9/5/03
Published 12:00 am Friday, September 5, 2003
We welcome your items for the Community Calendar. Submit items by postal service (P.O. Box 821668, Vicksburg, MS 39182), e-mail (newsreleases@vicksburgpost.com), fax (634-0897), delivered in person to 1601-F N. Frontage Road, or by calling 636-4545 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. If corresponding by fax, mail or e-mail, be sure to include your name and phone number.
Clubs
Woodmen of the World 6 tonight, Fisher Ferry Volunteer Fire Department on Goodrum Road; 638-2495.
Letitia Street Reunion Picnic, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Clear Creek Park in Bovina; memorial service, 11 a.m. Sunday at Pleasant Green M.B. Church.
Sanders, Younger, Mosley and Webb Families Reunion meeting, 4 p.m. Sunday at the Leothis Webb home; 636-7030.
Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary Noon Monday, Citadel.
Exchange Club 12:30 p.m. Monday, Piccadilly.
South Cherry Street District 6 p.m. Monday, Church of the Holy Trinity parish hall; Richard Cawthon, chief architectural historian and National Register program supervisor with the Department of Archives and History, will speak about the area’s potential inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.
VFW 10734 7 p.m. Monday, post home on Indiana Avenue.
Service Unit Meeting Warren County Girl Scouts, 7 p.m. Monday at St. Michael Catholic Church.
Alpha Chapter PAK Sorority 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Piccadilly; Annabelle Crowther will give a book review; hostesses are Sue Rowlett and Bernette Tucker.
Kiwanis Noon Tuesday, Maxwell’s; speaker will be Charlotte Duffey with The Alliance.
Public programs
Health Awareness Seminar for Women Free, 5:30 each Thursday through Sept. 25 at Shoney’s; topics include hormone replacement therapy and toxins in cosmetics or care products; Sherry Pratt, 529-4829, or Susan Gussio, 331-0167.
Narcotics Anonymous 8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday; Good Shepherd Community Center, 629 Cherry St.; day, Alvin J., 661-7646; evening, Jackie G., 638-8456 or 415-3345.
Levi’s “A Gathering Place,” Shelter Drive; benefit for Phil Witters, 5-7 tonight; hamburger plates, $2; ladies bring side dish, donations accepted; music will follow 7-10 by the Oak Ridge Band; the Wright Road Band will play 7-10 p.m. Saturday.
Ballroom, Latin and Swing Dance Party 8-10 tonight; Applause Dance Factory, 208 Industrial Drive in Ridgeland; swing lesson, 7-8; $10 per person; 856-6168, or Vicksburg classes, 636-7000.
Adopt-A-Thon 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Pemberton Square mall by Radio Shack; sponsored by Vicksburg-Warren Humane Society, 636-6631 or www.vwhumanesociety.com.
Free Community Fish Fry 1-3 p.m. Saturday, the Old Man Club in Marcus Bottom.
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.
Multiple Sclerosis Support Group 2-3 p.m. Monday, River Region West Campus cafeteria.
YMCA Swimming Lessons Registration now open; preschool learn-to-swim begins Oct. 6; mom-n-tot lessons begin Nov. 3; adult beginner lessons begin Nov. 10; 638-1071.
Churches
Shady Grove M.B. Fish fry benefit, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. today and Saturday; 1010-A Urban Court; sponsored by Katie Bass; the Rev. Terry Moore is pastor; 638-8319 or 415-2503.
Pleasant Valley M.B. Choir rehearsal, 4:30 p.m. today; 2585 N. Washington St.
Vicksburg Church of God Benefit sale of donated items, 6 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; corner of Lee Road and Indiana Avenue.
St. James Youth choir benefit, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at County Market; hot dogs, dirty rice, chips, more.
Lutheran Church of the Messiah Rummage sale, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday; 301 Cain Ridge Road; 636-1894.
Mount Zion M.B. No. 1 Ladies Auxiliary breakfast meeting, 10:30 a.m. Saturday; 920 Fifth North St.; the Rev. Larry Brown is pastor; J.B. Johnson, 638-1832.
Standfield M.B. Michael Phelps Sr. will deliver first sermon, 6 p.m. Saturday; John H. Williams Sr., pastor.
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.
His Majesty’s Ministries Inc. Free reading and arithmetic tutoring for grades 4-9, 5:30-7:30 p.m. beginning Sept. 30; 2903 Washington St.; Diane Rushing, 631-6172, 883-1956 or 630-0110.