DAILY DIGEST

TUESDAY

THE KILGORE MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE will meet at The Willows of Kilgore at noon on Oct. 7. All area pastors are invited for lunch, fellowship and input on community activities involving the Ministerial Alliance.

THURSDAY

THE DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, JOHN TILLEY EDWARDS CHAPTER OF LONGVIEW, will hold a joint meeting with the Tyler chapter on Thursday, October 2 at 10:00 at Edgewood Heritage Park, Edgewood, TX. Meet at 8:30 at Sam's to carpool from Longview. Call 903-236-2888.

FRIDAY

HIGHLAND PARK BAPTIST CHURCH will host its annual bazaar and soup luncheon on Friday, Oct. 17 at the church's family life center, to the right of the church if you're looking at it from Highway 259. The bazaar, which will feature crafts, Christmas decor and a bake sale, will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., and the soup luncheon will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., at a cost of $5 for adults, $2.50 for children under 12. The variety of soups will be available, as well as sides of cornbread, a dessert and tea. For more information, call the church during normal business hours at (903) 984- 6900.

THE KHS CLASS OF 1955 will will have their simi-annual lunchion on Friday, Oct. 3. all class members, friends adn family are invited tomeet at 11:30 a.m. at Tele's Restaurant in Longview, located at 3919 Gilmer Rd. for more information, call 903-988-1157.

KILGORE TOGETHER AND ST. LUKE'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH are sponsoring a post-game movie in the park on Friday, Oct. 10. Activities will include free food and prizes. The "Fifth Quarter" activities are all in Kilgore City Park and begins after the football game.

SATURDAY

HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, LONGVIEW CHAPTER, will meet Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, 10:30 a.m., at Wesley McCabe Methodist Church, 1115 S. Mobberly Avenue. Program will be "Coping Strategies that Work for You," with facilitator Debra Myers . Live captioning and assistive devices will be available. Visitors welcome.

THE EAST TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY will hold its regular monthly meeting on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 2 p.m. at the Tyler Public Library in the Taylor Auditorium. The featured speaker will be Don Raney, a sixth generation Texan.

THE CATS GONE WILD all-breed cat show meows into action from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4-5, at Maude Cobb Exhibit Building in Longview. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and children. For more information call Janet Erwin at (903) 237-4029.

ST. LUKE'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ANNUAL PUMPKIN PATCH BEGINS OCTOBER 3 - Weekdays 4-6 p.m.; Saturdays 10-6 and Sundays 1-6 p.m. 401 East Main Street, Kilgore.

ST. LUKE'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH will be hosting a Dinner Theater ("Panic at the Pageant") on Saturday, October 11. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information call 903-984- 3576

SUNDAY

HOLY PRAYER APOSTOLIC CHURCH is having a Victory Praise Service, 3 p.m., Oct. 5, FM 2276, Kilgore. For more information call Pastor Walker at 903-983-2419 or Moniave Dennis at 903-987-7442.

FYI

CATCH THE HOPE! is the theme of the 17th annual Alzheimer's Walk, set 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, at LeTourneau University in Longview. Registration, free food and family entertainment begin at 5, followed by the walk and a commemorative candle lighting ceremony. All proceeds benefit East Texas families through programs provided by the Alzheimer's Alliance of Northeast Texas. To preregister visit www.alzalliance.org or call (800) 789- 0508.

LONGVIEW COMMUNITY THEATER WILL BE PRESENTING CATFISH MOON, the next two weekends, a play about old friendships where fishing remains constant through the years. This is a great play about relationships and a great evenings entertainment.

KILGORE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION FOUNDATION will present "Shake, Rattle and Roll" in a free concert from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, on the Winter Elder Stage at the World's Richest Acre Park. Bring your lawn chair and plan to spend an hour strolling down memory lane to music of the 1950s and '60s.