Clubs

By Times Staff Writer
Published December 30, 2007

Brooksville

Brooksville/Spring Hill Adult Table Tennis Club: Play night, 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Jerome Brown Community Center, 99 Jerome Brown Place. The cost is $3 per night. Open to adults 18 and older, at all levels. Bob, 397-3635.

Florida Native Plant Society: 7 p.m. Jan. 7, Hernando County Cooperative Extension Service, 19490 Oliver St. The speaker will be Karina Veaudry, executive director of the Florida Native Plant Society. She will discuss the statewide agenda for conservation, preservation and restoration of Florida's native plant communities. There will be a slide show about landscaping with native plants. Contact Cindy Liberton at 583-2384 evenings or liberton@earthlink.net

Order of the Eastern Star, Spring Hill Chapter: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 13402 Montour St. 597-1209.

Hernando Beach

Hernando Beach Club: Weekly events include a TV sports event, card playing, pool and bar bingo at noon Sundays. Dinner, 6:30 p.m. Fridays. The cost is $8-$10, with a cash bar available (nonmembers can participate in two dinners without joining club). Reservations are required by Tuesday. 3145 Flamingo Blvd. Call Bunni for reservations, 688-4976. Visit www.hernandobeachclub.com.

Spring Hill

Hernando County La Sertoma Club: 11 a.m. Jan. 7, Guido's Restaurant, 7219 Forest Oaks Blvd. New members and guests are welcome. Cris, 397-4304.

Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary, St. Jude Council 6383: Card party, noon to 4 p.m. Jan. 7, K of C Hall, 10470 Spring Hill Drive. The cost is $2 for games of choice, prizes, refreshments. Nonmembers welcome. Lucy, 684-1676.

Poor Rich's Chess Club of Hernando County: 6:30 to 10 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, cafeteria, Oak Hill Hospital, Cortez Boulevard. Bring chess set; club sets are available. Instructions provided to new and less-experienced players. Schoolchildren welcome. Annual dues are $10, which includes all family members. Club members are currently working with school chess clubs at Central High and Challenger K-8. The club is also offering a college scholarship again this year. Jim, 683-7560, or Andy, 428-8272.

Rotary Club of Spring Hill: 7:45 a.m. Thursdays, IHOP, 3660 Commercial Way. Judy Hughes, 597-4853.

Rotary Club of Spring Hill Central: Lunch meetings, 11:45 a.m. Thursdays, Wellington at Seven Hills clubhouse, 400 Wexford Blvd.Guests are welcome. Brooks Edwards, 666-4107, or Josh Kelly, 684-0313.

Senior Citizens Club of Hernando County: 7925 Rhanbuoy Road. Weekly activities include card days from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays and 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays; shuffleboard at 8 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays; arts and crafts from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesdays; line dancing at 1 p.m. Fridays; and bingo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays. 596-1095.

Spring Hill Duplicate Bridge Club: 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays, Regency Oaks clubhouse, 4445 Breakwater Blvd., Spring Hill. Lois, 686-7283.

Women's Connection Christian Women's Club: "Exploring the World of Tea" ladies luncheon, noon to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 8, Silverthorn Country Club, 4550 Golf Club Lane. Doors open at 11 a.m. The speaker will be Linda Hara, who will discuss teas from around the world and share chapters from her own book of life. The cost is $13.50. Free nursery care is available with advance requests. Dolores, 799-3735.

WEEKI WACHEE

Fraternal Order of Eagles, Weeki Wachee Aerie 4372: Open 10 a.m. to midnight Mondays through Saturdays and noon to midnight Sundays, 8263 Cortez Blvd. Open pool table on Wednesdays; steak shoot, 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays, which includes free hot dogs; chicken, shrimp or all-you-can-eat fish fry from 5 to 7 p.m. Fridays; quesadillas available Saturdays; wings are served and Texas Hold'em starts at 1 p.m. Sundays; bingo at 5:15 p.m. the first and third Mondays. 597-1586.

Information for the Clubs column should be submitted to Phyllis Day, Hernando Times, 15365 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville, FL 34613. Information can be faxed to 754-6133 or e- mailed to day@sptimes.com (please put the club's name in e-mail subject line). The deadline for this news is 10 days before your event or reservation deadline. Information cannot be published if the time, date, place, ticket price (if applicable) or contact person and phone number is missing. For information about the Clubs column, call 754-6101 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

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