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March 12, 2010

Anonymous The Daily Star Fri Mar 12, 2010, 08:21 AM EST

FRIDAY

Oneonta

Southern Tier AIDS

Program information on

AIDS education, support

services; free, anonymous

HIV testing, (800) 333-0892

or 432-6654.

AA closed step meeting,

7:30 a.m., St. James’

Episcopal Church, 305 Main

St. For info: AA hot line,

(888) 2B-SOBER.

AA beginners’ open Living

Sober meeting, 7 p.m.,

Calvary Hill Retreat Center,

290 Chestnut St. For info:

AA hot line, (888) 2B-SOBER.

Al-Anon family group, noon,

22 Elm St.

AA St. Mary’s Lunch Bunch,

open discussion, 1 p.m., St.

Mary’s parish center, Walnut

and Elm streets. For info: AA

hot line, (888) 2B-SOBER.

Narcotics Anonymous, open

literature meeting/

discussion, 7 p.m., First

United Methodist Church,

parish house; enter off

Chestnut Street. For info:

Charlie, 434-2255.

Violence Intervention

Program hot line, for

victims of domestic

violence or sexual assault

for all residents of Otsego

County, 432-4855.

Bainbridge

AA beginners, 7 p.m., St.

Peter’s Episcopal Church,

state routes 7 and 206, by

the gazebo. For info: 967-

4200.

Cobleskill

AA beginners meeting, 8

p.m., United Methodist

Church. For info: AA hot

line, (888) 2B-SOBER.

Cooperstown

AA closed discussion, noon,

First Baptist Church, 19 Elm

St. For info: AA hot line,

(888) 2B-SOBER.

Delhi

AA open speaker/discussion

meeting, 8 p.m., St.

John’s Episcopal Church,

Main Street. For info: AA hot

line, (888) 2B-SOBER.

AA Big Book/step meeting,

noon, United Ministry,

Room 6, Courthouse

Square. For info: AA hot line,

(888) 2B-SOBER.

Margaretville

AA beginner’s meeting, 7

p.m., Maple Avenue, by the

firehouse. For info: (845)

586-5208.

Milford

AA Big Book Group open

discussion meeting, 7:30

p.m., Milford United

Methodist Church. For info:

AA hot line, (888) 2B-SOBER.

Norwich

NA Recovery Three Group, 8

p.m., Emmanuel Episcopal

Church, 32 W. Main St., CD.

Stamford

AA open speakers meeting,

8 p.m., United Methodist

Church, 88 Main St. For info:

AA hot line, (888) 2B-SOBER.

Walton

Double Trouble, 1 p.m., RSS

conference room, 132

Delaware St., third floor. For

info: Megan Shaw, 865-

3164.

Codependents Anonymous

Support Group, 6:30 p.m.,

First Congregational

Church, North Street.

NA, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.,

Reformed Presbyterian

Church, Bruce and East

streets.

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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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