October 2008 Community Calendar - Boone County, Indiana

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• Flu Shots from 3 - 6 pm in the Olive Hoffman and Lora Hussey Rooms at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). The Visiting Nurse Service will offer flu and pneumonia shots at a cost of: Flu Shot - $25, and Pneumonia shot - $45. Individuals presenting their Medicare-Part B card will receive shots at no charge. Preregistration is not required. This is a first-come-first-served event.
• Childbirth Education Class from 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference Room. For more information, please call 765-485-8120.

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• AdvantAge Expo, Senior Health and Wellness Fair from 9 am to 3 pm at the Witham Health Services 4-H Pavilion in Lebanon. The event is FREE for all attendees! Boone County seniors, their caregivers and family members are encouraged to attend. More than 50 vendors will be in attendance, Health Screenings, Wellness and Lifestyle Lectures, Flu Shots, Door Prizes, Golf Dome, Honor Flight, Goodie Bags, Food and more! Hosted by Boone County Senior Services, Carpenter Realtors, Witham Health Services and the Lebanon Reporter. For more information contact 765-482-5220 or 317-873-8939 or go to www.booneseniors.org/Advantage.
• 1st Annual Taste of Boone County event from 6-9pm at the Anson/Duke development. Sample signature entrees and special creations from Boone County's most popular, locally owned restaurants and food providers - under a spacious event tent with live music from a Chicago jazz band. Beverages will also be available at this adults only event. The Taste of Boone County is being funded by the Boone County Convention & Visitors Bureau with proceeds going to the Boone County 4H Fairgrounds Building Fund. For more information, please visit www.BooneCVB.com.

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• Boone County CROP Hunger Walk from 2-4pm. Walk begins at First Presbyterian Church in Lebanon. Boone County churches are joining together for the CROP Hunger Walk to raise awareness and funds for hunger programs in our area and around the world. 25% of donations raised will be distributed to the Caring Center to be used locally. The remainder of the funds support Church World Service to aid in poverty relief and education programs around the US and the world. CROP stands for Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty. Churches or individuals interested in participating can contact Amy Vyain at 317-753-7549. For more information visit the Church World Service Website.

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• Auditions for the 2008 Missoula Children's Theater at Hattie B. Stokes Elementary School at 4:15 pm. Rehearsals will be October 7-10 at at Hattie B. Stokes Elementary School at 4:15 pm and two performances on Saturday, October 11th at Lebanon High School. This year's production will be Alice in Wonderland! All children in Boone County grades K-8 are invited to participate. For more information, please contact the Parent Support Group for High Ability Children at 765-482-9760.
• The Nine Book Discussion from 7-8 pm in the Lora Hussey and Olive Hoffman Rooms at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). This initial examination of The Nine will get the conversation started about this thought-provoking book. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.

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• Diabetic Education Class from 9 - 10:30 am in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference Room. For more information, please call 765-485-8120.
• Dining with Diabetes from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Witham Memorial Hospital VIP Dining room. Dining with Diabetes is open to anyone with diabetes and/or those at high risk for developing diabetes and their family members or caretakers. Classes will include demonstrations on how to prepare meals that are healthy and use less fat, salt and sugar without cutting taste. There will be an opportunity to taste a variety of main dishes, side dishes and desserts. Dining with Diabetes is a four part educational program with a 2 month follow up program. Participants are asked to attend all sessions. Program fee for the educational series is $25 per person or $ 40 per diabetic and family member or caregiver (includes one notebook). For more information, please call 765-485-8120.

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• Purdue Club of Boone County Fall Meeting at Ulen Country Club in Lebanon, IN. A buffet dinner will begin at 6:30pm and drinks and BOILER fellowship begin at 6pm. Nancy Cross, PURDUE’s senior associate athletic director, will speak about PURDUE athletics and compliance issues. Cost of meal is $22 per person. Donations will also be accepted for the scholarship fund. Visit the Purdue Club of Boone County website for more information.
• Childbirth Education Class from 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference Room. For more information, please call 765-485-8120.

