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SAT, DfCEKSERinsn v Calendar and Ahrioimcements ' ITEMS for this crania shoald reach us bo later thai Friday before the desired publication week. Two to three weeks prior is even better! Mail to: Caleadar, The Carolina Times, P.O. Box 3825, Durham, NC 27702. No charge. SLIMNASTICS W.E. Hill Recreation Center is offering Slimnastics classes meeting on Monday and Wednesday, beginning at 6 p.m. There is a small registration fee. For more information call 683-4291 LEISURE CLASSES Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department is currently accepting registration for Winter leisure classes. Winter classes include adult and youth piano, women's fitness, couples dancing, baton twirling, aerobic dance, karate and children's dance for fun. Registration also remains open for girls basket ball. For more information on class hours, dates and fees, call 942-8341, extension 203. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA performs Vcr di's "Rigoletto," with Christiane Eda-Picrre, Sher rill Milnes, Luciano Pavarotti and Isola Jones, Saturday, December 19, 2 p.m., WUNC, 91.5 FM. CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE - The public is cordially invited to partake of the singing, joy and expectation of Christmas Eve at Duke University Chapel, December 24, beginning at 11 p.m. -(Prelude will begin at 10:30 p.m.) This service will be one of Scripture lessons, prayers, and Christmas v-cu via ADOPT-A-PATIENT PROGRAM You can provide Christmas for one patient at John Umstead Hospital for $35 or be the giver of spending money for a whole year for $78. There are over 150 pa tients at John Umstead Hospital who have no fami ly or income. Call the Mental. Health Association at 683-2052 or the Operation Santa Gaus chairman at 544-3895. THE W.D. HILL RECREATION CENTER, 1308 Fayetteville St., is offering: a holiday yarns craft class which includes crocheting, cross stitch and needlepoint on plastic canvas. classes in aerobic slimnastics, senior citizens physical exercise and a weight control class designed to help people follow a chosen diet program. For more information on these offerings, call 683-4292. irti?T iirr tt TV- ii.i,... M IV VW A JUIJT 1 UWC1 9 1 I OlttlliUII-lVtaAVI s Packets with information for adults in transition re-entering the job market, returning to school, considering a career change. To request a Packet, phone or come by Project LIFT, Durham County Library, 300 N. Roxboro St., 683-2626, ext. 31. THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES BUREAU reports that volunteers are needed to assist with an infant safety seat loaner program which will begin in January. There are several volunteer oppor tunities which include presenting a slide show on the project to community groups. Workers are also needed to handle phone calls concerning the loaner program January 11-29, with a morning or after noon shift. All interested persons are invited to at tend a training session January 7, 7:30 p.m., at Watts Street Baptist Church. ( CHAPEL HILL TRANSIT holiday reduced ser vice will be effect December 16 through January 1 1 . Additional reductions will be in effect Dec. 24-28. For service information, call 942-5174. THINGS YOU CAN SHARE - If you have carpet squares, good used tractor inner tubes, play ing cards, puzzles, games, books, or a piano in good condition that you can. spare, please call the Mental Health Association at 683-2052. These are needed at John Umstead Hospital. ' THE SCARBOROUGH NURSERY SCHOOL is , planning a reunion of all former students, and graduates. The school is trying to locate as many of the former students as possible. Please contact Mrs. Clydie Scarborough at 682-5037. IS YOUR CIVIC GROUP SEEKING A PRO JECT? Why notodrlhohildlrthdaV ' ties for the patients at John Umstead Hospital. A ward party would consist of refreshments, favors, and gifts for those having birthdays during that month for 24 or 36 patients. Call the Mental Health Association at 683-2052 for further information. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED to help transport cancer patients to and from hospitals for treatment. If you have the time Or if your church or Sunday School would like to assist in this project, please call the American Cancer Society, Durham County Unit, P.O. Box 2893, Durham, NC 27705. Phone:286-7943. v DICKENS' "A CHRISTMAS CAROL'' WlSe Durham Arts Council invites your family tok free performance of Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" to be presented by the children's! drama classes. Evening performances wilUbOhdji7 Friday, Dec. 18 and Saturday, Dec. 19, at 730. A matinee will be given Sunday, Dec. 20, at 2:50 p.m. For more information, please call the Durham Arts! Council at 682-5519. EDISON JOHNSON RECREATION CENTER ACTIVITIES Christmas Modeling Workshop and Luncheon for teens and young adults, designed to make you over for all the great looks, charm and social graces needed for the coming holiday festivities. Tuesday, December 22, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost $5. Please call 683-4270 if you are interested in signing up. - Gymnastic classes for children will continue through Dec. 19. Family gymnastics is also being offered. Registration is open for Winter classes. Call1 683-4270 for further information. RAPE VICTIMS Volunteers are available ,24-hours a day by calling the crisis line at 967-7273 (967-RAPE), Chapel Hill. A report can be made without the victim identifying himself or herself. YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETITION - Audi tions will be held on January 30 for the 1982 Durham Symphony Young Artists Competition for Durham area high school pianists and orchestral