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Green Party hosting Monday movie night
By Times Staff Writer
Published November 15, 2007
SPRING HILL
The Hernando County Green Party show the film In Debt We Trust ... America Before the Bubble Bursts, at 6 p.m. Monday, at the Spring Hill Branch/Harold G. Zopp Memorial Library, 9220 Spring Hill Drive.
This expose was researched by Emmy-winning journalist Danny Schechter, the "news dissector" from ABC News and CNN. The film shows how big banks and credit card companies "buy" Congress and are driving the U.S. into "modern serfdom."
The film is part of the group's ongoing Green Screens program, a series of free films on current issues. Another Green Screen will be Dec. 10. The movie will be "Bowling for Columbine," filmmaker Michael Moore's award-winning documentary that attempts to answer the question, "Is the American society contributing to school violence?".
There is no cost to attend. For information, call Suzanne Touchton at 666-7576.
SPRING HILL
The Hernando County SPCA will meet at 7 p.m. Friday at Perkins Restaurant, 4685 Commercial Way. For information, call 596-7000.
SPRING HILL
The Spring Hill Branch/Harold G. Zopp Memorial Library will host the Spring Hill Book Discussion Group at 10 a.m. Nov. 27.
The book to be discussed is The Memory Keeper's Daughter, by Kim Edwards.
On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy. Yet when his daughter is born, he sees immediately that she has Down's syndrome. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret. But Caroline, the nurse, instead disappears into another city to raise the child herself.
The book spent more than 30 weeks on the New York Times paperback bestseller list.
There is no registration required, but copies of the book are limited. To reserve a copy, call the library at 540-6374 or stop by the facility at 9220 Spring Hill Drive.
BROOKSVILLE
The Brooksville Rotary Club will host its annual golf tournament Nov. 28 at Brooksville Golf and Country Club at Majestic Oaks, 23446 Links Drive. A shotgun start will be at 1 p.m.
The cost is $70 per golfer, which includes the tournament and dinner. The format is a four-person team scramble. Individuals and teams are encouraged to sign up.
Prizes will be awarded, including $1,000 cash. Numerous door prizes will be given out.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the local charities and nonprofit groups that the Rotary Club of Brooksville supports. For information or entry forms, call Jerry Sheffield at 799-2265.
SPRING HILL
The Statewide Advocacy Network on Disabilities will provide Level I Advocacy Training from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 2 and again from 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Arc Nature Coast's Community Cafe, 4560 Commercial Way.
The free training will help participants learn what their children's rights are, and how to use such rights to obtain a free and appropriate education.
Handouts and materials will be provided.
Seats are available on a first come, first serve basis. No child care will be provided. To register, call Nikki Pierce at 584-5512 or send an e-mail with your name, address, phone and e-mail address to Npierce at tampabay.rr.com. Registration can be done online at www.hernandodyslexia.org.
A Level Two weekend advocacy training is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 2 and 3. Attendance at the Level One training is required to attend.
SPRING HILL/BROOKSVILLE
Hernando-Pasco Hospice's Tree of Life will be ready for decorations on Nov. 23 inside Sears in the Coastal Way Shopping Center, 13085 Cortez Blvd., Spring Hill.
On Nov. 29, trees will be up at the Hospice House at 12254 Cortez Blvd., Spring Hill, and at the Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce, 101 E Fort Dade Ave., Brooksville.
The annual Tree of Life fundraiser is now in its 13th year. For a donation ranging from $1 to $1,000, one can hang or have an ornament placed on a tree with a tag bearing a name; names can be for someone living or in someone's memory. Ornaments include red bows for donations less than $25, a vintage class candle for $25, a silver bow for $30, gold bow for $50, snowflake for $100, red velvet poinsettia for $250, porcelain angel for $500 and a star for $1,000.
Donations can be made by credit card, check or cash and can be done at one of the Trees of Life, by visiting the Web site at www.hphospice.org, or by calling the hospice toll-free at 1-800-486-8784. Contributions should be made by Dec. 14.
