July 2008 Community Calendar - Boone County, Indiana

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Recurring Events

• Alzheimer's Support Group - meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 1:30 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital V.I.P Dining room. Please call 765-485-8120 for more information.
• Autism/Asperger’s Family Support Group - meets the third Wednesday of each month at 7pm at Centenary Methodist Church (910 Fordice Road, Lebanon). This meeting is open to family members, caregivers, and educators of children with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. For more information, please contact (765-483-1267).
• Breastfeeding Support Group - meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 12 pm and 7 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference room. Please call 765-485-8120 for more information.
• Cancer Support Group - meets the last Wednesday of every month from 6:30 - 8 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference Room. Please call 765-485-8120 for more information.
• Cardiac Support Group - meets the 4th Monday of each month at 7 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital V.I.P. Dining room. Please call 765-485-8120 for more information.
• Community Bingo - the 4th Tuesday of each month at Hickory Creek at Lebanon. The public is welcome. Refreshments and prizes for all. Games begin at 2:30 pm.
• Community Euchre Club every Wednesday at 2:00 pm at Hickory Creek at Lebanon. The public is welcome.
• Congestive Heart Failure Management Class on the first 4 Wednesdays of each month from 1 - 2 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference Room.
• Diabetic Support Group - meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital V.I.P Dining room.
• GED classes from 6-8:30 pm every Monday and Wednesday evening at Lebanon High School (Room I-20). New student intake testing will be the first Monday of each month. For more information visit the Boone County Learning Network's website.
• Girl Scouts - Sterling Service Unit Leader Meeting - meets the third Monday of every month from 7-8pm at Boone REMC. Contact Shirley Behrens at 765-482-8117 for more information.
• Girl Scouts - Sterling Service Team Meeting - meetings the 1st Thursday of every month from 7-8pm at Boone REMC. Contact Shirley Behrens at 765-482-8117 for more information.
• Grief Support Group - meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 2 pm and 7 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital Beck Community room.
• Jamestown Community Lions Club meets every second and fourth Thursday at 7:30 pm at the Jamestown Pizza King - Meeting Room
• Lebanon Golden K (Kiwanis) - meets every Tuesday at 9:30 am at Boone REMC Community Building in Lebanon
• Lebanon Kiwanis - meet every Thursday at noon at the Ramada Inn in Lebanon.
• Lebanon Lions Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Lebanon Elks Club.
• Menopause Support Group - meets the last Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital V.I.P Dining room.
• Shalom Free Lunch for Everyone - every Saturday 11 am - 1 pm at the Shalom House (304 W. Green Street, Lebanon). Everyone welcome! For information call 765-482-4358.
• Tri Kappa - meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm at the First Baptist Church in Lebanon.
• Zionsville Lions Club - meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 6:30pm for a dinner meeting at the Lions Clubhouse. Visit the Zionsville Lions Club website for more information about joining the Zionsville Lions Club.

Events by Date

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• Teen Movie Matinee: The Spiderwick Chronicles Teen Program from 1 - 3 pm in the Lora Hussey Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Rated PG. Popcorn provided. Call 317-873-3149 to register.

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• Fourth of July Celebration at Lions Park in Zionsville from 5pm to dusk. Kids corner and food court open at 5pm. Music begins at 6pm. Fireworks set off at dusk. Admission is free. Rain date July 5th (same times). For more information visit www.zionsvillelions.com. Lions Park (115 S Elm Street, Zionsville) is smoke free and alcohol free.

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• Concert "Patriotic Gems-American Classics" by Zionsville Concert Band, John Richardson, Conductor, at 7 pm in Lions Park (115 S Elm Street, Zionsville). This is part of the Free Sunday Concert Series in July "Magic of Music." Food and drinks offered for a donation to Lions Park at each concert. For more information visit www.zionsvillelions.com. Lions Park is smoke free and alcohol free. For more information, please contact .

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• Tour:  Traders Point Creamery—Organic Dairy Farm from 3 - 4:30 pm. Registration required via the library’s website! (Register online at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville.)  Meet at the Traders Point Creamery (directions available at the Library) for free tour of the organic dairy farm!  See the milking operation in action!  Enjoy the scenery and wide open spaces!  A refreshing change of pace for a hot summer day!

