Friday January 31
Ladies’ paint night on tap at CAC
The Charleston Arts Center (CARE building) will host a ladies’ paint night class on Friday, Jan. 31 starting at 5:30 p.m. The art session is free with refreshments provided, but donations are appreciated. Registration is required due to limited seating. Call 662-647-0942 or stop by CARE to register.
Saturday February 1
Enid Lake Habitat Day scheduled
The Enid Lake Habitat Day is set for Saturday, Feb. 1. Volunteers should meet at the new office building at 7 a.m. for breakfast. Work assignments, work areas, safety and activities will be discussed at this time.
Lunch will be served at the Corps shop at noon. Each volunteer will receive a T-shirt for their efforts. There will also be drawings for door prizes donated by local businesses.
DOT helmets are required for drivers and riders of ATVs and UTVs.
Donations may be sent to Enid Lake Habitat Day Volunteers Association, P.O. Box 10, Enid, MS 38927.
For more information, call the Enid Lake Field Office at 662-563-4571.
Sunday February 2
Massey Grove to install pastor
Pastoral installation for the Rev. Tyrone Edwards and first lady Sandra Edwards will be held Sunday, Feb. 2, at 3 p.m., at Massey Grove Missionary Baptist Church, County Road 42, Oakland. Guest speaker will be pastor Derrick Harris of Pinnacle Point Bible Church in Cordova, Tennessee.
Rosie (Sue) Williams to be honored
A birthday celebration for Rosie (Sue) Williams will be held Sunday, Feb. 2, at 4 p.m., at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 4644 Highway 35 N., Charleston. Colors for the occasion will be purple, gold and white.
Friday February 14
Arbor Day tree giveaway slated
The Tallahatchie County Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual Arbor Day tree giveaway will be held on Friday, Feb. 14, from 8 a.m. until., in the USDA/NRCS parking lot at 360 W. Cypress St., Charleston. In observance of Arbor Day, the SWCD will give away prepackaged Nuttall Oak saplings and Double Violet Althea shrub saplings. Call 662-647-8857, ext. 3., for additional information.
Saturday February 15
Calvary Food Pantry to distribute
Calvary Food Chapel, at 36 Ward-Riddick Road, just east of Parchman off Highway 32, will distribute food from 7:30-9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, for those living in the West Tallahatchie area and in Sunflower County outside the city limits of Drew (which has its own pantry). Food pantry distribution day is now the next-to-last Saturday of each month.
Faith Food Pantry to distribute
Faith Food Pantry, located at 30028 Highway 32, Charleston, will distribute food from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15. Food pantry distribution day is now the next-to-last Saturday of each month.
Sunday February 16
Jerusalem laud church musicians
Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church of Paynes will conduct a musicians appreciation program for Jermaine, Markell, Timmy and Troy on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 2 p.m.
Locopolis plans special fellowship
Locopolis Missionary Baptist Church, Highway 32 W., Charleston, will conduct a fellowship event on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 2 p.m. Special guest speaker will be pastor Norman Small of Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church. All are invited to attend.
Saturday February 22
Enid Lake ‘Clean Up Day’ slated
Enid Lake’s annual “Clean Up Day” will be held Saturday, Feb. 22, starting at 7 a.m. at the Enid Lake Field Office. For more information, contact Enid Lake Volunteers for Waste Management’s Lisa Harlow at 662-710-9914 or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Enid Lake Field Office at 662-563-4571. Any participants riding ATVs are required to wear a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) approved helmet.
Tilghman sings at Denmark benefit
Todd Tilghman and Matt Hill will provide music during a benefit concert for Donnie Denmark to be held on Saturday, Feb. 22, starting at 6 p.m., at Nazarene Church Family Life Center, 8676 Cascilla Road, Cascilla. Admission is free. A love offering for the Denmark family will be received.
Western style singing program set
Rocky Branch Missionary Baptist Church near Charleston will sponsor a night of western-style singing Saturday, Feb. 22. Doors open at 6 p.m. Choirs, groups and soloists are invited. Contact pastor Willie Davis at 662-604-0595 or Ann Hazzard at 662-354-9824.
Miscellany
Food pantries change pickup day
Food pantries at Calvary Chapel, Parchman, and Faith Baptist Church, Charleston, have changed their schedules. The change will be almost impossible to notice, but it is vital to keep the pantries open.
Pantries will now be held on the next-to-last Saturday of each month. (For many years, pantries have been scheduled for the third Saturday.) Because of the new schedule for food deliveries to the pantries, the change is necessary.
Mississippi Food Network has changed its delivery schedule, which delays the arrival of food for distribution until after the third Saturday. In February, for example, no food will be delivered to the two food pantries until four days after the third Saturday.
In most months, the next-to-last Saturday is the third Saturday. A pantry date will still be offered before Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Public announcements of food pantry dates and times will continue in The Sun-Sentinel and on Facebook.
Dickson named to Dean’s List
Sarah Dickson of Tutwiler has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s fall 2024 Dean’s List. Full-time undergraduate students with a minimum GPA of 3.5 to 3.6 are named to the Dean’s List. Southern New Hampshire University is a private, nonprofit, accredited institution that serves over 200,000 learners worldwide, with about 200 undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs available online and on its 300-acre campus in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Free smoke alarms available
The Enid and Teasdale volunteer fire departments will be installing free smoke alarms to residents in the Enid, Teasdale and Paducah Wells Road areas beginning Feb. 1.
Applications must be filled out in order to get on the installation schedule. No smoke alarms will be given for self-installation.
Sign up in person at the Teasdale fire station on the following dates:
• Friday, Jan. 24, from 5-7 p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Hill youth basketball registering
Registration for Robert Hill Youth Foundation youth basketball is underway.
Girls and boys will play in the age groups of 6-8, 9-11 and 12-13 years.
Registration is $75, and forms are available at Charleston City Hall and Terry’s Sports Bar in Charleston, and at Meek’s Grocery in Webb. For more information, contact Cedric Terry at 662-647-1366.
Webb church month of revival set
Hitt Chapel Rebirth church, located at 3266 Highway 32, Webb, is continuing a monthlong schedule of January revival services that begin at 7 o’clock nightly.
The remaining schedule is as follows:
» Jan. 22-24: Pastor Jerry Jones
» Jan. 25: Evangelist Lillie Holmes
» Jan. 26: Pastor Eric Bridgett
» Jan. 27-28: Pastor Sylvester Walker
» Jan. 29-31: Pastor Louis Bailey
Elder James Hall is the pastor of Hitt Chapel Rebirth church.
