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Senior Center

Hours of operation: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday at 813 Arizona St., 702-293-3320. Visit the center’s website at www.seniorcenterbouldercity.org.

Free computers/Internet to members: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Morning coffee, snacks, newspapers: 8-10 a.m.

Library/gift shop: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Lunch hour: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Suggested donation $2 (60 and older), $5 fee (59 or younger). Meals-on-Wheels are delivered Monday through Friday to the homebound.*

This week’s lunch menu:

▶ Today: Beef stew, tuna salad sandwich, pudding

▶ Friday: Baked chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, green bean casserole, cake

▶ Monday: Chili dog, tater tots, salad bar, fruit

▶ Tuesday: Spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans, Caesar salad, frozen yogurt

▶ Wednesday: Tuna salad over bed of lettuce, sliced tomato, cantaloupe, banana pudding

This week’s activities:

▶ Today

8 a.m. — Woodcarvers

9 a.m. — Toenail clinic

10:30 a.m. — Medicare questions with John Chase

1 p.m. — Scrabble/pinochle/Texas hold ’em

1 p.m. — Chatty Hatters

6 p.m. — Art class

▶ Friday

9 a.m. — Blood pressure testing

1 p.m. — Bingo/pinochle/duplicate bridge

▶ Monday

11:30 a.m. — Mahjong

1 p.m. — Party bridge/Scrabble/bingo

1 p.m. — Woodcarving

1 p.m. — Asian mahjong

▶ Tuesday

9 a.m. — Coin collecting

1 p.m. — Texas hold ’em/pinochle/RummiKub

1 p.m. — Karaoke

▶ Wednesday

9 a.m. — Computer class

9 a.m. — Line dancing

12:30 p.m. — Community Club board meeting

1 p.m. — Bingo

1 p.m. — Open music jam

6 p.m. — Pinochle

* Call for appointment or information, 702-293-3320

Money Madness

The Senior Center of Boulder City is celebrating May with Mystery Money May Madness.

Staff members will be awarding $200, which they donated, to those who eat lunch at the center.

Sometime during the month, four senior citizens 60 or older will be chosen at random and given $50. Winners must be signed in tobe eligible for the prize.

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