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The City of Huntington Beach Community Services Department will be

offering a variety of exciting programs this fall.

Classes such as vegetarian cooking, holiday truffles, salsa dancing,

karate and gymnastics/tumbling are just some of the many classes offered

for preschoolers through seniors.

The city is also offering several holiday programs, including “Candy

Cane Capers,” Santa’s home visits and its annual excursion to the Rose

Parade in Pasadena.

For sports-minded students, the city is offering youth flag football

and volleyball for boys and girls in grades first through eighth.

Tennis and swimming lessons for all age groups will be offered.

Listings for all classes and programs will be published in the fall

2001 issue of the Huntington Beach SANDS brochure, which will be mailed

out to every Huntington Beach resident the week of Aug. 14.

For more information, call the Community Center nearest you: Edison

Community Center, (714) 960-8870; Murdy Community Center, (714) 960-8895,

and City Gym and Pool, (714) 960-8884.

Bookstore continues holding youth classes

With summer nearing its final month before the start of fall classes,

there is still time to enjoy several youth programs at Barnes and Noble

in Huntington Beach.

Currently, the bookseller is offering two youth-themed classes: Monday

evening’s “Pajamarama” and Saturday morning’s “Story Time.”

“Pajamarama” is held each Monday from 7 to 8 p.m., and children can

come in their pajamas. “Story Time” runs from 11 a.m. to noon. Both

classes allow children the chance to enjoy some of their favorite stories

read to them by a Barnes and Noble staff member.

“We try to make this as interactive as possible,” said Elizabeth

Thompson, community relations manager for Barnes and Noble. “Sometimes we

do a theme, where we involve a character from a certain book, and there

is even coloring and arts and crafts offered in the classes.”

Once a month, a character makes an appearance at the store. In July,

Winnie the Pooh made a visit. This month, Little Critter, featured in a

series of children’s books, will stop by.

On Aug. 27, the Young Reader’s Book Club (open to youth ages 9 to 12)

will hold its final meeting of the year.

SAT prep offered at Golden West College

Golden West College’s Community Services is offering a 15-hour SAT

Prep seminar that’s recommended for youth age 15 and older.

This seminar covers test-taking strategies to handle analogy, sentence

completion, critical reading, arithmetic, algebra and geometry questions.

The seminar will run from 9 a.m. to noon today, Tuesday, Aug. 7,

Thursday, Aug. 9, Tuesday, Aug. 12 and Thursday, Aug. 14 in Golden West

College’s Administration Room 223.

The seminar costs $175.

Materials included are verbal course book, math course book, practice

homework problems, priority word list, SAT word groups, practice SATs and

diagnostic score reports.

The next SAT tests are scheduled for Oct. 13, Nov. 3 and Dec. 1 at

local high schools.

For registration and additional information, call the Golden West

College Community Services office at (714) 891-3991.