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Digest

Get yourself tested, educated about HIV

By TIMES WIRES
Published February 14, 2007


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CLEARWATER

Get educated, get tested, get involved. Free HIV testing and prevention education will be offered Wednesday from noon-6 p.m. at the Mt. Olive AME Church, 600 Jones St., Clearwater.

Free gifts for all who get educated and tested. Get your results and receive a $20 gift certificate. For more information call 824-6964.

PINELLAS PARK

Toastmasters can help you with jitters

Do you feel like you're in a freeze frame the moment you're about to make a speech before an audience? Toastmasters is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to helping members improve their public speaking, communications and leadership skills. Speak Easy Toastmasters Club 4698 meets each Monday at the King Buffet Restaurant, 7610 49th St. N. in Pinellas Park. The club will hold a public speaking workshop beginning February 19 from 6:15-8 p.m.

The fee is $20 and will last for six sessions. For information and registration call Jim Martin at 536-3392.

COUNTYWIDE

Hearing-impaired program expanded

The Deaf and Hearing Connection for Tampa Bay has expanded its no-cost telephone loan services, which include amplified telephone and equipment usage, at the following locations: Largo Library, Clearwater Library, Palm Harbor Library, Dunedin Senior Center, Safety Harbor Library, the Upper Tampa Bay Library, St. Petersburg Sunshine Center, Gulfport Senior Center and the Gulf Beaches Library. Call (727) 399-9983 for dates and times.

COUNTYWIDE

Clear your pipes with community chorus

The Palm Harbor Community Chorus is looking for male voices to join its group, which meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Global Family Fellowship Church on Hercules Avenue. Preparations are under way for our spring concert series. Call 709-5818

[Last modified February 13, 2007, 22:48:49]


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