Community Calendar

Published 11:59 pm Thursday, March 15, 2018

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MARCH 16

St. Anthony Catholic Church, located on Virginia Avenue in Pineville, will host a LENTEN FISH FRY from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on March 16. Tickets are $7 — dine in or carry out. For more information, contact the church office at 606-248-2068.

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MARCH 17

There will be a St. Paddy’s Day BLOCK PARTY at the Courthouse Square in downtown Pineville from 1-11 p.m. on March 17 featuring all day live music, games, fashion and craft vendors, food, drinks, pizza eating contest, March Madness and fireworks.

Pine Mountain State Resort Park and Lissa-Beck Event Planning will present the BRIDAL & PROM EXPO 2018 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 17 at the C.V. Whitney Convention Center in Pineville.. There will be cakes, florists, caterers, jewelers, dresses, a runway and more.

New author Tammy McMurray Redmond invites the community to a BOOK SIGNING for To Catch a Hummingbird at the Claiborne County Public Library from 10 a.m. to noon on March 17. Light refreshments will be served.

SATURDAYS

Davis Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Speedwell, Tennessee, will host a singing, fellowship and potluck supper every third Saturday from 5-7 p.m.

MARCH 19

The 4-H Junior HOMEMAKER CLUB will meet at 4 p.m. on March 19 in the Extension Office. If you know a child between the ages of 9 to 15 and they would like to learn more about leadership development and how to be involved with their community, then this is the club for them.

MARCH 20,

APRIL 24, MAY 15

TIME FOR TEA AND THEE, a book club for adults, meets at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesdays at the Middlesboro-Bell County Public Library. Relax with a cup of tea at these sessions. The schedule includes: March 20, The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant; April 24, The Zookeeper’s Wife; May 15, In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume; June, Where She Went, Gayle Forman. Program leaders are Michele Lawson and Pamela Blank. To register, stop by or call the library at 606-248-4812.

MARCH 20

The Middlesboro Board of Education regular board meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on March 20 at Middlesboro High School, 4404 Cumberland Avenue.

The Wilderness Trail Area Homemaker Council MEETING is March 20 at the Clay County Extension Office. If you are interested in attending, call the office at 606-337-2376.

MARCH 21, 22

A two-day Windows 10 for Beginners WORKSHOP will be offered at the Middlesboro Public Library at 10:30 a.m. March 21 and 22. Registration is required as seating is limited. For more information or to register, contact Bonnie Banks at 606-248-4812.

MARCH 22

First State Bank will host the annual First Responders APPRECIATION DINNER at 5 p.m. on March 22 at the Middlesboro Community Center for EMT, fire, paramedics, law enforcement. For more information, contact Pat Fulton at 606-248-9545.

THURSDAYS

The Bell County Job Club will meet for eight weeks at the Middlesboro-Bell County Public LIbrary. The club meets each Thursday. New members should arrive at 1 p.m. The job club can help you with the following: create a job search game plan; connect with quality employers; learn self-marketing and interviewing skills; get support from fellow job seekers and workforce professionals; and benefit from insider job leads. For more information, contact Brian Good at Bell-Whitley Community Action Agency at 606-337-3044 or check out the Facebook page, ekcep.us/jobclubsinfo.

MARCH 26-30

The local HOLY WEEK schedule includes the following: March 26, Church of God of Mountain Assembly; March 27, First Baptist Church; March 28, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church; March 29, Shiloh Church; and March 30, First Christian Church.

MARCH 26

Cumberland Gap Baptist Associational VBS TRAINING will be held from 6-8:30 p.m. on March 26 at Dogwoods Heights Baptist Church. Meal will be provided at 6 p.m., followed by training sessions at 7 p.m. There will be door prizes, food, fellowship and fun. RSVP to Dennis Wilder, director of missions, at 423-869-8716.

The Bell County Extension Office will host MOVING MONDAYS at 4:30 p.m. on March 26 in the Extension Office. Participants will walk and stretch their way to better health. To register, call 606-337-2376.

MARCH 27

The Bell County Cooperative Extension Service will be hosting TRY IT TUESDAY at 1 p.m. on March 27 in the Extension Office. Participants will be making an easy paper Easter wreath. To register, call 606-337-2376.

The Bell-Whitley CAA, Inc., Board of Directors meeting will begin at 11 a.m. on March 27 in the conference room at the Williamsburg Health Department in Williamsburg. For more information, contact Suzanne Browning or Sandy Hoskins at 606-337-3044 or 606-549-3933.

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MAY 7, JUNE 4

MONDAYS R MURDER Book Club will meet at 10 a.m. on Mondays at the Middlesboro-Bell County Public Library. The schedule includes: April 2, Raylan by Elmore Leonard; May 7, Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten; and June 4, The Butterfly Sister by Amy Gail Hansen. To register, call the library at 606-248-4812.

