What’s Happening

Alzheimer’s support

The Alzheimer’s Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. June 12 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church at Clara and Wisconsin avenues in DeLand.

Details: Lorna Lind at 386-736-1487.

Port Orange Library

The Port Orange Regional Library, 1005 City Center Circle offers weekly programs:

Toddler Time, Tuesdays, 10 a.m., ages 2 to 3 years.

Preschool Story Time, Wednesdays, 10 a.m., ages 3 to 5 years.

Mother Goose Time, Thursdays, 9:45 a.m., ages 3 months to 18 months.

Chess Club, Tuesdays, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and Fridays, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Afternoon at the Movies, 3 p.m. June 12.

Details: 386-322-5152, Ext. 4.

Business Women

The American Business Women’s Association, Four Townes Charter Chapter, will present two scholarships to Deltona High School graduates at their 7 p.m. meeting June 15 at Glen Abbey Restaurant in DeBary.

For reservations call 386-668-6972 by June 12.

On WCEU-Channel 15

Volusia Magazine, the county’s weekly public-information television program, focuses on the Ocean Center expansion.

Ocean Center Director Rick Hamilton provides an update on the $76 million project.

The 30-minute show airs at 5 p.m. June 11 and repeats at 7:30 p.m. June 12 on WCEU-Channel 15.

Pulaski Club

The Polish American Pulaski Club, 3621 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, will have a dinner and dance June 18. Dinner will be at 1 p.m. Music by Joe Peltz and the Melotones will begin at 2 p.m.

Cost: $13 for members, $15 for nonmembers and $8 for those who dance only. Details or reservations: 386-258-7059.

Caregivers Support Group

The Council on Aging of Volusia County, Caregivers Evening Support Group, will meet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 12 at the Orange City United Methodist Church, 396 University Ave.

Respite care is provided for caregivers of those who are 60 or older.

Details: Kay Richards at 386-253-4700, Ext. 204.

Habitat for Humanity

The monthly board meeting for the Southwest Volusia Habitat for Humanity will be at 7 p.m. June 13 at the First United Methodist Church, East Normandy Boulevard in DeLand.

Driving classes

AARP Driver Safety classes are scheduled to meet at Florida Hospital DeLand, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 12 and 13. The classes are designed to improve driving skills among senior citizens and might qualify the driver for rate reductions on auto insurance.

Cost: $10. Details: 386-775-9830 or 386-774-0620.

Surveyor’s Society

The Volusia County Chapter of the Florida Surveying and Mapping Society will have a dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. June 13 at the Oyster Pub, 555 Seabreeze Blvd. in Daytona Beach.

The social hour begins at 6 p.m.

Lynne Nagel from Federal Emergency Management Agency will be the speaker.

Details: 386-738-7543.

Different Strokes

The Different Strokes Club of West Volusia will have a picnic meeting at 1 p.m. June 12 in the Fellowship Hall of the First Congregational Church, 201 W. University St. in Orange City.

Members are asked to bring a salad, dessert or side dish to share. The club will provide chicken and beverages.

This will be the last meeting until September.

Talent search

The Inlet Harbor Restaurant, 133 Inlet Harbor Road in Ponce Inlet, will have a talent search from 7 to 9 p.m. June 13.

Participants will compete for a chance to perform in front of a major record company. Details: Wyatt Davis at 386-852-7890.

An open-mike event will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Participants need to bring their own compact disc.

VFW

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8093, 351 S. U.S. Highway 17-92 in DeBary, will offer the following:

June 14, baked chicken dinner, 5 to 7 p.m. Cost: $6 Music by Wayne Johnson at 7 p.m.

June 16, roast pork dinner, 5 to 7 p.m. Cost: $6. Music by Mirror Image at 7 p.m.

June 17, music by Ron Bishop at 8 p.m.

June 21, Italian spaghetti dinner, 5 to 7 p.m. Cost: $4. Music by U-Sing at 7 p.m.

