 14th – 9 am – Outing to Alabama Symphony Coffee Concert; 20th – Bingo w/prizes

Special Events in September : 14th – UAB presentation “Incontinence 101”; 28th – Harrison Regional Library Book Mobile and Library Programs presentation

Westover Senior Center 678-3385 X703; Meet Wednesdays at 10:00 am for

games/activities/covered dish lunch

Around the County in September

University of Montevallo Japanese Ceramics Exhibit

Morgan Creek Winery Grape Stomp

The Tri-County Wild Game Cooking Championship and Hunting and Fishing Expo

Shelby County, Alabama – Community Services 205-670-6557 phone published 08/31/2012 sthomason@shelbyal.com; www.shelbyal.com www.shelbycountytourism.org

Bloch Hall and Ceramics Studio - 3D Complex – UM Campus in Montevallo

Date: 8/6/2012 – 9/14/12 Contact: Marsha Littleton Phone: 205-665-6230

Date: 9/15/2012 $10.00 Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Contact: Morgan Creek Vineyards Phone: 205-672-2053

Date: 9/29/2012 Time: 10-6 Contact: Mary Lou Williams Phone: 205-665-1519

Special Events in September: 5th – Penny Auction with New Beacon Hospice; 12th – Games; 19th – Blood Pressure Checks with Ashley from Shelby Ridge; 26th – Bingo

Join us for Music in the Park in October….call Annette for more details.

63rd Shelby County Fair Address

Shelby County Exhibition Center Columbiana, Alabama

Date: 9/17/2012 – 9/22/2012 Time: Mon-Fri 5:30 p.m.; Sat. 3 p.m. Contact: Michael Letlow Phone: 205-669-4953