A chilly rain Oct. 19 forced members of the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town to move indoors to officially open their new Wellness Center. The facility is a 7,800 square foot building funded from a HUD Indian Community Development Block Grant, Bureau of Indian Affairs and tribal funds totaling $1,295,000. The Wellness Center will offer health and wellness classes and provide a full size basketball court, fitness area/gym equipped with equipment such as stair steppers, stationary bikes, treadmills and arc trainers. Wellness classes will focus on nutrition, diabetes, pre-diabetes, hypertension, obesity, tobacco use, smoking cessation classes, drug abuse prevention, healthy living and stress management. It is located just off US 62 and the Clearview Road junction.