LOCAL CALENDAR

Tuesday - Wednesday Sept. 12-13

To have your event included, please submit information in writing at least one week in advance by email to recorder@portervillerecorder.com, Attn: Community Calendar, or by fax to 784-1689. For information, call 784-5000, Ext. 1048.

CLUBS

TUESDAY

Pack 139 Cub Scouts, ages 6 to 11, meets 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Boy Scouts, ages 11 and older, meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The meetings are held each Tuesday at the Scout Shack just north of and behind the Barn Theater in Porterville. Call Jeannette Dees at 310-0808 for more information.

Breakfast Lions Club meets at 6:45 a.m. on Tuesdays at the Elks Lodge at 386 N. Main St. in Porterville.

Rotary Club meets at noon on Tuesdays at El Nuevo Mexicali II Restaurant at 640 N. Prospect St. in Porterville.

The Porterville Democratic Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Pizza Factory. The business meeting is from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., preceded by no-host dining at 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

SETCO Republican Women have a speaker and luncheon the second Wednesday of each month at El Nuevo Mexicali II Restaurant, 640 N. Prospect St., Porterville. Cost is $13. Reservations must be made by the Monday before the meeting. For more information call 793-2540.

CLASSES

TUESDAY t exercise at the Porter ville Senior Nutrition site is from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. monday through thursday at 280 N .4 th st. lunch isday at noon. call the day prior for lunch reservations.formoreinformation,call782-4725. Crack O’ Dawn Country-western Line

Dancing classes are held from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. monday through thursday at the old Santa fe depot( senior center),280n. fourth St. all ages are welcome. beginners on monday and wednesday; intermediate son tuesday and thursday. cost is $5 per day or $100 for 24 sessions. For more information call sylvia at 2029105. parenting Classes in English areat4and6 p.m. each tuesday at the family crisis center ,211 N.mainst.,porterville.formoreinformation,call 781-7462. taiC hi class is from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on tues days at the center ,35621 highway 190, spring ville. For moreinformation,calljimpylesat539-3243.

WEDNESDAY t exercise at the Porter ville Senior Nutrition site is from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. monday through thursday at 280 N .4 th st. lunch isday at noon. call the day prior for lunch reservations.formoreinformation,call782-4725.

healthy Hearts Senior Exercise meet sat 9 a.m. each monday, wednesday and friday, excluding holidays, at the porter ville church of the Nazarene. pil ates-yogi lat es classes are held on mon days and Wednesday sat balance by design core Fitness, 109n. Main st. in porter ville. call michele Stewart-buller at 310-1155 for class times. Crack O’ Dawn Country-western Line Dancing classes are held from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. monday through thursday at the old Santa fe depot( senior center), 280n. fourth St. all ages are welcome. beginners on monday and wednesday; intermediate son tuesday and thursday. cost is $5 per day or $100 for 24 sessions. For more information call sylvia at 2029105.

ENTERTAINMENT

TUESDAY

tthe Porterville Police Department will hold its annual National Night Out event from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 12 at Fallen Heroes Park.the annual community building campaign, which will include food, games, music and fun, promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make the city’s neighborhoods safer, better places to live. those interested in hosting a booth or want more information are encouraged to call 782-7567.

preschool Storyhour is each Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Porterville Public Library, 41 W. Thurman Ave. For more information, call 784-0177. Bilingual Story Time is at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays at 41 W. Thurmond Avenue. Enjoy children’s stories read in Spanish and English. For more information, call 791-7691. Bingo is offered by the Porterville Elks Lodge with the doors opening at 5 p.m. each Tuesday on the corner of Main Street and Morton Avenue. The early-bird game starts at 6:45 p.m. Buy-in is $15. For more information, call 784-1342. Mexican bingo or loteria at the Senior Nutrition site is from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at 466 E. Putnam Ave. The game uses images on a deck of cards instead of numbers on ping pong balls. Lunch is available each day at noon. Call the day prior for lunch reservations. For more information, call 782-4725. WEDNESDAY

tulare County Library celebrates the most recent total solar eclipse with an event presented by Janet Wood at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 13, in the Visalia Library Blue Room. As a volunteer for NASA’S Jet Propulsion Laboratory public outreach program, Solar System Ambassadors, Wood will feature highlights from this year’s Total Solar Eclipse Tour. Come hear about her journey to the eclipse destination atop Rendezvous Mountain in Wyoming and the stops she made along the way. Enjoy a walk through prehistoric fossil beds, the volcanic world of the craters of the moon and the fascinating geological history of Idaho, Wyoming and even the Grand Tetons National Park. Learn of the world-class endangered raptor conservation program and gain insight into the solar eclipse phenomenon. With both modern science and historical mythology, this event is truly stellar! m “total Solar Eclipse: Nature’s Most Awesome Spectacle” is sponsored by the Sierra Club’s Mineral King Group and the Friends of the Tulare County Library in partnership with the Tulare County Library. The Visalia Library is located at 200 W. Oak Ave. in downtown Visalia.