Better balance class helps seniors

Soft music was coming from the exercise room, and the calm voice of an instructor could be heard giving people directions.

Better Balance Class teacher Mary Grubb was explaining each move to the eight-person class Monday morning.

"You guys are the perfect example of people who are trying not to fall," Grubb said.

She continued to give the students instructions on how to elongate their spines in order to have better posture. Once the group warmed up through stretches, they started making ball movements and other slow movements.

During the ball movements, the participants pretend they are ho...