B.B. King Museum
The B.B. King Museum will be hosting its monthly “Be Smart! Control Your Diabetes” seminar April 26. This month’s presentation will be on foot care for diabetics. Presentation will be led by Ms. Willie Ann Thomas. For more information contact Kiana Butler at (662) 887-9539.
Class of ‘69
The Gentry High School Class of 1969 will have a class meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, April 30 at the home of Mrs. Bettye Sims Hawkins.
Kickoff Celebration
May is Community Action Month and Older Americans Month. Senior Companion Week is May 1st through the 5th. There will be a Kickoff Celebration from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 1 at Sunflower Humphreys Counties Progress, Inc., 414 Martin Luther King Drive. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited.
MVSU Alumni Scholarship Green & White Day
The Sunflower County Mississippi Valley State University Alumni Association will present its Annual Scholarship Green and White Day at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 6 at the First United Missionary Baptist Church, 720 Coolidge Street. The theme is “Preserving the Valley, Staying Green.” Dr. Jerryl Briggs, Sr., the eighth president of the university will be the speaker.
Praxis Core Trainings
The Teacher Education Department at Mississippi Valley State University will hold Praxis Core trainings. The following trainings will be available: Reading 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.; Writing 1 p.m. -5 p.m.; and Math 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 2018, in the O.P. Lowe Education Building. Registration must be completed by Thursday, May 10. For questions or more information, contact the Teacher Education Department at (662) 254-3613, (662) 254-3618 or email danelle.jackson@mvsu.edu.
Summer Feeding
Program
To all churches and organizations sponsoring summer programs to children between the ages of 1 and 18 years of age. Once again, we are the sponsoring agency for USDA Summer Feeding Program. The program will begin June 1, 2018 and end July 31, 2018. We can provide your children with two meals per day. For more information please contact Barbara Brown and Linda Marshall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 662-887-1431 or 662-887-5655 or contact Monica Hope at 662-207-0765 after 5 p.m. Thanking you in advance for your participation.
Volunteers Needed
It is mandated, from the Missisippi State Department of Health Licensure Division, that all Hospice Health Care Agencies have volunteers to assist in various ways. Saint John’s Hospice & Pallative Care is looking for volunteers. If you are interested please call 662-756-0928 or visit us at 106 North Ruby Avenue, Ruleville.
Headstart Accepting Applications
Save the Children is now accepting applications for Head Start and Early Head Start for the 2018-2019 school year for children ages 6 weeks – 4 years of age and expectant mothers. The following documents are required: birth certificate, 121 immunizations, income, and medicaid card. You may apply now at one of the local centers (Indianola, Moorhead, Drew, Ruleville or Sunflower) throughout the summer or visit our online website at http://www.savethechildren.org For additional questions or concerns you may contact Tabatha Jones, STC Family Service Community Manager at (662) 452-5044 ext.12
Moorhead Ad Booklet
The Moorhead Chamber of Commerce is in the process of putting together our Annual Ad Booklet. We are asking each resident or friend to take out an ad for our 2018 memory book. The proceeds will go towards our scholarship fund. For more information contact Johnna Holland at 662-207-5381, Margaret Clay at 662-347-3456, Alice Williams at 662-392-3247 or Angela Winters at 662-207-4076.
MSU Extension Service
662-887-1901
There will be a Chair Yoga Thursday Brown Bag Lunch n’ Learn, from 12:00-12:45p.m. today at the Extension office. Please call to sign up! Need a mid-day energy boost? Chair yoga could be the answer! Come learn about how chair yoga can invigorate your body and mind from the comfort of your chair at your office or at home.
nDiabetic Support Group meets during the noon hour at the B.B. King Museum every 4th Thursday of each month (April 26). A lunch is served along with an educational component to help you better understand diabetes.
Library Events
nThe Henry M. Seymour Library will provide a Word Play Game for teens from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. May 10. Join us to find out who can make the most interesting words using unique word creation tricks.
nTo celebrate National Etiquette Week children can hear the story, Pirates Don’t Say Please written by Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton at the Drew Public Library from 4:00 to 4:30 p.m. May 16 and at the Ruleville Public Library May 17. Children will learn about good etiquette and design their own pirate hat, mask, and monocular.
nDiscover how to improve your health with protein shakes and smoothies during the Adult’s Healthy Hour from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. May 17 at The Henry M. Seymour Library.
nCreate healthy habits at the Henry M. Seymour Library at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays by stretching it out with yoga.
All programs are free and open to the public. For more details about the programs, please contact Nita Dill at 662-887-1672, Ext. 108.
