To place an event in the Community Calendar, email: beth.key@harlandaily.com or drop a written copy of the announcement by our office at 1275 North 25th Street, Middlesboro. Announcements will not be accepted by phone and should be submitted no later than four business days before the event. If received in time, it will be published one or two days before the event. Announcements are also available to view at www.middlesboronews.com. For more details, call 606-909-4145.

AUG. 14

The Bell County Extension Service will host a Mind Body Connection class at 10 a.m. on Aug. 14 at the Extension Office. Learn some stretching techniques and tips on how to relieve stress. To register, call 606-337-2376.

The Cumberland Valley Chapter of the Kentucky Public Retirees (KPR) will meet Aug. 14 at David’s Steak House in Corbin. Mealtime will begin at 11:30 a.m. with the meeting to follow. The guest speaker will be Stefanie Kingsley, Democratic candidate running for state representative (House District 82) in the 2018 general election. Any retiree (and spouse) receiving retirement benefits from KERS, CERS or SPRS is welcome to attend. Membership information will be available at the meeting or at kentuckypublicretirees.org. For more information, call 606-877-0079 or 606-260-0490.

AUG. 15

The Bell County Extension District Board will meet at 3 p.m. on Aug. 15 at the Bell County Extension Office, located at the Bell County Courthouse in Pineville.

AUG. 16, 23, 30;

SEPT. 6, 13, 20

The Levitt AMP Middlesboro Music Series returns for the fourth year to downtown Middlesboro’s Levitt AMP Pop-Up Park. Concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m. with openings acts taking the stage at 6:30 p.m. The schedule includes: Aug. 16, Samantha Fish; Aug. 23, Caleb Caudle; Aug. 30, Black Lillies; Sept. 6, Liz Vice; Sept. 13, John Moreland; and Sept. 20, Sierra Hull. For concert schedule updates due to weather, visit Levitt AMP Middlesboro’s Facebook and Twitter pages.

AUG. 18

A reunion for Bean’s Fork, Bosworth, Edgewood-Union Grade and Yellow Creek Schools will be held Aug. 18 at the Middlesboro Community Center. Everyone is invited to attend — bring a covered dish. For more information, call 423-489-1697.

AUG. 18, SEPT. 15

Cruisin’ the Crater Car Show at Middlesboro Mall will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. on the following Saturdays: Aug. 18, Sept. 15.

AUG. 21

The annual Homemaker Kickoff will begin at 5 p.m. on Aug. 21 at the third floor meeting room of the Bell County Courthouse. The cost is $5 and will cover food. To register, call 606-337-2376.

The 2018-2019 regularly scheduled meetings for the Yellow Creek SBDM Council will be held at 5 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month in the school conference room. Meeting dates include: Aug. 21, Sept. 18, Oct. 15, Nov. 20, Dec. 18, Jan. 15, Feb. 19, March 19, April 16, May 21 and June 18.

AUG. 25

Martin’s Station Masonic Lodge No. 188, located on Dr. Thomas Walker Road, 1 mile west of Rose Hill, Virginia, will have a Free Community Soup Bean Dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 25 at the lodge hall. The menu will include soup beans, kraut and wieners, ham and potatoes, slaw, cornbread, desserts, drinks and other items. The public is invited.

The Keystones Benefit Dance Turn Back the Hands of Time will begin at 8 p.m. on Aug. 25 at the Middlesboro Country Club. Admission is $20 per person — cash bar and hors d’oeuvres available. All proceeds go to the Bell County Historical Society and Museum. For more information, contact Charla Costanzo at 606-269-9988 or Heather Cosby at 606-242-0005. Mail check to: BCHS, P.O. Box 1344, Middlesboro, KY 40965.

The John Morgan and Florence (Jones) Partin family reunion will begin at 11 a.m. on Aug. 25 at the Williamsburg Tourism & Convention Center. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m. (bring a dish and drinks to share — plates, forks, spoons and napkins will be provided). An auction will also be held (donations are appreciated to help with reunion expenses). For more information, contact Vickie Lunsford at 606-523-1051 or Janice Sweet at 606-526-9556.

