Sep. 17--Work it: Healthy Moms, a health club for new and expectant mothers, is hosting a free day of fitness at Meadowmont Club on Saturday.
Sampler fitness classes will be available for visitors to try out, including the Prenatal AquaMoms, PowerStroll, Total Body Conditioning and AquaMoms with Baby. The program teaches safe exercises for expectant mothers following guidelines from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Local businesses also are offering giveaways and raffle prizes at the event, including free food, educational material about exercising during pregnancy and items from Belly Blossom and Babies R Us.
Pregnant women must bring consent from their doctor or midwife to participate in the sampler classes.
The event is 9 a.m. to noon at the Meadowmont Club, 301 Old Barn Lane, Chapel Hill.
Donations of baby and maternity clothes and children's books will be collected for Welcome Baby's Giving Closet, a nonprofit organization providing education and support to families with young children in Durham County.
For information, call (919) 489-MOMS or go to www.healthymomsnc.com.
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Moving: Carolina Stained Glass is planning to move from North Pointe Drive to 3305 Guess Road around Thanksgiving.
The business, which had called 2005 N. Pointe Drive home for the past seven years, recently bought the Guess Road property.
Owner Suzie Geyer said she wanted to own her business's property instead of renting.
The new location isn't bigger than the old one, but there's room to expand, she added.
For information, call (919) 620-8117.
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Don't change the channel: A statewide digital television test will take place today, when all TV stations in the state will switch to digital only broadcasting as a test to alert viewers of the transition.
This will be an easy way for viewers to determine if they are prepared.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is giving out coupons for free converter boxes until March 31.
Those interested can do this one of four ways:
--Apply online at www.dtv2009.gov.
--Call the Coupon Program toll-free at 1-888-DTV-2009.
--Mail a coupon application to: PO BOX 2000, Portland, OR 97208-2000 after downloading a coupon application at www.dtv2009.gov/docs/Coupon--Program--App--en.pdf.
--Fax a coupon application to 1-877-DTV-4ME2.
Deaf or hard of hearing callers may dial 1-877-530-2634 (English/TTY) or 1-866-495-1161 (Spanish/TTY).
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