Arts and Crafts Club: This is a new club that is planning its first show, possibly in August. Plans for meeting locations and other details have not yet been determined. The group is looking for commercial locations to set up. New members welcome; there is no cost to join. To learn more, call Louis Mlecka at (352) 796-2089.
Genealogy Society of Hernando County: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, LDS Family History Center, 21043 Yontz Road. Elmer Spears will present a program on Elmer's Genealogy Library in Madison. Visitors welcome. Kathleen Marsh, (352) 796-1623.
Hernando Beach
Hernando Beach Club: The club offers dinner at 6:30 p.m. Fridays. The cost is $11 for members, $13 for guests; reservations required by Wednesday. Cash bar available. Nonmembers can participate in two dinners without joining the club. Also, games night is at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of the month, and bar bingo is offered various Sundays at 4 p.m. The club is at 3145 Flamingo Blvd. For information or to RSVP for a dinner, call Marie, (352) 596-9708. Web site: www.hernandobeachclub.com.
Hernando Beach Yacht Club: Weekly social dinners are offered on Wednesdays (for members and their guests only). Cocktail hour at 5 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m., 4163 Shoal Line Blvd. New members welcome. (352) 596-4830. Members receive the benefits of being a chartered member of the Yachting Clubs of America, with reciprocity to other yacht and sailing clubs in the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska and the Virgin Islands that are registered with YCA. Dock slips are also available to members; call dock master Gordon Meyers, (352) 200-8601. For membership and events, call Rear Commodore Jim Secrest, (352) 683-1545. To rent the club (for weddings, receptions and parties), call Commodore Walter Gordon, (352) 597-0030. Visit www.hbyachtclub.com.
Spring Hill
AARP Hernando County, Chapter 1026: Noon Thursday, Atria Evergreen Woods, Great Room, 7030 Evergreen Woods Trail. The cost for all-you-can-eat lunch is $7.50. The speaker will be Dr. Mark Denner, a retired colonel with the National Guard. His topic: "What is a Doctor of Osteopathy?" Denner will also give a presentation on his two service assignments: Iraq and Afghanistan. Reservations required. Bob, (352) 596-0722, or Joyce, (352) 688-6910.
Hernando Computer Club: This week's classes include How to Use Your Digital Camera, 7 p.m. Tuesday. All programs are at Grace Presbyterian Church, 8375 Spring Hill Drive. www.hcc.org or (352) 592-0070.
Hernando County Branch NAACP: General membership meeting, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sterling Hill North Clubhouse, 411 Sterling Hills Road. Refreshments will be served. Wayman, (352) 442-4242, or Kym, (352) 688-7144.
Kiwanis Club of the Nature Coast: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Boston Cooker, 5375 Spring Hill Drive. A choice of eight entrees available; the cost is $12, which includes tax and gratuity. New members welcome. Meetings are on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. Dana Cutlip, (352) 684-9137. Web: www.kiwanisnaturecoast.org.
Kiwanis Club of Spring Hill: Noon Tuesdays, Scotto's Bistro, 6172 Commercial Way. Guests welcome. Lunch available. Bev Reso, (352) 382-2372 or Richard Sanvenero, (352) 688-4858.
Monday Night Singles: 7 p.m. Mondays. Meeting sites vary. This group is for singles 50 and older. Call for details. Joanne, (352) 596-6969, or Phyllis, (352) 596-3125.
Nature Coast Bridge Club: Games are played Mondays through Fridays at the Hernando County Senior Citizens Club, 7925 Rhanbuoy Road. All games, except on Thursdays, start at 12:30 p.m.; Thursday games start at 6:30 p.m. A group for novice players is from 9:15 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, which includes a brief lesson and coaching. Millie Dabbs, (352) 666-5891.
Nature Coast Decorative Artists: 9 a.m. Saturday, Weeki Wachee Senior Citizens Center, 3357 Susan Drive. The project is painting a baby zebra in acrylics, taught by Pat Landry. The group is the local chapter of the National Society of Decorative Painters. Members are involved in charitable projects for troops overseas and Treasure Boxes for Shriners Hospital for Children. Andi, (352) 666-9091; Jeanette, (727) 857-1045, or Pat, (352) 249-7221.
Nature Coast Orators Club/Toastmasters: 7 p.m. Wednesdays, Oak Hill Hospital (in the room behind the cafeteria), 11375 Cortez Blvd. The group helps improve communication skills, both personally and professionally. Martha, (352) 277-2577, or Abigail, (727) 861-2203.