AUG. 28

The Bell-Whitley CAA, Inc., Board of Directors will meet at 11 a.m. on Aug. 28 at the Cumberland Inn in Williamsburg. For more information, contact Kayleigh Straup or Sandy Hoskins at 606-337-3044 or 606-549-3933.

AUG. 30

The Bell County Cooperative Extension Service will host a “Learn to Appliqué” Homemaker Leader Lesson at 1 p.m. on Aug. 30 at the Extension Office. The instructor will be FCS Agent Hazel Jackson, from Rockcastle County. To register, call 606-337-2376.

AUG. 31

The 2018 Bell County Farm Field Day will be held Aug. 31 at the Bell County Fairgrounds at Fourmile, beginning at 9 a.m. and concluding with a free lunch. There will be exhibitor booths, youth activities and door prizes. The Bell County Farm Field Day is organized by the Bell County Agriculture Advancement Council. For more information, contact Stacy White, Bell County Extension agent for agriculture and natural resources, at 606-337-2376.

SEPT. 1

Descendants of Robert and Hattie Arthur Long will have a family reunion beginning at noon on Sept. 1 at the Trinity Tabernacle fellowship hall in Ewing, Virginia.

SEPT. 2

The 22nd annual Hatfield/Sutton reunion will begin at 10 a.m. on Sept. 2 at Berkau Park on Pennlyn Avenue in Cumberland Gap. Lunch will start at approximately 1 p.m. Bring a covered dish to share with everyone and drinks for your own family. Also, bring old pictures and any family information you wish to share (a copier will be available). The reunion also includes surnames: Cowan, Blaylock, Brooks, Snavley, Longworth, Years, Dean, Maples and others. For more information, contact Jeanie Vaughn at 770-9343-4974, jrevelle@bellsouth.net or P.O. Box 1972, Hiram, GA 30141; or Evelyn Miracle at 423-489-2590.

SEPT. 4

Pineville Chapter No. 89 Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 7 p.m. on Sept. 4 at the Masonic Building in Pineville. The meeting will be preceded with a meal at 6 p.m.

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.

The 2018 Lillian Faye Simpson-Southeast Scholarship Golf Classic will be held Sept. 8 at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Cumberland. A four-player scramble, the event has an entry fee of $300 per team, including green fees, use of cart, event T-shirt and lunch. Golfers may choose tee times at 8 a.m. or 1 p.m. Registration for each will be at 7:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Additionally, there will be a putting contest, longest drive contest and closest to pin contest. Space is limited to 18 teams — nine per flight — and slots will fill quickly. To register, contact Patty Sokolowski, 606-589-3164 or Patty.Sokolowski@kctcs.edu.

OCT. 6

The annual Harlan Haunt Fest will be held from 10 a.m. to midnight on Oct. 6 at the Harlan Center. For tickets or more information, visit www.harlanhauntfest.com.

OCT. 12-13

The Pineville Schools Hall of Fame weekend will be held Oct. 12-13. Events include: Friday, PHS vs. Williamsburg pre-game social; Saturday, dinner at Pine Mountain State Park to honor the seventh class of inductees. For more information, call 606-269-3534.

WEDNESDAYS

Those who are mourning the death of a family member or friend are invited to attend the Griefshare video seminar at the New Beginning Baptist Church, located four miles west of Harrogate on TN 63. This non-denominational Christ-centered program features biblical teachings by nationally respected grief experts and others journeying through grief. Organizers provide you the opportunity to be around others who understand. GriefShare also offers valuable insights about building a new normal in life and renewing a new hope for the future. Meetings will be held on Wednesdays from, 6 to 7:30 pm, July 25 through Oct.17. For more information, contact Bob Jackson at 423-869-4422, Pastor Donnie Bannister at 423-526-4491 or visit www.griefshare.org.

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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.

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.

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.