musicians to perform with the Durham Symphony on April 4. For further information, call Durham 489-6088 or Raleigh 782-4840. FINANCIAL AID FOR SCHOOL - Let EOC (Educational Opportunity Center) show you the way. The latest information on federal campus based and independent aid funds and a counselor ' are available to assist you. Financial Aid Forms (FAF), Family Financial Statements (FFS) and, Basic Grant (BEOG) applica tions are available at the EOC satellite office, 208 S. , Main St., Roxboro. Call your nearest EOC satellite office today: Bragtown Library, 1-5 p.m., Friday, Ms. Dorothy Yarborbugh; Durham County Library, 1-5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, Ms. Elizabeth Davis; StanfdrdL. Warren Library, 1-5 .p.m. tnursdays, Ms. Shelia Smith. FREE MOVIE The Dhrham Cotintv Pnhlir Library presents a feature movie each Saturday at 3 p.m., in the auditorium. No aumission is charged. The next scheduled movie is "Things To Come" on January 2. This 96 minute, 1936 film, based on H.G. Wells' "The Shape of Things TO Come" with Raymond Ma$sey and Ralph Richardson, influenc ed all science fiction movies which Came after it. Special effects, miniatures, and va)st sets were used to portray visions of three future eras: the worlds of 1940, 1966 and 2036. t HOOP S"H00T CONTEST - The Durham Elks Lodge No. 568 and the Durham Parks and Recrea tion Departmentvare sponsoring a city-wide Hoop Shoot Contest. ' A number ot preliminary contests will be held throughout the city at the following locations and times: Edison Johnson Center, Murray Av., Saturday, Dec, 19, 1 p.m. . Weaver St. Center, Weaver St., Saturday, Dec. 19, 1 p.m. ... . W.D. Hill Center, Fayetteville St., Saturday, Dec. '. 19, 1 p.m. " . ;-x V ',. , . All boys and girls between the ages of 8 13 are in vited to come to any of the above sites and par- ;. ucipate in the contest which consists of shooting free throws. Contestants are divided Into age groups: 8-9, 10-11, 12-13. Boys compete against boys and girls compete against girls. JOB CORPS INFORMATION Young women wishing information about the opportunities available through Job Corps may call the WICS of fice, 688-4396, or the project director at 489-2593. THE DURHAM ART GUILD'S 27th Annual Juried Art Show is being held through December 22, at the Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris St. ; For more information, call the Durham Art Guild, (919) 682-5519. HEART ATTACK VICTIMS SOUGHT FOR CHOLESTEROL STUDY One-time heart at tack victims, ages 29 through 64, are currently being sought' to participate in a study which lowers cholesterol to unprecedented levels. With heart disease claiming 800,000 lives annually, the Na tional Institutes of Health is funding four research centers across the country to explore the role of lowered cholesterol in the treatment of heart attack victims. The aim of researchers is to find conclusive evidence that maximal reduction of this fatty substance will significantly reduce the risk of heart disease. The East Coast Center, which opened a short time ago, is located in Philadelphia. The center pro vides transportation and lodging for all prospective participants and an interested family member to come in for a screening visit. Persons 29 through 64 who have suffered one heart attack within the last five years are urged to contact the Hyperlipidemia Study for more information. Call, toll free, 1- 800-345-1057. NEW ART EXHIBIT - Four North Carolina artists who were awarded $5,000 fellowships from the N.C. Arts Council are showing their work in the Collectors Gallery of the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh. "The 1980-81 N.C. Visual Artist Fellowship Ex hibition" will continue through Jan. 3. On view are mixed media works by Victor Faccin to, paintings by Maud F. Gatewood, handblown glass by Robert Levin and photography by Elizabeth Matheson. The N.C. Museum of Art, 107 E. Morgan St., Raleigh, is open Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m. -5 p.m.; Sun., 2- 6 p.m. (Closed Mondays and state holidays.) Ad ' mission is free. For information, phone 733-7568 or weekends, 733-3248. SIXTY YEARS OR OVER? Retirement does not mean the end of an active, full life. The Retired Senior Volunteer Program is designed to find mean ingful volunteer assignments for seniors who would like to continue using their skills and expertise. You are needed once or twice a month to transport par ticipants from a group session. The program centers around parent-child problem relationships. Without help the program may be discontinued and these troubled children and parents will suffer. Have a heart. If you enjoy working with numbers, you can be trained to prepare income tax returns. Training is free. Volunteers of all ages are needed during the tax season. RSVP provides travel reimbursement and free in surance coverage. For more information, call Ms. Helen Pressley or Ms. Kathy Walters, 596-931 1, ex tension 321, Durham Technical Institute.- HEALTH NIGHT OUT - "Surgical Relief of Angina" is the topic of the January s program. Dr. David C. Sabiston, Jr., James B. Duke Professor of Surgery and department chairman, will be the resource person. All "Health Night Out" programs take place at 7:30 p.m., in the second floor am phitheater of the hospital's North Division on Er win Road. Free to the public. HOLIDAY TOURNEY - The W.D. Hill Recreation Center will sponsor a "Holiday Invita tional Basketball Tournament" during the week of Dec. 21-23. The tournament is open to the youth. Organized baskethtall teamsJn the 9-12, 13-15, and 16-18 age groups. There wiirbe small registration tee. ; For more information, calL W.D. Hill 683-4292. V ft at
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