March 01, 2006

Happenings @ Town Center
Spring Break camp registration due March 3

Desiree Webber, Steve Hewitt and Gloria Shotwell

A trip to see “The Odd Couple” on Friday, March 31, has been planned by the Mustang Senior Center. Attendees will leave the Center at 5:00 p.m. to eat dinner at one of the restaurants in Yukon and then travel to The Stage Door to see the play. Tickets for the play are $5.00 per person. There will be a $2.00 charge for gas and dinner is Dutch treat. For more information regarding Senior Center programs and services, please call 376-1297.

It is income tax season again and the Mustang Senior Center has made arrangements for free and discounted income tax assistance for seniors. Bruce Stevens, with Stevens & Christopher, Inc., will provide free filing assistance for senior citizens, age 65 years and older, who require only simple income tax forms. Participants will need to bring last year’s income tax forms, any 1099s or W-2s with them. Please call Bruce Stevens at his office at 376-5456 to schedule an appointment. You will need to mention the Mustang Senior Center in order to receive free tax filing assistance. Bruce Stevens will give a discount to seniors needing to file more complicated tax forms, if they mention the Mustang Senior Center. Tax forms are available at the Mustang Public Library.

The Mustang Senior Center Birthday and Anniversary Party will be this Saturday, March 4, at 5:00 p.m. A covered dish dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. and musical entertainment begins at 7:00 p.m.

Kids in grades first through fifth will have tons of fun at our Annual Spring Break Camp. Children will play games, make crafts, have contests and even participate in a fishing derby. The cost is $75.00 for the entire week. Spring Break Camp runs March 13th through the 17th from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Parents must register their children by Friday, March 3rd.

Aerobic classes are in full swing. Yoga kickboxing is just one of the classes available at the Recreation Center. A complete schedule may be viewed at www.cityofmustang.org.

Summer Camp registration for new campers will begin February 27th. Register early, as space is limited for this terrific camp. Each week is full of activities, field trips and swimming. Call Dee Cope at 376-3411 for information or to receive an enrollment form.

Dr. Mary Ann Bauman has published a new book entitled Fight Fatigue: 6 Simple Steps to Maximize Your Energy. Unlike most books that tell you to eat better, sleep more and take your vitamins, this book has a different slant. For years, Dr. Bauman has kept abreast of studies on the mind-body connection. She believes, for example, that there is a connection between a person’s self-esteem and energy, that often individuals waste time and energy in order to be a people pleaser. In addition Bauman make connections between a positive outlook and our immune systems. In the book Fight Fatigue, Bauman explains how individuals can improve their energy by following six steps to change their behaviors. Fight Fatigue is in the library’s New Books collection.

The Mustang Public Library is hosting a week of fun events during Spring Break, March 13 through 17th. Preschoolers will enjoy St. Patrick Day Story Times on Monday, March 13 at 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. or Tuesday, March 14, at 7:00 p.m. Wiley “Coyote” Smith will present “Recollections of the Wild West” on Tuesday evening, March 14, at 7:00 p.m. School-age children, parents and grandparents will travel the Chisholm Trail with Coyote Smith through entertaining stories. Tweens and teens are invited to register for the decoupage craft programs. Tweens, ages 9 through 13, will make decoupage trinket boxes on March 16 at 11:00 a.m. and teens, ages 13 to 18, will make a decoupage picture on canvas. The decoupage classes are free but pre-registration is required. There will be a come and go craft program for children on Friday, March 17, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Children can make kites, rainbow streamers, and shamrock necklaces. St. Paddy Day refreshments will be served.

The next “Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma”—Vietnam book discussion program will be Tuesday, March 7, at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Stanley Adamiak, from the University of Central Oklahoma, will present on the book America’s Longest War. This historical account tells how the United States became involved with Vietnam soon after World War II ended. Copies of America’s Longest War are now available for check out. The Vietnam book discussion series is made possible through a grant from the Oklahoma Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

There will be a surplus equipment auction at the library on Saturday, March 4, at 10:30 a.m. Used computers, cash register, fax machine, computer speakers, desk jet printer are in the auction. A buyer must purchase the entire lot. Interested parties may stop by the library and view the items. For more information about the auction or library services and programs, please call 376-2226.

To view the Community Calendar for a listing of programs and events, check the website at www.cityofmustang.org or tune into channel 20.

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