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• Lebanon Rotary Club Meeting at noon at Ulen Country Club. Cindy Meskauskas, Residential Sales Manager for Anson, will speak on the progress.

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• 5k Hawk Walk: First Steps for Recovery at the Carmel Civic Square Gazebo(1 block west of Westfield Drive, 3 blocks north of Carmel Drive). 9 am registration, 10 am walk begins. $15 registration. Proceeds benefit The 24 Group, a non-profit, public foundation that exists to provide support and advocacy for those touched by the disease of addiction in adolescents and young adults. The 24 Group provides education and treatment grants to central Indiana treatment centers for those with inadequate insurance. Please join us and bring your family to show your support for adolescents and young adults in need. For more information and to register in advance, go to www.the24group.org.
• Eagle Creek Park's 1st Annual Fall Festival from 10am-6pm at the Eagle Creek Park Marina. Cost os free with regular park admission ($5 per vehicle). Various activities will take place throughout the day: Fall Festival Soccer Clinic from 10:30-11:30am, live entertainment and music will take place from 12-5pm on the Marina Stage, and boat rentals, tours of the boathouse, canoe tours, rowing lessons, and go and row opportunities will be available for guests as well. The kid's area will contain carnival games, prizes, goodies, and inflatable play houses for youngsters to enjoy. The IMPD will be on site to sign up children for their ID program. The Earth Discovery Center (EDC) will have an assortment of activities and EDC programs for families to enjoy as well. Tour the facility, be a scientist in the wet and dry labs, meet program animals, go on a family scavenger hunt, or take a bird watching hike through the park! At the Peace Learning Center, listen to music and various program talks, as well as, take family yoga! Experience more of the park with a hayride tour! From 10am-4pm families can jump on and take a ride around the east corridor of the park - $2 for adults (17 & up), $1 for youth (4-17), free for children (3 & under).
• Fall Brick Street Gallery Walk from noon –5pm on the Brick Street (Main Street) in Zionsville. Sponsored by the Zionsville Arts Initiative. Mark your calendars!

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• Drawing Words/Writing Pictures: The Art of Political Cartooning from 2 - 3 pm in the Lora Hussey and Olive Hoffman Rooms at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). Gary Varvel, Indianapolis Star's editorial cartoonist and a member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists presents an entertaining afternoon of political cartoons with just the right amount of fun poked at the upcoming election! Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.

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• Breastfeeding Education Class from from 6 - 8 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference Room. For more information, please call 765-485-8120.

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• Diabetic Education Class from 9 - 10:30 am in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference Room. For more information, please call 765-485-8120.
• Books Over Coffee from 12 to 1 pm in the Lora Hussey Program Room at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). Take a break, bring a sack lunch if you wish, and join fellow book lovers to talk about favorite authors. Beverages and treats provided. Bring a friend! Preregistration is not required.
• Teen Program: Take a Bite — If You Dare! from 4 - 5 pm in the Hoffman Room at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). Come and make some gross-looking, but tasty treats, including bird poop cookies and kitty litter cake. I dare you to try it! Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.
• RFK and the 1968 Indiana Primary from 6:30 - 8 pm in the Lora Hussey and Olive Hoffman Rooms at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). Ray Boomhower, Senior Editor for the Indiana Historical Society Press will discuss Robert F. Kennedy's 10-day trek through the state during his 1968 presidential primary run, and the national attention it drew. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.
• “Researching for Family, History and Ghosts!” at 6:30 pm at  Lebanon Public Library with Indiana Author, Nicole Kobrowski, founder of Unseenpress.com, Indiana’s only publisher dedicated to the paranormal. Kobrowski is the author of Haunted Backroads: Central Indiana, Ghosts of Westfield Indiana and Encyclopedia of Haunted Indiana 2008. The program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the Boone County Historical Society in recognition of National Family History Month. For more details contact Jamey Hickson in the Ralph Stark Heritage Center 765-482-3460 ext 261.
• Dining with Diabetes from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Witham Memorial Hospital VIP Dining room. Dining with Diabetes is open to anyone with diabetes and/or those at high risk for developing diabetes and their family members or caretakers. Classes will include demonstrations on how to prepare meals that are healthy and use less fat, salt and sugar without cutting taste. There will be an opportunity to taste a variety of main dishes, side dishes and desserts. Dining with Diabetes is a four part educational program with a 2 month follow up program. Participants are asked to attend all sessions. Program fee for the educational series is $25 per person or $ 40 per diabetic and family member or caregiver (includes one notebook). For more information, please call 765-485-8120.

