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Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010
Around Town: Pebble Beach trip
Merced College's Community Services Office is hosting a bus trip to the 72-hole PGA Tour Championship Golf Tournament.
The bus will leave at 6 a.m. Thursday and return at 9 p.m. There will be a stop at Cannery Row in Monterey after the tournament.
Cost is $90 per person and includes transportation, admission and refreshments.
For more information, call (209) 384-6224, (209) 386-6737 or go to mcce.edu/community.
MERCED
Valentine raffle
St. Luke's Church and School will have a Valentine's day raffle with dinner for two at the Charles Street Dinner House and a one-night stay at the Poppy Hills Bed and Breakfast in Mariposa.
The drawing will be at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Luke's. They will also have the Scholastic Book Fair at the school in Norvell Hall.
For more information, call (209) 723-3907 or (209) 383-1888.
MERCED
Singing Valentines
The Golden Valley Men's Barbershop Chorus is having its annual Singing Valentines program Friday and Saturday.
They will deliver a silk rose, Valentine card, a romantic song and a Polaroid photo of the recipient with the quartet. Cost is $40.
For more information, call (209) 383-3808.
MERCED
Indian cuisine
The Sierra Saving Grace Homeless Project will sponsor a fundraising dinner at Sierra Presbyterian Church 3603 M St. from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
Suggested donation is $10 and will include the second annual Valentine repast with Indian cuisine for either take-out or eat-in.
Homeless or unemployed individuals may eat free.
For more information, call (209) 769-7310 or (209) 723-1872.
LOS BANOS
Sweetheart sock hop
The Los Banos High School Winter Band will present a Sweetheart Sock Hop from 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday at the DES Hall of Los Banos, 1155 I St.
Tickets are $10 each and there will be a live '50s band, Hula Hoop contest and twist contest.
For more information, call (209) 829-2965, (209) 509-8390 or e-mail zfamily2122000@aol.com or fastgirl4u@comcast.net.
MERCED
Blood drives There will be blood drives at the following locations:
World Color Merced (formerly Quebecor) from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 16. Participants will receive a free T-shirt and movie pass.
Atwater Federal Penitentiary from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in the visiting room.
Yosemite High School in Merced from 8:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Feb. 19 in the gym.
Yosemite Church in Merced from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 21.
All participants will receive a free T-shirt.
For more information, call Jaime Suarez, (209) 564-0217 or e-mail jaime.suarez@bloodsource.org
MERCED
Customer service
The Greater Merced Chamber of Commerce with Merced College Customer Service Academy will offer a two-day workshop on customer service from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 18 and 24 at the Merced College Business Resource Center at 630 W. 19th St.
The class is $13 and earns a half-unit of college credit.
For more information, call (209) 386-6735.
If you would like to have your event announced in the Around Town column, e-mail your information to Connie Hodges at least one week prior to the event, at chodges@mercedsunstar.com. Items run according to space available.
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