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Thursday, September 25,2014
POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
Page 3A
Community Calendar
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Precept Bible Study
A Precept Bible Study
i titled “1 Thessalonians - You
’ - Blameless at His Coming”
i '. will be hosted at the Cen-
tral Baptist Church Family
! Center from 9 a.m. to noon
! on Thursdays from Aug. 28
through Nov. 13. The family
center is located at 503 N.
21.East Avenue in Livingston.
The study is based on mate-
! rial provided by Precept
Ministries International and
; each lesson includes a video
and study session led by a
Precept-trained leader. The
non-denomi national study
is open to both men and
women and free nursery
care is available for children
eight weeks old through pre-
kindergarten. The only cost
is $24.75 for the book.. For
information or to register,
call 936-967-4656 or 936-
327-5614.
SEPT. 25
CASA fish fry, auction
The annual Court Ap-
pointed Special Advocates
(CASA) “Justice Served"
fish fry and auction will be
held from 6-8 p in. Thurs-
day, Sept. 25, at the First
United Methodist Church,
2801 Highway 190 W. in
Livingston. Drive-thru or-
ders may be picked starting
at 4:30 p.in. p.m. Cost is
$10 per plate with proceeds
used to support (he CASA
program and the children it
serves.
SEPT. 26
SPCABake Sale
The SPCA of Polk County
will host a fund-raising
bake sale from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. on Friday. Sept. 26,
at the Livingston Waltnart.
Proceeds will be used for
operating costs, to purchase
food and to pay vet bills.
SEPT. 26-18
Tent revival
The Family Life Church
w ill host an old fashioned
tent revival Sept. 26-28.
Guest speaker will be the
Rev. Jerry Miller w ith music
led by Sister Janice Miller.
The revival w ill begin at 7
p in. on Friday and Saturday
and at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
SEPT. 30
Childbirth education
CHI St. Luke’s Health
Memorial-Livingston w ill
host a free childbirth educa-
tion class from 6-8 p.m. on
Tuesday. Sept. 30. This w ill
be the final in a series of four
classes and is titled "New-
born Care and Breastfeed-
ing.” To RS VP or for more
information call 936-329-
8249.
Area wide singing
The Area Wide Sing-
ing program will be hosted
starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 30, by the Rural Shade
Baptist Church, 3304 CR
2274 off Highway 321 near
Cleveland. Refreshments
will be served. Singers are
invited to take part and non-
singers are invited to sit back
and enjoy “old down-home
country gospel music.
SEPT 30.
OCT. 2. 7. 9 &14
Diabetes education
A series of five Do Well
Be Well classes on diabetes
will be offered by the Texas
A&M AgriLife Extension
Service. The classes will be
held from I0 a.m. to noon
on Tuesdays and Thursdays,
Sept. 30 through Oct. 14 at
the Livingston Municipal
Library, 707 N. Tyler in
Livingston. Cost is $ 15 for
all five classes. Experts will
provide facts on diabetes,
provide tips on how to man-
age the disease and answer
questions. For information
or to register for the classes
contact County Extension
Agent FCS Emily Janowski
at 936-327-6828.
OCT. 2
Animals to be blessed
The annual Blessing of the
Animals will be hosted start-
ing at 5 p.m Thursday, Oct.
2, at St. Luke's Episcopal
Church, 836 W. Jones Street
in Livingston. The Rev. Link
Hullar will offer blessing to
all animals, big and small.
For information, call the
church at 936-327-8467.
Farm Bureau dinner
The annual meeting and
dinner of the Polk County
Farm Bureau will be held
starting at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Oct. 2. at the First Baptist
Church Family Life Center
in Livingston. The PCFB
will furnish the meat and
those attending are asked
to bring a covered dish.
New board members will be
elected.
Retired teachers meet
The Polk County Retired
Teachers Association w ill
meet Thursday. Oct. 2. in
the conference room of the
first National Bank. High-
way 190 West in Liv ingston.
Coffee and refreshments w ill
be served at 9:30 and the
business meeting will begin
at I0 a.m Members will
then be given a tour of the
new Livingston Municipal
Library. All retirees of the
State Teachers Retirement
System are welcome. For
information call Emma Alice
Tinney at 328-7086.
OCT. 3
Plant and bake sale
The annual plant and
bake sale hosted by the Polk
County Garden Club will
begin at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct.
3, at the Livingston Walmart.
