LOCAL CALENDAR

Fridaysaturday Dec. 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 7841689. For information, call 784-5000, Ext. 1048.

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 782-0199.

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

SATURDAY Friends of the Library

will hold book

sales on the first Saturday of each month from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. behind the gas company building at 301 N. Hockett St. in Porterville. The sales feature classics, fiction, non-fiction, travel, humor, history, Western, reference, mystery, large-print, cook, travel and text books. Computer manuals, DVDS, music, old records and videos will also be sold. All proceeds benefit the Porterville City Library and the Porterville Library Literacy Program.

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.

FRIDAY

tporterville Elks Lodge

TGIF dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. every Friday at the lodge on the corner of Main Street and Morton Avenue. The first Friday of the month is steak night. Cost varies. Public welcome. For more information, call 784-1342.

SATURDAY

the Springville Farmers’ Market is held each Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon in downtown Springville. Fresh, local fruits and vegetables, home-cooked foods, hand-crafted articles and collectables are offered. For booth space or information, call Ralph at 544-4069.

the Porterville City Library holds introductory computer classes on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. For more information on services and programs, go to the Library at 41 W. Thurman Ave., call 784-0177, or visit www.portervillelibrary.org and www. facebook.com/portervillelibrary.

DEC. 1

tthe Barn Theater will be producing “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” for eight performances starting with an evening show on Dec. 1. Evening shows at 7:30 p.m. continue on Dec. 2,8,9, 15 and 16. Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. are Dec. 3 and 10 with a brunch show at 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 10. Cost for the evening or matinees are $15 per adult, $10 per senior or student and $5 children younger than 12, and cost for the brunch show is 15 per person, reservations needed by Dec. 6. The play is directed by Edie La Vonne. Set in the land of Narnia, “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” faithfully recreates the magic and mystery of Aslan, the great lion, his struggle with the White Witch, and the adventures of four children who inadvertently wander from an old wardrobe into the exciting, never-tobe-forgotten Narnia. The intense action features chases, duels and escapes as the witch is determined to keep Narnia in her possession and to end the reign of Aslan.

tthe annual Lighting of the Memorial Christmas Tree and Craft Fair in the Springville Park will be Dec. 1. The event starts at noon with craft vendors opening their booths. Reading of the names on the Memorial Plaque will begin at 6 p.m. The event includes lighting the tree, Christmas carols, performances in the gazebo, a live nativity scene, and pictures with Santa Claus. Hot cocoa, cider, cookies, and a bowl of Dutch oven stew will also be available, and free for those who make donations to the Springville Volunteer Fire Department food bank. Raffle tickets are $1 each. For more information on how to add loved ones’ names to the Memorial Plaque, stop by the Springville Volunteer Fire Department. For vendor information, call Randy Young at 3591129 or Denise Young at 359-2215. For ticket information, call Dave and Joanne Ploneis at 359-1172.

The Rollin’ Relics Car Club will collect

toys for area children at their monthly cruise night Friday, Dec. 1. The community is invited to drop off unwrapped toys, for needy children at the Pizza Factory parking lot, corner of Henderson and Porter Road, between 5-7 p.m. Porterville Toys for Tots targets families in need, with input from schools. Without this toy drive, many of the local children would have a limited Christmas. All types of unwrapped toys are welcome, but a stuffed animal will put a certain sparkle in the eye of a child. Cash donations to go toward the purchase of toys, also will be accepted. The club still invites the community to bring their classic, hot rod, custom car, finished or not to display at the “Show and Shine” Cruise Night held the first Friday from March through November. There is no fee to display your vehicle, for more information go to Rollinrelicscarclub.blogspot.com.

DEC. 2

t“a Tribute to Johnny Cash” starring James Garner is coming on Dec. 2 to the Lindsay Community Theater. Show starts at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are only $20 at the door. For groups of 10 or more tickets are just $15 each. Get your reserved-seat tickets at www.lindsaycommunitytheater.com. This show is sure to be a sellout, so get you tickets early. For more information, call 284 2223. A classy and authentic production, James Garner’s Tribute to Johnny Cash celebrates the life and music of the legendary “Man in Black” with hits like “Folsom Prison Blues,” “I Walk the Line,” and “Ring of Fire.” Show members are James Garner, lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica; Denny Colleret, lead guitar and vocals; Rick Duncan, bass and vocals; Nick Auriemmo, drums. Website is www.cashtribute.net. The Johnny Cash Tribute Show is the perfect early Christmas present for the whole family. The rest of the season is “The Authentic Elvis Experience” on Jan. 6, Juni Fisher on Feb. 10, “A tribute to Simon and Garfunkel” on April 21, and “Stories and Songs of Neil Diamond” on May 12. Tickets for all of these shows are available now atwww. lindsaycommunity theater. com.