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A HEART-TO-HEART TALK
Cardiologist and Harvard Medical School professor of medicine Dr. Eugene Braunwald will lead a discussion of cardiovascular medicine on Friday, Jan. 8 at 4:30pm in the Van Dyke Theater at Long Beach Memorial, 2801 Atlantic Avenue. Call (562) 933-7174 to register.

CLEAN SWEEP
Partners of Parks has set Saturday, Jan. 9 for its first park Clean Team Day at Martin Luther King Jr. Park, 1901 Lemon Ave., from 8am to 11am. Participating volunteers will receive a T-shirt as well as automatic sign-up for Disneyland’s “Give a Day, Get a Day” ticket program. Service learning hours are available to students. Check-in time is 7:45am, and all cleaning supplies and refreshments will be provided.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Long Beach Republican Women Federated’s first breakfast meeting for 2010 will be Saturday, Jan. 9 at Lakewood Country Club, 3101 Carson St. at 10am. Speaker will be Jana Shields, candidate for Long Beach City Council 1st District. Alex Burrola with the Republican Party of Los Angeles County will report on voter registration plans. Cost is $15 with reservation and $16 without. Call (562) 432-5822 for reservations.

A “SUNNY” PROPOSITION
The Solar & Sustainability Task Force’s next meeting will feature Long Beach Sustainability Officer Meredith Reynolds, who will provide updates on the Office of Sustainability and the city’s Sustainability Plan. There will also be an update on the upcoming Solar Grand Prix, a solar model car race. The Task Force will now be meeting on the second Monday of each month, instead of the fourth. The next meeting will be Monday, January 11 at 7pm at the Parks, Recreation and Marine Administration Building, 2760 Studebaker Rd. More info at (562) 570-6932.

BE A BOOKWORM
The January 2010 selection for the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association’s Literary Society is Wonderland by Joyce Carol Oates. The next Society meeting will be Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 7pm at the Richard Goad Theatre, 4250 Atlantic Ave. Call (562) 997-1494.

KEEPING AN EYE ON CRIME
North Division Commander David Hendricks will host the next quarterly North Division Leaders Meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 6:30pm at the North Police Substation, 4891 Atlantic Ave. The public is welcome to join in for an overview of Division crime trends. Call (562) 570-9800.

DON’T FORGET…..
Who hasn’t forgotten someone’s name, misplaced their glasses or walked into a room and forgotten why they entered? The UCLA Center on Aging will offer a five-week “memory training” course which teaches practical techniques for enhancing memory abilities and is designed for people with age-related memory concerns. The class is not intended for people with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. The $50 program will meet five Wednesdays, from Feb. 3 through March 3. Each weekly two-hour session will take place from 10am to noon at the UCLA Center on Aging Ueberroth Building, 10945 Le Conte Ave. Call Sherrie Goldfarb at (310) 794-0676.