Interpretive programs

The National Park Service at the Canaveral National Seashore at the end of State Road A1A in New Smyrna Beach will offer the following activities:

Beach Discovery, 10 a.m. June 14. Join a park ranger on a hunt for natural treasures. Bring sunscreen, a hat and drinking water. Meet at the Visitor Information Center.

Turtle Watch Reservations, 9 a.m. June 15. Telephone reservations for July turtle watch programs will be accepted. 386-428-3384, Ext. 18.

Hook, Line and Sinker, 1 p.m. June 16 and 30. Bait, rigs and tackle tips will be discussed for surf fishing on Apollo Beach. Bring drinking water, sunscreen and your own rod if you have one. Some rods will be provided. Meet at the Visitor Information Center.

Jellyfish Fun, 10 a.m. June 21. Create original art inspired by the mysterious jellyfish. Supplies provided. Dress to get messy. Meet at the Visitor Information Center.

Seashell Arts and Crafts, 2 p.m. June 21. Use what is found in nature to create unique projects that reflect the seashore. Supplies provided. Dress to get messy. Meet at the Visitor Information Center.

Tea at the Sea, 11 a.m. June 28. Create and decorate tea hats inspired by Apollo Beach. Supplies provided. Dress to get messy. Meet at the Visitor Information Center.

Entrance fees apply to all interpretive program participants. Details or registration: 386-428-3384, Ext. 10.Classes

Society of Goldsmiths

The Florida Society of Goldsmiths offers jewelry classes at the studio, 142 S. Woodland Blvd. in DeLand.

Sessions meet Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Details or registration: 386-734-6878 or fsgne@aol.com.

Clogging classes

The Sugarfoot Family Cloggers offers beginning clogging classes from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays in Adams Hall at Central Baptist Church, 142 Fairview Ave., Daytona Beach.

Intermediate and advanced classes meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays. Cost: $5 per class.

Art classes

The DeBary Art League offers art classes for children and adults. Details or registration: 386-668-5553.

Clubs

Amateur Radio Society

The Indian Mound Amateur Radio Society meets at 10 a.m. Mondays at Florence K. Little Town Hall, EOC, 12 Colomba Road in DeBary. Refreshments will be served at 9 a.m.

Details: Jerry Hale at 386-532-6224.

Symphony Guild

The Symphony Guild of Daytona Beach announces the opening of the 27th year of its Opera Bus to the Orlando Opera at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre.

The bus provides luxury coaches from Daytona Beach to the theater in Orlando, where participants will hear an explanation and musical pieces from the opera of the day. On the return trip, refreshments will be served.

Series subscriptions are available, with discounts offered before June 15. Details: 386-615-1705.

American Legion

American Legion Post 259, Summer Haven Drive in DeBary, offers bingo each Monday and Friday. Doors open at 10 a.m. Bingo starts at 12:30 p.m.

Widowed Persons

The Association for Widowed Persons will meet at 2:30 p.m. June 11 in Fellowship Hall of the First Presbyterian Church, 724 N. Woodland Blvd. in DeLand.

Doors open at 2 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by The Show Stoppers. Members and guests will dine out after the meeting.

Details: 386-789-5832.

Bromeliad Society

The East Coast Bromeliad Society will meet at 1:30 p.m. June 11 at Finney Memorial Garden Center at Jessamine and Oleander avenues in Daytona Beach. There will be a workshop on Cryptanthus — the Earth Stars.

Details: Jay Thurrott at 386-761-4804.

VFW

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8093, 351 S. U.S. Highway 17-92 in DeBary, will offer the following:

June 12, chicken-wing night, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cost: 25 cents per wing. Music by Joann Hall at 7 p.m.

Details: 386-668-8640.

Bridge club

The Daytona Metropolitan Bridge Club is offering free bridge lessons at 9:15 a.m. Mondays at 600 Driftwood Ave., Daytona Beach.

Details: Betty Bayard at 386-788-0782.

Chess Club

The DeLand Area Chess Club meets from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays in the auditorium at the DeLand Area Public Library, 130 E. Howry Ave.

Details: Brian Hull at 386-228-2268.

