Coming Soon for Jan. 2
Published: Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 31, 2010 at 11:26 p.m.
ABC HOSPICE will provide free blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure checks from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Jan. 12 at George Wallace Senior Center, Glencoe.
A SIX-WEEK BEEKEEPING CLASS begins Jan. 20, with registration being held now. Classes will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. each Monday through the first week of March at Carnes Recreation Center, 102 Case Ave. and Alabama Highway 77, Attalla. The $75 fee covers books and supplies. To register or for more information, contact David Kelton, Lookout Mountain Honey Bees, at 256-523-4767.
THE LADIES AUXILIARY ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALE will be held from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 29 at St. James Catholic Church, Seton Hall, 622 Chestnut St. There will be clothes, dishes, linens, furniture and more. For information, call Judy Ritter, 205-589-2080 or cell, 205-559-3295.
ETOWAH COUNTY DISTRICT 3 COMMISSIONER LARRY PAYNE will hold community meetings throughout the district during January, February and March. The schedule for January is: Ridgeville Town Hall, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 11; Cave Springs Community Center, 6 p.m. Jan. 18; Ivalee School, 6 p.m., Jan. 25.
YMCA-Arthritis Foundation water class is at 10 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the YMCA.
The YMCA Silver Sneakers chair-assisted exercise class meets at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Senior exercise classes are at 1:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at Thompson Community Center. Call 256-549-4738 after noon.
YMCA Bible study is 9 a.m. Mondays.
Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society members are working on several cemeteries in Etowah County: Fairview Baptist Cemetery, Mount Lookout Cemetery, Tillison Cemetery, Young’s Chapel Cemetery, McCauley Cemetery and Moody Cemetery in Altoona. If anyone knows of unmarked graves in these or any other Etowah County cemetery, contact Rosemary Hyatt, 256-538-1122, and Anne Batie, 256-492-2739, or e-mail email@example.com. The Pilgrim’s Rest Cemetery book is for sale. For Turkeytown Cemetery, call Shirley Keeling at 256-492-2898. Contact a member at the Nichols Genealogical Library.
The Etowah Historical Society’s Tuesday Coffee Club meets every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon in the Elliott Community Center, 29th Street and Meighan Boulevard. Bring something you would like to brag about or come to ask the history experts for an answer on a historical question. Everybody invited. Plenty of coffee, snacks, scholarship and fellowship.
Trips for seniors and senior groups are being booked for 2011. Reservations are open through the last week of February or until all spots are sold for a five-day excursion to Florida. Visits will be made March 14-18 to Amelia Island, St. Augustine and Jacksonville. Other trips are June 12-18 to Niagara Falls and Toronto, Canada, and Sept. 24 through Oct. 2 to Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard. Details are available by calling Doris Hann, 256-492-3465.
A nine-day/eight-night trip to Cape Cod will be May 14-22. For information, call Frances Brooks, 442-5394.
RESERVATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN for a trip to Niagara Falls and Toronto, Canada, May 15-21. Price is $579 per person. Call Dot Godfrey, 256-494-0534.
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