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American Sign Language community classes are to be offered in the fall from 5:15-7:15 p.m. (registration 4:30-5 p.m.) Sept. 2-Oct. 21 at E.H. Gentry, 1105 Ft. Lashley Ave., Talladega. The fee is $40 per person with a required text, "Signing Naturally." Levels one through four and a children's class for ages 6-12 are to be offered. Call Katerri Krebs at 761-4392 or e-mail krebs.katererri@aidb.state.al.us for more information.
Back to School Olympics for children grades K through sixth grade is to be 3-9 p.m. today at the barn across from Bannister Park on Friendship Road in Oxford. The event is sponsored by Friendship Community Church. Call 835-2126 or 847-1472 for more information.
Descendants of James Bailey Reed are in search of any known relatives of his, Ed Reed or Earnest Reed. Relatives of Ed Reed settled in the Anniston area in the early 1800s before the Civil War possibly coming from Tennessee, Virginia or the Carolinas. Earnest Reed settled in northern Louisiana. The family is trying to compile some genealogical information and would appreciate any help in this matter. Send any information you may have to Donna Reed Morris by e-mail at d2morris@shelbyed.k12.al.us or by mail to: Donna Reed Morris, 279 Highway 49, Columbiana, AL 35051.
Anniston Noon Rotary Club seeks area professionals for Goodwill exchange to Brazil in March and April of 2009. Young adults between the ages of 25 and 40 who are interested in applying should be employed full-time in a business or profession. Applications are due by Aug. 25. Call Ken Hoffman at 435-7739 or e-mail klhoffman@cableone.net. Eligible applicants are to be interviewed in late September.
The Pleasant Valley High School class of 1988 is to hold a reunion on Aug. 30. If you were a class member and have not received any information on the upcoming reunion, please contact Tracy Phillips at 782-7055 or LuAnne Wright at 435-5839.
The Anniston Star "Newspapers in Education" yard sale is to be 6 a.m.-1 p.m. today 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. 24-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 starring the "Rocketts"
Call Elizabeth Williams at 435-6692 or Virginia at 831-1378 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 Friday at the Harvest Church of God Family Life Center, at 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 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. This meeting is to be at 9 a.m. Friday at its office at 2256 Alexandria-Wellington Road. Related documents are available for review during normal work hours at the same location.
A dinner concert is to be at 5 p.m. today 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 Tuesday. 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. on 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 U.S. 77), please call town clerk Kelli Lee at 892-3232 or 892-3233 to verify your residency.
Alice G. Duckett, author of Digging From Attics to Basements, is to speak to the JOY Seniors breakfast group of Golden Springs Baptist Church at 8 a.m. Thursday at Golden Springs Baptist Church, 3 Robertson Road. The presentation is titled "Finding Family History Using a Christian Perspective." Call Jim Simpson at 236-1325 for more information.
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 scheduled for just three more Saturdays at Zinn Park. Today the Anniston High School football players, cheerleaders and dance ensemble will be entertaining; on Aug. 23, enjoy an ice cream social, and on the closing Saturday, Aug. 30, there will be lots of live music all morning long. Door prizes and Starbucks coffee are also available. Beginning Sept. 6, there will be a late-season market at Pickette's on Alabama 21. Call 236-0996 for more information.
The International Tastefest 2008 is to be 5-7 p.m. today at Harvest Church of God, 520 Golden Springs Road. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for kids 10 years old and under. Call 237-1111 for more information.
The Calhoun County Master Gardeners "White Elephant Sale" is to be 8 a.m.-noon Sept. 13 at Cane Creek Community Gardens at McClellan. Call the County Extension off at 237-1621 for more information.
"AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day", sponsored by the Anniston Kennel Club, Inc., and Tractor Supply is to be 8:30 a.m.-noon at Tractor Supply in Anniston. The event includes a Rabies clinic, dog costume contests, meet the breeds, AKC B match. A photographer is to be on site. A dog pen is to be raffled off with proceeds to go toward sponsoring a UCP child. Dogs visiting the event must be current on vaccinations. Admission and costume contests are free. Call 310-7570 or visit www.annistonkennelclub.org/events or send e-mail to Bamakennel@cableone.net for more information.
