Halifax Humane Society gears up for Ruff Ride Poker Run Bike Week

Also: Port Orange residents to showcase their art during Ponce Inlet art show


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Elizabeth Hargrove, Mary Secord, Pat Guido, Esther Stephenson and Joyce McDowall watch Jim Edwards paint. Photo courtesy of Mary Secord
Elizabeth Hargrove, Mary Secord, Pat Guido, Esther Stephenson and Joyce McDowall watch Jim Edwards paint. Photo courtesy of Mary Secord
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Several Port Orange residents will be displaying their artwork during the Art Guild of Ponce Inlet's Annual Fine Art Show. The show will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, February 17 and Sunday, February 18, at the Ponce Inlet Community Center, 4670 Peninsula Drive. 

Jim Edwards, Elizabeth Hargrove and Esther Stephenson of Port Orange will be included among the lineup of artists showing their work. 

Additionally, several baskets filled with unusual and locally-themed items will be raffled off during the event.

Admission and on-site parking are free.

For additional information, please contact Joan Hulett at 767-6821.

Halifax Humane Society poker run

The Halifax Humane Society is getting ready for the upcoming Ruff Ride Poker Run Bike Week on Thursday, March 15, to benefit animals that are at the shelter. 

The ride last from noon to 5 p.m. with participants playing their poker hands at each of the six stops. The ride starts at the Halifax Humane Society, 2364 LPGA Blvd.

For more information call 274-4703, ext. 328. 

ArtHaus to offer three children's art classes

Three children’s art classes will be offered at ArtHaus during February. The “Adventures in Art!” classes will be held on Tuesdays from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. for children five years old and up. Christophe Cardot will teach painting classes on Wednesdays from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for children ages eight years old and up. 

The “Art of Drawing” classes, taught by Monique Fisher on Thursdays, are scheduled from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

To register, call 767-0076 or email [email protected]. For more information about these and other classes, visit arthaus.org.

Halifax Health race

For the fourth year in a row, Halifax Health has partnered with the Volusia Flagler Family YMCA for the 2018 Live Your Life Well Race Series. The race series consists of 20 events that will take place throughout 2018.

Three races are scheduled to take place in Port Orange:

  • July 21: Port Orange Family YMCA Sprint Triathlon
  • September 8: Halifax Health - Hospice 5K
  • October 28: Lighthouse Loop Half Marathon and 5K

Mardi Gras Weekend to remember Kayne Finley

A Mardi Gras Weekend event will be held at the Port Orange YMCA on Saturday, Feb. 10, to honor and remember Kayne Finley, 17, who died after being diagnosed with DIPG-Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma pediatric brain cancer on November 23, 2016.

The event is hosted by the Cannonballs for Kayne Foundation, which was started to help individuals affected by a childhood brain cancer diagnosis. 

For more information, visit cannonballsforkayne.org. 

 

 

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