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• Books over Coffee from 12 to 1 PM in the Lora Hussey Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Take a break, bring a sack lunch if you wish, and join fellow book lovers to talk about favorite authors and hear what is new. Beverages and treats provided. BRING A FRIEND! Call Teen and Adult Services for more information. 317-873-8341.
• Exhibit/Presentation: “Digging the Past” from 11 am - 1:30 pm at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. What hidden treasures are lurking in your backyard?  Bring your discoveries to State Archaeologist Dr. Rick Jones at the Exploratoreum Table to find out!  Dr. Jones will showcase an assortment of rocks, fossils, arrowheads, geodes for display and discussion.

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• Gamer Triathlon Teen Program from 5 - 8 pm in the Mayfield Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Compete to be the best in three events: Guitar Hero III, Smash Bros. Brawl and DDR.  High scorers in all 3 events will take home prizes.  Eat snacks and play against your friends. Call 317-873-3149 to register.
• Presentation:  “Lean & Green Workshop II” from 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the Lora Hussey Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. 2^nd Session of five sessions in which we continue to discuss and apply home improvement strategies to save energy and money while helping to reduce our “carbon dioxide footprint” by at least 5000 pounds! Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.

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• Mysteriously Miniaturized Shrinky Dinks Teen Program from 1 - 3 pm in the Hoffman Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Draw or trace designs – your own art, a favorite anime character, or whatever – onto Shrinky Dink plastic.  Shrink it and make a cool key chain or necklace. Call 317-873-3149 to register.
• Presentation:  Before CSI, Before Forensic Files, There Was Sherlock Holmes…from 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the Lora Hussey Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. In the late 1800s, forensic science was just coming into its own as a specialized field.  DNA had yet to be discovered, fingerprint identification was just becoming accepted, and chemists used beakers, test tubes, and Bunsen burners rather than today’s sophisticated instruments.  Sherlock Holmes often used or referred to scientific methods and tests in his investigations, and the Holmes stories were the first fictional detective stories to delve deeply into forensic science. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.

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• Childbirth Education Class from 9 am - 3 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference Room. For more information, please call 765-485-8120.
• Motorcycle Ride, Food, Music, Friends! Andy’s Ride at the American Legion Post 79 in Zionsville, Indiana, with proceeds to benefit the Andy Buckmaster Memorial Trade School Scholarship. First bike out 10 am - Last bike out 12 noon. Ride will be approximately 85 miles. Rider $15, passenger $5 extra. Bluegrass music by Diamond Hill Station. Home-cooked meal after ride. For more information visit  www.andysride.org or call Candace Buckmaster at 317-769-5619 or Jeff Ottinger at 317-654-1700.
• Sugar Creek Bluegrass Festival from 10 am-7 pm at Old Mill Run Park Campground (one mile west of Thorntown on State Road 47).
• Boone County Polo Charity benefiting Witham Hospital Foundation and Boone County Chamber of Commerce. Event to be held at Hickory Hall Polo Club (7545 East 100 North, Whitestown IN). Gates open at 12 pm with festivities beginning at 1 pm. Contact Witham Hospital Foundation at 765-485-8112 or the Boone County Chamber of Commerce at 765-482-1320 for additional information.

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• Concert "Great Jazz Standards" Barton Rogers Jazz Band, Jane Pio, Conductor, at 7 pm in Lions Park (115 S Elm Street, Zionsville). This is part of the Free Sunday Concert Series in July "Magic of Music." Food and drinks offered for a donation to Lions Park at each concert. For more information visit www.zionsvillelions.com. Lions Park is smoke free and alcohol free. For more information, please contact .

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• Craft:  “Flower Pounding” from 9:30 - 11:30 pm in the Olive Hoffman Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Bring your hammers and cutting boards for a “flower pounding” workshop.  Create fabulous prints!  Flowers, muslin, ribbons, stationery and fabric pens (and cotton for your ears!) will be provided. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.
• Breastfeeding Education Class from 6 - 8 pm in the Witham Memorial Hospital Denger Conference Room. For more information, please call 765-485-8120.

