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Arts and crafts festival still going today

By TIMES STAFF
Published January 21, 2007

The city's second annual Downtown Arts & Crafts Festival continues from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at 100 State St. W. You might have missed the "best dressed basket contest" Saturday that harkened back to the days when ladies prepared lunch baskets and gentlemen bid on them. But handcrafted arts and crafts and food vendors will be available today at the event, organized by the Crafts and Artisan's Society.

Learn to do magic tricks like the pros

"I saw that!" If you've ever tried to pull off a magic trick unsuccessfully, the North Pinellas YMCA has a class for you. Magic for beginners, a new class for those age 10 and older, will be offered from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Thursdays for eight weeks starting this week at the YMCA, 4550 Village Center Drive. The cost is $65 for facility members and $100 for program members. It includes a copy of Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic and a deck of cards. To register, call (727) 772-9622.

Expert to discuss changing climate

Yellow forsythia, a harbinger of spring in the nation's capital, already is blooming. The earth is getting warmer, with what has been a natural cycle of climate change accelerating. And Florida, as Al Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, illustrates, is especially vulnerable to a rise in water levels. The Brooker Creek Preserve Education Center, 3940 Keystone Road, is offering "Global Climate Change and How it May Affect Us" from 2 to 3:15 p.m. today. Rene O. Ramseier, a retired physicist formerly with Environment Canada, will draw on decades of research that he conducted in polar regions. He will explore the science of global climate change and what the trend could mean for us. The free program is geared for those 12 and older. To register, call (727) 453-6800.

Newcomers club to meet for lunch

The Palm Harbor Newcomers Alumnae & Friends will meet for lunch at 11 a.m. Feb. 1 at East Lake Woodlands Country Club, 1055 East Lake Woodlands Parkway. East Lake Community Library director Marie Miller will talk about news and upcoming events at the library. Guests are welcome. The cost is $15, and the deadline for reservations is Friday. Call (727) 784-3386.

Women's event seeks nominations

The Palm Harbor Library is accepting nominations for its sixth annual Women's History Month Celebration on March 4. This program recognizes women whose contributions have made Palm Harbor a better place in which to live, work and grow. Honorees do not have to be Palm Harbor residents. Past winners have included businesswomen, schoolteachers, volunteers, community leaders, law enforcement officials and politicians. Stop at the library's reference desk or call (727) 784-3332, ext. 203 for a nominating form. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 5.

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