Around Town (08/19/16)
Sunday Dance
Live music from We Three and dancing is planned 2-5 p.m. Aug. 28 at the Merced Senior Community Center, 755 W. 15th St. Salsa lessons from Pat Eodice begin at 1:15 p.m. Cost is $8. Door prizes and refreshments available. For more, call 209-723-0939 or 209-623-8734.
NAMI classes
Merced County’s affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness offers free Family-to-Family Education weekly classes beginning Sept. 1 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Merced County’s Mental Health Department building, 480 E. 13th St. It’s a 12-week course. Classes are pending sufficient enrollment. For more or to enroll, call 209-381-6844 or email namimerced@aol.com.
Junior Leadership
The Greater Merced Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for Junior Leadership Merced, a program open to high school juniors and seniors. The program provides leadership skills, local business tours, local government official meetings and information on the community. Applications are available at www.merced-chamber.com under “Programs” or at https://scholarship1.typeform.com/to/XIzSml. For more, call 209-384-7092. Deadline is Sept. 9.
Golf for All Ages
Merced College Community Services is offering a “Golf for All Ages” class from Sept. 10 to Oct. 1 at 9-11 a.m. Saturdays. The cost is $55, plus a $20 material fee. For more, call 209-384-6224 or email communitysvc@mccd.edu.
Western BBQ
The Merced County Historical Society will host its 26th annual Bill Kirby’s Western BBQ and Auction, an old-time barbecue in memory of Bill Kirby, at 5 p.m. Sept. 13 at Lake Yosemite. Organizers ask diners to buy tickets ahead of time. There will be live and silent auctions. Tickets cost $50 and are on sale in the Courthouse Museum Gift Shop, at N and 21st streets in Merced. Live music will be performed by the Evening Edition Jazz Combo. For more, call the museum at 209-723-2401. Proceeds benefit museum programs and the Bill and Tom Kirby Agricultural Scholarship at Merced College.
Sierra Art Trails
The Sierra Art Trails open studio tour will be Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 throughout more than a dozen Yosemite-area communities of eastern Madera and Mariposa counties. The cost for the self-guided tour is $18 for two adults. For more, visit www.SierraArtTrails.org, call 559-658-8844 or email info@sierraartrails.org.
Fish stocked
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife stocked about 10,000 pounds of fish in Lake McSwain and in the Merced River just downstream from Lake McSwain in Merced County last week. The catchable-sized rainbow trout came from the Mojave Fish Hatchery in Victorville. A state fishing license is required for everyone 16 or older and each angler is allowed to catch five of these fish per day. For more, go to www.wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Hatcheries or https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FishPlants.
Refs needed
The city of Livingston will begin its annual Youth Soccer season and is looking for referees. Refs must be 15 or older, have knowledge of soccer’s rules and have played at least two years. Those interested can pick up an application at City Hall, 1416 C St., Livingston, or go to www.livingstoncity.com. The Recreation Department will provide training. For more, call the Livingston Recreation Department at 209-394-8830.
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This story was originally published August 18, 2016 at 4:06 PM with the headline "Around Town (08/19/16)."