Around Town (04/09/16)
LB Street Faire
Los Banos Chamber of Commerce’s annual Downtown Spring Street Faire begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, along Sixth Street in Los Banos. More than 80 vendors will sell crafts, antiques, jewelry, food and face painting, to name a few offerings. For more information, call the chamber at 209-826-2495.
Second Saturdays
Performers with Hip Hop and More are part of the Merced County Office of Education and Merced Multicultural Arts Center’s latest Second Saturday offering at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the center’s Black Box Theatre, 645 W. Main St. The group is part of Merced’s Building Young Leaders Performing Arts program. Cost is $3 for children; adults attend for free. For more information, call 209-388-1090.
Odd Fellows breakfast
The Odd Fellows of LaFayette Historical Lodge No. 65 plans a breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday at the IOOF Hall, 30018 Yosemite Boulevard, La Grange. The menu of biscuits and gravy, sausage, ham and cheese omelets, and French toast is $6. Cost is $6; kids 7 to 12 pay $3, and 6 and younger eat for free. For more information, call Chris at 209-853-2128 or renwah@sonnet.com.
Free shredding
Central Valley Community Bank will be holding its 10th annual free document shredding event from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the 3337 G St. location. Anyone is invited to shred confidential files safely and securely. For more information, call 209-725-2820.
Republican Women
Merced County Republican Women Federated will meet 11:30 a.m. April 18 at the Branding Iron Restaurant, 640 W. 16th St. Cost of the luncheon is $19. Reservations are required by Thursday by calling 209-723-8584 or 209-812-4398, or by emailing mtzw@aol.com.
Adult volleyball
The city of Merced Parks and Recreation and DuPont Volleyball Academy are taking team registrations for an adult volleyball league beginning in May. Cost is $450 per team and the registration deadline is Friday. All games will be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Space is limited. Register in the Recreation office, 678 W. 18th St. For more information, call 209-385-6978 or 209-658-6144.
Enchilada sale
Club Mercedes’ annual enchilada sale will be from 2 to 5 p.m. April 16 at the hall, 569 W. Ninth St. Ground beef enchiladas in corn or flour tortillas are $15 per dozen. Advance purchases are preferred. Beans or rice are $5 per container. Proceeds benefit the club’s youth baseball sponsorship and college endowment fund. For more information, call 209-383-9906 after 3:30 p.m.
Tea party meeting
David Rogers, a candidate for the 16th Congressional District, will give his views and discuss current events at a meeting of the Merced Tea Party Patriots, which meets every third Thursday. This month’s gathering is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 21 at the Atwater VFW Memorial Hall, 1390 Broadway, Atwater.
Lap swim
Merced College Community Services offers lap swim from 5:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from May 2-27 and June 1-29. The cost is $40 per person. For more information, call 209-384-6224 or register at www.mercedcommunityservices.com.
ServSafe Workshop
Merced College Community Services is offering a ServSafe Workshop, a safety class for food service workers, from 8 a.m. to noon on Thursdays, May 12-19. The cost is $179 per participant. For more information, call 209-384-6224 or register at www.mercedcommunityservices.com.
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This story was originally published April 8, 2016 at 2:33 PM with the headline "Around Town (04/09/16)."