DAILY DIGEST

MONDAY

TOPS (TAKING OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY) meets Mondays 5:30-6:30 at St. Luke's UMC. For information call Linda Myhand 903-934- 6794 or Linda Brotherton at 903-258-3463. Come join these big losers.

THURSDAY

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.

FIRST BAPTSIT CHURCH, YOUNG AT HEART SENIOR ADULTS monthly meeting Oct. 16 is scheduled for 11:45 the at the church fellowship hall. Scott Dickerson, Sr. Vice President of Texas Bank and Trust in Longview, will speak on "Identity Theft and Fraud". Immediately following the program, those going on the November trip to Branson will have an important informational meeting.

KILGORE COLLEGE CHOIRS will perform "A Lighthearted Look at Life" concert, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16, at Van Cliburn Auditorium in the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center. The free concert will feature two of the college's ensembles, Chorale and Camerata Singers, in a performance of choral music by American composers Dominick Argento, Aaron Copland and Charles Ives, mixed with selections by Haydn, Rutter, Whitacre and others. For more information call Renee Golden at 903- 983-8146.

COUNTRY PATCHES QUILT GUILD will hold its 6th annual free quilt show 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Longview Public Library, 222 W. Cotton St. Each year the guild holds two free mini-quilt shows, one in the spring at the Gladewater Museum and in the fall in Longview. Come see beautiful quilts made by members. For more info call 903-237-1354.

FRIDAY

HIGHLAND PARK BAPTIST CHURCH will host its annual bazaar and soup luncheon on Oct. 17 at the church's family life center. The soup luncheon will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.,for more information (903) 984-6900.

SATURDAY

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

WESLEY FOUNDATION ALUMNI HOMECOMING REUNION: Oct. 18, noon-2 p.m. at Kilgore College, 1009 Broadway. Reception, live music, snacks and old friends, with a 3 p.m. kickoff of the football game. For information call Dudley Plaisance, Jr., at 903 984-6922; e-mail dudley@kcwesley.org or visit www.kcwesley.org.

KIWANIS CLUB BBQ & BAKE SALE will be held Oct. 25 from 10-Noon. BBQ drive through pick up in parking lot of St. Luke's United Methodist Church 401 E. Main, Kilgore.

Family Fun Day and Fall Market at St. Luke's United Methodist Church is scheduled from 10-3, Oct. 18th.Lunch available. 401 E. Main Street, Kilgore.