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Mark calendar for upcoming events from March 14 to 20

Friday

n Praise and Worship Under the Stars will occur from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at 750 Monarch Lane. Call Todd or Andrea at 931-0207 or Calvary Chapel of Nipomo at 929-2540.

n Friday Night Bingo will be held at the Central Coast Senior Center, 1580 Railroad St., Oceano. For time and other activity information, call 481-7886.

n The Single Seniors Club members meet monthly for social luncheons and dinners with an equal number of men and women. There are also subgroups of varied interests, including cards, travel and singing. For information and meeting times, call 544-4347 or 481-1793.

n A Senior Dance group for couples and singles meets weekly for dancing, exercise and socializing with a balanced gender ratio. For information and meeting times, call 489-5481 or e-mail dg17@juno.com.

n Big Brothers Big Sisters Easter Egg fundraiser will be hosted by Rent-a-Center at 1446 East Grand Ave. in the Spencer’s Market Shopping Center in Arroyo Grande through March 22. Paper eggs can be purchased for donations of $1 or more and will be displayed at the store.

For information, call 781-3226 or visit www.slobigs.org.

n An Orchid Show Preview Reception Benefit for the Alzheimer’s Association, California Central Coast Chapter will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the South County Regional Center, 800 W. Branch St., Arroyo Grande. Tickets are $40. Call 929-5749 or 481-3991.

Saturday

n Nipomo Shepherd of Hope Episcopal Fellowship meets at 6 p.m. at 1267 Black Sage Circle. Call

343-1024.

n Central Coast Messianic Fellowship meets at 2 p.m. the first Saturday of the month at Bethel Social Hall, 1935 Newport Ave., Grover Beach, and is open to everyone. For information, call 215-6636.

n A Children’s Singing Class will be conducted by Natasha Yufe on alternate Saturdays. The classes will include proper singing techniques, American folk music, patriotic and traditional songs and possibly a musical. The classes are being sponsored by the Nipomo Recreation Department. Flexible hours are available.

For information and class times, call Natasha at 931-0301.

n Sunset at San Simeon, the sixth annual fundraising party for Friends of the Elephant Seal, will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Hearst Ranch Warehouse on the bluff above San Simeon Cove. The event will have a Mardi Gras theme featuring a catered dinner, dancing, wine tasting, a silent auction and a giveaway. To make donations to the auction and giveaway, call Pat Johnson at 927-2577 or Richard Lee at 927-1981.

Tickets are $75 and must be reserved in advance. For tickets and information, call 924-1628.

n Orchid Carnival, the 13th annual Central Coast Orchid Show and Sale sponsored by the Five Cities Orchid Society, will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the South County Regional Center, 800 W. Branch St., Arroyo Grande. General admission is $5 and includes a door prize ticket. Children 12 and under are admitted free.

The American Orchid Society will judge the plants being exhibited. Vendors will offer a large variety of orchids, other plants, books and more for sale. The event will also feature demonstrations, plant doctors and show tours.

For information, call 929-5749 or 481-3991.

n The Friends of the Nipomo Library will hold a fundraiser book sale from 8 to 10 a.m. for Friends members and for all others from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Nipomo Community Library, 918 W. Tefft St. For information or to volunteer to help at the book sale, call Kathy at 929-6649 or Eva at

929-3888.

n Central Coast Singles will host two hikes today. To hike Valencia Peak, meet at 9 a.m. at the Ranger station at Spooner’s Cove. To hike Hazard Canyon beach access and dunes, meet at 9 a.m. at the Ranger Station at Spooner’s Cove.

To RSVP or for information, call 602-0051. Visit www.ccoastsingles

@yahoo.com.

n Ethnobotany of the Dunes hike will be led by Karen Osland at 11 a.m. Meet at Oso Flaco Lake and bring a jacket, snacks, water, binoculars and a camera. Parking fee is $5.

For information, call 343-2455, Ext. 203.

Sunday

n Nipomo Farmers Market will run from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 671 W. Tefft St., across from the Nipomo Post Office.

n Dana Adobe will open from noon to 4 p.m. Aaron Regez will give tours on Sundays; call for Saturday tour information. The adobe is at 671 S. Oakglen Ave. Call 929-5679.

n Citizens for Planning Responsibly (CPR) and Environmental Center of San Luis Obispo County (ECOSLO) will hold a party/fundraiser from 3 to 6 p.m. in ECOSLO Headquarters at Marsh and Nipomo streets in San Luis Obispo. The event celebrating their victory as co-plaintiffs overturning Measure J will include a live auction. Bring a potluck snack and beverage to share.

For information, call 544-8365.

n The Central Coast Cactus and Succulent Society will meet at 2 p.m. at the San Luis Obispo City/County Library, 995 Palm St. There will be a speaker, refreshments and a plant giveaway. Bring a plant for the exchange.