Out-n-About Singles: Calendar planning and social, 7 p.m. Saturday, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 2301 Deltona Blvd. Members gather for coffee and conversation at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Dunkin' Donuts, 13179 Cortez Blvd. This is a singles club for ages 30-60. (352) 797-6116 or e-mail to outnaboutsingles@hotmail.com.
Pennsylvania Club: 10 a.m. Aug. 11, Silverthorn Country Club, 4550 Golf Club Lane. Entertainment provided by Ferdo & Nina. A $25 grocery store gift certificate will be awarded to two members in good standing. Dinner entree choice is teriyaki chicken or garlic encrusted roast pork with garden salad and dessert. The cost is $12.50 per person; entree choice(s) should be noted on the check. Reservations required by Aug. 4. Make checks payable to the club and mail to P.O. Box 6024, Spring Hill, FL 34611. Payment will not be accepted at the door. RSVP to Millie, (352) 688-8663. Membership is open to all former Pennsylvania residents and their spouses. For membership, call Jane, (352) 848-0110. Trips are planned to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge in Tennessee in October; to Fort Myers in December; and a seven-night southern Caribbean cruise in January. For trip details, call Jerry, (352) 592-1293.
Poor Rich's Chess Club: 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, cafeteria, Oak Hill Hospital, Cortez Boulevard. Bring chess set; club sets available. Snowbirds and visitors welcome. Club members work with school chess clubs at Central High School and Challenger K-8. Andy, (352) 428-8272, or Chuck, (352) 345-4764.
Rotary Club of Spring Hill: 7:45 a.m. Thursdays, IHOP, 3660 Commercial Way. Judy Hughes, (352) 597-4853, or Carol McElroy, (352) 684-6840.
Rotary Club of Spring Hill Central: Lunch meetings, 11:45 a.m. Thursdays, Silverthorn Country Club, 4450 Golf Club Lane, Guests welcome. Brooks Edwards, (352) 666-4107, or Josh Kelly, (352) 684-0313. Visit the Web site at www.shcrotary.org.
Senior Citizens Club of Hernando County: 7925 Rhanbuoy Road. Card games, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays; call Barb, (352) 683-2440. Bingo, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Membership open; annual dues are $20. The building is available to rent. (352) 596-1095.
Spring Hill Camera Club: Members competition night, 7 p.m. Monday, Spring Hill Enrichment Center, 11375 Cortez Blvd. Strat, (352) 684-1850. Web: www. springhillcameraclub.org.
Spring Hill Garden Club: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Forest Oaks Lutheran Church, 8555 Forest Oaks Blvd. There will be a potluck and plant exchange; those attending are asked to bring a dish to share, a place setting and a plant for the exchange. Club members maintain the plant nursery at 1489 Parker Ave. and adjacent Nature Coast Botanical Gardens, as well as the waterfall entrance at Spring Hill Drive and Commercial Way. The nursery is open from 9 a.m. to noon Mondays and Saturdays, and the botanical gardens are open daily during daylight hours. Volunteers are needed to help on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday mornings. (352) 683-9933. Visit www.naturecoastbotanical gardens.com.
St. Theresa Social Club: Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, parish center, 1107 Commercial Way. Bingo games are played at 5:45 p.m. Mondays in the parish center. Evelyn, (352) 683-1532, or Anita, (352) 684-5771.
Weeki Wachee Woodcarvers: 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Weeki Wachee Senior Citizens Center, 3357 Susan Drive. Those interested in woodcarving or related activities (painting, burning, mounting) are invited. The group includes novices to masters. Guests of all ages welcome. Membership is open; annual dues are $15. Membership includes a monthly newsletter. George Lytle, (352) 666-5092, or Mike Rice, (352) 683-9087.
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Hernando Harmonizers Men's Barbershop Chorus, Chapter P-047: 7 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays, Nativity Lutheran Church, 6363 Commercial Way. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. New singers are welcome to join this men's a cappella chorus. All written arrangements, training techniques and professional direction are provided. (352) 556-3936 or e-mail bass harmonysingr@aol.com.
Information for the Clubs column should be submitted to Phyllis Day, Hernando Times, 15365 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville, FL 34613. Information can be faxed to (352) 754-6133 or e-mailed to pday@sptimes.com (please put the club's name in e-mail subject line). The deadline for this news is 10 days before your event or reservation deadline. Information cannot be published if the time, date, place, ticket price (if applicable) or contact person and phone number is missing. For information about the Clubs column, call (352) 754-6101 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
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