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Clubs

Lions Noon Wednesday, Maxwell’s; speaker will be Charlotte Koestler Duffey with The Alliance.

Vicksburg-Warren Alcorn Alumni Chapter Honors/awards banquet, 7 p.m. Sept. 27 at Battlefield Inn; tickets, 638-5172 or any chapter member.

DAR 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Piccadilly.

Army/Navy Club Steak dinner meeting, 7 p.m. Thursday at the club house.

VFW 10734 7 p.m. Monday, post home on Indiana Avenue.

Public programs

Vicksburg Senior Center Wednesday: 9 a.m.-noon, king bridge; 10, chair exercises; 1 p.m., bingo; 2:30, open play dominoes.

Explorer’s Interdenominational Bible Study 9:30-11:15 a.m. each Wednesday, Sept. 10-May 12; First Presbyterian Church, 1501 Cherry St.; cost, $60; Maurice Tadlock, 638-2552, or Virginia Morton, 638-6385.

March of Dimes Kickoff 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Calypso’s at the Isle of Capri Casino; interested teams or individual participants should attend; breakfast will be served; 362-8945.

Emergency Appeal Blood Drives Thursday; 9 a.m.-7 p.m. at River Region Medical Center, U.S. 61 North, and noon-4 p.m. at River Region West Campus, North Frontage Road; each donor will receive a T-shirt.

Parkinson’s Support Group 2-3 p.m. Thursday, River Region West Campus cafeteria.

Ballroom, Latin and Swing Dance Party 8-10 p.m. Friday; Applause Dance Factory, 208 Industrial Drive in Ridgeland; swing lesson, 7-8; $10 per person; 856-6168 or Vicksburg classes, 636-7000.

Lupus Education and Support Group 2 p.m. Saturday, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center’s Busey Auditorium in Jackson; 366-5655 or 800-866-9606.

Vicksburg Theatre Guild Auditions for “An Evening of Culture,” 4 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday; parts available for five women and three men; 636-0471 or www.e-vtg.com.

David Foote Essay Contest For grades 10-12; deadline is Sept. 26, sponsored by Vicksburg Branch NAACP; for applications, see English or social studies teachers at local high schools; Walter Sheriff, 638-7812.

Churches

House of Peace New weekly lunchtime prayer and Bible study, noon-1 p.m. Wednesdays; 707 Pierce St.; bring lunch and Bible; pastor is Linda Sweezer, 636-1074.

Lutheran Church of the Messiah Rummage sale, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday; 301 Cain Ridge Road; 636-1894.

Christian Light M.B. in Anguilla 12th-year anniversary celebration for Singing Sensations of Rolling Fork, 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday; the Rev. H.C. Hagler, pastor.