Golf association

The Executive Women’s Golf Association offers a Wednesday evening golf league for women at Riverbend Golf Course in Ormond Beach. The organization promotes golf skills and etiquette education, golf and social events and business networking.

Details: Jane Eddy at 386-453-5934 or e-mail janeclu @cfl.rr.com.

Starlight Promenaders

Square dancers are welcome Wednesdays at the DeBary Civic Center, 38 S. Shell Road. Club dancing starts at 8 p.m.

Details: 386-789-8018 or 407-322-4454.

Commemorative Air Force

The Florida Wing of the Commemorative Air Force is seeking new members to help rebuild World War II aircraft, perpetuate the memory of the planes and people who flew them, participate in and attend air shows, help complete the new aircraft hangar and meeting facility at the DeLand airport and participate in club activities and events.

Members are needed from all work fields as well as pilots and maintenance personnel. Details: Joe Maiz at 407-804-8953 or Lou Figliuolo at 386-774-0909.

Dances

Leisure Services of Daytona Beach sponsors a dance from 2 to 4 p.m. Fridays at the City Island recreation center on Orange Avenue across from Jackie Robinson Baseball Stadium. Dance to Talk of the Town playing oldies, Latin, swing and polka.

Cost: $3. Details: 386-676-2150.

Square dance club

The Honeybees Square Dance Club offers summer workshops from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays at the Wayne G. Sanborn Activities Center at Earl Brown Park, 751 S. Alabama Ave. in DeLand.

Beginner classes will begin in September.

Cost: $3. Details: 386-738-2122.

Social and Dance Club

The All City Social and Dance Club has dinner and dancing from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursdays at the American Legion Hall, 470 Summerhaven Drive in DeBary.

Dinner and dancing is $7 for members and $8 for nonmembers. Dancing only is $5. Dance instructions are given by Antoinette Augustine from 3:45 to 5 p.m. Thursdays.

Cost: $4 per class. Details: 386-668-8886 or 386-789-0532.

Also, a dinner and dance is planned from 6 to 11 p.m. June 24. The menu includes salad, chicken cordon bleu, potato, vegetable and dessert.

Music will be provided by Mirror Image. Attire is dress-casual. Ticket: $15. Ticket deadline is June 22. Details: 386-668-8886 or 386-789-0352.

West Volusia Stamp Club

The West Volusia Stamp Club meets at 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays in the Wayne G. Sanborn Activities Center, Earl Brown Park, 751 S. Alabama Ave. in DeLand.

Details: Harry Sellards at 386-985-0909.

Libraries

DeBary

The DeBary Library, 200 N. Charles R. Beall Blvd., will offer programs for children and teens in June to help young people develop an appreciation for reading. Details: 386-668-3835.

Deltona

The Deltona Regional Library, 2150 Eustace Ave., offers a variety of programs for children and teens in the auditorium. Details: 386-789-7207.

Port Orange

The Port Orange Regional Library, 1005 City Center Circle, offers basic and advanced course instruction in computer use and the Internet.

Free. Details: 386-322-5152, Ext. 1.

Ormond Beach

The Ormond Beach Regional Library, 20 S. Beach St., will offer summer programs for infants through teens June 14 July 19. Details: 386-676-4191.

DeLand

The DeLand Regional Library, 130 E. Howry Ave., will have a summer reading program for teens and adults. Reading logs with game rules are available at the circulation desk.

The Florida Library Youth Program, which includes reading and craft programs, will be from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 13 to 20.

A summer classic-movie series will also be offered. For movie listings and times, check the movie billboard near the children’s desk.

Details: 386-822-6430, Ext. 109.

Health

Blood drive

Florida’s Blood Centers is seeking donors. All blood types are in very short supply. Anyone at least 17 years old, weighing 110 pounds and in generally good health may be an eligible donor.

Donations can be made from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays; and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays at 1440 Nova Road, Suite 204 in Holly Hill.

Details: 386-258-1910.

Miscellaneous

‘Summer Fun’

Harris M. Saxon Community Center, 2329 California St. in Deltona, will offer a family program from 7 to 9:30 p.m. the third Friday of the month titled “Summer Fun.” The center offers classes for children and seniors.

