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Sunnyvale community notes
From Staff report
Meetings calendar
Monday, Feb. 18
Tuesday, Feb. 19
Library Board
Thursday, Feb. 21
Friends of the Library
Monday, Feb. 25
Town Council regular
Monday, March 4
Board of Adjustments
Tuesday, March 5
4B Development Corporation
Skywarn training offered Saturday in Garland
The Fort Worth office of the National Weather Service (NWS) will conduct its annual basic Skywarn class from 9 a.m.-noon and an advanced class from 1:30-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Granville Arts Center, 300 N 5th St., Garland.
The training will include basics of thunderstorm development, fundamentals of storm structure, identifying potential severe weather features, information to report, how to report information and basic severe weather safety.
The main responsibility of a Skywarn spotter is to assist the NWS in locating and tracing storms. About 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 5,000 floods and more than 1,000 tornadoes occur each year in the United States.
Additional Skywarn classes offered include: 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at Texas Woman's University MCL Auditorium, 304 Administration Drive, Denton*; and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Fletcher Warren Civic Center, 5501 S. Business Hwy. 69, Greenville. View the complete 2013 schedule at www.srh.noaa.gov/
*Class includes advanced spotter training
Grief expert to speak at VNA luncheon
Grief expert Fred Theobald will be the featured speaker at the Feb. 28 bereavement luncheon hosted by the Visiting Nurse Association.
Theobald will speak on "The Four Tasks of Mourning."
The luncheon is from noon to 1 p.m. at the Church of the Incarnation, 3966 McKinney Ave. in Dallas. There is no cost to attend the luncheon, but reservations are requested and can be made through Feb. 26 by calling 214-689-2633.
VNA's bereavement luncheons offer supportive company from friendly and understanding people to individuals who have suffered the loss of a loved one.
Library announces Interlibrary Loan Program coming soon
The Sunnyvale Public Library is excited to announce a new Interlibrary Loan system called the Texas Group Catalog. It will allow library patrons to access hundreds of libraries throughout the state of Texas as well as libraries across the country or around the world.
Patrons will have to have a current Sunnyvale Library Card, free of any fines, fees or overdue materials, to access the system and make requests.
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