Around Town (06/10/16)

Pancake breakfast

Merced Elks Park plans a pancake breakfast from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the park, 3600 Wardrobe Ave. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, fruit, coffee and orange juice. Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under. Proceeds go to Merced Elks Park and its charities. For more information, call Clint at 209-761-6801.

Look Good Feel Better

Look Good Feel Better is a free two-hour workshop for female cancer patients experiencing appearance-related side effects from their treatment, held the second Monday of every month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mercy UC Davis Cancer Center, 3850 G St. in Merced. The next one is Monday. For more information, call 209-564-3600.

Army’s birthday

Local veterans will celebrate the 241st birthday of the U.S. Army at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the American Legion Post 83 lounge, 939 W. Main St. in Merced. The guest speaker is retired Lt. Col. Eugene “Bud” Gantney. All military branches and civilians are welcome. For more information, call Joe Vasquez, 209-658- 0652, or Post 83, 209-722-0940.

Habitat volunteers

Habitat for Humanity of Merced County is looking for volunteers to build homes. Building skills and construction experience would be helpful. Plan to attend an orientation meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the St. Paul Lutheran Church library, 2916 N. McKee Road. For more information, call 209-726-0850.

Exhibit opening

The Merced County Courthouse Museum will open its “Let’s Google That Old Road” exhibit at 5 p.m. Thursday. At the exhibit opening, Merced County ghost town historian Herb Wood will give a PowerPoint presentation, “Old Roads and Forgotten Trails,” at 6 p.m. The museum is at 21st and N streets, and the event is free. For more information, call 209-723-2401.

Bobcat writers

The UC Merced Writing Project is hosting its seventh annual Bobcat Young Writers Academy from June 20 through June 30. The academy is for students entering first through eighth grades in the fall and will be held Monday through Thursday from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the UC Merced campus. Registration is $215 for first child, $190 for each additional child in a family. During the two weeks, students will write daily while sharing, discussing, revising and editing their writing with other young writers – all under the guidance of UC Merced Writing Project teacher consultants.

Run in Atwater

The Run for Independence is 7:30 a.m. July 4 at Ralston Park in Atwater. Race distances are 2 or 5 miles. Walkers are welcome in the 2-mile race. Preregistration is $25 for adults; $20 for 18 years and younger. Race-day registration starts at 6 a.m. Cost for all on race day is $30. For more information, call 209-617-4042 or 209-658-1156.

Zoo camp

Applegate Park Zoo will be having two zoo camp sessions this summer at the Rossotti Center. The first for ages 6 to 9 is July 11-15; the other for ages 10 to 12 is July 18-22. Each session is from 9 a.m. to noon and will be limited to 25 children. Registration forms are in the zoo gift shop, 1045 W. 25th St., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Registration forms must be returned by July 1. Cost is $40 per child, and $35 for each additional child in the same family. For more information, call 209-725-3337.

This story was originally published June 9, 2016 at 5:09 PM with the headline "Around Town (06/10/16)."