Society Briefs- January 5

Amateur Radio Society to offer license exams

The Gulf Amateur Radio Society will be providing license exams on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the EOC Building in Port St. Joe, located behind the Gulf County Courthouse, at 10 a.m. ET.

Those interested in getting a ham license or upgrading a present license should contact C.H. Tillis at 850-648-8251 for details and registration.

Ham it up. Get your license and get on the air!

Quit Smoking Now

If you are ready to quit smoking now, a free weekly class/support group will begin at 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf.

Quit Smoking Now is a curriculum developed by ex-smokers for those who want to become ex-smokers.

Free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is available to all class participants.

Register at 1-87-QUIT-NOW-6 (1-877-848-6696) or contact Brigitta Nuccio at 850-482-6500 or e-mail her at bnuccio@bigbendahec.org.

The class is sponsored by the Florida AHEC Network and the Florida Department of Health.

Writing group meeting

The PRIZEWRITERS writing group will hold its next meeting at the Gulf County Public Library at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Jan. 17. All those interested in writing a book, compiling family memoirs, etc. are welcome to attend. The meetings are free. This group believes that writers should be with writers in order to encourage each other to complete their work. For more information contact Marjorie Parker at 229-6023.