Placitas Community Center October Activities Calendar

Note: The Placitas Community Center is closed for repairs. Meanwhile, the Center will transport seniors to the Bernalillo Senior Center for meals and activities.

You may call the Center to find out when the Center will reopen at 867-1396.

Sandoval County Senior and Community Centers September Luncheon

October 1: Cheeseburger, garnish, potato salad, coleslaw, peanut butter cookies

October 2: Sweet and sour pork, Asian vegetables, rice, egg rolls, fresh apples

October 3: Tuna casserole, peas and carrots, salad with dressing, banana pudding

October 4: Chicken cutlet, baked sweet potato, salad, green beans, mixed fruit

October 5: Pork riblets, salad with dressing, spinach, strawberry shortcake

October 8: The center will be closed in observance of Columbus Day.

October 9: Sloppy Joe, potato wedges, mixed vegetables, cottage cheese, pineapple tidbits

October 10: Breaded fish sticks, tartar sauce, macaroni and cheese, lima beans, fruit salad

October 11: Pork chops, broccoli and cheese, mixed vegetables, mashed potatoes, sweet rice

October 12: Glazed ham, sweet potatoes, carrots, apricot halves

October 15: Hamburger, macaroni, green beans, salad with dressing, sliced apples

October 16: Chicken fajitas, tortilla, chili beans and cheese, Jell-O with topping, plums

October 17: Spaghetti and sauce, salad with dressing, peas, garlic bread, white cake

October 18: Chicken pot pie, Normandy vegetables, beets, salad with dressing, peaches/strawberry mix

October 19: Burritos, Spanish rice, corn, salad with dressing, cherry crisp

October 22: Country-fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, California blend vegetables, biscuit, vanilla pudding

October 23: Chicken and rice, salad, peas and carrots, oatmeal cookie

October 24: Cheese enchiladas, Spanish rice, pinto beans, salad with dressing, fruit cocktail

October 25: Pork stir fry, stir fry vegetables, salad with dressing, apple cobbler

October 26: Salisbury steak, parsley potatoes, sugar peas, andarin oranges

October 29: Taco soup, salad with dressing, tortilla, Jell-O, pumpkin spice cookies

October 30: Baked fish, parsley potatoes, coleslaw, apricot halves

October 31: Chicken legs, mashed potatoes, broccoli and cheese, banana pudding

Placitas Community Center closed temporarily

The Placitas Community Center (PCC) has been forced to close temporarily because of water well problems. PCC director Janice Mortenson said that drilling a new well will begin in the first week of October and will hopefully be finished shortly thereafter. The PCC is also installing new flooring. The new addition has been delayed by contractor problems, but has started again, and should be finished by November.

Meanwhile, the PCC will transport seniors to the Bernalillo Senior Center for meals and activities. For further information, call the Center at 867-1396.

Placitas Community Center offers T’ai Chih

T’ai Chi Chih (meaning joy through movement) is a series of nineteen movements and one pose that together make up a moving meditation that balances the vital energy within us, which the Chinese call chi. It improves balance and flexibility, and most people who practice T’ai Chi Chih regularly report that they feel both calmer and more energized.

The Placitas Community Center will be offering beginning and intermediate T’ai Chi Chih classes this fall, for a fee of $40 for each eight-week session.

Beginning classes will be held Thursdays from October 18 through December 13 (no class Thanksgiving week) from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. In these classes, students will learn ten to twelve movements and can begin practicing a modified version of the form after the second or third class. The first day of the beginning class on October 18 is a demonstration and introduction to the form. Anyone interested in T’ai Chi Chih is welcome.

Intermediate classes will be held on Tuesdays from October 16 through December 11 (no class Thanksgiving week) from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. In these classes, students will learn the advanced movements not taught in the beginning series and can refine their practice.

Contact Janice Mortensen at 867-1396 for directions to the Center, or Adrienne Phillips, certified T’ai Chi Chih instructor, at 328-7431 for information about T’ai Chi Chih.