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Modesto
IRISH AUTHORS' NIGHT
When: Oct. 18, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Fruit Yard Restaurant, at Geer-Albers Road and Highway 132 between Empire and Waterford
Info: The Irish Cultural Society of Stanislaus County will host Irish Authors' Night. Organizers said Irish bards will expound, dinner will be served and there will be live Celtic music throughout the evening, as well as bagpipers from the Emerald Isle Pipe Band. Tickets are $26. Deadline for reservations is Wednesday. For more information, call Phil McGill at 505-7705.
TRIP TO NASHVILLE
When: Dec. 2
Where: 2817 Mozart Drive
Info: Final payment is due Wednesday for the Traveleers' Travel Club's trip to Nashville, Tenn. The group's Nashville holiday special departs Dec. 2 for a five-day stay at the Opryland Hotel. Transportation from Modesto to the airport, hotel stay, some meals and tickets to all performances are included. Cost is $1,735 per person, double occupancy. For more information, call Ann Burkett at 529-5896 or 544-8687.
HERITAGE TROUT PRESENTATION
When: Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Where: Mancini Senior Center, 716 Tuolumne Blvd.
Info: Stanislaus Fly Fishers is presenting a special program by Gregg Whitley. He will be presenting an overview of heritage trout, California golden trout, McCloud River rainbow trout, the coastal cutthroat and the beautiful places where they swim. Cost is free. Stanislaus Fly Fishers is a nonprofit dedicated to conservation, teaching and learning the varied aspects of the sport. For more information, call Derald Lahti at 551-5204.
SCREENINGS FOR CHILDREN
When: Today, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Memorial Medical Center, East Briggsmore Avenue and Coffee Road
Info: Children with joint, spinal or burn deformities can receive free screenings for possible treatment at the Shriners Hospital in Sacramento. Families should bring copies of medical records, birth certificates, divorce decrees or custody agreements, and immunization records. For more information, call Tom Bathe at 538-2550; James Fonda at 847-4062; Charles Polston at 667-0814; or Kevin Nelson at 892-2998.
CAR WASH
When: Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Modesto Junior College agriculture parking lot
Info: MJC Forestry and Natural Resource Management Club is having a car wash at the east campus ag parking lot on Coldwell Avenue. $5 donation.
CAMELLIA SOCIETY MEETING
When: Sunday, 1:30 p.m.
Where: Coldwell Banker Building, 220 Standiford Ave.
Info: Program includes information on Gallo Gardens and the American Camellia Society, participating in its big show in March, as well as tips on how to disbud and grow camellias from seed. Visitors welcome.
OPEN HOUSE
When: Oct. 18, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: 1649 Las Vegas St.
Info: The Salvation Army Red Shield is having an open house. Take a tour and learn what the Red Shield offers the community. Lots of family fun with carnival games and a jumping house as well as community agencies information. Lunch will be served. Free for all ages. For more information, call 538-7111.
LIVING ROSARY
When: Sunday, 4 p.m.
Where: Central Catholic football field, 200 S. Carpenter Road
Info: The Catholic Social Service Guild is presenting a living rosary. Each Catholic parish and its priest and Central Catholic High School with its chaplain will be saying a decade of the rosary celebrating this month of the rosary. Everyone is invited to this interparish devotion to Mary.
COUNTRY CROSSROADS QUILTERS MEETING
When: Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Where: Eastridge Community Church of the Nazarene,
2319 St. Paul's Way
Info: Author, designer and quilter Christine Barnes will be speaking on the importance of color. This meeting will help anyone who wants to become better at selecting fabrics and colors to use in his or her sewing. The meeting also will have the monthly block-of-the-month drawing and show and tell. Cost is $3 for nonmembers. For more information, call Deborah Miller at, 602-9488.
Turlock
OPEN HOUSE AND SAFETY FAIR
When: Today, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: 900 N. Palm St.
Info: Bring your families and enjoy a day with the Turlock police at the third annual Turlock Police Department Open House and Safety Fair. Members of the department will be providing information about the department, crime prevention and safety. Tours of the facility will be available. Hot dogs and drinks will be provided. For more information, call 668-5550, ext. 6600.
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