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Posted on Mon, Oct. 19, 2009

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Community Calendar

Today-Friday

Free Hearing Screenings

Screenings for all ages offered at the Audiology Clinic, Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, WSU's Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 E. 29th St. North. Call 316-978-3289 for appointment.

Heartspring Hearing Center Fall Open House

Event includes free hearing aid demonstrations and hearing aid battery specials, Heartspring, 8700 E. 29th St. North. Open to all ages. Call 316-634-8750 to schedule an appointment.

Wednesday

Presentation on a Rare Blood Disorder: Diagnosis & Treatment of PNH

Buffet dinner, 5 p.m., followed by doctor presentations on paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, at Gallery One Nine, 125 N. Market. Presented by Mary Ann Skiba, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, and Christopher Felton, director of hematopathology, NeoGenomics. Free. Registration required by Tue., by calling the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 316-266-4050.

Thursday

Screen for Success

Identify children ages birth to 5 who are having difficulty walking, talking, seeing, hearing or learning, in west Wichita. Sponsored by Connecting Point and Wichita public schools. Free. For appointment time and location, call 316-267-3535.

"Breathe Better, Feel Better for Health"

Health Hunter Lunch & Lecture by Chad Krier, noon, Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning, 3100 N. Hillside. Cost $11 (includes lunch), $10 for members. Reservations, 316-682-3100, online at www.brightspot.org.

"Water for People, Gumbo for Us"

Gumbo feast fundraiser, 6-8 p.m., Loft 150, 150 N. Mosley. Water for People, a nonprofit organization, helps provide sanitary water systems to third world countries. Tickets $5. Information, 316-268-4504.

Friday

Health Screenings

7-10 a.m., Health Strategies, 551 N. Hillside. A screening for cholesterol, glucose and hemoglobin, or a PSA screening for prostate cancer, $30 ($15 for Wesley Friends members). Reservations required by calling 316-962-8400.

"What Does Age Have to Do With It?"

Symposium by Jerry Old and Stephen Benson, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Larksfield Place, 7373 E. 29th St. North. Registration fee $10 (include lunch), required by today. Call 316-858-3930.

"El Salvador: Hope, Change and Human Rights"

FOCUS Central America lecture by Rosa Centeno, 7:30 p.m., Inter-Faith Ministries, 848 N. Market. Free. Information, 316-684-2726.

Saturday

Pancake & Sausage Feed

8 a.m.-noon, VFW Memorial Post No. 3115, 4801 W. Douglas. Presented by the Men's Auxiliary. Cost $5. Members and guests welcome. Information, 316-942-2281.

WSU School of Nursing Informational Sessions

Nursing course work, clinical experiences, financial aid, scholarships, application process, tour, 10 a.m.-noon, Ahlberg Hall, WSU. Free. Information, 316-978-5708.

Low Vision Fair

Exhibitors, demonstrations, information, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., upper level, Dillard's Court, Towne East Square, 7700 E. Kellogg. Presented by the Wichita Association for the Visually Handicapped. Free. Information, 316-651-5522 or www.wavh.org.

Free Spaying, Neutering and Other Pet Services

Informational programs on how to apply, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Atwood Neighborhood City Hall, 2755 E. 19th St., and Nov. 7 at Colvin Neighborhood City Hall, 2820 S. Roosevelt. Must bring proof of household income, address, Social Security number and date of birth for each person living in the home. Pets must be at least 4 months old to qualify. Free. Information, Atwater, 316-303-8017, or Colvin, 316-303-8029.

Sunday

"Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher': How to Think About Tearing Down the House of Disregard for Mental Health"

Program by Aimee Siebert, 3:30 p.m., Kauffman Museum, 27th and Main, North Newton. A Big Read event. Free. Information, 316-283-1612.

U.N. Anniversary Banquet

60th anniversary of U.N. peacekeeping with speaker Ari Gaitanis, 6 p.m., Olive Tree, 2949 N. Rock Road. Advance tickets $25 by calling 316-978-6410, or $30 at the door. Limited number of $5 tickets available from the Howard & Jeanne Johnston Memorial Scholarship Endowment.

Events that are open to the public are listed in Community Calendar. The deadline is noon Wednesday. Information may be faxed to 316-268-6627, or sent by e-mail to wenews@wichitaeagle.com.