Community Calendar - March 10, 2010
BENTONIA-GIBBS PTO is selling “Cooking with the Kids of Bentonia-Gibbs,” which is a cookbook containing 350 recipes for $10. This fundraiser for the PTO will help purchase items needed for the school and fund activities for the teachers and students. For more information, call Sera HIll at 998-2009.
YAZOO COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1994 are preparing for a class reunion in 2011. For more information, call Alfred Coleman at 601-316-6285 or Takishka Moore at 571-8594.
BENTON ACADEMY is holding 3K-12th grade registration for the 2010-11 school year. For more information, call 673-9722.
AARP TAX-AIDE is a program of the AARP Foundation which is offering in conjunction with the IRS a free, volunteer-run counseling and preparation service. The service is offered to all taxpayers with low and middle income, with special attention given to those 60 and older. Local volunteers will be available from 1-7 p.m. each Tuesday, starting Feb. 2 until April 13, at Tulane Baptist Church. For more information, call Edith Myles at 746-7984.
DAR YAZOO CHAPTER invites all to tour the MSSDAR owned Rosalie Mansion during the Spring Pilgrimage in Natchez. The dates are March 6- April 10, opening at 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., seven days a week. If you can’t make it those days, the mansion is open year round except Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and the Fourth of July.
MT. NEBO M.B. CHURCH will have its youth revival on March 8-10, beginning at 7:15 p.m. The theme is “Youth on the Frontline for Jesus!” The Rev. Leonard Teague of Cedar Grove M.B. Church will be the guest speaker.
YAZOO CITY MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT regular board meeting for the month of March will be March 8 at 5 p.m.
CYPRESS GROVE M.B. CHURCH will have its spring revival on March 10-12, beginning at 7:15 p.m. nightly. The theme is “Confession, Repentance and Reconciliation. Pastor David Johnson will be the guest speaker.
MARY BRICKELL CIRCLE OF KING’S DAUGHTERS will have its meeting on March 10 at 2 p.m. in the adminstration building of the Martha Coker Green Houses.
UNITED WAY of West Central Mississippi has developed a local team and allocated funds to be distributed among service organizations providing health and educational services to youth and families in Yazoo County. United Way personnel will meet interested individuals and groups on March 10 at 3 p.m. at Ricks Memorial Library annex. For more information, call Babara Tolliver with United Way at 601-636-1733 or Gloria Elayne Owens at 528-6050.
ST. STEPHEN UMC presents the Rust College A’Cappella Choir in concert on March 13 at 4 p.m. at the church, located at 414 E. Jefferson St., with a $5 donation. For more information, call 746-2878 or 590-2323.
TALLAHATCHIE HAYRIDE will be held at the Triangle Cultural Center on March 13 at 6:45 p.m. It will be a night of country music with Silver Eagle, Richard Outlaw, Callie Champion, John Wiliam Thompson and local poet Bob Coleman. Special guest will be Wayne Gray. Tickets are $10 and $12 at the door. Children under 6 free.
MOST WORSHIPFUL STRINGER GRAND LODGE Free and Accepted Mason, Eighth District will be holding its annual district prayer breakfast on March 13 at New Pleasant M.B. Church at 8:30 a.m. Tickets are a $5 donation. The breakfast will be featuring Margaret Blackmon. For more information or tickets call, 601-831-2441, 763-8930 or 528-0695.
ANNUAL SPRING FORWARD YAZOO 5K Total Health and Wellness Walk, sponsored by the Yazoo City Alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, will be held on March 13. The walk begins at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Fitness Center. Healthy snacks of water, fresh fruit, yogurt and granola bard will be avialable at the end of the walk along with a few special prizes. For more information, email dstyazoo@gmail.com.
CHILDCARE PROVIDER TRAINING will be offered by the Mississippi State University Extension Service on March 13 from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the Yazoo County Extension office. Registration is due by March 11. For more information, call Brenda Milner at 746-2453.
ST. JOHN M.B. CHURCH will have its spring revival on March 15-19. Teaching ministry will be held from 7-7:30 p.m. with the Rev. Danny Harris, pastor of True Love Fellowship M.B. Church of Jackson. Worship services will begin 7:30 p.m. nightly with the Rev. Charles Knight, pastor of Greater St. James M.B. Church in Jackson.
GREATER SONORA M.B. CHURCH will have its installation program for its newly elected pastor Rev. B.E. Nix Sr. on March 14 at 2 p.m. The Rev. L.A. Taylor Sr., pastor of Mason Chapel Baptist Church, will be the guest speaker.
TOBEKA M.B. CHURCH will host its annual choir day on March 13 at 6 p.m. and on March 14 at 2 p.m. For more information, call Lolita Woods at 825-4827 or Trenis Williams at 207-3454.
YAZOO COUNTY HEALTH NETWORK will have a lunch and learn activity on March 18 on Advanced Directives & Who Gets Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate from noon until 1 p.m. at the Fitness Center. Events are limited to 25 seats so reserve your seat early. For more information, call 571-0215 or email YCHN@kdhyazoo.com.