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EDITOR’S NOTE: Information for the Community Calendar should be submitted in writing, including the phone number of a contact person, no later than one week before the event. Mail to The Mining Journal, Attention: Newsroom/Community Calendar, Box 430, Marquette, MI 49855; fax to 906-228-2617; or email to rprusi@miningjournal.net, putting calendar in the subject line.

Wednesday

Book sale: — The Carnegie Friends of the Library will be holding a used book bag sale in the Ray Leverton Room through Saturday. Bags of gently used books will sell for $5. The library is located at 317 N. Main St., Ishpeming.

YMCA Tang Soo Do Karate — in Marquette for adults of all ages from 6-7 a.m.; youth beginners 5:15-6 p.m.,; and intermediate of all ages from 6:15-7 p.m. A Christian perspective, Spirit Warrior Karate Academy. Contact 6th Degree Black Belt Master Joyce Tredeau at 360-0479 or the Y at 227-9622.

Alcoholics Anonymous — Early Bird meeting from 7-8 a.m., First United Methodist Church in Marquette. Handicapped accessible. Call AA Hotline at 249-4430. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

MCHD — Clinic Services available today at the Marquette County Health Department are: HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing, Family Planning, Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening, STD, and Health Services from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. A WIC Clinic will be held from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

12-Step Recovery Groups — offered daily at the Alano Club, 1202 S. Front St., Marquette.

Winter concert — second grade “A Bear-y Merry Holiday,” 10 a.m. Sandy Knoll; first grade “The Littlest Reindeer,” 1 p.m. Sandy Knoll; and fourth grade “Party In A Pear Tree,” 3 p.m. Sandy Knoll.

Al-Anon — 10 a.m. Mission Covenant Church, North Second Street, in Ishpeming.

Book Babies — Enjoy songs, rhymes, stories and fingerplays for ages 0-24 months and stay for a playtime afterward. Peter White Public Library Community Room, 10:30 a.m. 226-4320

IHS 1961 — meets at noon first Wednesdays, Jasper Ridge Brewery, Ishpeming.

Alcoholics Anonymous — women’s closed Big Book meeting, noon at Marquette Missionary Church. Handicapped accessible. Call AA hotline 249-4430.

Our Daily Bread — free lunch, noon-1 p.m., Salvation Army, 1009 W. Baraga, Marquette. Call 226-2241.

Jayne’s Bridge Club — meets at 1 p.m., at 300 Spring St., Marquette. Call 225-1456.

Caregivers and Friends — support group meets 1:30 p.m. first Wednesdays at the Ishpeming Senior Center. Call Sharon Lusic at 485-5527.

The Champion-Beacon-Humboldt Historical Society — will meet at 2 p.m. in the Champion Township Office, located along U.S. 41 in Champion. Everyone is invited to attend.

World Politics — discussion group meets 2-4 p.m. first/third Wednesdays at the Falling Rock Cafe and Bookstore in Munising.

Teen Advisory Board — Students, grades 9-12, welcome for event planning, book talking and snacks. Peter White Public Library Community room, 3:30 p.m. 226-4323

Grief Support — Open grief support group meets 5-6:30 p.m. first/third Wednesdays at Lake Superior Hospice in Marquette. For details call Michele Napier at 225-7760.

Table of Grace — All are welcome to the Table of Grace free community meal at Grace Lutheran Church in Gwinn at 5:30 p.m. A home-cooked meat pie supper will be served and take-outs are available. The church is at 558 W. M-35 in Gwinn. For more information, call the church at 346-3156.

Community meal — Messiah Lutheran Church in Marquette will host its monthly community meal at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome. For more information about this or other programs at Messiah, go to messiahlutheranmqt.org or call 225-1119. The church is located at 305 W. Magnetic St.

Tai Chi Chuan — A mind/body practice for health and wellness. Weekly classes: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Marquette Hope Connection Center, 927 W. Fair Ave., Marquette. Sponsored by the Cedar Tree Institute. For more information call 906-228-5494 or access www/cedaertreeinstitute.org.

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