For information, call Joan at 773-6644.

n Wonder of the Dunes Hike led by Ken Wolf will be held at 9 a.m. along the bridge and boardwalk at Oso Flaco Lake Natural Area. Parking fee is $5. Bring a jacket, snacks and water.

For information, call 343-2455, Ext. 203 or visit www.dunescenter.org.

n A Dunes Photographer Hike with Jules Reuter will be held at 4:30 p.m. Meet at the Pacific Dunes Ranch and RV Resort in Guadalupe. Bring a jacket, snacks, water and a camera.

For information, call 343-2455, Ext. 203 or visit www.dunes

center.org.

n The San Luis Obispo Model Railroad Association (SLOMRA) will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Oceano Depot in Oceano. The free event is open to the public and will feature a model railroad yard sale.

SLOMRA will conduct an operating session on HO and N scale layouts. Club members also will be working on new N scale yard modules and scenery on Oceano Depot’s new HO layout.

For information, call Jim Keating at 458-8734 or Curtis Reinhardt at 773-4173 or visit www.slomra.org.

Monday

n Carried Away art classes and workshops will be held Mondays through Saturdays at 1200 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande. Call Tanya at 481-4364 for times and cost.

n The Community Counseling Center is offering evening Anger Management Group sessions in downtown San Luis Obispo. Cost is $10 per session. To register, call 543-7969; no drop-ins.

n Korean War Veterans Post 2521 will meet at 6 p.m. at 200 E. Battles Road in Santa Maria. Call Joe Padilla at 938-1216.

n Free document shredding for seniors will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Central Coast Senior Center, 1580 Railroad St., Oceano. The event is sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care. For information, call 773-3744.

Tuesday

n The South County Senior Women’s Pool Players meet from 10 a.m. to noon the first, third and fourth Tuesdays of the month.

No experience is necessary. Instruction is available. Two hours of play is 50 cents. Call Maureen Coffey at 481-9758.

n The Five Cities Swim Club, 425 Traffic Way, Arroyo Grande, is offering physical education classes for home-schooled children at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.

Cost is $5 each for the first two children and $2 for each additional child from the same family. Walk-ins are welcome. For information, call

481-6399.

n Free beginning drawing classes for seniors over 50 will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays through March 18 at Congregation Beth David, 10180 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo. The instructor is Larry Le Brane. Students will receive a materials list in the first session and will provide their own art supplies.

To register, call Cuesta’s Emeritus Program at 546-3121 or www.com

munityprograms.net.

n The Food Bank will distribute food to low-income residents of Nipomo from 9 to 10:15 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Hall, 300 S. Thompson. Bring proof of residency.

n The Senior Peer Counseling Program needs men and women 55-plus to be volunteer counselors to seniors 60-plus. No experience is necessary. Free 10-week training begins today.

For information and application, call 547-7025, Ext. 15.

Wednesday

n Nipomo Community Services District (NCSD) general meeting will be held at 9 a.m. at the NCSD building, 148 S. Wilson St. Call 929-1133.

n Friends of the Nipomo Library will meet at 1:30 p.m. at the Nipomo Library Community Room, 918 W. Tefft St. Call the library at 929-3994.

n Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 10978 will meet at 7 p.m. at the Nipomo Senior Center, 200 E. Dana St.

Thursday

n Grandparents as Parents Support Group will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. at 1086 Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande. The group is open to all grandparents raising their grandchildren. Call Laurie at 474-2037.

n The Dunes Center, 1055 Guadalupe St., Guadalupe, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Donation fee is $2 for adults. Children under 12 are admitted free.

All hikes and walks are free. There is a $5 parking fee at Oso Flaco Lake Natural Area. An all-terrain wheelchair is available for those with limited mobility. To reserve the wheelchair, call Carrie at 343-2455, Ext. 205.

n The Community Counseling Center is offering ongoing Depression Group sessions from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in downtown San Luis Obispo. Cost is $10 per session. To register, call 543-7969; no drop-ins.

n Free beginning drawing classes for seniors over 50 will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursdays through March 20 at Grover Beach Community Center, 1230 Trouville Ave. The instructor is Larry Le Brane. Students will provide their own art supplies.

To register, contact Cuesta’s Emeritus Program at 546-3121 or www.comm

unityprograms.net.

n Five Cities Orchid Society will meet from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Arroyo Grande Woman’s Club, 211 Vernon St. Call Larry at 929-6710.

n The Nipomo Traffic and Circulation Committee will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. at the NCSD Board meeting room, 148 S. Wilson St. For information, call Dan Woodson at 929-3966.

Future

n The Central Coast Women’s Network will present a business event “Networking to Win” from 5:15 to 7:30 p.m. March 14 at the Spyglass Inn, 2703 Spyglass Drive, Shell Beach. Guest speaker will be Starr Hall, publicist and founder of 2 Point Media LLC. Cost for the event including dinner is $30. All proceeds will be donated to the Women’s Shelter.

