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KIDS
Events This Week
BOOKMAN'S KIDS' CLUB. 1930 E. Grant Road. 325-5767. Magician
Bill McReal dazzles the kids with his magic from 1 to 2 p.m. on
Sunday, January 24. This event is free and open to all kids.
LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. Enjoy the
classic Charlotte's Web at 1 p.m. Sundays, January 24
and 31. Admission is $5. Call 327-4242 for information.
OUTDOOR ARCHEOLOGY SESSION. Old Pueblo Archeology Center.
1000 E. Fort Lowell Road. 798-1201. Kids 7 and older can participate
in a mock archeology dig to learn how ancient cultures are discovered
and interpreted. The event is from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday,
January 23. Cost is $6.
TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. 200 S. Stone Ave. 792-9958. Opening
events for the new ocean exhibit take place from 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. Saturday, January 23, and 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday, January
24. Check out the Ocean Discovery Center and Barnacle Bills' Puppet
Show. Admission is $5, $4 for seniors and $3 for children.
Announcements
BUILD-A-BIKE. BICAS Youth Underground Build-A-Bike program
is an eight-session program for adults and kids, offering extensive
hands-on training for basic bicycle mechanics. In addition to
learning new skills, you'll also be helping your community by
fixing up old bikes and getting them back on the streets. Students
are required to complete a 25-hour apprenticeship and final exam
to earn their first bicycle. Classes are from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays,
and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Class tuition is based on a sliding-scale.
Call 628-7950 for registration and information.
CONTESTANT SEARCH. Science Gladiators 2000, a local science
and math action television game show, seeks first grade through
eighth grade contestants. The show airs on TCI cable Channel 62
(or cable ready 54) at 10 a.m. Saturdays, and 5 p.m. Tuesdays.
Call Jeannette Jaquish at 622-7856 for information.
T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST. Kids in grades K through sixth
are encouraged to enter the 1999 Earth Day Festival T-Shirt Contest.
The theme is "Endangered Species of the Southwest."
A $50 U.S. Savings Bond will be awarded to the winner. The designer's
full name, complete address, phone number, school, and grade should
be attached to the back of the art work. Entries should be mailed
or delivered by January 30 to: Bear Essential News for Kids, 2919
E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 201, Tucson, AZ 85716. Call 795-8930
for information.
WISDOMSEEKING. Tucson Children's Museum. 200 S.
Sixth Ave. 792-9985. Join the Wisdomseekers, middle schoolers
teaching the younger public crafts from various cultures, from
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Regular fall hours are 9:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday;
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Last admission
is 30 minutes before closing. Museum admission is $3 for children
2 to 16; $5 adults, and $4 seniors, with the third Sunday of every
month free for all. "After school special" admission
from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday is $2 per person.
YOUTH CENTER. 35 E. Toole Ave. The Pima Prevention Partnership
and T/PAC sponsor the new Toole Avenue Youth Center, housing programs
such as ArtWORKS at Toole, Pima County Teen Court, and the Full
Court Press Youth Center. Call Dian Magie (624-0595, ext. 11),
or Harry Kressler (791-0771), for information on Youth Center
programs.
Parents' Corner
CHILDREN TO CHILDREN. 3922 N. Mountain Ave. Children to
Children is a grief support center for children and families who
have experienced the death of someone they love. They provide
support services in a caring environment, and currently have space
available in their groups. They are also currently looking for
volunteers to become support group facilitators. Call 322-9155
for information.
PARENTING 101. Compass Health Care. 1230 E. Broadway. The
Tucson Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence presents the
following free classes to give families an informed edge: BASICS
(Building A Strong Independent Child) provides classes, activities,
discussion and support for parents and their children, infancy
through adolescence, with the goal of learning to help children
become healthy, substance-free, caring individuals. Classes meet
from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, and from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursdays. Enrollment
is open. Call Linda Yuguchi at 620-6615, ext. 22, for registration
and information.
PARENTING SUPPORT. The Give A Parent Support Group (G.A.P.S.)
needs mentors to make home visits to first-time moms. Participants
should be experienced, loving parents with the ability to donate
one to two hours per week. Training and on-going support for volunteers
is provided. Call G.A.P.S. program 293-4620 for information.
PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS. Parents Without Partners, Inc.,
is an international, nonprofit organization dedicated to the entire
single parent family. They offer Saturday night dances, camp-outs,
picnics, skating, meetings, potlucks, games, house parties, movies,
hikes, volunteer and community service opportunities, and much
more. Orientation for new members meets the second and fourth
Wednesday of every month. Call 622-8120 for information.
STUDENT EXCHANGE. World Heritage, a nonprofit, public benefit
organization, seeks local host families for high-school students
from Europe and the former Soviet Union. Host families provide
room, board and guidance in a familial setting. Couples, single
parents and families with no children are all encouraged to apply.
Barbara Williams, local World Heritage area representative, will
provide on-going program support during the exchange year. Call
529-2408 for information.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED. The Arizona Foster Care Review Board
seeks dedicated volunteers to serve on behalf of abused and neglected
children in Pima County. Foster Care Review Boards advocate for
permanent, safe homes for children in foster care. Volunteers
serve on five-member boards which meet one weekday a month. Volunteers
also spend five to ten hours at home reviewing case information
in preparation for the monthly meeting. Board members are provided
with orientation and ongoing training designed to make them effective
advocates for the children they serve. Contact Teri Page Rodriguez,
Foster Care Review Board Training and Recruitment Coordinator,
for information: 1501 W. Washington, No. 128, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3231;
or call 1-602-542-9547 or 628-6415; or e-mail trodriguez@supreme.sp.state.az.us.
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