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The 10th anniversary celebration of the local Harley Owner's Group (HOG) is to be at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the local Harley dealership stage area. Plans include a cookout, the band Crossroads is to perform and two chapter members are to be married during the celebration. Call 832-8888 for more information.
All 250 tickets to the Steel Magnolias' event: "Climb for the Cause, A Breast Cancer Story," to be at 7 p.m. Thursday, have been given away. If you have a ticket and can't attend, pass it on. There is a waiting list. Please return the ticket to Cotton Antiques and Collectibles, 510 Main St., Oxford. Call Marti at 239-0855 for more information.
TOPS# AL 502, Lineville open house meeting is to be 6 p.m. at Ms. Anita's Restaurant, Alabama 9, Lineville. The support group, "Taking Off Pounds Sensibly", was founded in 1948 with 180,000 members worldwide. Women, men, teens and pre-teens interested in losing weight are invited to attend. The event is free. Call Jan Causey at 396-2703 or Shirley Sprayberry at 396-5623 for more information.
Stepout '08 is to be 6 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church of DeArmanville. "Revrence", "Catchfire", "One Final Cry" and "G1" are Christian artists who are to perform. Brother Milton Harris of Hill Crest Baptist Church is to speak. Call the Rev. Nick Goble at 453-4042 for more information.
The Anniston Star "Newspapers in Education" yard sale is to be 6 a.m.-1 p.m. on Aug. 16 at 4305 McClellan Blvd. The Anniston Star Packaging Center vendor spaces are $20 for inside space and $15 for outside space. Booth size is 12x12. Individuals and businesses are welcome.
Homemakers and Community Leaders of Calhoun County trips scheduled are to include:
• Sept. 26-Oct. 2, Niagara Falls and New England
• Oct. 3, Birmingham, "Southern Women's Show"
• Oct. 25, Chattanooga, four hour fall foliage cruise on the Tennessee River. Buffet lunch and entertainment to be available.
• Nov. 13-17, Branson, Mo., famous shows, showboat dinner cruise and more
• Dec. 13, Birmingham, BJCC Radio City, Christmas spectacular staring the "Rockettes"
Call Elizabeth Williams at 435-6692 for more information on all tours.
Concern for Children, Inc., 22nd annual table setting event is to be 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 22 at the Harvest Church of God Family Life Center, 520 Golden Springs Road. Entrance tickets are $5, lunch tickets are $7 and will be sold at the door. Lunch is to be served from 11:00 a.m.-1 p.m. If interested in being a table creator, call 236-4242 for more information.
The Calhoun County Water and Fire Protection Authority is planning a public meeting for its customers and the public to review parts of its Source Water Assessment for the Choccolocco Well. The meeting is to be at 9 a.m. on Aug. 22 at its office at 2256 Alexandria-Wellington Road. Related documents are available for review during normal work hours at the same location.
A wine and cheese reception, sponsored by the Historic Downtown Anniston Business Association, for City Council candidates is to be at 5:30-7 p.m. on Thursday in the 2nd floor meeting room of Auto Custom Carpets, Inc., 1429 Noble St. The public is invited but seating is limited. Call Julie Brothers at 236-1118 or e-mail her at jbrothers@accmats.com to reserve your seat.
A dinner concert is to be at 5 p.m. Aug. 16 at Harvest International Ministry, 1021 US 431 N., Suite 16. International food is to be served. Admission is free but donations are accepted with proceeds to go toward the Harvest International youth group. Reinaldo Whyte and other singers and musicians are to perform. Seating is limited. Call 239-6336 before Aug. 9 to make reservations.
Friendship Community Center new dance and gymnastic (tumbling) classes are to begin Aug. 19. The new instructor is Leigh Ann Wilder. Call 452-3338 to schedule your class time. Dance classes are to be at 6:15 p.m. Thursdays for girls and boys ages 3 and up. There will be an all-boy tap class if enough participants register. Dance class will be a combination of ballet/tap/jazz.
The pricing is as follows:
• $25/month, 2- & 3- year-old, tumbling
• $30/month, 4 and up for tumbling/gym
• $30/month, all boy tap (ages 3 and up)
• $40/month, all other dance classes
• $60/month, tumbling and dance combo classes
• $50/month, all-boy tap and tumbling
In Ohatchee in past elections, there has been confusion regarding who is allowed to vote in the municipal election. To avoid this situation on Aug. 26, please act now. If you have any doubt about your home being within the limits of the town of Ohatchee (particularly on the lake side of US 77), please call town clerk Kelli Lee at 892-3232 or 892-3233 to verify your residency.
Ladies self-defense class sponsored by the Oxford Police Department is to be at 9 a.m. Aug. 30 at Oxford High School gymnasium, 915 Stewart St. Pre-registration is required. Call Investigator Bobby Yancey or Officer Frank Mayo at 835-6136 for more information.
The Downtown Farmers Market is to start 8 a.m.-noon each Saturday through Aug. 30, at 14th St. and Gurnee Avenue. The market is to also feature arts and crafts, music, cooking demonstrations, a kid's corner and special events every week.
Today is "Kid's Day." Children's games, art workshop and animals to be featured at the market. CAST youth ensemble to perform at 10 a.m.
Enjoy "Saturdays in the park." The Spirit of Anniston sponsors the event. Call 236-0996 for more information.
Summer Gala "Oh, The Places You Will Go", to benefit the American Cancer Society, is to be 7 p.m. Friday at the Anniston Metropolitan Airport. Dinner is to be catered by Classic on Noble. Live music, silent and live auction to be available. The cost is $125 per couple and $65 single. Call Heather Rice at 259-2693 for more information.
The East Central Alabama Chapter of the Judson College Alumnae Association is to meet at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Shocco Springs, Bagley Center, room 106, Talladega. Judson College alumnae from Calhoun, Clay, Coosa, Talladega, Tallapoosa and St. Clair counties are invited to attend. A representative from Shocco Springs is the guest speaker.