The Color Guard from VFW Post 10209 will give a special presentation in remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day and in honor of the Tree of Life outside the chamber office at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 7. Light refreshments will be served.
Also, a special tree lighting for the Tree of Life will take place at about 7 p.m. during the Hernando County Fine Art Council's Bandshell Bash on Dec. 8 at Hernando Park, next to the chamber.
SPRING HILL
The Hernando County Family YMCA is offering its Little Chefs Academy from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Mondays through Dec. 10.
The program allows children ages 3 to 5 to work with simple recipes and eat their creations. Children must be potty-trained to participate.
The cost per class is $6 for facility members and $9 for program members. Program memberships are $25 per year.
The YMCA is at 1300 Mariner Blvd. For information, call Amber Slusser or Angie Lokotnicki at 688-9622.
SPRING HILL
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10209 and Ladies Auxiliary will host a grand opening celebration Jan. 12 at the new post home at 14736 Edward R. Noll Drive., off Anderson Snow Road.
The opening ceremony will be at 11 a.m., followed by entertainment with Frank Dee's New York Orchestra from noon to 2 p.m. There will be continuous entertainment through the evening.
The post is currently in the process of moving from the Spring Hill Drive post to the new location. For information, call the post at 796-0398.
HERNANDO BEACH
The Hernando Beach Club is now taking reservations for the following events:
- Christmas Dinner Dance, Dec. 14. Doors open at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. The Just Us duo will entertain. Tickets are $14 for members and $16 for nonmembers.
- New Year's Eve Dinner Dance, 6 p.m. Dec. 31. Entertainment will start at 9 p.m. The cost is $60 per person, which includes an open bar all night well drinks, beer, wine and soda, a prime rib dinner, dessert, champagne toast at midnight, followed by danish, coffee and orange juice. Entertainment will be provided by Vintage. Tickets are limited.
The Hernando Beach Club is at 3145 Flamingo Blvd. For information or to purchase tickets, call Bunni at 688-4976.
COUNTYWIDE
The EurAupair Intercultural Child Care Program, is seeking local volunteers to help promote and administer the program.
Volunteers help provide au pairs from France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Scandinavia, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Finland, Estonia, South Africa, Japan and Australia, with local program support.
Local volunteers will interview potential host families, plan orientations for host families and au pairs, meet with au pairs once a month, organize two cultural events and provide support for participants throughout the program year. Volunteers also attend an annual training workshop and report to the area coordinator.
Those interested in getting involved with this nonprofit program, or to find out about other opportunities available, call Linda Shay at (850) 916-4477 or toll-free at 1-800-618-2002, or e-mail to euraupairsouth@euraupair.com Visit the Web site at www.euraupair.com.
PORT RICHEY
The Filipino American Social Club of Hernando will host its seventh annual Christmas Spectacular Dinner Dance from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Dec. 8 at Sparton Manor's grand ballroom, 6121 Massachusetts Ave.
This is a formal event that will feature live music with the Filipino band Rhythm In Motion. Club members will perform traditional Philippine cultural dances and the club's choral group will present a score of American and Filipino Christmas songs. There will also be a surprise appearance with Santa for the children.
A full course dinner will be served, including chicken francaise and roast beef au jus. A separate children's menu will be available. A variety of Philippine native desserts, Noche Buena snacks" will be served.
Tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for children 13 and younger. Call Shella at 686-7813, Gigi at 683-9423, Obet at 346-0784, Nena at (727) 992-5492, Alsie at (727) 207-4215 or Glyen at (727) 376-3680.
SPRING HILL
The Kiwanis Club of Spring Hill will present the annual Pancake Breakfast With Santa from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 1 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 6193 Spring Hill Drive.
There will be all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, bacon, juice, coffee, tea and donuts. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be present for pictures with the kids. There will also be continuous holiday entertainment.
The cost is $4 for adults and children; ages 2 and younger are admitted free. Raffle tickets will be sold for a holiday drawing.
Tickets can be purchased at the door. For information, call 683-7668.
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