Around Town (6/4/2015)

Farmers Insurance Group luncheon

Women who have worked at the Farmers Insurance Group regional office are invited to lunch at 11 a.m. today at DiCicco’s Italian restaurant, 3360 Highway 59, Merced. The lunch is $15. For information or to make a reservation, call (209) 723-4317.

Gay charity pageant

The 3M Quad-County Pageant, a show featuring men, women and drag queens from Merced, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Calaveras counties, begins with a dinner at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Merced Women’s Club House, 707 W. 22nd St. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. For more information on entering the contest or to buy tickets, call Rick Regur at (209) 631-0078 or Dixie Paul at (209) 756-5598.

Garage sale in Atwater

The St. Mary Magdalene Orthodox Church’s garage sale is set for Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at 3181 Cabernet Court, Atwater. For more information, call (209) 357-3916.

Iraqi survivor

The Merced County Republican Women will host a survivor from Saddam Hussein’s regime as speaker at 11:30 a.m. June 15 at the Branding Iron. The meeting begins at 11:30 a.m. with lunch served at noon. Lydia Kano, born in Baghdad, says she is one of four children who survived Saddam’s regime. With the help of her parents, she came to the U.S. in 1979 and is now an American citizen with a college degree. She will talk about the Islamic State and the genocide of Assyrian Christians. To make reservations, call (209) 812-4398 or (209) 761-0550 by June 10. For more information, call Veronika at (209) 349-3971.

Merced College Retired Women

The Merced College Retired Women will hold its monthly luncheon at La Hacienda 2, 3355 G St. in Merced, on June 11 at 11:30 a.m. No reservations are required for the no-host luncheon. The group meets on the second Thursday of each month at La Hacienda 2. For more information, call (209) 358-5376.

This story was originally published June 3, 2015 at 3:04 PM with the headline "Around Town (6/4/2015)."