Midtown Senior Center Hosts Classes, Groups
The Hart Multipurpose Senior Center is offering classes in watercolor painting and tai chi for seniors, along with a variety of ongoing self-help and support groups.

The six-week watercolor painting class begins July 18 and concludes Aug. 22. The class meets once a week from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is $24, supplies not included.

An ongoing class in tai chi and chi kung, two exercises which emphasize health and tranquility, is offered from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays. The cost is $15 per month.

The Triple R Caregiver group focuses on care of those with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia and meets from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on the fourth Friday of every month. The Alzheimer’s Aid Society of Northern California support group meets at 7 p.m. on the second Friday of every month.

Taking Off Pounds Sensibly, a weight reduction support group, meets from 7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. every Thursday. The annual TOPS fee is $20, with an additional $1 monthly fee. For information, call (916) 929-2418.

Manitos, a club for native Spanish speakers and people who want to practice their Spanish, meets from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Wednesday.

The Hart Senior Center is located at 915 27th St., in midtown Sacramento. For more information about programs offered at the center, call (916) 264-5462.

Big Band Preservationists Present Season Finale
The Nor-Cal Big Band Preservation Society hosts its season finale June 22, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., at the Elks Lodge, 6446 Riverside Blvd., Sacramento.

Music is by saxophonist Buddy Harpham and his 13-piece orchestra featuring vocalist Lynn Steiner.

Doors open at 1 p.m. Instructor Darlene Boriack gives free dance lessons prior to the Harpham band’s performance.

Tickets are $12 per person, $10 each for groups of 10 or more. For information on the Big Band Preservation Society and its membership program, call (916) 929-9181 or (916) 444-6138.

Area Red Cross Chapter Seeks Volunteers
The American Red Cross Sacramento Sierra Chapter is seeking volunteers for three upcoming events in the Sacramento area.

Volunteers are needed to assist with CPR Saturday, 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on June 21, in McClellan Park; the Frank Corti Classic 2003 golf tournament July 21 at Granite Bay Golf Club; and Hometown Heroes, Sept. 11 at the Sacramento Convention Center.

For information, call (916) 368-3181 or e-mail barness@usa.redcross.org.

The Sacramento Sierra Chapter also is looking for volunteer CPR and first aid instructors, nurses, receptionists and clerical workers, with opportunities available at Red Cross offices in Sacramento, Auburn, Placerville and Sonora.

For volunteer orientation class registration information, call (916) 368-3130.

‘Save the Bluffs’ Holds Fundraiser
Citizens to Save the Bluffs holds its second Garden and Art Tour on June 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 15 garden sites throughout the Fair Oaks village and surrounding area.

A variety of home gardens will be on the tour, along with the recently completed Water Efficiency Garden at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, and the Steiner College Bio-Dynamic Garden.

Works by local artists will be displayed at area homes and at the Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse, at 7997 California Ave. Maps are available on tour day at the New Artworks Gallery, 10239 Fair Oaks Blvd.

Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 on tour day. Proceeds benefit Citizens to Save the Bluffs, which is trying to raise $240,000 to pay off a loan on the property that contains the Bluffs, and eventually to turn the land — located on the American River Parkway east of the Fair Oaks Bridge — into a park or preserve.

For information, call (916) 966-6317 or visit www.savethebluffs.org.

Eppie’s Great Race Seeks Volunteers
Eppie’s Great Race, the world’s oldest triathlon, is hoping to find 700 volunteers to assist with the event’s 30th anniversary running.

The swimming, cycling and running race is a non-profit event benefiting Sacramento County Therapeutic Recreation Services, which provides recreation and leisure skills training to individuals with disabilities.

This year’s race will be held July 19.

For information, call (916) 875-6640 or e-mail saccotr@hotmail.com.

Otto’s Swing at Cancer Golf Tourney Is June 23
Jim Otto, the Oakland Raiders’ Pro Football Hall of Fame center, hosts the Swing at Cancer Celebrity Golf Classic, June 23, at Auburn Valley Country Club.

Raiders’ Hall-of-Famers Fred Biletnikoff, Willie Brown, Lester Hayes, Ted Hendricks and former Dallas Cowboys’ star Mel Renfro head the list of 31 celebrities, including 22 current and former Raiders greats, who are scheduled to participate.

Other former Raiders scheduled to appear include Cliff Branch, Raymond Chester, Clem Daniels, Ben Davidson, Wayne Hawkins, Marv Hubbard, Daryle Lamonica, Lorenzo Lynch, Rod Sherman and Otis Sistrunk.

The celebrity list also includes former major league players Marcel Lachemann and Leron Lee, and former Sacramento Kings player Harold Pressley.

The event begins with breakfast at 8 a.m. Tee time is 11 a.m. One celebrity will be paired with each foursome in a scramble format.

Entry fees are $500 per player or $1,600 per foursome, with all proceeds going to the Auburn Community Cancer Endowment, a foundation that benefits prostate cancer research at the UC Davis Cancer Center.

The entry fee includes a celebrity cocktail party and auction before the event and an awards dinner and raffle after the tournament.

Auburn Valley Country Club is located at 8800 Auburn Valley Road.

For more information and tournament registration, call (530) 269-2775.