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Community Calendar, June 30

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Published: June 30, 2012

Shady Hills Family Funfest: "America — God Still Loves You!" 2-8 p.m., Shady Hills Community Center, 15840 Greenglen Lane, Shady Hills. This free event features live music, food, drinks, kids activities, adult tournaments, professional wrestling and more. (352) 385-2250.

All-you-can-eat breakfast, 8-11 a.m., Cotee River Lions Handicapped and Braille Trail Park, 8320 Plathe Road, New Port Richey, north of Trouble Creek Road and south of Massachusetts Avenue between Rowan and Little roads. Four bucks buys pancakes, eggs, sausage, home fries, grits, toast, coffee, tea and orange juice. Proceeds benefit Cotee River Lions Charities Inc. Call (727) 863-6070.

Joining Hands Mission Church, 3214 U.S. 19, Holiday, offers a free restaurant-style breakfast at 9 a.m. Volunteers are needed to help serve the meal.

For information, call (727) 264-1288 or visit www.joininghands missionchurch.org.

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure/BI PAP Clinic, 1 p.m. weekly, Morton Plant North Bay Hospital Sleep Disorders Center, Medical Arts Building, 6600 Madison St., New Port Richey. Call (727) 953-6877.

The Thrift Shop at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 5326 Charles St., New Port Richey, will hold a special half-price sale through July 6. Everything in the shop, unless otherwise marked, will be sold at a 50 percent discount. There is also a clearance rack where clothes are three items for $1. Store hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday; the store will be closed Wednesday. Call (727) 846-1378 or (727) 849-4330.

A free educational forum is held 7-8:30 p.m. the first Monday of each month by National Alliance on Mental Illness Pasco County at Medical Center of Trinity West Pasco Campus, Conference Room C, 5637 Marine Parkway, New Port Richey. Guest speakers will talk about the issues of how the system works when an individual with a mental health issue is incarcerated, the whys and hows of medications in the jail, support systems suggestions for the family and more. The class is free and open to the public. For required reservations, call (727) 992-9653.

Gulfside Regional Hospice's Thrift Shoppes will hold Christmas in July with special deals on Christmas items through the end of the month. Store locations are: 37925 Sky Ridge Circle, Dade City, (813) 782-7200; 12154 U.S. 19, Bayonet Point, (727) 861-4900; 21780 S.R. 54, Lutz (east of U.S. 41), (813) 909-0485; 3601 Universal Plaza (corner of U.S 19. and Moog Road), New Port Richey, (727) 842-7262; 36524 S.R. 54, Zephyrhills, (813) 788-5461.

All Gulfside Regional Hospice Thrift Shoppes are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

An Alzheimer's Support Group meeting will be held from 10 a.m. until noon at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, 14000 Fivay Road, Hudson. For information, call Laura Arnold (727) 863-0176.

The Fish-on Fishing Club meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Gulf Landings Clubhouse, 6035 Barefoot Court, New Port Richey. The club promotes good sportsmanship, fellowship, conservation, improving angling skills, teaching children to fish and the mutual exchange of ideas. For information, call (727) 376-4185 or visit www.FishOnClub .org.

The Hudson Beach Yacht Club meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Signal Cove Clubhouse, 13139 Tiller Drive, Hudson. New members and visitors are welcome to come to the club's meetings and participate in its social and boating events. Visit www.myhbyc.com for information.

West Pasco United Methodist Women will hold its Summertime Fellowship Luncheon at 1 p.m. at the Golden Corral restaurant, 8928 U.S. 19, Port Richey. All are welcome. (727) 848-4189.

The Obstetrics Program at Medical Center of Trinity, 9330 S.R. 54, is offering a sibling class at 5 p.m. that features interactive activities to prepare children ages 2 to 6 for the arrival of a sibling. A class for children ages 7 to 10 will be held at 5 p.m. July 18. For required registration, call (727) 834-5630.

Hudson Regional Library, 8012 Library Road: The Elementary Summer Reading program: Catch a Falling Star, 2-3:30 p.m.; Teen Advisory Board meeting, 5 p.m.; Ruby's Tuesdays Knitting Club, 5:45 p.m.; Pasco Extension Seminar: Flowering Trees, 6:30-7:40 p.m. Free. Call (727) 861-3040.

Regency Park Branch Library, 9701 Little Road, New Port Richey: Baby story time, 11 a.m. Call (727) 861-3049.

Centennial Park Branch Library, 5740 Moog Road, Holiday: Teen program: Night Life Karaoke, 6 p.m. Call (727) 834-3204.

Wiregrass Ranchers Kids Club, 10-11 a.m., live entertainment, face painting, balloons and activities at the Shops at Wiregrass, 28211 Paseo Drive, Suite 100, Wesley Chapel. (813) 994-2242.

The Fifth Wheels Lunch Bunch, a group of seniors without partners, will meet at noon at Country Inn and Italian Grill, 6205 U.S. 19, New Port Richey. Call Dee (727) 378-7840.

Aripeka Elks Lodge 2520, 9135 Denton Ave., Hudson, will hold its annual Independence Day barbecue at 4 p.m. There will be hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad and baked beans and music by Rebound. Tickets are $8 per person. (727) 863-2520.

Charity Bowl 2012, a fundraiser for the Sertoma Speech and Hearing Foundation of Florida, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at Lane Glo Bowl, 8631 Old C.R. 54, New Port Richey. Registration is at 6:30 p.m., a Pit Boss Bar-B-Q dinner at 7:30 p.m. followed by bowling at 8 p.m. The cost per bowler is $40, $35 if paid by June 30. Sponsorship opportunities are available as follows: Corporate Sponsor Package, $800, includes four bowlers, dinner, door prizes, plus one year of advertising on every lane monitor at two bowling alleys; Lane Sponsor Package, $150, includes four bowlers, dinner and door prizes. Team trophies and prizes will be awarded. For information, call (727) 834-5479.

HPH Hospice is offering its free eight-week "Grief's Journey" group sessions for adults just coming to terms with grief over the death of a loved one from 6:30 to 8 p.m. July 24 through Sept. 11 at its Marliere Care Center, 6801 Rowan Road, Board Room, New Port Richey. For required preregistration, call Jill Wiegand at (727) 863-7971.

Gulfside Regional Hospice will host these volunteer orientations:

For required reservations, call Heather De Los Santos (813) 780- 1235 for East and Central Pasco orientations, or Kathie Poole (727) 845-5707 for New Port Richey.

For nonprofit groups. Must include organization name, street address, city, date, time, cost and public contact phone number. Post to our website, http://suncoast news.com; mail to 6214 U.S. 19, New Port Richey, FL 34652; fax to (727) 815-1010 or email to commun ity@suncoastnews.com. Deadline to submit is at least two weeks before the event.