Calendar from Jan. 12, 2008

THURSDAY 17

NAACP MEETING: The NAACP’s Bremerton branch will hold a general membership meeting at 6 p.m. at the African Historical Society at 1200 Park Ave. across from the KCRC building.

FRIDAY 19

CAREGIVING: The American Red Cross, in partnership with Kitsap Alliance of Resources for Elders, presents: Family Caregiver Workshop, 9 a.m. to noon, at 811 Pacific Ave. Questions: Sharon Looper, 1-800-562-6418.

UPCOMING

CAREER SERVICES: Washington Reading Corps., Americorps program in Bremerton, Wash. will host a career resource and job recruitment event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 21 at 1201 Park Ave., in the KCR Head-start Building.

PUBLIC WORKS: Bremerton City Council’s Public Works Committee will hold a meeting at 2:00 p.m. Jan. 22, in the Large Conference Room of the Olympus Public Works Facility located at 3027 Olympus Drive.

LIBRARY TRUSTEES: The Kitsap Regional Library Board of Trustees will meet at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Sylvan Way Library. Information: (360) 405-9100.

ROLLER DERBY: The Slaughter County Roller Vixens, Kitsap County’s premier roller derby league, will host the second bout of their first season on Jan. 25, at Skateland. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the bout starts at 7:30 p.m. There will be an afterparty at Skateland featuring live bands, free with admission to the bout. Skateland is located at 1740 NE Fuson Road, in Bremerton. Tickets are available at the door on the day of the event for $15 (adults) or $10 (children 12 and under), or on the Web www.brownpapertickets.com.

CPR CLASSES: The American Red Cross serving King and Kitsap counties is sponsoring a free “CPR Saturday for Teens” on Jan. 26, at Kitsap Mall in Silverdale. “CPR Saturday for Teens” is geared toward students ages 12 to 18. Classes will be held throughout the day and upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive their CPR certification. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Questions and registration: Call (360) 377-3761 ext. 10205.

READERS GROUP: Downtown Bremerton Readers Group - Discussing: The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald. Meets at 5 p.m. Jan. 28 in the downtown Bremerton library.

KITSAP QUILTERS: Kitsap Quilters will host “It’s Rainin’ Quilts” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 15 and Feb. 16 at President’s Hall at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. The quilt show will have featured artists, a cafe, demonstrations, a quilt raffle, a merchants mall and more than 250 quilts on display. Information: (360) 373-4798.

ONGOING

CHESS: The Kitsap County Chess Club will host games at the downtown Bremerton library from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays during the month of January. For information, call (360) 377-3955.

TAX PREPARATION: Tax counseling requires classroom training, to be presented in early January and the successful completion of the IRS certification open book exam. There will be several Tax-Aide sites throughout the county to assist taxpayers from Feb. 1 to April 15. Volunteers are assigned to a site under the leadership of a local coordinator who also provides support for the unexpected questions that arise. The sites are open approximately eight hours each week. The tax-aides enter the taxpayers’ data on IRS supplied computers and the installed software performs all the required calculations. Tax-aide volunteers should be familiar with elementary computer data entry operations.

If you are interested in becoming tax wise and are willing to help your fellow man through this onerous task, please contact Doug Stauner at (360)692-4670 or Doug_St@netzero.com.

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