Town hall to focus on new health care bill

The Lompoc Valley Democratic Club will sponsor a town hall meeting on health care at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, in the Lompoc Public Librarys Grossman Gallery, 501 E. North Ave.

The event, which is free and open to the public, will be a public information and discussion session about new California Senate Bill 562, the Healthy California Act. If passed, California would have a single-payer health care system.

Guest speakers will include Dr. Bill Skeen, the executive director of California Physicians Alliance, and Peter Conn, a retired social worker who has worked with Health Care for All California since 2000.

The Mahakankala Buddhist Center will offer a series of meditation classes at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays from April 27 through May 25 at the Yoga Center in Plaza de Oro, 701 E. North Ave., Suite F (upstairs, far right).

These drop-in classes, which are open to everyone, are intended to help students understand how the state of our mind affects health and well-being and how to use meditation to improve ones experience of contentment and peace. The classes are for beginners and those with meditation experience. There is a suggested donation of $10.

Flower Festival Queen Candidate Gabrielle Casarez is putting on a Tamale Fundraiser that will go toward her queen campaign.

Casarez, whose candidacy is being sponsored by the Lompoc Employee Development Association, is taking orders through Thursday, April 27. The orders will be available for pick up between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at 832 North D St. The cost is $18 per dozen.

To place an order and/or to arrange for special deliveries, contact Gabriella Casarez at 757-0231.

The ladies of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 211 will host a spaghetti dinner fundraiser at 5 p.m. Friday, April 28, at 636 North H St.

The dinner, which is open to everyone, will include spaghetti, green salad, garlic bread and dessert. Meals will be $8.

The Lompoc Valley Iris Society will host its annual show of tall-bearded iris from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 30, in the Grossman Gallery at the Lompoc Public Library, 501 East North Ave.

There is no admission charge for the show, which will include hundreds of blossoms of at least 100 officially named varieties on display. There will also be free door-prizes of growing iris plants given away every half-hour, and potted, growing irises for sale. Attendees are encouraged to bring cameras for photographs.

For more information, contact Lompoc Valley Iris Society President Ben Schleuning at 733-4081.

The church of Iglesia De Jesucristo Palabra Miel will hold a car wash fundraiser from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at 806 E. Ocean Ave.

The church is asking for a $10 donation for every car. Members of the church will also be offering homemade Salvadoran pupusas mixed, pork rind, and cheese for a donation of $2 each or $24 per dozen.

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