New offerings at Westside Community Center... and pickleball stays popular
Pickleball is a year-round sport at the Westside
Community Center, played indoors in the winter and (as seen from this photo in
June 2014) outdoors in the summer.
Westside Pioneer file photo
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In addition, due to popular demand, the pickleball sessions have been doubled since the center started offering the sport in February 2014, from two to four times a week.
New classes - Beginning hula hoop, hip-hop dance, various art classes and kids dance (ages 3-9). Fees may apply.
Library event - Miss Abbie the Clown, a local performer for children, Friday, March 25 from 1 to 2 p.m. Free.
Tax help - Provided by AARP volunteers Mondays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the center's east cottage, 1616 W. Bijou St. Through April 14. Free.
Pickleball - The four times are now Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon; Wednesdays from 1 to 3 p.m.; Thursdays from 10 to noon; and Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free. The sport is a slowed-down hybrid of badminton, ping-pong and tennis.
“We've had a lot of beginners,” said Helen Eppinger, an administrative assistant at the center. “Some people come to more than one pickleball session. It's picking up.”
For information on any class/activity/event, call the center at 385-7920 x100, or go to ourwestside.org.
The facility is also open for drop-ins, typically Monday-Friday (following the same schedule as local schools).
Westside Pioneer/press release
(Posted 3/1/16;
Community:
(Westside
Community Center)
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