APRIL 3

The Bell County EXTENSION DISTRICT BOARD will meet at 4 p.m. on April 3 in the third floor meeting room at the Bell County Courthouse in Pineville.

The Bell County EXTENSION COUNCIL will meet at 5 p.m. on April 3 in the third floor meeting room at the Bell County Courthouse in Pineville.

Pineville Chapter No. 89 ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR will meet at 7 p.m. on April 3 at the Masonic Building in Pineville. The meet will be preceded with a meal at 6 p.m.

APRIL 13

Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College will host the first annual Southeast GOLF SCRAMBLE for Students hosted by the Southeast Education Foundation on April 13 at the Middlesboro Country Club. Proceeds support student scholarships and foundation operations. Space is limited to 18 teams— nine per flight. To register, contact Patty Sokolowski, 606-589-3164 or Patty.Sokolowski@kctcs.edu.

APRIL 14

SCRABBLE FOR LITERACY will begin at 5 p.m. on April 14 in the Grile at Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College. You may sign up for a sponsored team at no cost or $200 for a team of three. For more information, contact the Bell County Council on Literacy, Inc. at 606-248-2014.

APRIL 21

The second annual MOUNTAIN FIESTA, a free street festival for the community, will be held in Cumberland Gap from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 21 featuring concerts, professional dance classes, art, craft demos, vendors, activities, food from Latin America and Appalachia.

The first annual Harlan, Ky. CRYPTO CON will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 21 at the Harlan County Extension Depot, located at 110 River Street, featuring lectures and presentations from wildlife and Bigfoot researchers. There will also be food, merchandise vendors, display tables and more. Door prizes will be awarded throughout the day.

APRIL 28

Registration is now open for the fourth annual RAVEN ROCK 5K Trail Run/Hike at Kingdom Come State Park in Cumberland on April 28. Run along and over some of the most extraordinary rock formations in the state, including Raven Rock, a giant rock exposure that soars 290 feet into the air at a 45-degree angle. Registration begins at 9 a.m., run at 10 a.m. The fee on the day of the even is $25. Pre-register today at runreg.com and receive $5 off. T-shirts are first come, first served for on-site registration; only guaranteed if registered online.

APRIL 30

The 10th annual Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM) Golden Scalpel Golf Tournament will be held at 9 a.m. on April 30 at Woodlake Lodge, Golf and Country Club in Tazewell, Tennessee. All proceeds from the tournament will benefit the LMU-DCOM Scholarship Program. For businesses interested in sponsoring the event, contact Bridgette Welch, director of development LMU medical programs, at 423-869-7206 or bridgette.welch@LMUnet.edu. Registration is available online at http://dcomalumni.LMUnet.edu/2018goldenscalpel.

MAY 19, 20

Registration is now open for the second annual “Tour De Kingdom Come,” a 36-mile road race which includes the scenic Little Shepherd trail, and first annual “Dash for Cash,” an up hill 2.7 mile time trial, scheduled May 19 and 20. A multi-event discount is offered for registering for both events. If you pre-register for “Tour De Kingdom Come” then you can select “Dash for Cash” time trial event for only $10 more. There will be cash awards for the top finishers in each category. Registration is available bikereg.com.

JUNE 2

The ART EXTRAVAGANZA FESTIVAL will be held from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on June 2 in Cumberland Gap (521 Colwyn Avenue) featuring Appalachian arts and crafts from the Tri-State area with food, music and wine tasting. No charge for admission.

SEPT. 8

The Bell County Relay for Life will be held Sept. 8 at the Middlesboro City Hall parking lot. Register online at www.relayforlife.orge/bellky. For more information, contact Melissa Ramsey at 865-585-1071 or mramsey@arh.org.

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PLANTS SALES are underway for the spring season. The Bell County Extension Office is offering a great variety of some of your favorite produce. Plants and pricing are as follows: Strawberries (All Star and Early Glow), bundles of 25 for $3.25; blueberries (Bluecrop and Patriot, at least one of each variety should be planted together to allow for cross-pollination), $6 per plant; blackberries (Natchez), $3 per plant; raspberries (TulaMagic), $3 per plant; asparagus(Jersey Knight), $1 per plant; and onions (Candy), $4 for a bundle of 60. Orders are now being accepted. Supplies for all of these plants are very limited. Contact the Bell County Extension Office at 606-337-2376 to place your order. Orders will be available for pick-up at the Extension Office in early April (notification will be sent).

GED classes are being offered to anyone 19 years or older. Improve your reading, writing and mathematical skills and study to receive your GED. For more information, contact the following: Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Middlesboro campus at 606-248-3175, Bell County Council on Literacy at 606-248-2014 or the Pineville Learning Center at 606-337-3044.

Free RAT BAIT is available at the Bell County Cooperative Extension Service, located in the basement of the Bell County Courthouse in Pineville. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The program is sponsored by the Bell County Farm Bureau and the Bell County Cooperative Extension Service. For more information, call 606-337-2376.