Volunteers are needed to help with programs.

Details: 386-561-2149.

Family Days

Port Orange Family Days is accepting entries for its Community Expo planned for Oct. 7 and 8. Information and entry forms are available at familydays.com.

Details: 386-566-4109.

Summer Food Services

Volusia County Human Services is sponsoring the Summer Food Services program for children during June and July. It provides nutritionally balanced meals to children during the summer, when school breakfasts and lunches are not available. The meals are distributed free at qualifying sites to children 18 or younger.

For site information, call the Human Services office at 386-254-4675, Ext. 2989, in the Daytona Beach area; 386-736-5956, Ext. 2989, in the DeLand area; or 386-423-3375, Ext. 2989, in the New Smyrna Beach area.

Prepare for hurricanes

Volusia County Emergency Management will have a hurricane-preparedness presentation at 1 p.m. June 25 at Temple Shalom of Deltona, 1785 Elkcam Blvd.

Light refreshments will be provided. Details: 386-789-2202.

Outdoors

Farmers Market

The Orange City Farmers Market is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays at Rotary Park, U.S. Highway 17-92 and Blue Springs Avenue. Details: 386-775-5454.

Soccer tournament

Registrations are being accepted for the Deltona Adult 6V6 Summer Soccer Tournament planned for July 29 and 30 at Dewey O. Boster Sports Complex, 1236 Saxon Blvd.

Divisions include men’s open, 18 or older; men’s 30 plus; women’s open, 18 or older; and co-ed open, 18 or older.

Cost: $300 per team. Prizes will be awarded. Laws of the tournament games are listed on the Web site, and online registration is available at deltona6v6.com.

Details: Charlie Vance at 386-748-5508 or Tony Adao at 386-822-3383.

Interpretive programs

The National Park Service at the Canaveral National Seashore at the end of State Road A1A in New Smyrna Beach will offer the following activities:

Pontoon Boat Cruise of the Backwaters of Mosquito Lagoon. Journey with a park ranger to the colorful places that lend character to the estuary. Cost: $13 for the two-hour tour. Reservations required. Space is limited. Saturdays and Sundays, weather permitting.

Body Board with a Ranger, 10 a.m. June 24. Learn beach safety and body-board techniques. Some boards provided, but bring your own board if have one. Sunscreen and drinking water recommended. Meet at parking area No. 1B.

Entrance fees apply to all interpretive program participants. Details or registration: 386-428-3384, Ext. 10.

Summer Camps

Robotics Summer Camp

Students in sixth to 12th grade will be able to design and build robots during two robotics camps in July at the Advanced Technology Center in Daytona Beach.

The beginner’s program will be July 17-21. The advanced class, for students who previously attended an ATC robotics camp, will be July 10-14.

Each program costs $110 per student. Each class is limited to 30 students.

Details: Call Gary Benefield at 386-506-4100.

DeBary Art League

The DeBary Art League offers summer workshops for children in June and July. Registration forms may be picked up at the Studio Center, 155 S. U.S. Highway 17-92 in DeBary, or request an e-mail registration at rwilson457@comcast .net.

Details or registration: 386-668-5553.

The Casements

The Casements, 25 Riverside Drive in Ormond Beach, will offer Enviro-Camp for children who have completed kindergarten and older. Camp hours are noon to 5:30 p.m. weekdays through July 28.

Summer Art Camp also will be offered for children who have completed kindergarten and older. Camp hours are 9 a.m. to noon weekdays.

Register weekly. Details or registration: 386-676-3216.

Storybook Theater camps

The Storybook Theater Company is accepting enrollment for its 2006 Summer Theater Camp at the Sands Theater Center, 600 N. Woodland Blvd. in DeLand. Half-day and full-day camps are available for children 41/2 to 18 years old. Camps are keyed to specific age and interest levels.

The New Smyrna Beach Little Theater will have Storybook Theater Drama Camps for those in southeast Volusia.

Details or registration: 386-738-7156.

