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AUTISM: The Center for Autism Education, 105 Sheriff Dierker Court in O'Fallon, offers four-week training classes for parents, grandparents, baby sitters, friends or other family members who want to learn more about autism. The four-week series is called Autism, Asperger's and Behavior Training and will be offered in August, September, October and November. The first Wednesday of the month, the topic is Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders, the topic the second and third Wednesdays is Strategies for Challenging Behaviors and the topic the fourth Wednesday is The Explosive Child-Strategies for Children with Asperger's and Behavior Disorders. Classes are from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost is $25 per class for professionals and $10 per class for parents. To register, email diana@teachautism.org .
BREAST-FEEDING: SSM St. Joseph Hospital West, 100 Medical Plaza in Lake Saint Louis, offers breast-feeding classes for women who are planning to breast-feed and for those who have not yet decided. It is designed for mothers, fathers, grandparents and support persons and includes information on how the breast makes milk, how to establish a good milk supply, avoiding sore nipples and nurturing the breast-feeding family. Costs $25. For information or to register, call 866-SSM-DOCS.
DIABETES: SSM St. Joseph Health Center, 300 First Capitol Drive in St. Charles, and SSM St. Joseph Hospital West, 100 Medical Plaza in Lake Saint Louis, offer diabetes self-management training classes. Classes available with doctor's orders only. To register, call 636-949-9600. For information, call Patty Shelton at 636-947-5573.
CHILDBIRTH: SSM St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles and SSM St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake Saint Louis offer childbirth preparation classes to assist women and their partners to prepare for the birth of their babies. Information includes coping with labor, relaxation techniques, breathing methods and pain management options. Recommended in the second trimester of pregnancy. Costs $60 per couple. For information or to register, call 866-776-3627.
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Free But Not Easy: East County Youth Symphony Takes on Scheherazade
, His challenging orchestral piece, performed by a group of San Diego County musicians as young as 13, including La Mesa Middle School’s Amber Hunter.
But there was Amber, an eighth-grader, on first violin—watched by proud mother Tia Robinson, a La Mesan who served as emcee Sunday afternoon for the fourth annual performance of the East County Youth Symphony at the La Mesa Community Center.
Amber’s violin tutor, Ken Jerehian, had pointed her toward the youth symphony and its director, Olga Reztsova , who was born in Ukraine to Russian parents. A violin prodigy, she moved to the United States in 2002.
Newer fans of Reztsova are San Diegans Jim Alsup, a retired SPAWAR scientist, and Sandy Peterson, an obstetrician, ages 70 and 58, respectively.
They played their French horns Sunday in the back row as part of the Youth Symphony concert.
“We play the low parts,” said Alsup, explaining they were called up to plug holes in the group, rehearsing for the first time earlier that afternoon.
But even with their short exposure to the advanced division of the group, they were impressed.
“The gal playing the bassoon has the most beautiful tone I’ve heard in years,” he said. “The obo player is good.”
And Reztsova?
Two thumbs up, with Peterson saying: “She knows where they make mistakes” and can straighten them out as they perform. “She never falters.”
Patty O’Reilly, secretary of the La Mesa ARTS Alliance , introduced the symphony, which had use of the La Mesa Community Center for free as part of city support for youth arts.
An audience of 60, mostly family members, sat amid 300 folding chairs set up for the concert, hearing a trumpet concerto by Alexander Arutiunian and the well-known Scheherazade (which followed a half-hour intermission that included snacks and a silent auction fundraiser for the arts alliance).