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Clubs

Select 12 Social and Civic Club 29th anniversary celebration, 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the E.D. Straughter Memorial Center; music by the Mighty Train of Gospel; message by the Rev. Mack Cook; public welcome.

Letitia Street Reunion 4 p.m. Sunday; LD’s Kitchen, 1111 Mulberry St.; fees due; Brenda Brown, 638-5918 or bbrownmissgrany@aol.com; Naomi Fountain-Smith, 630-9893; or Annie Parson-Wilson, 661-0536.

Exchange Club 12:30 p.m. Monday, Monsour’s; Haley Barbour will speak; cost, $10; public welcome.

Kiwanis Noon Tuesday, Maxwell’s; Jim Jeffords of the Vicksburg District River Operations Branch will speak on river navigation.

Vicksburg Alcorn Alumni Chapter Sponsoring bus trip to Alabama State football game; Sept. 5 is deadline to sign up; 636-3062.

Public programs

Oak Ridge Opry 7 tonight, Oak Ridge Youth Center; music by Southwinds; donations accepted, hamburgers and drinks will be sold.

Ballroom, Latin and Swing Dance Party 8-10 tonight, $10 per person; Applause Dance Factory, 208 Industrial Drive in Ridgeland; cha cha lessons, 7-8, $10 per person; 856-6168; local classes, 636-7000.

Adopt-A-Thon 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Alltel, beside D.C. Jewelers on Pemberton Boulevard; sponsored by the Vicksburg-Warren Humane Society.

Miss Mississippi Trunk Showing 1 p.m. Saturday, Vicksburg Convention Center, free admission; display of Allison Kellogg’s competition clothes and her talent; pageant office, 638-6746.

Levi’s “A Gathering Place,” 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Shelter Drive; music by the Backwater Band.

Make-A-Wish Foundation Volunteer Luncheon Noon Tuesday, Pemberton Square mall Community Room; orientation for interested volunteers will be from 11:45 a.m. until lunch; reservations needed by Monday, 800-819-4072.

ServSafe Food Certification Course 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sept. 2-4, Warren County Extension Service office; $100 per individual, open to first 25 who register and pay; Carmen Jefcoat, 601-782-4454, or Valerie Smithhart, 636-5391.

Emergency Appeal Blood Drives Sept. 4, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. at River Region Medical Center, conference rooms C and D, and noon-4 p.m. at River Region West Campus in the bloodmobile; each donor receives a T-shirt.

Learning Garden Preschool Oakland Baptist Church, openings available for ages 6 weeks-5 years; curriculum includes computers, Spanish, science, math, Bible, phonics, music and art; 638-6724 or Jill Marr, 636-6759.

Benefits

United Way Teen HELP Car Wash 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Vicksburg Factory Outlets; $5 per vehicle.

Bright Morning Star M.B. Fund Raiser Fish dinner sale, 11 a.m. Saturday; 801 Meadow St., $5 per plate.