DAILY DIGEST

MONDAY

LONGVIEW GRIEF WORKSHOP will meet in small confidential groups for 6 consecutive Mondays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. April 21 to May 26, 911 W. Loop 281, 2nd floor, Longview. To register in advance, please call, Lindsay Terry at 903- 266-3499 ext. 667

TUESDAY

KILGORE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION FOUNDATION will host the appearance of Sherrill Douglas and her national tour of, "Crazy 'bout Patsy," a musical tribute to Patsy Cline! Sherrill will perform her musical tribute to Patsy, "Crazy 'bout Patsy" for the first time in East Texas. The show is Tuesday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Dodson Auditorium. Reserved seats priced at $15 and $20 are on sale at the box office now.

THE WHITE OAK ALZHEIMER'S SUPPORT GROUP will continue showing the DVD "Creating Family Moments" at the next meeting on May 13. The meeting is held at the Community of Christ at 612 N. White Oak Rd. on the 2nd Tuesday each omnth at 12:30 p.m. All interested parties are invited. Refreshment are served. Contact Duane Amos at 903-734-7971 for more information.

THURSDAY

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER has been scheduled in Overton for Thursday, May 1 at 9a.m. in front of the Overton Chamber Office located on 121 E. Henderson Str. Congressman Louie Gohmert and State Represenative Chuck Hopson will be attending and encourage the public to join them.

SATURDAY

HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF LONGVIEW will meet Saturday, May 3, 10:30 a.m., Wesley-McCabe Methodist Church, 1115 S. Mobberly. Cindy Armstrong, speech therapist at Good Shepherd Medical Center, will speak on "How the Voice is Affected by Hearing Loss." Captioning and assistive devices will be available. Refreshments will be served.

OVERTON has scheduled their annual city-wide garage sale for Saturday, May 3.

SUNDAY

ANNUAL CHOIR DAY AT MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH, FM 850 E, Overton will be Sunday, May 4 at 3 p.m. Guest speaker will be Rev. Dwayne McAllister and Liberty Baptist Church family of Troup. Host Pastor, Rev. Willie H. Braynt, Jr.

FYI

COUNTRY PATCHES QUILT GUILD will have their annual Jessica Jones Quilt Show. The free show is held in the Gladewater Museum, 116 W. Pacific Ave, Gladewater. Show days are Friday, May 9 and Sat, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The public is invited to stop by and view antique and new quilts. Also hanging will be the guild's 2008 donation quilt "Texas Pride", already a prize winning quilt. For more information call 903-845-3907.

THE KILGORE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES OF 1978 AND 1979 will have an organizational meeting at Larry Gaudet's barn 7 p.m. Friday night, April 18. His barn is approximately 2 1/3 miles East of 259 on Baughman Road. For more information call J at 903-984- 2525.

THE KILGORE COMMUNITY CRISIS CENTER is in need of canned goods. Please take to the office located at 905 Broadway Street. For more information call 903-984-3019.

FRIENDS OF KILGORE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SALE Hundreds of new books are hiding in the Kilgore Public Library basement. Friends of Kilgore Public Library sell hardbacks for $1, paperbacks for 50 cents and magazines for 10 cents. Library hours are Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY THEY ARE STILL OPERATING THE GIFT SHOP at Laird Memorial Hospital and are still in need of paperbacks. The auxiliary sells the books for 25 cents and transfers the money to a fund which helps buy medicine for indigent or needy patients at the hospital and scholorships for nursing students. Please take new or nicely-used paperbacks to the auxiliary desk in the lobby at the hospital.

THE KILGORE COMMUNITY CRISIS CENTER is in need of canned goods. Please take to the office located at 905 Broadway Street. For more information call 903-984-3019.

KILGORE PUBLIC LIBRARY is looking for donations to for a summer knitting class. Staff is asking the public to bring in knitting needles and yarn. For more information contact Janet Marley at 903-984-1529.

ALLEGIANCE HOSPITAL GIFT shop is looking for book donations. The books are sold to provide prescription drugs for indigent patients and Kilgore College scholarships for students in the field of study. Books may be dropped of at the gift shop.