Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 2 September 1999 — Page 15

The Muncie Times, September 2, 1999, page 15

COMM UNITY FOCUS

Marriage encounter weekend set for September 24

Youth Summit 4 on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs will be held Oct. 28 and 29. " The conference, for Indiana High School Students, will take place in Marshall, Ind., near Turkey Run State Park at the FCA National Conference Center. The topics will be: youth tobacco access and enforcement; intervention techniques to help friends/family with alcohol/drug problems; destructive decisions; destructive behavior (teen pregnancy, date rape, teen violence); drug testing in schools; and impaired driving. To apply contact the Governor’s Commission for a Drug-Free Indiana and the Governor’s Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving, at (317) 232-1295, or apply on-line at www.state.in.us/oji. Space is limited. Applications must be received by Sept. 30. Tutoring to improve reading skills is available for elementary students grades 1 to 6. The session will be held in Teachers college at Ball State

University. For enrollment information, call (765) 2858540 or 285-8560. The Northwest YMCA is offering several fall programs in adult men’s flag football, five-man whiffle ball, coed beach volleyball, men and women’s beach volleyball, horseshoe pitching and men’s indoor volleyball. For more information or to sign up for a league, call (765) 741-5563. A marriage encounter weekend is scheduled for couples of all ages and stages of marriage Sept. 24 to 26 at the Ramada Inn, Laporte, Ind. Described as a working honeymoon, it is a very private time for a couple to focus on their marriage and learning new communication techniques to strengthen and enrich their relationship. Presentations on various aspects of marriage are given but there are no group discussions. The only fixed cost is the $45 registration fee. Contact Sam and Linda Conner 3724 Boulder Court, Lafayette, Ind. 47905, (765)

Judy Mays

447-2014. Ambassadors of Christ Church will host a 3 day gospel explosion, Sept. 16, 17, 18. The theme chosen is “Tearing Down The Walls of Division”. The Thursday evening service will provide a city wide praise and worship service. Friday, Elder Muriel Weeden,Jesusa Pryor and Barbara Irving will speak and Saturday there will be a fellowship luncheon at the YWCA 310 E. Charles St. Pastor Kay Moorhouse of Fig Tree Ministries will be the guest speaker. Tickets are $15.00. For more information call (765) 289-4228.

The Hoosier Heartland Chapter of the American Red Cross will be holding a disaster college at the Ball State Alumni Center, Sept. 1012. Courses will include: introduction to disaster services, mass care, damage assessment, disaster health services, disaster mental health, emergency assistance to families, frontline leadership and public affairs. Fees are $20 for one day, $35 for two days. The frontline leadership course is $89 for the three-day course. All fees include course materials, instructor fees and refreshments. Contact Julie Hankins at (765) 284-3361 or 800-480-

4403 for more information. The Hospice team of Ball Memorial Hospital is seeking additional volunteers to interact with Hospice clients. An eight week training program will be held on Mondays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. beginning Sept. 13, at Ball Memorial Hospital. Pre-registration is required by Sept. 7. Call 747-4273 Jjl ;$cijc The Ball Flospital Blood Bank is conducting a recruitment drive for blood drive coordinators. Contact Sharon Rhodes at 747-3219. Shop with a Cop. OKTOBERFEST 99 will take place from 12 p*m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9 at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #87, Butterfield Rd. There will be live music, games and prizes, food and a hog roast, public safety displays and fun for all. All proceeds go to send kids to the Shop with a Cop program this Christmas. For more information or to find out how you can help, contact Roger Overby at 2893216.

Beauty and the babies Miss Universe, Mpule Kwelagobe, left, kicked off her reign this week by visiting Harlem’s Hale House, America’s oldest and best known home for babies and addicted mothers. Dr. Lorraine E. Hale, right, co-founder, introduces some of the children. Mpule is the first delegate from her home country of Botswana to enter the Miss Universe Pageant, which she won. Hale House, 152 W. 122 St., is America’s oldest and best known independent agency caring for babies born addicted to drugs, alcohol, tobacco and, sometimes, infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Botswana is located in southeast Africa, a region where one of every three babies is born with HIV.

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