Around Town: Flying the SR-71

Pilot Brian Shul will speak at a seminar on "Flying The SR-71" at Castle Air Museum at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday in the banquet room.

MERCED

Tatiana to perform

St. Patrick's Catholic Church will present Tatiana at 7 p.m. Saturday at the church, 671 E. Yosemite Ave.

Tatiana is an international singing star and will be accompanied by Deny Bouchard. Admission is free, donations accepted and all are welcome.

For more information, call (209) 383-3924.

TURLOCK

NAMI classes

NAMI family to family education classes will be offered in Turlock at 6 p.m. Tuesdays starting next week and will run for 12 weeks.

For more information, call (209) 558-4555 or (209) 404-6015.

MERCED

Annual luncheon

United Way has a new address: 658 W. Main St. and we will host an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday.

The United Way will host its 10th annual lunch in the park Sept. 17 at Courthouse Park at 21st and N streets in Merced from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

For more information, call (209) 383-4242.

MARIPOSA

Mexican dance

Marimba Lucero and Ballet Folklorico Alta California will heat up the atmosphere with traditional Mexican folk dance and marimba music on Sept. 25 at the Mariposa County Park Amphitheatre.

Admission is free; bring a blanket or chair for seating.

For more information, call (209) 966-3155 or e-mail info@arts-mariposa.org.

LA GRANGE

Cowboy poetry dinner

The Odd Fellows will host a Cowboy poetry show and dinner on Oct. 23 at the Odd Fellows Hall on Main Street.

Also an enchilada feed in November.

For more information, call (209) 853-2128 or e-mail renwah@sonnet.com.

MERCED

Stitches from Heart

Stitches from the Heart is a nationwide group of senior volunteers who knit, crochet and quilt little sweaters and hats for premature babies and they are donated to hospitals all over the country.

We are in need of volunteers to knit, crochet and quilt and we also appreciate any donations of yarn.

For more information, call (877) 985-9212, go to stitchfromheart@aol.com, stitchesfromtheheart.org or write us at 4572 Telephone Road, #909, Ventura, CA 93003.

PLANADA

Food giveaway

The Planada Community Church, 9182 E. Stanford Ave., needs volunteers for the Nineveh Outreach Food Giveaway at 10 a.m. Saturday.

For more information, call (209) 382-0765,

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