Weight program at hospital

WILMINGTON, Ohio - The Clinton Memorial Hospital Regional Health System is offering a weight management program called "Lighten Up" that will meet weekly for seven sessions beginning Feb. 5. Participants must sign up and schedule a nutritional assessment for the week of Jan. 26. Call (937) 382-9606.

The program integrates traditional concepts of weight management such as nutrition and exercise with complementary approaches that include yoga, meditation, psychology and acupuncture. Group sessions will take place in the hospital classrooms at 761 Nelson Ave. Cost is $175.

Programs at Miami University

OXFORD - Miami University will be the site of several special programs next week:

Carol Anderson will speak on lynching and U.S. foreign policy at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 100 Laws Hall. Her speech is the inaugural presentation of the Miami University College of Arts and Science Celebrating Diversity Program. Free and open to the public. Information: 529-7592.

On Friday, Kevin Klose, president of National Public Radio, will visit the campus. He will be the special guest during a live broadcast of WMUB's Forum from the Marcum Conference Center at 7 p.m. News director Darrel Gray will conduct an interview with Klose and take questions from the audience, from e-mails (forum@wmub.org), and from callers (888) 877-3885.

Information: www.muohio.edu.

Workshops for farmers

The Three Valley Conservation Trust will host workshops to help farmers and other landowners learn what is needed to meet application deadlines for several 2004 programs. Admission is free.

Sessions in Butler County take place from 7 to 9 p.m. at Okeana, Thursday at St. Aloysius Church, Chapel Road at Cincinnati-Brookville Road; and Hamilton, Feb.2, Izaak Walton League, 450 Beissinger Road.

Topics include changes in, and how to apply for, the Ohio Agricultural Easement Purchase Program (due March 31), Open Space Acquisition Program (due April 11), Preserving Family Lands and the Federal Grassland Protection Easement Program.

The Conservation Trust will host its annual meeting from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Izaak Walton League in Hamilton. Admission of $10 includes dinner. Among the keynote speakers are several county and state elected officials. The reservation deadline is Tuesday.

To register for the workshops or the dinner, call (513) 524-2150.

Grief support series offered

HAMILTON - The Hamilton Senior Center, 140 Ross Ave., will host a six-session grief support series and a single session program on eye-care basics. For information, call 867-1998.

The first meeting of the grief support series will take place at 12:30 p.m. Monday. Susan Birri, a registered nurse and wellness coordinator, will lead the group. The sessions are free for members of Senior Citizens Inc. Nonmembers may attend for $20, which includes a membership at centers in Hamilton, Fairfield and West Chester.

A single-session program on eye-care basics will take place at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Hamilton center. Although the presentation by ophthalmologist David R. Adam is free, reservations are required. Call Jeananne Dutze at 867-1998.

Training for weather spotters

BATAVIA - The Clermont County Emergency Management Agency will hold its annual weather-spotter training program at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium of the University of Cincinnati Clermont College, 4200 Clermont College Drive.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Greg Tipton will focus on weather conditions that are conducive to tornado development, and how to recognize various types of clouds and other situations that can spawn dangerous weather conditions.

At the conclusion of the training, those interested will be given the opportunity to become weather spotters for the National Weather Service. Registration is required. Information and registration: 732-7661.

Learn to identify trees

CHILO - The Clermont County Park District will offer a winter tree identification program at noon Sunday at Chilo Lock No. 34 Park, off U.S. 52 at Ohio 222. Participants should meet at the naturalist's office. During the hike, they will learn how to identify trees by recognizing their buds, bark and branches. Information: 876-9013.

Daybook

Monday

• Bethel: Village Council: 6:30 p.m., Municipal Building, 120 North Main St.

• Fairfield: City Council: 7 p.m., council chambers, 5350 Pleasant Ave., 867-5383.

• Franklin: School board: 7 p.m., Little Theater, Franklin High School, 750 E. Fourth St., (937) 743-8603.

• Hamilton: Butler County commissioners: 9:30 a.m., Government Services Center, second floor, 315 High St., 887-3247.

• Hamilton: School board: 7 p.m., administration building, 533 Dayton St., 887-5000.

• Harveysburg: Village Council, 7:30 p.m., village hall, 79 West Main St., (513) 897-3998.

• Lebanon: Overeaters Anonymous: 7 p.m., weekly meeting, First Baptist Church, 15 E. Warren St. (513) 921-1922.

• Liberty Township: Lakota school board: 7:30 p.m., central office, Thunderbird Room, 5572 Princeton Road, 874-5505.

• Mason: City council: 7 p.m., municipal center, 6000 Mason-Montgomery Road, 229-8500.

• Middletown: School board: 6:30 p.m., board room, 1515 Girard Ave., (513) 423-0781.

• Trenton: Edgewood school board: 6 p.m., Edgewood High School, meeting room, 5005 Ohio 73, 863-4692.

• Turtlecreek Township: Trustees: 7 p.m., township building, 1433 Ohio 63, (513) 932-4902.

• Union Township: West Clermont School Board, 7:30 p.m., Glen Este High School, Room 117, 4342 Glen Este-Withamsville Road. 943-5000.

• Williamsburg Township: Trustees, 7:30 p.m., 4025 Alexander Lane.

Tuesday

• Carlisle: City Council: 7 p.m. town hall, 760 W. Central Ave., (937) 746-0555.

• Carlisle: School board: 6 p.m., board offices, 724 Fairview Drive, (937) 746-0710.

• Hamilton: Fairfield Township trustees: 7 p.m., administration building, 6032 Morris Road, 887-4400.

• Hamilton: Overeaters Anonymous: 7:30 p.m., weekly meeting, Lindenwald Methodist Church, 3501 Pleasant St., 921-1922.

• Lebanon: Board of Education: special meeting, 5 p.m., high school media center, 160 Miller Road, (513) 934-5770.

• Lebanon: City Council: 7:30 p.m., city building, council chambers, 50 S. Broadway, (513) 932-3060.

• Lebanon: Warren County commissioners: 10 a.m., administration building, 406 Justice Drive, 925-1254.

• Mason: School board: 7 p.m., Mason High School, Harvard room, 6100 S. Mason-Montgomery Road, 398-0474.

• Monroe: City Council: 7:30 p.m., 233 S. Main St., 539-7374.

• Morrow: Salem Township trustees: 7 p.m., township building, 312 Miami St.

• New Richmond: Village Council: 7 p.m., municipal building, 102 Willow St.

• Newtown: Village Council: 7:30 p.m., 3536 Church St.

• Springboro: School board: 7 p.m., high school large group room, 1675 S. Main St., (937) 748-3960.