LOCAL CALENDAR

Monday Tuesday April 30 May 1

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

MONDAY t Cub Scout Pack 3116 invites boys ages 6-10 years to attend the monthly pack meeting the last Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at Bartlett Middle School at 355 N. G Street in Porterville. For more information call David Prestage at 361-1084 or Rick Meyers at 740-3909.

TUESDAY t 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.

t Breakfast Lions Club

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

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

white River Prospectors, the Porterville Chapter of the Gold Prospectors Association of America, meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Gold Hills Clubhouse at 720 E. Worth Dr. in Porterville. The meetings, and membership in the chapter, are free and open to the public. Members participate in gold panning, prospecting, metal detecting, outings and informative meetings. Teaching opportunities are also available. For more information, visit www.goldprospectors.org and click on the Porterville link, or contact president Yvonne Fiori at 559-361-3147.

CLASSES

MONDAY Exercise at the Porterville Senior Nutrition site is from 11a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Monday through Thursday at 280 N. 4th St. Lunch is available each day at noon. Call the day prior for lunch reservations. For more information, call 7824725. Pilates-yogilates classes are held on Mondays and Wednesdays at Balance by Design CORE Fitness,109 N. Main St. in Porterville. Call Michele Stewart-buller at 310-1155 for class times. Healthy Hearts Senior Exercise meets at 9 a.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, excluding holidays, at the Porterville Church of the Nazarene. A Monday Night Dance is held each Mondday at Golden Hills Mobile Estates, 720 E. Worth Ave., space 120. Dancing starts at 6 p.m. with music by the Country Friends. For more information, call 789-5244. TUESDAY Parenting Classes in English are at 4 and 6 p.m. each Tuesday at the Family Crisis Center, 211 N. Main St., Porterville. For more information, call 781-7462. Tai Chi class is from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays at The Center, 35621 Highway 190, Springville. For more information, call Jim Pyles at 539-3243.

ENTERTAINMENT

MONDAY Bingo is offered by Porterville High Booster Club each Monday night. Doors open at 5 p.m., and the games begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Porterville High School cafeteria. For more information, call 784-9293. The Senior Citizens Runners meet each Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 27488 Avenue 150 in Porterville. For more information, call Bobby Powell at 782-8567. TUESDAY

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.

MEETINGS

MONDAY A Read to Succeed Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation is held each Monday from 10 a.m. to noon. If the Monday sessions are not convenient, call 782-7493 or 782-7487 to schedule orientation on another day. Visit www.portervillelibrary.org for more information. TUESDAY Tulare County Resource Family Approval, previously known as Foster Care Licensing, offers orientations twice per month for prospective Resource families. Orientations are held from 6 to 9 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays at the Professional Development Center, 4031 W. Noble Ave. Entrance is at the bottom of the two-story building next to Employment Connection. Orientations are held on the second floor. The door will be locked at 6 p.m. People who are interested in helping will need to attend one orientation meeting, and meet requirements such as being at least 18 years old, being financially able to support their own family, having no criminal record and a clear health screening and being certified in CPR and first aid. To schedule a personal orientation, or for more information, call 623-0581.