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The West Charlotte High School indoor swimming pool will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through June 5, except when Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are on break for holidays. The school is at 2219 Senior Drive. The Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department will operate the pool and offer the following programs:
8:05-8:50 a.m., Adult water fitness, $2 per person.
9-9:30 a.m., Beginner swim lessons for Sand Dollars, children ages 3-5.
9:45-10:30 a.m., Beginner swim lessons for Otters, children ages 6-12.
10:45-11:30 a.m., Beginner swim lessons for teens and adults.
11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Open swimming, $1 per person.
Swim lessons run four weeks and cost $16 for the series. Scholarships available for Sand Dollars and Otters based on financial need. Registration is required for swim lessons. To register, call 704-336-3483 or go to the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center, 800 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
The International House is offering beginning English-as-a-second language classes, 7-8:15 p.m. Mondays through Nov. 30. Classes held at the International House, 322 Hawthorne Lane. Cost: $45, including books. To register: Norma Jiron, 704-333-8099, ext. 10 or njiron@ihclt.org.
A public ceremony at 10 a.m. Tuesday will mark the Little Sugar Creek Greenway part of the Carolina Thread Trail, a planned network of existing and future greenways running through 15 counties in the Charlotte region. At the ceremony, Daniel McCormick, artist-in-residence at the McColl Center for Visual Art, will announce the “eco-art” project he and volunteers will create along the creek, beginning this month and running until November.
The project will transform natural materials and plants into a woven sculpture to protect eroding areas. The ceremony will be at the section of the greenway behind the Charlotte Nature Museum, 1658 Sterling Road and beside the lake in Freedom Park. The public can walk or bike to the site or park at the museum or in Freedom Park lots near entrances at 1900 East Blvd. or 2436 Cumberland Ave.
The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas announces its fall public blood drives. Donors must weigh at least 120 pounds. Details: www.cbcc.us.
Today, 8-10 a.m., Hawthorne Lane United Methodist Church, 501 Hawthorne Lane; 10 a.m.-noon, Antioch Baptist Church, 232 Skyland Ave.; noon-3 p.m. Mountain Island Church of Christ, 4205 Mount Holly-Huntersville Road.
Monday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Blvd.
Tuesday, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Biesse America, Inc., 4110 Meadow Oak Drive.
Wednesday, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Presbyterian Hospital-Charlotte, 200 Hawthorne Lane.
Thursday, 9-11 a.m., Carolina Wholesale Office Machine Co., 425 E. Arrowhead Drive. Compiled by Kathryn Thier