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• Exhibit/Presentation:  “Live” Monarch Butterflies! from 10 am-1 pm at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Meet live Monarchs and their handlers:  Naturalists Ann Richardson, son Robert Richardson, granddaughter Valerie Zetusky.  See Monarch development in all its stages!  Learn how to attract Monarchs to your home by cultivating the presence of Milkweed and other Indiana native plants. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.
• Out of this World Smoothies! Teen Program from 2 - 3 pm in the Hoffman Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Make and taste-test delicious Smoothie recipes.  The perfect treat for a hot day! Call 317-873-3149 to register.

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• Presentation:  “Lean & Green Workshop III” from 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the Lora Hussey Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Session III continues the discussion and handouts helping to reduce our “carbon dioxide footprint” by at least 5000 pounds!  Participants will share their individual progress updates. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.

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• Book Discussion:  Henry Beston’s The Outermost House from 6:30 - 8:30 pmat the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville.. Meet at the Exploratoreum Table for a lively discussion of one of America’s best “solitary-sojourn” nature writers:  Henry Beston.  His book The Outermost House is a classic in the field!  Register for the discussion (led by a naturalist from Indy Parks) and receive a free copy of the book and a booklist for further reading.  The book is a masterpiece about a time (1920s), a place (Cape Cod) and a man (Henry Beston).  A personal response to a year lived on a dune above the sea:  a man who has come in solitude to watch, listen and bear witness.  Beston reminds us that “creation is here and now – don’t miss it!”  Weather permitting, the discussion will be held outside.  Rain:  Mayfield Room. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.

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• Boone County 4-H Fair "Connecting Communities" at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon.

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• Boone County 4-H Fair "Connecting Communities" at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon.
• Salem United Methodist Church’s Annual Ice Cream Social from 4 to 7pm. Enjoy an evening of hospitality and fellowship with ice cream, sandwiches, salads, and homemade desserts. Children of all ages are encouraged to attend! A freewill offering will be taken with 100% of proceeds going to the Salem Church College Scholarship Fund. Salem Church is located on Kissel Rd (800E), just south of State Rd 334 in Zionsville. www.salemumczionsville.org

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• Boone County 4-H Fair "Connecting Communities" at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon.
• Concert "A Tribute to Cole Porter and Other Hoosier Composers" Indiana Wind Symphony, Charlie Conrad, Conductor and Ken Knowles, Soloist, tenor at 7 pm in Lions Park (115 S Elm Street, Zionsville). This is part of the Free Sunday Concert Series in July "Magic of Music." Food and drinks offered for a donation to Lions Park at each concert. For more information visit www.zionsvillelions.com. Lions Park is smoke free and alcohol free. For more information, please contact .

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• Boone County 4-H Fair "Connecting Communities" at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon.
• Presentation:  Thoreau, Darwin & the Politics of Nature from 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the Lora Hussey Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Tom Potter, President of the Thoreau Society, will present a comparative nature lecture on Thoreau and Darwin.  Discover the latest buzz on two great thinkers in the world of science! Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.

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• Boone County 4-H Fair "Connecting Communities" at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon.

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• Boone County 4-H Fair "Connecting Communities" at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon.
• Class:  Nature Writing—Creating Your Own Personal Response to the Great Outdoors from 6 - 8:30 pm in Lora Hussey Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Discover new ways to appreciate nature in your own backyard!  Writer/journalist Elsa Kramer, Writers’ Center of Indiana, will teach participants how to create an intimate response to nature through essay and the journaling process. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.

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• Boone County 4-H Fair "Connecting Communities" at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon.
• Grasshopper Anatomy for kids ages 10 - 12 years old from 2 - 3 PM at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Join Miss Laura and Miss Kelli as we learn about the anatomy of grasshoppers and participate in a dissection. Each child will get their own grasshopper to dissect. Parent participation is required. Registration is required. Sign-up begins Wednesday, July 9, at 8:30 AM. Class size is limited. Register online or call the library at 873-3149 ext 11600.
• Think Green: Aluminum Accessories Teen Summer Program from 2 - 3:30 pm in the Hoffman Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Recycle aluminum soda can tabs into funky, chunky necklaces, bracelets, and more. Register online or call the library at 873-3149.
• Presentation:  “Weather:  “Fun Facts and Myths” from 6:30 - 7:30 pm in the Lora Hussey Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Join WISH-TV Chief Meteorologist/Sci-Tech Editor Steve Bray as he presents an entertaining weather program!  Test your weather IQ!  Win prizes! Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.

