LOCAL CALENDAR

Saturday Sunday Oct. 14-15

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 SATURDAY

The Sequoia Dutch Ovens club meets on the second Saturday of each month for cooking and sharing creations. For more information, contact Dwight Chaddock at 920-2210.

CLASSES SATURDAY

Scrapbook-making sessions are held on the second Saturday of each month in the First Christian Church, 1020 N. Prospect St., Porterville. The sessions run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bring a current project or start a new one. For more information, call Minnie Castaneda at 920-0569.

ENTERTAINMENT SATURDAY

The Porterville area 4-H Club will hold its 62nd annual 4-H Chuckwagon Breakfast from 6 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Porterville Fairgrounds, 2700 W. Teapot Dome Ave. The breakfast, which is sponsored by Town & Country Market and serves approximately 3,200 people, will consist of pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, orange juice, milk, hot chocolate, coffee and prunes. The cost to attend is $5 if tickets are bought from a 4-H member and $6 at the gate. The nonprofit organization, which has a local office in Tulare, is comprised of about 450 4-H members from Porterville and outlying areas such Burton, Ducor, Pleasant View, Prairie Center, Springville, Vandalia and Tule River Indian Reservation. All proceeds from ticket sales will go toward youth leadership development, funding youth projects, hat pins and awards. The 4-H Chuckwagon Breakfast is a tradition dating back to 1955 and is the clubs’ main fundraiser of the year. The event was originally held in the parking lot of Smith’s Market, and has since moved twice due to overpopulation. The first move was to the fairgrounds on Olive and the second one to the fairgrounds on Tea Pot Dome.

tvisalia Emergency Aid’s “Evening on the Red Carpet” returns on Saturday, Oct. 14, after the successful debut in 2016. The event, to be held from 6 to 10 p.m. at Giant Chevrolet & Cadillac in Visalia, is a fundraiser for the new Community Pantry, Family Resource Center and Education Center to be built at the current Visalia Emergency Aid site. An Evening on the Red Carpet will feature dinner catered by Café 225, dancing, live and silent auction and the opportunity to win a car valued at $40,000. Tickets are $75 per person; a reserved table is $1,000. The fundraising goal is $500,000 and over $200,000 has already been raised, noted executive director Liz Wynn. Major sponsors are Lagomarsino Farms, Family Healthcare Network, the Provident /Salierno Family Foundation, Macy’s Foundation, Visalia Rotary Community Foundation, and Tachi Palace & Casino and Paloma Development. Fistolera Construction is providing construction services. Confirmed celebrities on the red carpet include Miranda Rae Mayo (Chicago Fire), Hank J. Barr (COPS), Brett Prieto (Victory by Submission), Jacob Price (Sand Trap), and Caleb Brown (Disney’s Bizardvaark, Mother’s Day) along with guest emcee George Takata, KSEE 24 anchor. For nearly 80 years, Visalia Emergency Aid Council has been providing food to families with children and seniors, working from an adobe brick and mortar building in north Visalia. That building today has a leaky roof, inadequate storage space, no heating or air conditioning and it doesn’t meet current building codes. The nonprofit organization serves 2,100 children every month, along with seniors on fixed incomes. The mission is to help ensure that no one has to choose between paying rent or buying food, Wynn explained. For further information, call Wynn, 732-0101, or email liz@veac. org. To purchase tickets, visit www.veac.org. Come by the Visalia Library from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Saturday, Oct. 14, for the Friends of the Tulare County Library Fall Book Sale. The sale includes a large selection of hardcover fiction and DVDS available for $1 each. The sale is held inside the Visalia Branch located at 200 W. Oak Ave., with entrances on Encina and Locust.also on Saturday, the Exeter and Three Rivers Friends of the Library are hosting book sales at their branches. Come by and browse the huge selection at the Exeter Branch Library, located at 230 E. Chestnut Ave., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., outside on the patio. Three Rivers Branch, at 42052 Eggers Dr., holds their exciting Fall Book Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The following Saturday, Oct. 21, stop in and see the treasures Dinuba Friends of the Library have at their book sale scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sale will be in the Community Room at the Dinuba Branch Library, located at 150 S. I St. The sales feature a variety of books, including fiction, mystery, history, biography, art, and cookbooks. Proceeds from the sales purchase books and equipment and sponsor programs at Tulare County Branch Libraries. For more information, call 713-2709. The Friends of the Tulare County Libraries are associations for people who love libraries, reading, books, volunteering, and raising money to enhance public library services. For more information about becoming a Friend, contact the Library’s Volunteer Coordinator at 713-2709, call your local library branch or go to www.tularecountylibrary.org.

SUNDAY

tthe Presbyterian Church in Terra Bella will hold its 35th annual Meals for Missions Beef Dinner on Sunday, Oct. 15. Serving hours will be between 4 and 7 p.m. The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children under 8. Takeout orders are available.

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. Take Off Pounds Sensibly meets from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturdays in the Fashion Center at the Porterville Developmental Center. Weigh-in is from 9 to 9:45 a.m. For more information, call 784-9539 or 799-4291, or visit www.tops.org.

SUNDAY

Pills Anonymous, a support group for people who have been using pills addictively, meets each Sunday from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at The Recovery Club at 186 S. D St. in Porterville. For more information, contact Carolyn at 920-1382.