For reservations by March 7, call Jacky Lopez at 275-4354.

n Hospice Partners of the Central Coast will be hosting the sixth annual Dazzling Diamond Ball — Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan from 6 to 11 p.m. March 15 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in San Luis Obispo. The black-tie event will include a champagne reception, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, dancing and a silent and live auction of art, jewelry and wines.

Tickets are $125 per person or $1,250 for a table of 10. Net proceeds will benefit Hospice patients and their families. For tickets and information, call 782-8608.

n The Stillehavet Lodge of the Sons of Norway will host a corned beef and cabbage dinner at 6:30 p.m. March 14 at the Odd Fellows Hall, 520 Dana St., San Luis Obispo. Donation is $10 for adults and $5 for children. The public is invited to attend.

For reservations, call 748-5674.

n The second annual Arroyo Grande Community Hospital Foundation fundraiser, “O’Comedy Night” will be held from 5:30 to 10 p.m. March 15 at the Dana-Powers House Barn in Nipomo. All net proceeds will benefit the creation of the Coastal Cancer Care and Diagnostic Center, cancer programs and services. The event will have a St. Patrick’s Day theme and will feature food from local eateries, entertainment by comedian Kivi Rogers, live music and a live auction.

For information, call Montisa Phelan Lopez at 994-54 21 or Anna Scott at 473-7695.

n California State Parks and the Pismo Beach Police Department will host the Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics San Luis Obispo County at 10 a.m. March 15. Registration starts at 8 a.m. on the beach next to the Pismo Beach pier at the end of Pomeroy Street.

Awards will be presented to the individual raising the most money, the team raising the most money, the team with the most plungers and a crazy costume contest. Guest plungers will include KSBY reporter Stacy Daniel and Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Chuck “Iceman” Liddell. To earn a Polar Plunge T-shirt, participants need to raise $50.

For information, call Stephanie Hennessey or Jody Watty at 544-6444.

n The San Luis Obispo County Historical Society will host a bus tour of North County historic sites March 15. Passengers will board the bus at 9 a.m. at the San Luis Obispo Veterans Hall and Museum on Palm Street and Grand Avenue. The tour will break for lunch and will conclude at 4:30 p.m. at the initial boarding station.

Cost is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Bring your photo I.D. To reserve a space by Friday, March 7, call 543-0638.

n A corned beef and cabbage dinner in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. March 15 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 501 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande. The event will include giveaways and door prizes. Dinner tickets range in price from $3 to $7 and are available at the church office.

n A Walk for Peace will begin at 1 p.m. March 15 in San Luis Obispo. Meet at Santa Rosa Park and walk to the Government Center. The event is sponsored by a coalition of local organizations to commemorate and lament the losses of five years of warfare in Iraq and more years in Afghanistan.

For information, call 801-0466.

n The 1-800-GOT-JUNK? trucks and personnel will be at the Home Depot on Los Oso Valley Road in San Luis Obispo from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 15 to collect electronic waste. Residents may drop off computer equipment, TVs, cell phones and stereo equipment. A portion of the proceeds will go to Big Sisters Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo County.

For information, call 781-3226.

n A Crystal Bowl Concert performed by Jay Schwed will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. March 16 at The Victorian, 789 Valley Road, Arroyo Grande. Cost is $15 per person. The sound/.vibration experience have been presented in churches, healing centers and yoga studios, as well as a variety of recovery centers.

For information, call Billy Mitchell at 709-6503 or visit www.unity5cities.org.

n Home Instead Senior Care is sponsoring a fundraiser movie night March 19 to benefit Life Steps Foundation Linkages Program. A special screening of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” will be show at the Fair Oaks Theater in Arroyo Grande. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the movie begins at 7:15 p.m. Tickets now on sale are $20 for popcorn, soda a giveaway entry and admission for one. Donations are being sought for giveaways prior to the movie.

For information, call Tiffany Alcantara at 773-3744.

n Habitat for Humanity for San Luis Obispo County will celebrate the grand opening of the new ReStore at 785 High St. in San Luis Obispo on March 27-29 and April 3-5. The event will include a silent auction, refreshments and bargains on new and gently used building materials.

Items are being sought for the silent auction. Call 782-0687 by March 15.

n The eighth annual Authors Forum luncheon presented by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will be held March 29 at the Radisson Hotel in Santa Maria. Featured authors will be Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James Houston, co-authors of “Farewell to Manzanar,” the story of her family’s experience during the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans. Other authors appearing at the luncheon will be novelist Lisa Fugard, children’s author Mary Hershey and Frank Nelson, who writes lighthearted travel books.

Cost of the luncheon is $18. Books will be available for purchase and autographs. For reservations, call 937-0290.

n The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Five Cities-Pismo Beach Branch is seeking donations of books for their 13th annual book sale to be held May 31 at the Kmart parking lot on Branch Street in Arroyo Grande. The sale will benefit educational opportunities for girls and women.

For information and to have books picked up, call 481-3844.