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• Concert "Give My Regards to Broadway" Indianapolis Symphonic Band, Jane Pio Conductor at 7 pm in Lions Park (115 S Elm Street, Zionsville). This is part of the Free Sunday Concert Series in July "Magic of Music." Food and drinks offered for a donation to Lions Park at each concert. For more information visit www.zionsvillelions.com. Lions Park is smoke free and alcohol free. For more information, please contact .

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• Crafty Critters - Litter Bug from 1 - 1:45 pm for ages 8 - 12 at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Use recyclables to create a crafty little litter bug. Registration is required. Sign-up begins Monday, July 14, 2008, at 8:30 AM. Class size is limited. Register online or call the library at 873-3149 ext 11600.
• Stitch'n @ the Library from 4 - 5 pm for ages 8 - 12 at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Knitters and crocheters: bring your yarn and needles to the Library for some 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! Registration is required. Sign-up begins Tuesday, July 15, at 8:30 AM. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.
• Presentation:  Hoosiers in the Olympics from 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the Lora Hussey Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Indianapolis journalist Nelson Price presents a fascinating story of Hoosiers in the Olympics with an array of supporting visuals.  Just in time for the Summer Olympics! Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.

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• Animal Adventures - Forest and Fairies from 11 am - Noon for ages 3 - 6 with a parent at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Hear stories at the Library about woodland animals, then venture to the Nature Center's woods and build a fairy house from woodland materials. Registration is required. Sign-up begins Tuesday, July 15, at 8:30 AM. Class size is limited. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.
• Craft:  Crochet a “Night Sky” Bracelet from 6 - 8:30 pm in the Lora Hussey Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. A dramatic, interestingly textured black-and-white yarn gives this distinctive bangle evening allure!  The pattern is composed of simple single crochet stitches.  (NOTE:  participants MUST already know how to do basic crochet stitches.)  All supplies provided.  Time 2 Bead instructor Bonnie Carter teaches the class. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.

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• Bug Olympics from 11 am - Noon for ages 5 - 8 at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Who can lift the heaviest object? Who can jump the highest? The Summer Olympics begin in August - let's get ready through games and activities. Learn from the insect world that Olympic records can be broken. Registration is required. Sign-up begins Tuesday, July 15, at 8:30 AM. Class size is limited. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149 ext 11600.
• Movie a’ la Mode Teen Summer Program from 2 - 4 pm in the Mayfield Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Beat the heat! Make an ice cream sundae and watch the movie College Road Trip. Rated G. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.
• Presentation: “Lean & Green Workshop IV” from 6 - 8:30 pm in the Lora Hussey Room at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Session IV allows participants to share their home environment success stories.  Additional tips and ideas for reducing our “carbon dioxide footprint” are also shared. Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.

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• Happy Birthday Harry Potter Ultimate Trivia Quest from 1 - 2 pm for ages 7 - 9 and from 3 - 4 pm for ages 10 - 12 at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville. Celebrate Harry's birthday with an ultimate Trivia Quest. These two trivia quests promise more difficult questions and a "Double Jeopardy-style" game plan for both age groups. Participants will be divided into teams and will try to beat the clock in answering Harry Potter trivia questions to win prizes. Brush up on your reading of all 7 books and viewing of the 5 movies. Refreshments will be served and prizes awarded to winning teams. Registration is required. Sign-up begins Thursday, July 10, at 8:30 AM. Class size is limited. Register online or call the library at 873-3149 ext 11600.
• Tour:  Organic Vegetable Farm from 10 am - Noon. Tour a Zionsville working organic vegetable farm “Valentine Hill Farm” with your host/owner Maria Smietana.  After the free tour, sit on the porch overlooking the fields & woods, sip cool, homemade lemonade and have time for questions and answers.  Meet at Valentine Hill Farm.  Driving directions available at the Teen & Adult Reference Desk, 2^nd Floor at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library in Zionsville..  An adventure not to be missed!  Register online or call the library at 317-873-3149.

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