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Featured Class

Brain Fitness
Date: January 24, 2018
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Length: 8 Weeks
Cost: No Fee members
      No Fee non-members
Instructor: Member Based Instruction
Location: Sun Room
Description: Quite sure we could all use a little better Brain Fitness. Your brain may not be a muscle but you need to keep it active to keep it healthy. Some of our members take advantage of our university classes, but learning is only a part of exercising your brain. To help you out we offer this Brain Fitness class. The class promotes brain health through fitness, nutrition, cognitive exercises and activities to boost memory skills and stimulate the brain. Adults are living longer and longer, and we need to promote mental as well as physical health. The group does crosswords, puzzles, trivia, and encourages active discussion. Everything is designed to get those synapses firing. The class is taught by various students, who take turns coming up with lesson plans. That in itself is a brain fitness activity! If you want to sharpen your skills and learn new things this group is for you . The group meets on Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. in the game room and is always full, so make a mental note to show up at registration to ensure your spot. If you forget to register, you really need to get fit!

Featured Activity

Knitting
Time: Fridays 10am - 12pm
Cost: Free members
      Free non-members
Location: Parlor
Description: Knitting has been has been around (depending on who you ask) for between 2000 to 600 years. The oldest real knitting (formed on two sticks by pulling loops through loops) object that have been discovered are the \'Coptic socks\' from Egypt, dating to around the year 1000 AD. The term 'to knit,' according to the Oxford Unabridged English Dictionary, wasn't added to the English language until the 1400s. Our knitting group is headed by Keiko Holcombe. When Keiko joined the center ten years ago, she almost immediately began teaching others to knit. She has been knitting since she was six years old, and has been teaching here in the states for over 39 years. That's not counting the years she taught in Japan. The students all work on individual projects, ranging from items as small as booties to items as large as afghans. Keiko helps each student on their projects and teaches skills to class when they are having a problem. The class is small, with about 12-15 students, so 1 on 1 time is guaranteed. If this art form sounds like something you might be interested in, the group meets on Fridays from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1st Annual HSC Wii Bowling Tournament
By: Mike Sylva
Get ready to get bowled over as the Highland Senior Center prepares to host its very first Wii Bowling Tournament. Bowlers from all over the county are being invited to descend upon the HSC Lanes for two weeks of single game elimination bowling.

Sign ups take place on Sept. 11th between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm. All you seniors are invited to sign up for this 4 person team tournament. The actual bowling gets underway on Wednesday, Sept. 18th at 9:00 am with the championships being held on Wednesday, Sept. 25th.

Instead of wooden lanes and pins, bowlers will hit the virtual lanes using Nintendo’s Wii game system, currently one of the hottest video games systems in the country. Prizes will be awarded to the first and second place teams, as well as the top bowler. Tournament shirts will be provide to everyone who bowls. All this fun and a shirt for only $5! For more information you can call us at (909)862-8104 and ask for Mike.