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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Estate planning workshop The Alabama Cooperative Extension System, the Grove Hill Chamber of Commerce and the Grove Hill Baptist Church are sponsoring a two-day estate planning workshop from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 18-19 in the fellowship hall of Grove Hill Baptist Church. All participants will receive free of charge a living will and a health care proxy. Bring paper and pencil to take notes. PHHS reunion meeting Pine Hill High School class of 1978 will hold a class reunion meeting at 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 17, at the nutrition center in Catherine. Those attending please be on time. For more information call Sharon Johnson Nicholson at 334-963-4503, Gloria Shamburger at 334-963- 4865, Margie Johnson at 334- 385-3114, Burnerdean Ransom Williams at 334-963-9027 or Gloria Jones Boykin at 334-225- 4475. CEFCU annual meeting The Clarke Educators Federal Credit Union will hold its annual meeting at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 19, at The Fish House in Jackson. All members and their families are invited to attend. Door prizes will be given. Stanley Home Products sale continues The students in the Family and Consumer Sciences Department at Thomasville High School will be selling Stanley Home Products through Feb. 15. Proceeds will be used to purchase supplies for the department and to fund the FCCLA projects. Please see any Family and Consumer Science student or call 334-636-2119 to place an order. Rural health physician to speak The Southwest Alabama Improvement Association (SWAIA) monthly meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Jackson Steakhouse in Jackson. Guest speaker will be Pamela P. Foster, M.D., M.P.H., deputy director for the Institute for Rural Health Service, School of Medicine at the University of Alabama. The presentation is entitled: Rural health issues: Funding, disparities, collaborative practices as related to diabetes care." For more information call Dr. O.L. Hubert at 251- 387-0357 (cell) or 251-247- 2520 (office). Teachers wait tables for Relay Thomasville Elementary School teachers will dress up as cowgirls when they waite tables at Pizza Pro beginning at 5 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21. The evening, which is a Relay for Life fundraising event, will also include face painting and plenty of good food. "Round up a cure for cancer" is the Relay for Life theme. Country and gospel singing Sweet Water Booster Club will sponsor a country and gospel singing at 6 p.m., Feb. 23, at the old Nanafalia School to raise funds to purchase 2007 state championship rings for the 2007 Sweet Water State Champion football team. Guests will include Andy Black, Stacy Luker, Mark Davis, Tanya Williams, Carla Gaines, Lisa Bishop, Danielle Hilderbrand, DeAnn Hilderbrand, Lewis Trio, Wanda Landrum, Kiauna Gaines, Independent Choir, Andrea Brewer, Hannah Etheridge and others. Special entertainment will be the 2007 SWHS champion football team. Admission is free but donations can be made. A concession stand will be available and door prizes will be given. For more information or to make a donation, call Tammy Tucker at 992-2218. Checks can be sent to: Sweet Water Booster Club, 440 Main Street, Sweet Water, Ala. 36782. Trail ride Jackson Academy will host a trail ride Saturday, Feb. 23 beginning at 10 a.m. and returning around 4 p.m. Riders will take along their own packed lunch, which can be enjoyed during the stop at the Tombigbee River bank. Upon returning to camp, entertainment will begin along with supper (to be provided) and an auction. All activities will end by 8 p.m. No alcohol allowed. A hayride will be available for anyone who doesn't have a horse. Cost is $15 per rider or $30 per family. For more information call Amy Thompson at 251-754-9622, Phil or Debbie Lankford at 251- 769-4698, Tony or Ronda Beck at 251-246-5195 or Jackson Academy at 251-246-5552. Black History Month program Thomasville's Dravitan Civic Club Inc. along with the Southwest Alabama Improve - ment Association will celebrate Black History Month on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 4 p.m. at New Hope #1 Baptist Church in Thomasville. The guest speaker for the event will be Rev. Fred D. Taylor, national director of field operations for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Atlanta, Ga. Rev. Taylor, a Prattville native, worked closely with other civil rights leaders, such as Rev. Dr. James Orange in the Thomasville and Clarke County areas during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The theme for the program is Together We Stand, Divided we Fall. The public is invited to attend. Scholarship application The Clarke County Soil and Water Conservation District is now accepting applications for a $500 scholarship sponsored by the Alabama Conservation District Employees Association. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, a high school senior and living in the state of Alabama. Applications are available at most high school counselors' offices or may be picked up at the district office at 3100 Highway 43, Suite B, in Jackson. Deadline to receive completed applications is March 7. For more information call 251-246-0245, ext. 3. Fire rescue fund-raiser South Marengo County Fire and Rescue Squad will host a fund-raiser from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, Saturday, March 1 at the squad hall at 34818 Highway 10 (mile marker 36). Grilled turkey breasts (weight 7 pounds) will be sold for $20 each. Delivery is available up to a 15-mile radius. To place an order call, President Travis Harrington at 994-5968, Vice-President Mike Lewis at 994-4044, Fire Chief James Gates at 994-4702 or Richard Rogers at 994-4410. ANON Meets AL-ANON meets every Thursday night at 6:30 at Pineview Baptist Church (enter door at Moore Street entrance behind church). For more information call 636-9985. Story hour at the library The Thomasville Public Library has openings in the story hour programs for threeyear olds and in the K-fourth grade class. Three-year olds' (Reading Bees) story hour is held each Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The K-fourth graders (Dragonflies) meet from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., each Tuesday. These programs require registration, so anyone interested is asked to come by the library. Homework assignments
Thomasville Middle School and Thomasville High School homework assignments are posted by all teachers each week. They are published by 4 p.m. every Monday for that week.
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