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GP Zumba Class Info

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Try It Tuesday: Zumba

Looking for something fun to do or try? Join us every Tuesday during the month of January and February as we try something new! Registration Required: please email Kristi at kolabode@gptx.org

Zumba: Dance the extra pounds away!

  • January 9
  • January 16
  • January 23
  • January 30

Step Class: Turn up the music and step up to the challenge. We’ll be doing a body weight exercise routine on an aerobic step.

  • February 6
  • February 13
  • February 20
  • February 27

 

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GP Announcement : FIT for Health

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FIT for Health

FIT: Families in Training

FIT for Health Program

Thursdays, from 4-6 p.m. at the Warmack Library

The YMCA offers a free nutrition and health program for families with children 6-12 years of age consisting of 11 group sessions that meet once a week for 1.5 hours. Each session consists of a physical activity and a nutritional education portion for the families. For early registration or questions, please contact Julio Abonza at 469-515-5763 or jabonza@ymcadallas.org.

  • January 18: Introduction and Registration Forms
  • January 25: Run In (Physical Activity & Nutrition
  • February 1: Goal Setting
  • February 8: Energy Balance
  • February 15: Communication
  • February 22: Portion Distortion
  • March 1: Screen Time & Family Meetings
  • March 8: Junk Food, Fast Food & Soda
  • March 15: Spring Break
  • March 22: Social Support and Communication
  • March 29: Slipping Up
  • April 5: Potluck Celebration and Review

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Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Recycling Events Saturday, Nov. 4

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Bring your household hazardous waste to the GP FREE household hazardous waste collection event 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Development Center, 206 W. Church St. Registration is required.

Visit www.gptx.org/WQ/HHW or call 972-237-8055 to register and learn more about what kind of items are accepted.

You can also recycle your old electronics at the same time and place. No registration is required for electronics recycling.

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Large Item Pickup

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We will have a Large item pickup on the West side on Thursday, October 12th.  The East side will have a large item pickup on October 19th.

We will not pick up restricted items (like TV’s, paint or car batteries) or any construction debris. For those items, the city offers Household Hazardous Waste collection:

Registration is required and space is limited, so please register early. Register online or call (972) 237-8055 to register for the next Household Hazardous Waste collection event.

You can get information on what will or will not be accepted  by the City at this link:

http://www.gptx.org/city-government/city-departments/environmental-services/environmental-quality/household-hazardous-waste

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GP Hazardous Waste Collection, December 3

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Register for the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event on Dec. 3

This time of year can include lots of cooking, cleaning and decorating! If you have leftover cooking oil, grease, cleaning supplies, batteries or other crud, bring it to our FREE household hazardous waste collection event 9-11 a.m. this Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Development Center, 206 W. Church St.

Registration is required. Visit www.gptx.org/WQ/HHW or call 972-237-8055 to register and learn more about what kind of items are accepted.

Remember that oil and grease can clog drains when poured down the kitchen sink. So if you are planning on doing a lot of cooking this season, pick up a FREE funnel (while supplies last) to help pour used grease and cooking oil into a non-leaking container (such as an empty coffee container or detergent bottle with a lid) to bring to the next HHW collection event. View a list of locations to pick up a funnel at http://bit.ly/WaterSmartFunnels.

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City of GP – Don’t Flush Wipes!!

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Keep Wipes Out of City Wastewater System

Do you use wet wipes that claim they are flushable? These wipes are actually not flushable and can cause harm to plumbing and wastewater systems because they do not disintegrate after flushing. Instead, they wrap around other flushed wipes and debris, damage pumps at the wastewater plant, and have to be removed from wastewater screens and lift stations.

Wipes also create clogs in main wastewater lines and customer lines that have to be manually removed because fats, oil and grease deposit on them.

Toilet paper disintegrates almost immediately, but the strong-fiber wipes cause havoc in city wastewater lines and at wastewater plants.

When using flushable wipes, please throw them into the trash, and do not flush them down the toilet. This keeps the wastewater lines clear and helps avoid costly clog removal at your home and the wastewater plant.

Wet Wipes

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Makeover at the Library

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Major Makeover Celebration at the Library

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The Grand Prairie Main Library invites you to help celebrate its “Major Makeover” with an open house from 5 to 7 pm. After a  ribbon-cutting and brief remarks at 5pm, , the event continues with refreshments, activities, and special guests until 7 pm.

The Main Library was closed from January through May of 2016 for an extensive remodeling project, reopening just in time for its biggest Summer Reading Club ever. The Library reopened with a new children’s area, new programming spaces, new study rooms, new shelves, new furniture, and a whole new look. Some finishing touches (such as light fixtures and signage) have been added over the summer, with workers moving around library guests.

The children’s area became the Parent and Child Center. Supporting a range of developmentally-targeted programs, it encourages children and caregivers to learn, laugh, and explore together under our learning tree. Just past the bubbling water wall, activity walls and learning tools help children make connections with their environment through play and manipulation.

Two additional meeting rooms (one teen-specific) have increased the number of programs that can be offered simultaneously. Study spaces have been expanded to accommodate more people, but be quieter and better-lit, with closing doors, dry-erase boards, and power outlets.

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New all-in-one computers for the public eliminate crawling under a desk to insert a drive or connect headphones. Throughout the library, work areas with handy outlets make it even easier to charge your phone, laptop or tablet while you study, read or work. For guests on the go, self-check-out will get you back to reading faster.

Our most popular items, such as dvds, audiobooks and new books, are given a featured spot in our new Discover area, close to the entrance. Local history and genealogy collections have been given their own room, ROOTS, featuring a glass mural of Grand Prairie photos, documents and people. Soon, ROOTS will welcome online files of the Grand Prairie Daily News, currently being digitized.

The Grand Prairie Main Library is located at 901 Conover Dr. 972-237-5700. Visit us online at www.gptx.org/library

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