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By MARY JONES PARK
Published December 18, 2006
Nicotine Anonymous will meet 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 28 at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 4843 Mile Stretch Drive, Holiday. Call Michael Etzel at (727) 937-1396. * * * The Alzheimer's Family Organization offers three support groups this week. At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday a group meets at the Claude Pepper Senior Center, 6640 Van Buren St., New Port Richey. Call Barbara Olenski at (727) 844-3077. On Wednesday at 2 p.m. a group meets at the Heather Hill Healthcare Center, 6630 Kentucky Ave., New Port Richey. Call Lea Mahoney at (727) 845-8726. Another group meets at 3 p.m. Thursday at Forest Glen Lodge, 7435 Plathe Road in New Port Richey. Call Karen Jones at (727) 845-0609. * * * The Depressive Bipolar Support Alliance of West Pasco meets at 2 p.m. Tuesday at The Harbor, 5650 W Missouri Ave., New Port Richey. Dr. Gary Walby from the University of South Florida will discuss the disorder and answer questions on a variety of subjects. Call (727) 845-7780. * * * The Alzheimer's Family Organization would like to thank the volunteers, sponsors and donors who helped make both the recent charity golf tournament and After Five Charity Texas Hold'Em and fashion show a success. The organization services Central Florida, which has more than 100,000 Alzheimer's disease sufferers. Call (727) 848-8888 or toll free 1-888-496-8004.
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