DeBary Hall summer camps

DeBary Hall Historic Site will offer summer camps for 6- to 12-year-olds. Camp fees are $75 per week per child. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Turn of the Century Invention Convention, June 12-16.

Life “Round Here” Camp, July 10-14.

Details or registration: 386-668-3840 or 386-736-5953.

Marine Science Center

Registration is under way for the Marine Science Center Summer Camps, 100 Lighthouse Drive in Ponce Inlet, which offer a week of outdoor and environmental activities such as fishing, snorkeling, kayaking, boating and games.

Marine Explorer Camp: June 12-16 for children in 10th to 12th grade; June 26-30 for children in fourth to sixth grade; July 10-14 for children in seventh to ninth grade. Sessions will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: $90.

Master Marine Camp: Camp alumni are invited to a camp that includes offshore fishing, snorkeling and kayaking. Camp dates are July 31 and Aug. 3. Cost: $115.

Keys Explorer Camp: This camp is for Marine Explorer and Master Marine camp alumni only. Campers will immerse themselves in an educational adventure in the Florida Keys. Participants will learn about coral reef, mangrove and sea grass ecology and enjoy boat trips, snorkeling, plankton tows and more. Camp dates are July 25-28. Cost: $525.

Registration or details: Christie McNamee at 386-304-5529.

Summer Stars 2006

Volusia County Community Schools will offer a musical theater camp for students in first through eighth grade at Atlantic High School, 1250 Reed Canal Road in Port Orange.

Session 2 will run from June 20 to July 6. Hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students will perform Cinderella.

Cost: $235, which includes a camp T-shirt. Details or registration: 386-575-4076, Ext. 45313.

Pioneer Settlement

The Pioneer Settlement for the Creative Arts in Barberville will offer a family-style folk arts and heritage school through July 14. Each week features learning experiences and fun for children 8 or older as well as workshops for adults.

Parents, grandparents and guardians are invited to stay, take a class or two and enjoy lunch break with their children.

Program hours are 9:30 to 2 p.m. weekdays. Cost: $75 for members; $85 for nonmembers. Details or registration: 386-749-2959 or pioneersettle ment.org.

Seniors

Singing Seniors

Silver Saints Senior Singers rehearse from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursdays in the Wesley Room at Trinity United Methodist Church, 306 W. Wisconsin Ave. in DeLand. Details: 386-734-4425.

50+ Gathering

DeBary Parks and Recreation offers a Seniors 50+ Gathering with board games and cards from noon to 3 p.m. Mondays at the DeBary Civic Center, 38 S. Shell Road. Details: 386-456-5150.

Computer club

The Deltona Computer Club and CyberSmart Seniors meets from 1:30 to 3 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month at the Deltona Regional Public Library, 2150 Eustace Ave.

The group also meets at 1 p.m. Tuesdays at the Deltona Community Center, 980 Lakeshore Drive.

Deltona Sunshine Center

The Deltona Sunshine Senior Center, 980 Lakeshore Drive, offers dance and exercise classes, bingo, card games and craft and painting classes. Registration is being accepted for a beginners oil-painting class. The date and time will be dictated by class size. Cost: $15. Details: 386-574-0060.

Ormond Beach center

The Ormond Beach Senior Center, 351 Andrews St., offers language, computer, exercise, beginning quilting, tai chi and Spanish classes. “Ask an Attorney” is offered the second Wednesday of each month.

Dance fitness classes from 3 to 4 p.m. Mondays. Cost: $44 for residents, $57.20 for nonresidents.

Poolroom hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays and 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays.

Details: 386-676-3252.

Daytona Beach Shores

The Daytona Beach Shores Senior Center, 3048 S. Atlantic Ave., offers a variety of activities. Details: 396-736-7598.

Wava’s Hall

Wava’s Hall, the senior center at 200 N. Holly Ave., Orange City, offers activities and classes for those 55 or older. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The center will present the Travelogue series at 1 p.m. Tuesdays: June 13, Discovering Denmark; June 20, Si, Spain!; June 27, Russian Journey.

Details: 386-775-3121.