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Bulletin Board for July 4, 2009
• Sunday
• Monday
• Tuesday
Animal Alliance bake sale
The fourth annual bake sale to support the Animal Alliance Clinic will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the Big Chief Supermarket at state Highway 6 at FM 646 in Santa Fe. Call Laurine Murtagh, 409-945-9782.
Artists Boat July schedule
The next Eco-Art interpretive tours guided by biologists and artists will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Galveston Island State Park. To book a tour, call 409-770-0722 or e-mail info@artistboat.org. For the complete tour schedule, visit www.artistboat.org.
Dinosaurs Alive! exhibit
Moody Gardens will show the realistic dinosaurs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Aug. 16 at 7 Hope Blvd. in Galveston. Admission costs $5.95, children age 3 and younger get in free. Free parking. Call 800-582-4673 or visit www.moodygardens.org.
Youth football fundraiser raffle
Galveston Hurricanes are selling tickets for a 32-inch plasma TV and cash prizes. Tickets cost $3 each or two tickets for $5. The drawing will be at 6 p.m. Monday at Menard Park, 2119 27th St., in Galveston. For tickets, call 409-771-6046, 409-996-3829 or 409-771-6202.
Galveston County’s ‘Gospel Idol’
The Galveston County Women Training Center Inc. will have this event at 7 p.m. July 18 at La Marque Middle School, 1431 Bayou Road, in La Marque. All youth choirs, youth groups, singers, gospel rappers and school choirs are invited. Call Lisa Jones, 409-497-7674 or 409-938-1908.
Registration for women’s conference
Spirit and Truth Family Worship Center will have a women’s conference from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 25 in the Frances Ann Moody Ballroom at the Moody Gardens Hotel, 7 Hope Blvd., in Galveston. Tickets are $65. Limited seating; RSVP by July 18. Call 281-338-2300 or 866-326-1162 or e-mail mmurray@stfwc.org.
Flag football tournament
Registration is open for Tarris Woods’ countywide seven-on-seven tournament from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at the La Marque High School practice field, 397 Duroux, in La Marque. Students ages 14-19 are eligible to participate. Registration deadline is today and costs $10. Call 409-443-7755 or 409-877-3799.
Register to Bike around the Bay
The LyondellBasel two-day, 148-mile bicycle ride will begin at 8 a.m. Oct. 10 at Fort Anahuac Park, 1704 S. Main St., in Anahuac, travel to Moody Gardens, 1 Hope Blvd., in Galveston. Registration costs $120 through Sept. 12 and $140 afterward. Call 281-332-3381, Ext. 213, or visit bikearoundthebay.org.
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Monday
Monday Night Book Club
The club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Robbie Farmer Memorial Library at Moody Memorial First United Methodist Church, 53rd Street and Avenue U, in Galveston. “The Reader” by Bernard Schlink will be discussed. Call Joan Hyatt, 409-744-1657.
Child abuse prevention seminar
Register for the workshop for child care workers and school personnel to take place from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. July 25 at Moody Memorial Methodist Church, 2803 53rd St., in Galveston. Registration costs $15 before July 18, $20 afterward. Seating is limited. Call 512-250-8438, Ext. 18.
Baseball day camp registering
Living Faith Outreach will have a three-day camp for children ages 8 to 18 from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Thursday at Champions Park, Deats Road and Ohio Avenue, in Dickinson. Each session is limited to the first 50 applicants. Camp costs one sack of nonperishiable food items for the food pantry. Call 281-309-0799.
Summer day camps at Moody Mansion
Register children ages 8-10 now for one-week camps at Moody Mansion Museum, 2618 Broadway, in Galveston. Camp costs $225 per child. Call 409-762-7668, e-mail k.guernsey@northenendowment.org or visit www.moodymansion.org.
Galveston Ballet ‘Fairy Tale’ camp
Registration is currently under way for children ages 4 to 6. The camps will take place from 10 a.m. to noon July 13-17 in the cafeteria at Trinity Episcopal School, 2216 Ball St., in Galveston. Camp costs $80 for one week, or $150 for both sessions, per camper. To register, call 409-599-6514 or visit www.galvestonballet.org.
O’Connell cheerleading camp
Registration is currently under way for this camp, which will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 18 at 1320 Tremont in Galveston. Children in first through eighth grades are eligible. The camp costs $40. To register, call Paige Ramsey, 281-299-8432 or e-mail paigekramsey@gmail.com.
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Tuesday
Rotary Club of Texas City
The club will meet at noon Tuesday in the Captain’s Room at the Nessler Center, 2010 Fifth Ave. N., in Texas City. The program will be presented by incoming club president Bob Greeley. Call 409-945-6804.
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