[04/16/01]

CLUBS

AKA STEERING COMMITTEE 5:30 p.m. Wednesday; Janice Carstafhnur, 636-210, or Debra Goodman, 636-3429.

PORT CITY KIWANIS 7 a.m. Thursday, Shoney’s; L.W. Callaway, director of emergency management, will speak.

CORPS OF ENGINEERS CHAPTER Chamber of Commerce; noon Tuesday, Piccadilly; Jane Brock and Lynn Case, South Park Elementary, will speak.

PAK SORORITY BETA CHAPTER Noon Tuesday, Piccadilly; Velda Buchanan and Georgia Turnage will be hostesses.

AARP 10 a.m. Tuesday, Neill Building; Lenore Barkley, executive director of Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau, will speak.

KIWANIS Noon Tuesday, Maxwell’s; Mike Burnett, Ergon Inc., will speak.

LIONS Noon Wednesday, Maxwell’s; Cheryl Comans, Manager of Entergy operations in Vicksburg, will speak.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

PUBLIC LIBRARY SCHEDULE Tuesday: 10:30 a.m., Laurence Leyens will read stories followed by crafts; Wednesday: 10:30 a.m., Lottie Walker will read “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” and other stories followed by art; Thursday: 10:30 a.m., CAP Center staff and volunteers will read.

LYNNE BURNWORTH’S VOICE STUDENTS RECITAL “Superstars Top Ten, Now and Then,” 7 p.m. Friday, Parkside Playhouse; admission is free.

SALVATION ARMY ANNUAL APPRECIATION Meeting, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, 530 Mission 66; Frank Melton, president and owner of WLBT, will be guest speaker; admission is $5.

SOUTHERN CULTURAL HERITAGE COMPLEX “From the Pen of a She-Rebel: the Civil War Diary of Emilie Riley McKinley,” presented by Gordon Cotton; 7 p.m. Thursday followed by a reception and book signing; 631-2997.

FREE RIDES TO VOTING POLLS Tuesday; sponsored by the Vicksburg Branch, NAACP; 601-529-2044.

HOME FRIENDSHIP GROUPS Christian fellowship with adult and youth groups; 7 p.m. Tuesday, contact Linda, 661-8089, for location.

FOSTER PARENT TRAINING 6 p.m. Tuesday, Youth Villages, 4750-B McWillie Drive, Jackson; 601-982-1919 ext. 1013.

SENIOR CENTER Monday: 1 p.m., basic sewing; 6-8 p.m. social and line dance class; Tuesday: 10 a.m., AARP covered dish meeting; 10-11, beginner computer; 10-11, arts and crafts with Barbara Hamilton of The Craft Store; 11, intermediate computer; 1 p.m., learn the dulcimer; 1, knitting lessons; Wednesday: 10-11 a.m., NIA exercise; 11, advanced computer; noon, covered dish lunch; 1 p.m., IQA Medicare patient rights/diabetic overview; 1:45, River Region basic foot care; 1:30, beginner art class.

BENEFITS

ALL-AMERICAN ALUMNI BASKETBALL SHOOTOUT 1 p.m. Saturday, Vicksburg High School Gym; sponsored by the Vicksburg-Warren County Chapter of Alcorn State University Alumni; admission is $3, proceeds benefit the Vicksburg-Warren County ASU Scholarship fund.