LOCAL CALENDAR

CLUBS

SATURDAY Porterville Vintage Aircraft Association meets from 9 a.m. until about noon on the first Saturday of each month at the Porterville Airport. For more information, call Leonard Patton at 7820199.

CLASSES

FRIDAY Building Trades Classes are held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Fridays at 27488 Avenue 150, Porterville. Beginner through advanced classes in residential electricity are offered. For more information, call Bobby Powell at 782-8567.

Healthy Hearts Senior Exercise meets at 9 a.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, excluding holidays, at the Porterville Church of the Nazarene.

ENTERTAINMENT

FRIDAY

Porterville Art Walk is held the first Friday of each month in downtown Porterville. Ten or more venues including galleries, studios and businesses will open their art exhibitions from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Participants can meet the artists, listen to musicians and poets, and enjoy receptions and beverages. The gallery is located at 151 North Main Street; everyone is welcome and admission is free. tthe Porterville Chamber of Commerce hosts First Friday Coffee events the first Friday of each month. The events are held at Galaxy 9 Theatres at 631 N. Indiana St. beginning at 7 a.m. First Friday Coffee is designed to bring people together to network with other businesses. There will be coffee and snacks followed by a short program.

Congressman Kevin Mccarthy, R-CA 23rd District, has announced a monthly staff mobile office in Porterville on Friday, June 2. The mobile office will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Centennial Plaza Conference Room, 15 E. Thurman Ave., which is across the street from Porterville City Hall. This is one hour earlier than the usual time. A staff member from Mccarthy’s office hosts each mobile office held throughout California’s 23rd Congressional District. This time provides an opportunity for constituents in the local community to conveniently visit and share concerns on important issues, current events and discuss casework matters regarding problems with federal government agencies. Cole Karr, Mccarthy’s field representative, will meet with visitors in Porterville. For more information, contact Mccarthy’s district office at (661) 327-3611.

teagle Mountain Casino is the host this month for the Porterville Chamber of Commerce’s First Friday Coffee. Activities begin at 7:15 a.m. with coffee and light breakfast, as well as networking. A brief presentation will begin around 7:30 a.m. and the morning concludes at 8:15 a.m. First Friday Coffee is held at Galaxy 9 Theatre at 631 N. Indiana St.

Greenpower Motor Company is inviting residents Friday to not only join in the groundbreaking of the electricpower bus manufacturing plant in Porterville, but to take a ride on the world’s first all-electric double-decker bus. The long-awaited groundbreaking for the assembly plant on Hope Drive at the Porterville Airport will begin at 11 a.m. The California Air Resource Board, which has certified Greenpower as a supplier of electric-powered buses and has awarded an $11 million grant to the City of Porterville to purchase 10 buses, will begin the program with a presentation. The groundbreaking will follow at 11:20 p.m., followed by lunch then a product announcement from the company. Rides on either the electricpowered double-decker bus or a transit bus will be offered beginning at 12:20 p.m. SATURDAY

Springville Rodeo Young Guns is hosting the first-ever Flicks in the Foothills at the rodeo grounds. No charge for parking, entry, or food. They will be showing three classic movies in three months. On June 3, “The Goonies” will be shown at dusk, July 1 will feature “The Sandlot,” and the final movie showing will be a people’s choice. Movie suggestions will be taken at the June showing and voted on by the people at the July showing.bring blankets, lawn chairs, or both and enjoy a movie on a 20-foot by 10-foot screen under the stars in Springville.

SUPPORT

SATURDAY A 12-Step Workshop meets from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. each Saturday at Porterville 12-Step Recovery Club at 186 N. D St. at the corner of D and Walnut. It is open to all 12-Step groups. For more information, call 539-3814.