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Community Calendar, Nov. 3

Suncoast News
Published: November 3, 2012

The Port Richey Organ Society meeting, 1 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4125 U.S. 19, New Port Richey. Call (727) 946-0808.

2012 "Day in the Country," from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., Sky Harbor Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, 11305 Black Walnut St., Hudson. Call (727) 857-3477.

All-you-can-eat blueberry or plain pancake breakfast, 7:45-11 a.m., Leek Hall, Holiday United Church of Christ, 4826 Bartelt Road. Cost is $3.50 for adults, free for children 12 and under when accompanied by a parent. Call (727) 937-1520.

"Out of Bounds! Unexpected Small Art Quilts" Show, The Arts Center, 5744 Moog Road, Holiday, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Thursdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 21. Call the Pasco Arts Council at (727) 845-7322.

The annual Poochie Paddle, hosted by the New Port Richey Recreation and Aquatic Center, 6630 Van Buren St. Swim times: Big dogs 19-inches or greater, 12:30-1:30 p.m., small dogs, less than 18-inches, 2-3 p.m. The cost is $5 for each dog; no charge for the owner. Admission for spectators is $1. Call (727) 841-4560.

All-you-can-eat breakfast, 8-11 a.m., Cotee River Lions Handicapped and Braille Trail Park, 8320 Plathe Road, New Port Richey. Call (727) 863-6070.

All-you-can-eat buffet breakfast, 9:30-10:30 a.m., held by VVA Chapter 1003 at Hudson American Legion Post 335, 114221 Osceola Drive, New Port Richey Cost is $4. Call (727) 868-3445.

All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast, 8 a.m. - noon, held by Knights of Columbus Council 11680, Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 5340 High St., New Port Richey. Cost $4 for adults, $3 for children under 10. Call (727) 809-0492.

North Meadowlawn Funeral Home and Cemetery, 4244 Madison St., New Port Richey, will unveil a permanent place of honor dedicated to the nation's prisoners of war and those missing in action during a ceremony at 3 p.m. The public is welcome. Call (727) 849-5627.

Breakfast and prayers, 9:30 a.m., West Pasco Baha'i Center, 1136 U.S. 19, Holiday. The breakfast is free and open to all. Call (813) 383-6613.

Cooked to order breakfast, from 8:30 a.m. until noon, Aripeka Elks Lodge 2520, (9135 Denton Ave., Hudson. Call (727) 863-2520.

Joining Hands Mission Church, 3214 U.S. 19, Holiday, offers a free restaurant-style breakfast at 9 a.m. Call (727) 264-1288.

Holiday United Church of Christ (4826 Bartelt Road, Holiday): informal exercise group, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Mondays and Fridays; Prayer Shaw Group meeting, 10 a.m. - noon. Call (727) 937-1520.

A NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Pasco County free educational forum is held the first Monday of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Medical Center of Trinity West Pasco Campus, Conference Room C, 5637 Marine Parkway, New Port Richey. Call (727) 992-9653.

Gulfside Regional Hospice bereavement seminar, "Getting through the Holidays," 1 p.m., St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 8320 Old C.R. 54, New Port Richey. To RSVP call Shirley Bever (727) 844-3946.

The Pasco County Mobile Medical Unit will be at Holy Ground, 8835 Denton Ave., Hudson, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. and at the Salvation Army, 8040 Washington St., Port Richey, from 2 until 6 p.m. The venue phone numbers are (727) 863-9123 and (727) 847-6321 respectively.

West Pasco United Methodist Women meeting, 1 p.m., Henderson Hall, First United Methodist Church, 5901 Indiana Ave., New Port Richey. All women are welcome. Call (727) 848-4189.

Fish-on-Fishing Club meeting, 7 p.m., Gulf Landings Clubhouse, 6035 Barefoot Court, New Port Richey. Call (727) 534-3700.

Blood Drives: Fr. Felix Ullrich Council 5869, Knights of Columbus, 5850 K of C Drive, Port Richey, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Hudson Regional Library, 8012 Library Road, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Florida Blood Services requires healthy people, 16 or older, weighing at least 110 pounds, photo identification. Call (800) 68BLOOD.

The Pasco County Mobile Medical Unit will be at Shady Hills United Methodist Church, 15925 Greenglen Lane, Spring Hill, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. and at Jericho Road Ministries Thrift Store, 8924 S.R. Road 52, Hudson. The venue phone numbers are (727) 856-2948 and (352) 799-2912, ext. 115, respectively.

Hudson Regional Library, 8012 Library Road: Adult program: a basic computer class teaches participants how to use a computer mouse, 11 a.m. Call (727) 861-3040.

Centennial Park Branch Library, 5740 Moog Road, Holiday: Adult program: "Healthy Eating," presented by a representative of the Pasco County Health Department, 2 p.m. Call (727) 834-3204.

South Holiday Branch Library, 4649 Mile Stretch Drive: Movie with Friends, 2 p.m.; Teen Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m. Call (727) 834-3331.

Spirituality and healing support group meeting, 6 p.m., Florida Cancer Affiliates, 5500 Little Road, New Port Richey. Call (727) 372-9159.

Autumn potluck picnic, noon, held by the Fifth Wheels Lunch Bunch group at Jay B. Starkey Park Wilderness Park, 10500 Wilderness Park Blvd., at noon. Call Dee (727) 378-7840.

Potluck luncheon and membership meeting, noon, held by the Finnish-American Club, 6016 Delaware Ave., New Port Richey. Bring a dish to share. Call (727) 848-7788.

The Compassionate Friends of Pasco County: Little Lives Group, a free self-help bereavement group for families who have lost an infant, meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Life Care Center, 7400 Trouble Creek Road, New Port Richey. Call (813) 273-8721.

Yoga class, 6-7 p.m., CARES, Rao Musunuru, M.D., Enrichment Center, 12417 Clock Tower Parkway, Hudson. Cost per class is $5. Call (727) 863-6868.

"Chameleons, Snipers of the Trees," a talk by Christopher V. Anderson, USF Department of Integrative Biology, 7-8 p.m., Environmental Education Center, Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park, 10500 Wilderness Park Blvd., New Port Richey. Call (727) 847-2411, ext. 8333.

Regency Residence, 6711 Embassy Blvd., Port Richey: "Let's Talk Seniors – Stress Management," 7 p.m. Wednesday; veterans appreciation supper, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 9; "Salute to Veterans" barbecue, noon Nov. 11. To RSVP, call (727) 849-9335.

Suncoast Maryland Delaware-Virginia Club luncheon meeting, 12:30 p.m., St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 5326 Charles St., New Port Richey. RSVP by calling (727) 942-4170 by Nov. 4.

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