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Clubs

Vicksburg Homecoming Benevolent Club 7 tonight, president’s home on Main Street; bring covered dish and gift.

In Step Dance Club Christmas Dance, 8-9:30 tonight; ballroom dance class, 7-8 p.m. Friday; $10 per event; 1855 Lakeland Drive, Suite A-21 in Jackson; 366-7499.

Vicksburg Warren Alcorn Alumni Chapter 7 p.m. Friday, Alcorn Center, 1514 Cherry St.; Christmas party to follow.

Ivyettes Girls Club 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Rolling Acres Community Center.

Willing Workers Club Second annual Christmas fellowship dinner, 5 p.m. Saturday, E.D. Straughter; 638-2798.

Broadwater Lodge No. 55 6 p.m. Saturday; brothers bring covered dish, casual attire; all Prince Hall Masons welcome.

Sunshine Lodge No. 99 AF&AM Annual St. John’s Day celebration, 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Locust Grove M.B. Church; guest speaker will be Tyrone Dixon of St. Paul M.B. Church in Bovina; guest performers will be St. Paul Male Chorus, Ever-Givens Male Choir, Holly Hill Choir, Belva Reed and Martha White; proceeds to benefit needy families of Warren County.

WCHS Class of 1994 Reunion planning committee meeting, 6 p.m. Sunday at Shoney’s; all classmates urged to attend; Joey Wolfe, 601-462-6436, Georgia Roby-Dent, 661-8326, or Pamela Smith-Freeman, 631-2967.

JSUNAA/Fellows Alumni Cadillac Christmas raffle tickets available from Vicksburg Warren County Chapter; Debra Goodman, 636-3429, Ben Brown, 638-9047, or Kimball Goodlow, 415-7211, for tickets.

Public programs

Senior Center Friday: 9:30 a.m., River Region breakfast; 10, beanbag baseball; 1 p.m., open play dominoes.

Obesity Surgery Support Group 6 tonight, River Region Medical Center, Education Conference Room A; bariatric coordinator, 883-6099.

Vicksburg-Warren Humane Society Adopt-A-Thon, 5:30-8 p.m. Friday; Pemberton Square Center Court by J.C. Penney.

Buck’s Country Playhouse This Friday’s fellowship has been canceled.

Ballroom, Latin and Swing Dance Party 8-10 p.m. Friday, Applause Dance Factory, 242 W. Stephens St., Ridgeland; Waltz lesson, 7-8 p.m.; $10 per person; classes and private lessons available; 856-6168; Vicksburg classes, 636-7000.

Free Used Car Battery Disposal 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, near Hearn’s Store and in front of Battlefield Mall.

RIF Workshop “Reading is Fundamental,” 10 a.m. Saturday, Rolling Acres Community Center; sponsored by AKA Sorority.

Don Medley Book Signing Author will sign “The Book of Luke,” 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday; The Chocolate Derby, 1309 Washington St.; 636-8824.

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

Haven House Family Shelter Individual counseling and support group provided; 638-0555.

Grocery Donations Mountain of Faith Ministries and County Market will give groceries to needy families at 3 p.m. Dec. 28 in the County Market parking lot; donations, Mountain of Faith Ministries, P.O. Box 820138, Vicksburg, MS 39180; Artia Williams, 661-8321, or Tina Hayward, 831-4405.

Churches

Bethel A.M.E. Pearl Street African Methodist Episcopal Church’s Yuletide cantata; 7 tonight, Bethel A.M.E. Church, 805 Monroe St.; pastor, the Rev. Robert Boyd; superintendent, Herman R. Brown.

Greater Oak Grove M.B. Christmas program, 6:30 p.m. Friday, 3802 Patricia St.

Westminster Presbyterian Christmas caroling, 4 p.m. Saturday.

Standfield M.B. “Happy Birthday Jesus” and “Our Savior Is Not a Baby” presentations, 5 p.m. Saturday; John H. Williams Sr. is pastor.

Rose Hill M.B. Christmas dinner, 6 p.m. Saturday; the Junior Missionary Society will visit Trace Haven at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

New Mount Zion M.B. Deadline to bring canned goods and nonperishable food items for food drive is Sunday, 516 Feld St.

Benefits

Spaghetti Eating Contest 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Borrello’s; $5 to enter; Borrello’s will match proceeds; to benefit the Child Abuse Prevention Center.