LOCAL CALENDAR

Tuesday - Wednesday

Sept. 1-2

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. 1071.

CLUBS

TUESDAY Palm Leaf Chapter No.

114 Order of the Eastern Star meets at 7:30 on the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Porterville Masonic Center 2440 W. Henderson at 784-5011 or Secretary Joy Boydstun at 359-7062.

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 Sue Hill at 719-9781 for more information.

Breakfast Lions Club

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

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

CLASSES TUESDAY Exercise at the Porterville Senior Nutrition site is from 11 a.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 782-4725.

Line Dancing with the Crack o’ Dawn Dancers is held from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays at Portervile Adult Day Services at 227 E. Oak St. in Porterville. All ages are welcome. No experience is necessary. Cost is $5 per day or $100 for 24 sessions. For more information contact Sylvia at 202-9105.

Parenting Classes in English are at 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday at the Family Crisis Center, 770 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.

WEDNESDAY Gentle Healing Yoga, Restorative Yoga classes are held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Mondays and from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Center, 35621 Highway 190, Springville. For more information, call Leslie Holt at 359-4795 or 782-6360.

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

ENTERTAINMENT

TUESDAY Contestants are being sought for the 2015 Veterans Homecoming Queen Contest.

Students must be seniors in a Porterville area school. The Queen’s Tea will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 1 at the Porterville Memorial Building, where applications will be accepted. Former Queen Alexis Dignam will visit each high school in the district with information and sign-up packets. Last year the queen contest was suspended due to a lack of contestants. Officials are encouraging girls to apply this year. The queen will reign over the Veterans Day festivities, including the Veterans Day parade. For more information, contact Monique Page at 310-2434 or Don Dowling at 920-2659, or email at dondowling@sbcglobal.net. Dignam can be reached at 202-5884.

The Sierra View Medical Center’s weekly Farmer’s Market is held on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon in the east parking lot of the hospital off Jaye Street. Fresh fruits and vegetables and other healthy items are sold. The market continues each Tuesday through September.

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 earlybird 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.