The sale will continue until
all items are sold. Items to
be sold include pot plants,
cuttings, seeds and more as
well as cakes, pies, cookies,
candy and some sugar-free
items. Proceeds will benefit
the Vesta Neal High School
Scholarship Fund.
OCT. 4
Blessing of animals
The First United Method-
ist Church of Onalaska, 700
South FM 356, will conduct
a blessing of the animals at
l() a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4.
Animals must be properly
restrained by a leash or in
a cage and all species are
welcome. The blessing will
take place on the south side
of the church.
Fall Feed Fundraiser
The Fall Feed Fundraiser
hosted by the South Polk
County Volunteer Fire De-
partment will be held from
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.Oct.
4. The event will be at the
fire station at 3036 FM 2610
in the Ace community. The
all-you-can-eat event costs
$8 per person and the menu
w ill include soups or chili,
sandwiches, desserts and a
drink. For information call
Fred at 832-526-7693.
Cemetery homecoming
The Magnolia Hill Cem-
etery at Segno will host its
annual homecoming starting
at I0 a.m. Saturday, (Jet. 4.
The business meeting will be
at 11:30 a.m. followed by a
covered dish luncheon. For
information, call Olan Cain
at 936-685-4433 or Jeri Son-
nier at 936-685-4966.
Bunko and Balls
Fundraiser
The Onalaska Lioness
Club w ill host their annual
Bunko and Balls Fundraiser
from I-3 p.m. Saturday. Oct.
4. on the porch of Jerry's
Restaurant. Highway 190 \\
m Onalaska. Admission is
$ 10 + ball per ticket or $20
per ticket. All proceeds w ill
benefit the Onalaska Lioness
Club’s Toy s for l ots Pro-
gram .
Community garage sale
The Evergreen Commu-
nity Center Association in
San Jacinto County will host
a community-wide garage
sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
on Saturday, Oct. 4 at the
center. Vendors may obtain
a 12x12-foot spate for a $20
donation and the association
will be selling drinks, sand-
wiches and snacks, proceeds
will be used to help maintain
the community center, locat-
ed at on Highway 150 West
near the Highway 945 inter-
section. To reserve a space
or for information, call Sue
at 936-767-4011 by Oct. 3.
Because the recent drought
killed many of the center's
trees, vendors are asked to
bring their own shade. Ad-
ditional contributions may
be mailed to the association
at 7945 Highway 150 West.
Coldspring, 77331.
OCT. 5
Revival
The Pentecostal Light-
house on Highway 146
South at FM 943 w ill host
revival services with Bro.
Phillip Holoway as speaker.
Services will begin at 7 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 5. A pot luck
dinner will follow the 10
a.m. Sunday service. Josh
Herridge is the church pas-
tor.
OCT 6
Republican Club meets
State Rep. James White
will be the guest speaker
when the Polk County Re-
publican Club meets Mon-
day, Oct. 6 at the My Place
restaurant in Livingston.
Dinner will be at 6 p.m. and
the meeting begins at 7 p.m.
OCT. 7
Candidate forum
A candidate forum for the
Nov. 4 general election will
be hosted at 5:30 p.m. on
Tuesday. Oct. 7, by the Polk
County Farm Bureau. Held
at the Polk County Com-
merce Center, all candidates
are invited to speak and help
local voters become familiar
with the issues.
OCT. 9
Diabetes support group
A diabetes support group
will meet from 11:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. in the CHI St.
Luke's Health Memorial-
Livingston Community
Conference Center. Cost is
$3 and includes a light lunch
and a drink. Those wishing
to attend should make reser-
vations by Tuesday. Oct. 7.
by calling 936-329-8253.
Onalaska’s Night Out
As part of the National
Night Out observance.
Onalaska area residents are
invited to the city's newly
developed city park on
Onalaska Loop Road.
The event will be from 5-7
p.m. with hotdogs and drinks
being sold and demonstra-
tions by the Onalaska police
and fire departments. Author
Franklin Griffin also will be
on hand to sign copies of his.
book, “Touched by Fire.” a
tale of political assassina-
tions.
OCT. 13
Library hosts teen week
The Livingston Municipal
Library w ill kick off "Teen
Week" starting Monday. Oct
13, at its new location at 707
N. Tyler.
Refreshments w ill be
served from 3-4:30 p.m to
teens, who are invited to
check out the “teen room"
which includes books and
graphic novels.
A different contest will be
featured each day of Teen
Read Week and prizes will
be awarded. The library is
open Monday through Friday
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Saturday s. Call Nita kuehn
at 327-4252 for information.
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