Around Town (02/25/16)
UC Merced lunch in Fresno
The “Educating Engineers for the Valley and 21st Century” lunch, presentation and community conversation led by UC Merced School of Engineering Dean Mark Matsumoto will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the UC Merced Fresno Center, 550 E. Shaw Ave., Fresno. For more information, call center director Brandy Ramos Nikaido at 559-241-7512 or email bnikaido@ucmerced.edu.
STEM promotional
Third-graders will get a visit from UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland and UC Merced engineering students from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at Margaret Sheehy Elementary, 1240 W. Sixth St. For more information, call the school at 209-385-6676.
Grief group
Hinds Hospice Center for Grief and Healing plans grief support groups that begin Monday. Adult grief groups will meet from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Hinds Hospice office, 410 W. Main St., Suite H. For more information, call David Silveira at 209-383-3123 or email dsilveira@hindshospice.org.
Book signing at museum
Author Herb Wood, who wrote “Ghost Towns of Merced County,” will be signing his newly released memoir, “Off the Beaten Path: A Collection of Personal Stories,” at 4:30 p.m. March 5 at the Merced County Courthouse Museum, N and 21st streets. The book recounts more than 120 stories. For more information, call the museum office at 209-723-2401.
Bunco and lunch
The Livingston-Delhi Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary plans a lunch and Bunco Bash at 11 a.m. March 12 at Livingston Veterans Memorial Hall, 1605 Seventh St., Livingston. The event is open to everyone and tickets are $20, which includes lunch. For more information, call Sue Wells at 209-852-9068 or Jan Purganan at 209-394-2468. All proceeds will benefit VFW programs.
Look Good Feel Better
Look Good Feel Better is a free two-hour workshop for women cancer patients experiencing appearance-related side effects from their treatment to be held held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. the second Monday of every month at Mercy UC Davis Cancer Center, 3850 G St. The next one is March 14. The center offers a number of other programs for cancer survivors. For more information, call 209-564-3600.
‘Heart for Art’
The California Retired Teachers group plans “Heart for Art” at 10:30 a.m. March 17 at the Multicultural Arts Center, 645 W. Main St. The presenters will offer lessons on collage and watercolors. Box lunches are $20 and must be reserved by March. Do so by calling Shirley Vaughn-Hulbert at 209-722-4782.
Old Timers
The Merced County Old Timer Association is looking for individuals to honor at its 74th annual Old Timers Luncheon. Family members, friends or the qualifying individual may submit applications. Applications are due March 25. For more information or to receive an application, call President Kim McAuley at 209-761-5148 or Secretary Carolyn Chandler at 209-384-0626.
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This story was originally published February 24, 2016 at 4:03 PM with the headline "Around Town (02/25/16)."