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• The Nine Panel Discussion from 6:30 - 8 pm in the Lora Hussey and Olive Hoffman Rooms at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). Panel members include United States District Judge David F. Hamilton, former news reporter and current public relations executive Melissa Mayer, New Castle Judge Carol Goodwin, and U. S. history teacher David Rodgers. Former Zionsville Town Council President Dick Crane will moderate. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.

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• Teen Program: Vampires at Twilight from 6 - 7:30 pm in the Hoffman Room at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). From Nosferatu to Edward, vampires are everywhere! Trivia, games and snacks for the (not so) blood thirsty. Costumes welcome! Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.
• Childbirth Education Class from 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference Room. For more information, please call 765-485-8120.

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• 8th Annual Zionsville GhostWalk presented by the SullivanMunce Cultural Center in Zionsville from from 6:30-10:30pm each night. Tours leave every 10 minutes, beginning at 6:30pm, from the front lawn of the SullivanMunce Cultural Center located at 225 West Hawthorne Street, Zionsville. Tickets are $8.50 per person and will be available for purchase beginning September 2 online at www.sullivanmunce.org or by calling 317/873.4900. All proceeds will benefit the SullivanMunce Cultural Center. Maximum number of tour guests for each night is 750. Make sure to come hungry! Concessions featuring traditional fall treats and goodies will be available for all guests throughout the night. For more information on the 2008 GhostWalk or The SullivanMunce Cultural Center, call 317.873.4900 or log on at www.sullivanmunce.org.

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• Annual Chicken Noodle Supper from 4 to 7 pm at Salem United Methodist Church on Kissel Road (800E), just south of State Road 334 in Zionsville. Everyone is welcome to join Salem UMC for an evening of good food, warm hospitality and fellowship at the beautiful and historic "Friendly Country Church." The menu includes chicken and homemade noodles, ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, assorted salads and homemade desserts. Salem United Methodist Church is located on Kissel Road (800E), just south of State Road 334 in Zionsville. Look for the signs! Adult dinner is $7, children 6-12 are $3, and children under 5 are FREE!!! PRINT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND BRING IT IN TO RECEIVE $1 OFF EVERY PERSON IN YOUR PARTY!!!!
• 8th Annual Zionsville GhostWalk presented by the SullivanMunce Cultural Center in Zionsville from from 6:30-10:30pm each night. Tours leave every 10 minutes, beginning at 6:30pm, from the front lawn of the SullivanMunce Cultural Center located at 225 West Hawthorne Street, Zionsville. Tickets are $8.50 per person and will be available for purchase beginning September 2 online at www.sullivanmunce.org or by calling 317/873.4900. All proceeds will benefit the SullivanMunce Cultural Center. Maximum number of tour guests for each night is 750. Make sure to come hungry! Concessions featuring traditional fall treats and goodies will be available for all guests throughout the night. For more information on the 2008 GhostWalk or The SullivanMunce Cultural Center, call 317.873.4900 or log on at www.sullivanmunce.org.

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• Children's Program: Stitch'n @ the Library for ages 8 - 12 from 4 - 5 pm in Mayfield North at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). Knitters and crocheters: bring your yarn and needles to the Library for stitching fun. Use this time to practice a new stitch or work on a project. Bring your latest FO (Finished Object) for show and tell. A door prize will be drawn. Come and share the fun! Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.

