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Rubber-duckie race

EAST LIVERPOOL

Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center volunteers will have their annual rubber-duckie race at 3 p.m. next Sunday during Harvest Days at Beaver Creek State Park.

Tickets will be on sale at the park during Harvest Days. Tickets are $2 per duck or three for $5. Prizes are first place, $100; second place, $50; and third place, $25. The winner does not have to be present to win.

Profits will help build displays in the new addition to the Wildlife Education Center. Go to www.beavercreekwildlife.org for updates and pictures of the construction.

Sewing classes for boys and girls

Warren

Warren Weed and Seed is offering sewing classes in October for both youth and adults in the Warren area.

Youths age 9-12 can sign up for six weeks of classes starting Oct 7. Classes will be at the United Methodist Community Center (formerly Rebecca Williams House) at 760 Main St. SW. Classes will be weekly from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and are open to both boys and girls. Sewing machines and materials will be provided.

Interested participants should contact Tina Milner, Warren Weed and Seed coordinator, at 330-373-6010. Weed and Seed Strategy is funded by a U. S. Department of Justice grant.

Healing touch

Canfield

An introduction to Healing Touch will be offered by Linda Morrison, a healing touch-certified practitioner, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at The Ursuline Center, 4280 Shields Road. The presentation is free.

Healing touch is an energy-medicine therapy that can be used in conjunction with traditional therapies or as a stand-alone treatment to help restore the natural balance and flow of the body’s energy system when it is depleted by stress, acute or chronic illness, injury or surgery.

Learn about the practice, how it is done and how people are benefiting from it.

For more information or to register for the presentation, call 724-658-5422 or e-mail morlibrary@aol.com.

Public flu clinic

Transfer Pa.

Edgewood Surgical Hospital will offer a public flu clinic from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 4 at the hospital, 239 Edgewood Drive Extension.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends an annual flu vaccination as early as possible.

People at greatest risk for contracting the flu, and therefore highly recommended to receive the vaccine, include those age 50 or older, those with conditions that might compromise lung function, health-care providers or those employed by health-care facilities and those with chronic pulmonary, renal, hepatic, hematological or metabolic disorders.

Edgewood’s flu vaccine is the annual flu vaccine and not the H1N1 (swine-flu). More information may be obtained by calling 724-646-0400, or visiting Edgewood’s website www.edgewoodsurgical.com.

Harvest Day event

Villa Maria, Pa.

Sisters of Humility of Mary are hosting the 11th annual Harvest Day Celebration from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Villa Maria Community Center.

Families will be entertained with hayrides, pumpkin-painting, face-painting, nature-trail walks, corn toss and a drum circle. Children are welcome to join in the games and relay races or try their climbing skills on a 32-foot rock climbing wall. Bluegrass band The Weathered Road will perform. There also will be a bake sale, raffles and gift basket give-aways, plus a Pumpkin Bake-Off contest for five cash prizes.

The barn will be open for purchases of organically grown produce, herb crafts, pumpkins and seasonal mums. Admission and parking are free.

For more information, contact Kathleen Perry at 724-964-8920, ext. 3348, or email kperry@humilityof mary.org.