VOLUNTEERS are needed for the Kentucky Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (Cumberland Valley District) to read a while, play a game of checkers, discuss the day’s events, reminisce or just sit and watch TV with a local senior. If you currently visit someone in a long term care facility or would like to become involved, contact Arlene Gibson at 606-864-7391 ext. 119.

VOLUNTEERS are sought at the Middlesboro Senior Citizens Center for activity assistants, answering the phone, welcoming seniors and visitors, filing, crafting, historians, entertainment, instructors in tai chi, other forms of senior exercise and a variety of educational topics for seniors. For more information, call 606-248-2990 or stop by the center.

Free saliva-based drug testing kits are provided and sponsored through UNITE and Stand in the Gap Coalition (SIGCO). Give Me a Reason (GMAR) is designed for parents/guardians to use to talk with their children and randomly test them, which gives them a reason to say no when tempted or offered drugs. Kits can be obtained at 44 different distribution points (DP) throughout the Tri-State area and at the SIGCO office, located at 502 Pennlyn Avenue in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. For more information, contact the SIGCO office at 423-300-1302. To pick up a kit, stop by on Mondays from 1 to 5:30 p.m.

The American RED CROSS is seeking volunteers with flexible schedules to respond to single and multi-family home fires in the Lake Cumberland service area which includes Casey, Adair, Cumberland, Clinton, Russell, Pulaski, Wayne, McCreary, Whitley, Laurel, Clay, Knox, Bell and Harlan counties. Red Cross Disaster Action Team (DAT) volunteers respond to assist families with shelter, support and access to basic needs immediately following a home fire – often arriving on scene even as the fire is still burning. Volunteers may apply online by visiting http://www.redcross.org/volunteer or by contacting Chapter Executive Terry Burkhart at 859-253-1331 or terry.burkhart@redcross.org.

The Lighthouse HOMELESS SHELTER, located at 117 South Pine Street in Pineville, is open seven days a week. For more information, call 606-337-9736.

Kentucky JOB CORPS, located in Prestonsburg, is open to motivated, young people ages 16-24 meeting the federal income guidelines. The program offers career training, high school and college courses, job search assistance, housing and medical benefits. For more information, contact Cynthia Bohon at 606-433-5336 (office), 606-224-1722 (cell) or Bohon.Cynthia@jobcorps.org.

Lighthouse Lifeline of Bell County non-residential SUPPORT GROUPS are held at the Lighthouse Mission Center, located at 3609 Hwy. 119 in Pineville. For more information, contact Sharon Teaney at 606-269-2187 or Ules Baker at 606-670-1949. Men’s and women’s support groups meet from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, and at 1 p.m. on Thursdays. Youth support groups (ages 10-18) meet from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays.

Lighthouse RAY OF HOPE Children’s Advocacy Center, located at 3619 Hwy. 119 in Pineville, is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays. For information, call 606-337-9955.

The “Something Different” NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS group meets at 7 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays at the First Christian Church of Middlesboro, located at 2130 Cumberland Avenue. Meetings are open.

Lighthouse Mission Center, located at 3609 Hwy. 119 in Pineville, will have FOOD GIVEAWAYS at 11:30 a.m. on the third and fourth Tuesday of each month. Emergency food boxes are available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information, call 606-337-1834.

A military SUPPORT GROUP for all active, separated or any former military men or women meets at 6:30 p.m. each first and third Monday of the month at the Middlesboro National Guard Armory, located on 30th Street. If you face financial, relationship, criminal, adjustment, substance abuse or other problems, this is for you.

GED CLASSES will be held on Tuesdays from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Lighthouse Career Training Center, located at 980 Old Bell High Road off of U.S. 119 in Pineville. For more information, call 606-337-9955.

Benchmark Family Services, serving Bell, Harlan, Clay, Knox, Laurel and Whitley counties, invites you to become a FOSTER PARENT. Free orientation classes are held from 5-6 p.m. on any Tuesday. For more information, call 606-526-6992 or toll free at 866-526-6992.

Applications are available for the Lighthouse MEDICAL CLINIC, located at 3619 Hwy. 119 in Pineville, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Visits are by appointment only. For more information, call 606-337-9955.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS will meet at the Living Clean Group Wallsend Community Room in Pineville. Meetings begin at 6 p.m. on Mondays; at noon on Wednesdays, closed for addicts only; and at 3 p.m. on Saturdays. For more information, call 606-499-0238 or 606-302-6972.

Narconon is reminding families that the use of addicting drugs is on the rise. Take steps to PROTECT YOUR FAMILY FROM DRUG USE. If you know anyone who is struggling get them the help they need. For a free brochure on the signs of addiction for all drugs, call 800-431-1754 or visit DrugAbuseSolution.com. Narconon also offers free screenings and referrals.