Cape Coral

Lake Kennedy Senior Center

T.G.I.F. Dace Fridays July 31, Aug. 14 and 28, Sept. 4 and 18.

Line dancing with Tenny Popa Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. The cost is $3 per person for members and $7 per person for non-members.

Strictly beginners bridge with Mary Greico, Fridays from June 5 to July 31. The cost is $32 per person for members and $64 per person for non-members.

Registration is required for all trips and programs. Call the Lake Kennedy Center at 574-0575 for more information.

Belly dance class

Belly dance class for teens and adult. Have fun learning the ancient art and modern styles of this dynamic dance with professional Belly Dancer and 2002 Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Danse Orientale award recipient Na’ila (Sherry Coffey). Belly Dancing is a great way to tone the whole body and improve posture, flexibility and coordination. Please wear comfortable workout clothes and bare feet. Learn more at bellydanceSWFL.com.

Beginning Belly Dance Mondays from 8 to 9 p.m., Advanced Belly Dance Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m. The cost is $50 for four weeks.

Classes are held at Rhythm in Motion Dance Academy, 3333 Del Prado Blvd S. Call 542-3500 or visit: CapeDance.com.

New Neighborhood Watch Group Sign-Up Meeting –

Thursday, June 25, at 7 p.m. at the Cape Coral Police Department, Nicholas Parkway, Community Room. Plan to attend the sign-up meeting if you are interested in starting a neighborhood watch group in your area. Sign-up meetings are held the fourth Thursday of each month. If you need further information call 573-3048.

Cape Coral Elks Lodge

The Cape Coral Elks Lodge meets the fourth Monday of the month (July and August) at 7 p.m. Socials are held throughout the year for members and their guests. Cape Coral Elks Lodge No. 2596 is located at 4631 S.E. 10th Place (Club Square). For information call 574-1508.

Cape Coral Sailing Club

The Cape Coral Sailing Club welcomes all boaters, both sail and power to their monthly meetings at the Cape Coral Yacht Club, 5819 Diplomat Parkway. Meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. except for November when it is the fifth Wednesday and December when there is no meting. For more information call Ava Ferrar at 945-5417 or visit the Web site: ccscusa.home.att.net/

Fort Myers

Fort Myers Amateur Radio Club

The Fort Myers Amateur Radio Club, Inc. meets the last Tuesday of every month at 7:15 p.m.

Field Day is June 27 and 28 at the North Fort Myers Community Park, 2021 North Tamiami Trail, North Fort Myers. Visit: www.fmarc.com for more information.

American Sewing Guild

The next meeting of the Southwest Florida Chapter of the American Sewing Guild will be held on Saturday, June 27, at the Lee County Extension Service located in Terry Park, 3406 Palm Beach Blvd., Fort Myers. Registration at 12:30 p.m. ending 3 p.m..

Learn about the chapter and national Web site where you can view the newsletter. Find out how to join and use the chapter’s Yahoo Group. Learn about some of the other interesting Web sites for sewers.

The American Sewing Guild is a national non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of home sewing. Membership is open to all who would like to learn about sewing. Chapter meetings are held the fourth Saturday of each month. Dues are $40 per year and include the chapter news letter and special discounts from local merchants. For further information call Club President, Claudia Griffin 239-433-5673.

Lee CountyBranch NAACP

James Muwakkil, president of the NAACP Lee County Branch No. 5110 announces all remaining local NAACP general membership meetings for the year:

Saturdays: July 18, Aug. 15, Sept. 19, Oct. 17, Nov. 14 and Dec. 19.

Meetings will be held each month on the above dates starting at 11:15 a.m. for members and prospective members at the Southwest Florida Enterprise Center Training Room located at 3903 Dr. Martin Luther King

Jr. Blvd. The NAACP Lee County Branch is pleased to be in the historical Dunbar community, just two miles west of I75 off of exit 138. It has a 70 plus year history alongside national group’s 100th anniversary.

For those seeking information about the meeting or membership call 464-1394 or 936-2352, or visit the Lee County NAACP Branch’s Web site at:

www.NAACPLeeCounty.org for more information.

Edison author to speak

Michele Wehrwein Albion, author of The Florida Life of Thomas Edison will be speaking about her book at the following venues:

June 23 at noon at Gulf Coast Live, 90 1 FM and June 23, 6 p.m. Southwest Florida Historical Museum.

All events are free and open to the public.

Southwest Florida Museum of History

Explore three of the Travel Channel’s top 10 places of mystery right here in Lee County. The Southwest Florida Museum of History continues hosting the popular Forbidden History Exhibit through June 20. This exhibit features 35 replicas of historical anomalies, mysteries and their stories.

Among them, the Crystal Skulls of South and Central America that served as the backdrop for the popular 2008 movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Also on the list are crop circles and the exhibit’s showpiece, the Ark of the Covenant.

Discover for the mysteries behind more than 30 stories and legends, at the SWFL Museum of History! Visit www.swflmuseumofhistory.com or call 321-7430 for more information.

Medicare seminar at Shell Point

The public is invited to attend a seminar on the changes in Medicare and healthcare sponsored by the Shell Point Academy at Shell Point Retirement Community, on Tuesday, June 23, beginning at 7:15 p.m. in the Village Church Auditorium, which is located on The Island at Shell Point. The will be Ronald D. Castellanos, M.D., Commissioner, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; and founding member of Southwest Florida Urologic Associates, where he has practiced for the past thirty years.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call Ginny Miller-Plaza, assistant to the Academy at Shell Point, at (239) 454-2290

Bruce W. Galbraith

Bruce W. Galbraith of Bonita Springs has been chosen as a 2009 inductee to the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance Hall of Fame. Ceremonies will take place at UM’s Homecoming, Sept. 25, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

The Southwest Florida Symphony has relocated their offices to the McGregor Lakes office ark at 12652 McGregor Blvd. Bldg. 4-403. The new facility will service the Symphony’s general offices, box office, Symphony Society, Youth Orchestra and Chorus. To become a symphony subscriber contact the office at 239-418-0996, box office 239-418-1500 or on the web at: www.swflso.org.