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Clubs

Vicksburg Cruisers Car Club Old car cruise, 6:30 p.m. Saturday at McAlister’s; 636-2720.

Exchange Club 12:30 p.m. Monday at Piccadilly; Paige Cothren, writer and humorist, will speak; the youths of the month for the 2002-2003 school year will be recognized.

Kiwanis Noon Tuesday, Maxwell’s; guest speaker will be Penny Burnett, River 101.

Public programs

Dance Party Ballroom, Latin and Swing; 8-10 tonight at Applause Dance Factory, 208 Industrial Drive in Ridgeland, $10 per person; West Coast Swing lesson, 7-8 p.m., $10 per person; classes and private lessons available; 856-6168, or for Vicksburg classes, 636-7000.

Della’s Delight Fourth Anniversary Free food from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday.

Adopt-A-Thon 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday at Pemberton Square Cinema 4, in front of ticket window; sponsored by the Vicksburg-Warren Humane Society.

Levi’s “A Gathering Place,” 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Shelter Drive off Mount Alban Road; music by the Oak Ridge Band.

Open House 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Monday at Bowmar Magnet Elementary School.

Homebuyer Education Workshop 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. (with an hour lunch) March 1 at the Warren County Extension Service conference room, 1100-C Grove St.; limited space; Leona Stringer, 634-4520, for information or to register.

Churches

Pleasant Valley Choir rehearsal, 5:30 tonight; 2585 N. Washington St.

New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Business meeting Saturday; 1 p.m. for pastor and deacons and 4 for members; the Rev. Henry J. Williams is pastor.

“The Life and Legacy of Beah Richards” Black history program; 3 p.m. Saturday at King David No. 1 M.B., 2719 Letitia Street.

Shiloh M.B . Black history program, 6 p.m. Saturday; 920 Meadow St.; Dr. Willie J. Jones is pastor.

New Rock of Ages M.B . Black history program, 6 p.m. Saturday; sponsored by the Youth Department and Senior Choir; Dr. M.R. Reed Sr. is pastor.

Triumph Focus Ministry’s Coffee House; 7-11 p.m. Saturday; live jazz band; no admission.

“Heaven’s Gates and Hell’s Flames” 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Southside Baptist, 965 Fisher Ferry Road; Michelle Thomason, 636-0047.

Benefits

Musical Program to Benefit Henry Cemetery 7 p.m. Sunday at Old Oak Ridge Baptist Church in Edwards; Monica Conners, academic counselor at Hinds Community College in Utica, will speak; each patron of the cemetery should pay $25 per family; Lois Christian, 885-6721 or 631-2870.