SENIOR SCAPE

April 16, 2015 · 0 Comments

By Charles Sequeira

Black Tie Gala
The Aurora Seniors’ Centre will host a special event on Friday May 1: our Black Tie Gala. This is an event to enjoy an elegant evening of dinner and dancing until 10.30 p.m. There will be a catered buffet dinner.
A cash bar will be available as well as prizes to be won. Doors open at 5.30 p.m. with dinner at 6.30. Non-members and singles are encouraged and welcome. Tickets are $25 and $30 for non- members.
These tickets will be available for sale at the Aurora Seniors’ Centre reception desk until April 24. Get your ticket early as this promises to be a great event. This event is sponsored in part by the Richmond Hill Retirement Residence.

TUESDAY NIGHT MOVIES…
…continue April 21, when we screen Being Julia with Annette Bening and Jeremy Irons (104 min) Set in 1930s London, the film involves stage actors and their experiences with love and revenge. Movies start at 6.30 p.m. sharp! $1.50 for Members and $2.00 for Non-Members. Includes the movie, refreshments and popcorn! All Tuesday movies are limited to 60 people, so come early to ensure your seat – and only your seat!

Woodshop
If you have an interest in working with wood you should come and see our Seniors Woodshop. It is a very well equipped shop, manned by qualified instructors and it can be yours for building, repairing, wood carving and producing sawdust for the sheer joy of it.
The shop is equipped with a table saw, band saw, router table, drum sander, belt sander, drill press, thickness planer, compound miter saw, three lathes as well as a selection of hand tools for “old school” carpentry. We even have the capability to drill square holes.
All members of the Aurora Seniors Association are welcome to use the shop. It is open and supervised Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, and from 1 – 4 p.m.
Special training classes will be held as needed.
Ron Coe is our woodshop Co-ordinator and along with his team and competed several projects for our centre and other community projects. Our woodshop has been busy over the past few years making pens from raw materials purchased at a local hardware store.
Some of these pens have been given out as gifts, the most recent recipient being Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, who received hers from MPP Chris Ballard.

For more information on the Aurora Seniors’ Centre and all it has to offer, drop by 90 John West Way, visit the web site www.auroraseniors.ca, email auroraseniors@rogers.com or call 905-726-4767 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday to Friday.