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• Diabetic Education Class from 9 - 10:30 am in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference Room. For more information, please call 765-485-8120.
• Children's Program: Howl-o-ween for ages 6 - 10 from 4 - 5 pm in Mayfield North and South at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). Hear the Halloween story Hallo-Weiner by Dav Pilkey and get your picture taken, in costume or without, alongside your favorite TheraPets from our Paws to Read program. The dogs will be dressed in costume — will you be? Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.
• Dining with Diabetes from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Witham Memorial Hospital VIP Dining room. Dining with Diabetes is open to anyone with diabetes and/or those at high risk for developing diabetes and their family members or caretakers. Classes will include demonstrations on how to prepare meals that are healthy and use less fat, salt and sugar without cutting taste. There will be an opportunity to taste a variety of main dishes, side dishes and desserts. Dining with Diabetes is a four part educational program with a 2 month follow up program. Participants are asked to attend all sessions. Program fee for the educational series is $25 per person or $ 40 per diabetic and family member or caregiver (includes one notebook). For more information, please call 765-485-8120.

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• Children's Program: Pumpkin Pageant (Homegrown, decorated or carved pumpkins welcome) from 6:30 - 7:30 pm in Mayfield North and South at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). Bring your radiant, humble, terrific and/or giant pumpkin. Come display your creativity and gardening success at our second annual Pumpkin Pageant. The carved or decorated pumpkins will parade down the runway for all to see. We will also crown the 2008 Giant Pumpkin King/Queen this evening. If you live in Zionsville or received pumpkin seeds at a library program, you may enter the homegrown contest for the Giant Pumpkin. A pumpkin dessert will be served following the pageant. Open to all ages. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.

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• Childbirth Education Class from 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference Room. For more information, please call 765-485-8120.

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• Transport For Christ will present a free concert by the band Crosswalk at the Boone County 4-H Pavilion, 1300 E. 100 S. in Lebanon. Doors will open at 7:30 pm, and concert will start at 8 pm. Crosswalk performs gospel, Americana and country music. An offering will be taken to benefit Transport For Christ's Mobile Chapel, a ministry to the trucking industry, which is located at the TA truck stop in Whitestown. For more information call 317-654-4839 or 765-482-0750.

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• Murder He Writes — YOU Solve the Mystery w/ Author Michael Lewin from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Lora Hussey Program Room at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). Mystery writer and Indiana native Michael Z. Lewin will set-up his audience to solve the mystery yarn he will weave during this interactive program. Participants will finish the story and read or perform their ending. Prizes will be awarded. Lewin will sign copies of his novels, available for purchase after the program. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.

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• Diabetic Education Class from 9 - 10:30 am in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference Room. For more information, please call 765-485-8120.
• Teen Program: Fall Break Movie Break from 2 - 4 pm in the Lora Hussey Room at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). Enjoy a movie at the library while snacking on popcorn and lemonade. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.
• Dining with Diabetes from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Witham Memorial Hospital VIP Dining room. Dining with Diabetes is open to anyone with diabetes and/or those at high risk for developing diabetes and their family members or caretakers. Classes will include demonstrations on how to prepare meals that are healthy and use less fat, salt and sugar without cutting taste. There will be an opportunity to taste a variety of main dishes, side dishes and desserts. Dining with Diabetes is a four part educational program with a 2 month follow up program. Participants are asked to attend all sessions. Program fee for the educational series is $25 per person or $ 40 per diabetic and family member or caregiver (includes one notebook). For more information, please call 765-485-8120.

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• Children's Program: Happy Halloween! from 10 - 11 am or 1 - 2 pm for ages 4 - 6 in Mayfield North and South at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). Wear your Halloween costume and join us for Halloween fun! Treat yourself to scary stories, spooky songs and make a frightening decoration. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.
• Children's Program: Night at the Library from (new time!) 4:30 5:30 pm for ages 7 - 12 in Mayfield North and South at Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville (250 North Fifth Street, Zionsville Indiana, 46077). Sneak into the Library dressed in your best costume for a fabulously "frightening" Halloween scare! Join the party for scary stories, games and fun! Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.

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