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March 8, 2010

Anonymous The Daily Star Mon Mar 08, 2010, 08:41 AM EST

MONDAY

Oneonta

City of the Hills Women’s

Sweet Adelines Chorus

rehearsal, 7 to 9:30 p.m.,

First United Presbyterian

Church, 381 Main St.

Roosevelt Avenue entrance.

New singers welcome. For

info: 267-4718.

Duplicate bridge group,

6:30 p.m., Oneonta Family

YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave.

ESL classes, 9 a.m. to noon, 6

to 8:30 p.m., Oneonta Adult

Education, 189 Main St. For

info: 433-3645, or

jeanetcm@oneontacsd.org.

GED classes, 9 a.m. to 3:30

p.m., 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.,

Oneonta Adult Education,

189 Main St. For info:

jeanetcm@oneontacsd.org

or www.oneontacsd.org/

adulted.

History Center open, 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m., Greater Oneonta

Historical Society History

Center, 183 Main St.

Otsego County Watershed

talk by Eric Miller, 7 to 9

p.m., St. James’ Episcopal

Church, Main and Elm

streets. Sponsored by the

Oneonta Garden Club.

The Lord’s Table, 4:30 to 6:30

p.m., 18 Elm St. A feeding

program, serving a full

dinner. For info: 432-3558.

Trout Unlimited meeting,

7:30 p.m., Oneonta Holiday

Inn, 5206 State Highway 23.

For info: 432-7884, 746-

8463.

Gilbertsville

Butternut Valley Grange

meeting, 7:30 p.m., Grange

Hall, Bloom Street.

Laurens

OES meeting, 7:30 p.m.,

Laurens Masonic Temple.

GED classes, 8:30 to 11:30

a.m., St. Matthew Church,

97 Maple St. For info:

jeanetcm@oneontacsd.org

or www.oneontacsd.org/

adulted. or 433-3645.

New Berlin

GED classes, 5 to 7 p.m., New

Berlin Library, South Main

Street. For info: 433-3645,

jeanetcm@oneontacsd.org.

Walton

Talk on Alzheimer’s, 7 p.m.,

William B. Ogden Free

Library, 42 Gardiner Place.

For info: 547-1650, ann.

thayer@alz.org.

TUESDAY

Oneonta

‘Controlling Clutter’ talk,

sponsored by the Oneonta

Branch of the American

Association of University

Women, 1 p.m., Neptune

Diner. Lunch at 11:30 a.m.

For info: Virginia Pence, 432-

5171.

Adult recreation volleyball,

7 to 9 p.m., Greater Plains

Elementary School, 60 W.

End Avenue. Presented by

town of Oneonta.

Catskill Area Hospice Thrift

Shop, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 269

Main St. For info: 432-5335.

ESL classes, 9 a.m. to noon, 6

to 8:30 p.m., Oneonta Adult

Education, 189 Main St. For

info: 433-3645,

jeanetcm@oneontacsd.org

or www.oneontacsd.org/

adulted.

GED classes, 9 a.m. to 3:30

p.m., 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.,

Oneonta Adult Education,

189 Main St., Fifth Floo. For

info: jeanetcm@oneontacsd.

org or www.oneontacsd.

org/adulted.

History Center open, 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m., Greater Oneonta

Historical Society History

Center, 183 Main St.

The Lord’s Table, 4:30 to 6:30

p.m., 18 Elm St. A feeding

program, serving a full

dinner. For info: 432-3558.

Cooperstown

Tuesday outing, 10 a.m.,

Adirondack Mountain Club,

Susquehanna Chapter,

various locations in Otsego,

Delaware, Chenango and

Schoharie counties. For info:

Bev Hensle, 286-9126.

Women’s Club of

Cooperstown meeting, 2

p.m., Christ Episcopal

Church Parish House, 69

Fair St. For info: Pat Duncan,

264-3258.

Safe Kids of Otsego County

plush animal sale, 7:30

a.m. to 2 p.m., Bassett Clinic

Lobby.

Roxbury

RLA Tuesday Forum, talk on

New Zealand, 1 p.m.,

Roxbury Library, 53742

State Highway 30.

Sidney

Sidney Historical Society

meeting, 6 p.m., Sidney

Civic Center, 21 Liberty St.

For info: www.sidneyonline.

com/sha.htm,

sidneyhistorical@stny.

rr.com.

Talk on walking the Finger

Lakes Trail, 7 p.m., Sidney

Memorial Public Library, 8

River St.

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Josie Giuseppa Basile will speak about her book "A Gift of My Own: A Journey into the Spiritual Realm of Reality" at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Body, Mind, Spirit meeting at the First United Methodist Church on the corner of Church and Chestnut street, upstairs in the Main Meeting room, in Oneonta.

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