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EVENTS continued from P. 26
November 7
Senior Aerobics / Solid Gold
10am – 11 am, William Wells Brown
Community Center, 548 East Sixth
Street. Weekly through December. Free.
Sponsored by Lexington Parks and Recreation. For more information, contact Jill
Chenault-Wilson at 389-6678.
November 9
tion required. 859-879-0089 for additional
information.
November 10
Fayette Co. Diabetes Coalition
9 – 10 am, Lexington Health Department,
650 Newtown Pike. Open to anyone
interested in enhancing diabetes awareness and education in the community.
For more information, or to attend, call
859-288-2310.
10-11 am, Senior Citizens Center, 1530
Nicholasville Road, Free. Sponsored by
the Lexington-Fayette Co. Health Dept.
For more information, call (859) 288-2446.
November 9
Breastfeeding Basics
November 10
Free Educational Workshop:
Vision Therapy
Educational Workshop to show how vision therapy can improve, enhance and
develop visual performance by teaching
the visual system (eyes, brain, body) to
correct itself. 6:45pm – 7:30pm. Hosted
by Dr. Rick Graebe at the Children’s Vision
and Learning Center, 105 Crossfield Drive,
Versailles, KY 40383. Free; no registra-
November 12
Diabetes:
What You Need to Know
6:00pm – 7:00pm at at Apostles Anglican
Church, 200 Colony Blvd., Lexington,
KY, 40502. For people with diabetes and
interested family members. This course
is not open to pediatric patients (under
18) nor is it appropriate for patients with
gestational diabetes. A monthly education
series with topics including: Carb Counting and Reading Nutrition Facts Labels,
Checking Blood Sugar and Understanding
Your Results, Device Training, Dining Out,
Foot Care, Healthy Coping, Making a Plan
for Physical Activity, Planning Healthy
Meals and Balancing What, How Much
and When You Eat, Reducing Risks and
Problem Solving and Taking and Keeping
Track of Your Medicine for Diabetes.
Diabetes Support Group
6-7 pm, St. Joseph Hospital-East Women’s Hospital, 170 N. Eagle Creek Dr.. $15
per couple, only for those delivering here.
Register by calling 967-2229 or online at
www.saintjosephhealthcare.org/baby.
6 – 7:30 p.m. Baptist Health-Lexington
Education Center, 1720 Nicholasville
Rd. (Building E, lower level), FREE, only
for those delivering at Baptist HealthLexington, registration not required. You
may call (859)260-6357 or (859)260-4354
for questions regarding classes.
November 10 November 14
Health Chats about Diabetes
6:15-7:30, UK Polk Dalton Clinic, 217
Elm Tree Lane, Free. Sponsored by the
Lexington-Fayette Co. Health Dept. and
UK Healthcare. For more information, call
(859) 288-2446.
Nursing Your Infant
9 am – 12 noon, UK Good Samaritan
Hospital, Conference Room A, 310 S.
Limestone St. $25 per couple, only for
those delivering here. For more information or to pre-register, call 323-2750.
November 11 November 17
Art of Breastfeeding
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Eat, Move, Lose Weight
Support Group
12 – 1 pm, Lexington-Fayette Co. Health
Department PH Clinic South, 2433
Regency Road. Free weight-loss support
group appropriate for anyone wishing to
lose weight or maintain weight loss. Share
struggles and ideas with others. Held first
and third Tuesdays most months. For
more information or to pre-register, call
288-2446.
November 22
Prepared Childbirth
Weekend Seminar
1 – 4:30 pm, Baby Moon, 2891 Richmond
Rd. $168. Visit www.baby-moon.org to
register.
November 22
An Afternoon of Mindfulness,
Meditation and Deep Rest
1:30 - 5:30 PM. The goals of this afternoon retreat are to: slow down, relax
the body, quiet the mind and open the
heart, promote resilience and emotional
intelligence, prevent burnout from work
and caretaker stress, mobilize your inner
resources for healing, learn non-drug
approaches for managing stress-related
chronic conditions, cultivate your innate
happiness, peacefulness and compassion
Facilitator- John A. Patterson MD, MSPH,
FAAFP. Mind Body Studio 517A Southland
Drive Lexington KY 859-373-0033
Pre-registration required. Cost- $20-$40
sliding scale. Full details at http://www.
mindbodystudio.org/?page_id=1117
Radio Eye is hosting
Night for Sight in
honor and
celebration of being on
air for 25 years!
Kentucky State Gaming
License : ORG2432
The event will take place on November 6th 2015 from 6:00-10:00pm. This will
be a charity casino night with all sorts of fun games ranging from Blackjack to Texas Hold 'Em
to Roulette! There will be hearty appetizers, drinks, and a cash bar. The dress is Cocktail Casual!
Tickets are $50 for general attendees, $40 for our volunteers, and $25 for listeners.
Tickets can be purchased by calling 859-422-6390 or at www.nightforsight.radioeye.org.
Thank you
to our
sponsors!