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Beach Blvd., Suite 160, Huntington Beach, CA 92648; fax to (714)

965-7174; call (714) 965-7176 or e-mail at hbindy@latimes.com.

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SATURDAY

The Friends of the Shipley

Nature Center will host a California Native Plant Sale from 9 a.m.

to 3 p.m. Most of the native plants don’t require much water and they

attract native birds, bees and insects. The sale will be at the

center located in the western part of Huntington Beach Central Park,

south of Slater Street and west of Goldenwest Street. Information:

(714) 842-4772 or shipleynature@yahoo.com.

Enjoy one of the nation’s

first 18-hole basket disc courses in Central Park, across the

street from the Huntington Beach Public Library and Cultural Center.

Two-round tournaments are held the first Saturday of each month.

Action begins at 10 a.m. and all divisions are invited. Information:

(714) 425-9931.

Wiskers Pet Beastro and

Bowteek will host pet portrait sessions for Halloween photo

packages including a costume contest with prizes for best-dressed

animals from 1 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Sunday. The contest is free. Information: (714) 969-8478.

“Supplement Census

Research by Searching Other Record Types, Parts 1 and 2” will be presented at the Orange County California Genealogical Society

meeting at the Huntington Beach Central Library. Speaker Gene Cheney,

director of the Hemet Family History Center, will present part 1 at

11 a.m. and part 2 at 12:30 p.m. Admission is free for members and $5

for nonmembers. Information: https://www.occgs.com

Golden West College Swap Meet will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays. Vendors sell new and used Items. Free parking

and admission at 15744 Goldenwest St. Information: (714) 898-7927.