DAILY DIGEST

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION will hold a bake sale Saturday, April 2, from 11-2 in front of Brookshire’s, The Depot Restaurant and Beall’s. The money will be used to purchase a van for transportation of the vets for medical appointments, etc.

SUNDAY

MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH will celebrate their 88th anniversary Sunday, April 3 at 3 p.m. with Rev. Ricky Abraham, pastor of Brown Chapel CME Church in Big Sandy, as guest speaker. Rev. Willie Bryant invites the public to the service. The church is on FM 850 East, Overton.

MONDAY

members of the khs class of ‘95 will hold a reunion planniong meeting Monday, April 4, at the Back Porch at 6 p.m. Persons interested in helping plan the reunion are welcome to attend. For more information, call 903-759-0003.

TUESDAY

THE BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP will meet at the Kilgore Public Library at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 5. The group discusses both fiction and non-fiction books. Newcomers are always welcome.

THE GREGG COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY meets Tuesday, April 5, at 7 p.m. in the Cecile Moeschle Room of the Longview Public Library at 222 W. Cotton. The program will be “History of the Celtics” by Jim Sturrock.

WEDNESDAY

hilltoppers will meet Wednesday, April 6, at 11 a.m. The covered dish luncheon begins at 11:30. At noon, James Kennedy will talk about the New London school explosion.

THURSDAY

A planning session for the KHS graduation party will be held Thursday, April 7, at 6:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Persons interested in participating should plan to attend. For more information, contact Sandie Crawford at 984-9415, Janie Terrell at 984-4385 or Suzie Anthony at 984-4483.

FYI

THE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY at Laird Memorial Hospital is in need of paperback books. The organization collects mysteries, westerns and romance novels which they sell to patients for 25 cents. They have all the Harlequin romances they need.

THE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY at Laird Memorial Hospital will conduct their fund-raising book fair from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on April 26 and from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. on April 27. Books will be for sale in the lobby next to the gift shop.

THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF TAKING OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY (TOPS) will meet every Monday at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. Weigh-in starts at 5:30 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. Mary Helen Craig, the new TOPS leader in Kilgore, said the local program is being revamped and will include more activities and speakers. For more information, call 903/983-4965.

RUSK COUNTY LIBRARY in Henderson will be celebrating National Library Week April 11-15. Judge Sandra Hodges will be proclaiming the second week in April as Rusk County Library Week. Activities will be held each day starting with the Mardi Gras Party on Monday starting at 10:30 a.m., Open House and Dress as a Book Character Day on Tuesday, Smokey the Bear and the Azalea Belles will be visiting Wednesday, Thursday is 50’s Day and Friday is Patriotic Day. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Julie or Terrie at (903) 657-8557.

NEW BIRTH FELLOWSHIP CHURCH of Kilgore presents Women in Hats Worship Service, Sunday April 10, 2005 @ 3:30 p.m. Special Guest will be Overseer Sharon M. Wickware of New Birth Church of the Living God, Jacksonville. Overseer Gary Walker, Sr. Pastor Tracy Walker, Co-Pastor For more information please email us @ newbirthofkilgore@yahoo.com or call 903.986.8700

the quilter’s guild of east texas will meet Thursday, April 14, at the T.A.S.C.A. building, 3402 Old Omen Road in Tyler. The meeting begins with coffee and social at 9:30 a.m. H.D. Wilbanks from Hobbs Batting will discuss batting. For more information, call Brenda Reynolds, 903-939-1824.

THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING of INSPIRATIONAL WRITERS ALIVE, (I. W. A.) will be held in the Activity Building of the Jacksonville First Church of the Nazarene, 6:45 p.m., Thursday, April 14. Writers, aspiring writers and the public are welcome.