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Today, Nov. 4

Fishing vessel safety and drill conductor course, 8 a.m., DMV/Trooper Building, 2760 Sherwood Lane. 18-hour course offered by the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association. First of two days. Available free to commercial fishermen. Details: Rick, 907-747-3287.

Parks and Recreation Wednesday hike, 9:30 a.m., call for location. Details: hotline, 586-0428.

Day of quilting, sewing and good fellowship, 10 a.m. every Wednesday, Resurrection Lutheran Church. Quilts donated to Lutheran World Relief. Details: 586-2380.

Low-impact exercise, 10 a.m., Juneau Senior Center and Valley Senior Center. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

Senior ceramics, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. every Wednesday, Juneau Senior Center. Details: Betty, 463-6176.

Storytime, 11 a.m., downtown library. Details: 586-0434.

"Write For Your Life" group, 11 a.m.-noon every Wednesday, Mendenhall Valley library. Share a journal, memoir, a letter or poetry. Details: Dixie, 789-2068.

Southeast Alaska Native Veterans luncheon meeting, 11:45 a.m., Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall, third-floor conference room. All veterans and interested public welcome. Agenda to focus on planning for special Veteran's Day activity. Out-of-Juneau people interested are welcome to join by teleconference at noon. Call 800-315-6338 and press 1432# to be connected. Details: Bob or James, 463-7172.

Glacier Valley Rotary Club meeting, noon every Wednesday, Juneau International Airport Aurora Room.

Adult Children of Alcoholic or Dysfunctional Families and Codependents Anonymous meeting, noon-1 p.m. every Wednesday, Northern Light United Church, 400 11th St.

Brown-Bag lecture series: Presentation by Jeane Breinig, noon-1 p.m., Sealaska Plaza, fourth floor board room. Haida educator will lecture on Southeast Native perspectives on statehood. Details: Rosita, 463-4844.

Overeaters Anonymous meeting, noon-1 p.m., Valentine Building, 119 Seward St., Suite 1, Unity Center. Details: 463-1224.

Bartlett Regional Hospital Executive Committee meeting, 12:15 p.m., BRH Administration Building, Board Room. Details: Jim, 796-8463.

Contract bridge, 1-4 p.m., Valley Senior Center. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

Women, Infants, and Children walk-in clinic, 1-6:30 p.m., 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who are pregnant, breast-feeding or just had a baby, and for infants and children up to age 5. Details: 463-4099.

TBI Support Group, 3:30-5 p.m., Juneau Job Center 10002 Glacier Highway, Glacier Rm. Details: Doug Fanyak, 586-4920.

Skate Park meeting, 5 p.m., Mendenhall Valley library. Details: Kristi or Mike, 586-2635.

"Douglas Serenity Seekers" Al-Anon Family Group, 5:15-6:30 p.m. every Wednesday, Douglas United Methodist Church. Details: Marsha, 364-2472.

Nicotine Anonymous meeting, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Assembly Building, Suite 106.

Juneau Montessori School presents: "Parenting Your 3- to 6-Year-Old," 5:30-7:30 p.m., Juneau Montessori School in Douglas, by Sandy Beach. Nov. 4-Dec. 9. A six week series to gain insight and learn techniques to help raise your 3- to 6-year-old. Free. Light dinner and child care provided. Details: 364-3535.

Mendenhall Flying Lions meeting, 6 p.m., Juneau International Airport, Aurora Room. Details: 796-2092.

Bipolar/Depression Support Group, 6-8 p.m. every Wednesday, downtown library. A consumer-led-consumer support group with confidentiality and understanding.

"Parenting Your Infant: Birth to Age One" potluck dinner, 6-8 p.m., Juneau Family Health and Birth Center, 1601 Salmon Creek Lane. Open discussion of any topics participants are interested in. Details: 586-1203.

Juneau Duplicate Bridge Club game, 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday, Fireweed Place. Details: 586-1015.

Juneau Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Senior Circle, 6:30 p.m., Silverbow Backroom. Light conversation and free movie. Details: Connie, 586-3694.

Water walking, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Augustus Brown Swimming Pool. Low-impact water exercise class. Details: 586-5325.

Civil Air Patrol meeting, 7 p.m., CAP Hangar, Juneau International Airport. Details: Ken, 789-1492 or CAP, 789-0245.

Bipolar Disorder/Depression Peer Support Group, 7-9 p.m., downtown library conference room. Free. Details: bp_belle@mac.com.

Rotaract meeting, 7:30-8:30 p.m., location varies. A social club for young people age 18 to 30. Details: Marc, 321-2261 or www.juneaurotaract.org.

Thursday, Nov. 5

Fishing vessel safety and drill conductor course, DMV/Trooper Building, 2760 Sherwood Lane. 18-hour course offered by the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association. Second of two days. Available free to commercial fishermen. Details: Rick, 907-747-3287.

Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m. every Thursday, The Prospector Hotel.

Women, Infants, and Children walk-in clinic, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who are pregnant, breast-feeding or just had a baby, and for infants and children up to age 5. Details: 463-4099.

"Breath and Stretch" yoga exercise group, 10-11 a.m. every Thursday, Juneau Senior Center. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

Storytime, 11 a.m., Douglas library. Details: 586-0434.

Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon, noon, Moose Lodge. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Details: 463-3488.

Bartlett Baby Parent Time, noon-1:30 p.m., Bartlett Regional Hospital Robert F. Valliant Center classroom. For parents and their infants up to 1 year old. Free. Details: Debi, 796-8975.

Yoga class, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Taproot Yoga, 2211 Dunn St. Drop-in, $15. Four-week session, $50. Details: Christin, 523-9848.

Pinochle games, 1 p.m. every Thursday, Juneau Senior Center. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

Toddler Time Group, 3-4:30 p.m. every Thursday, Juneau Family Birth Center. All welcome. Meet other families while your children get their "wiggles" out in our large activity room. Details: 586-1203.

Juneau Democrats meeting, 5:15 p.m., IBEW Hall, 813 W. 12th St. To discuss winter fundraiser. All area Democrats welcome. Details: Kim, 586-2113.

Al-Anon Family Group Douglas Serenity Seekers meeting, 5:15-6:30 p.m., Douglas Community United Methodist Church. Details: Vicky, 364-2437.

"Warren Miller's Dynasty" film showings, 5:30 and 8 p.m., Centennial Hall. $8. Sponsored by the Eaglecrest Snowsports School.

St. Brendan's Galley hot meal, 6 p.m. every Thursday, St. Brendan's Episcopal Church, 4207 Mendenhall Loop Road. Details: 789-5152.

Our Time Support Group, 6-8 p.m., 419 Sixth St. Weekly support group for parents and children with special needs. Dinner and child care provided. Please RSVP. Details: 321-8311.

"Parenting Your Toddler: Ages One to Three" potluck dinner, 6-8 p.m., Juneau Family Health and Birth Center, 1601 Salmon Creek Lane. Open discussion of any topics participants are interested in. Details: 586-1203.

Prayer Shawl Group, 6-8 p.m., St. Ann's Parish Hall, 416 Fifth St., downstairs. A weekly group to crochet and knit shawls to be given to individuals in need of comfort. All skill levels welcome. Details: Rhiannon, 586-3137.

Helping Children Through Divorce/Separation workshop, 6-9 p.m., Dimond Courthouse, Room 312. Details: 463-4719.

Whale scientist talk, 7 p.m., University of Alaska Southeast, Egan Lecture Hall. "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Herring" will be the topic of humpback whale scientist Dr. Fred Sharpe. $10 suggested donation. Details: Kathy, 321-7558.

First Thursday Reviewers' Circle, 7-8 p.m., downtown library. Book club for adults and young adults who love to read. Come prepared to talk about a book or audiobook. Details: Carol, 586-0434.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly meeting, 7-8 p.m., Shepherd of the Valley Church. Details: 780-6294.

Narcotics Anonymous "We Do Recover" group, 8-9 p.m., Rainforest Recovery Center behind Bartlett Regional Hospital, 3240 Hospital Drive. Details: 790-4567.

Friday, Nov. 6

Low-impact exercise, 10 a.m., Juneau Senior Center and Valley Senior Center. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

Storytime, 11 a.m., Mendenhall Valley library. Details: 586-0434.

Organ concert with J. Allan MacKinnon, noon, State Office Building.

Adult Children of Alcoholic or Dysfunctional Families and Codependents Anonymous meeting, noon-1 p.m. every Friday, Northern Light United Church, 400 11th St.

Art As You Like It, 1:30 p.m. every Friday, Valley Senior Center. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Series, 3:30-5 p.m., 17101 Point Lena Loop Road. Rampant drift in the endangered tidewater goby. Details: Tyler, 796-5441.

Hunter Information and Training Basic Course, 6-9 p.m., Juneau Hunter Education Facility, 5670 Montana Creek Road. $10 course fee. The course includes instruction on firearms safety and handling, wildlife conservation and management, game laws and regulations, and hunter ethics and responsibility. Study modules must be completed prior to the start of the course and brought to the class.

Water walking, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Augustus Brown Swimming Pool. Low-impact water exercise class. Details: 586-5325.

Family karaoke, 6:30-9:30 p.m. every Friday, Sweet Dream Teas and Anime, 8585 Old Dairy Road, in the same building as the Canton House. Details: 789-4401.

Cribbage, 7 p.m. every Friday, Juneau Senior Center. Enter through back door. Details: Lee Ann, 463-6175.

Evening at Egan Lecture Series: "Where Cold is Hot: A Murrelet's Eye View of Glacier Bay" by Matt Kirchhoff, 7 p.m., UAS Egan Library. Details: Katie, 796-6530.

Tlingit and Haida Indians of the City and Borough of Juneau bingo, 7 p.m. every Friday, 3235 Hospital Drive. Details: Danielle, 463-5680 or 463-5690.

"Misery is Optional" Al-Anon meeting, 7-8 p.m. every Friday, call for location. Details: Toni, 209-8664.

Juneau Lyric Opera's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado," 7:30 p.m., Thunder Mountain High School auditorium. $20 adults, $15 students and senior, $10 children ages 10 and under. Buy tickets at www.juneauopera.org, Juneau Arts & Humanities Council or at Hearthside Books.

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