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Events

By TIMES STAFF
Published April 30, 2007


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Brooksville Regional Hospital Auxiliary cookbook sale: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., hospital cafeteria, 17240 Cortez Blvd., west of Brooksville. The auxiliary will be selling copies of the Brooksville Garden Club's most recent cookbook, A Taste of Brooksville. A percentage of sales will go to the Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Fund. 596-9807 or 442-0169.

Youth and Family Alternatives open house at the New Beginnings shelter: 5 to 6:30 p.m., 18377 Clinton Blvd., off State Road 50 bypass, behind the Hernando County Sheriff's Office, Brooksville. RSVP to 797-7566.

PAGES of Hernando to present "A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students:" 6:30 p.m., Oak Hill Hospital, Suite 403, 11375 Cortez Blvd., Spring Hill. The speaker is Cindy Lovell Oliver, director of Stetson University's High Achieving Talented Students Program. Oliver will discuss the Stetson program its schedule of summer camps for students in grades 4 to 9 at locations throughout the state. PAGES is Partners Allied for Gifted Education and Support. The program is free, but seating is limited. RSVP to Rick McGee, 683-6167 or Rick@pagesofhernando.com.

YMCA estate planning seminar: Noon, 1300 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill. Topics of discussion include the importance of having a will, power of attorney, living will and health care surrogate. The speakers will be lawyers David and Sandra Day of the Day Law Office. A light lunch and refreshments will be provided. There is no cost to attend, but seating is limited and reservations are needed. 684-6545.

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Butterfly Walk: 9 to 11 a.m., Chinsegut Nature Center, 23212 Lake Lindsey Road, north of Brooksville. Bring binoculars and a butterfly field guide, if you own them. 754-6722.

Mock Trials: 10 a.m., Courtroom B, Hernando County Government Center, 20 N Main St., Brooksville. County Judge Don Scaglione will preside; schoolchildren will be in attendance. The program is part of Law Week 2007, sponsored by the Hernando County Bar Association. Sandra Day, 684-6545.

"Violence Against Immigrant Women and Children: Relief Under Immigration Laws" training workshop: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Brooksville Regional Hospital, 17240 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville. Attorney Vivianna Stubbe will speak. Provided by the Dawn Center Domestic and Sexual Violence Shelter of Hernando County and the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence. 684-7191.

[Last modified April 29, 2007, 20:53:15]


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