CELEBRATING: Shelley-Ann Cottam, Leanne Stringer and Deb Schafer at the Isaac Regional Council morning tea.
CELEBRATING: Shelley-Ann Cottam, Leanne Stringer and Deb Schafer at the Isaac Regional Council morning tea. Contributed

What's on around Mackay today

Today, March 16

 SARINA Fibre Arts Group Inc meets at 36-38 Lee St, Sarina, at the Craft Cottage, previously Sarina Band Hut, opposite the Men's Shed, between 9am and noon.

 DANCE rock'n'roll classes at the Mackay Sugar City Rock and Roll Club, Senior Citizens Hall, Macalister St, at 7pm, $8. Phone 0408 983 911.

 BEGINNERS' chair yoga and meditation, Yoga Healing Centre, 19 Palmer St, North Mackay, at 11.30am.

 BEACONSFIELD Road Men's Shed meets from 9am-1pm at 65 Beaconsfield Rd (East), Mackay. Phone 4942 3321.

 AL ANON Mackay meeting from 7.30-9pm at Shakespeare Child and Family Centre, 43 Shakespeare St. Phone 1300 252 666 for more information.

 TIME OUT tai chi from 8.40am at the Mackay Women's Centre, 418 Shakespeare St, West Mackay.

 MACKAY Golden Years meets at the Senior Citizens Hall, Macalister St, from 9-11am. Admission $3. For more, phone Michele Shepherd 4957 6579.

 SHAKESPEARE Child and Family Suntots Playgroup from 9.30-11.30am at 43 Shakespeare St.

 MACKAY Masonic Ballroom Dancers meet 9am-noon at the Mackay Masonic Hall, Wood St. Phone Alex 0467 291 263.

 IONA Men's Shed meets 9am-noon and 1-4pm behind Iona West Uniting Church, 7 Brooks St, West Mackay. Phone Chris 0432 983 181.

 AA MEETING: 1pm at Ozcare, 1 Endeavour St, phone 0435 070 195, and 8pm at the Uniting Church Hall, Range Rd, Sarina, phone Danny 4956 1289.

 LAPIDARY session 9am to noon at the Mackay Gem & Craft Society, 3 Leisure St. New members welcome. Contact 4957 8824.


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