DAILY DIGEST

TUESDAY

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME at Kilgore Public Library is every Tuesday this summer! 3-year-olds, 9:30-9:45 a.m.; 4- and 5- year-olds, 10-10:30 a.m. Spanish story Time, 10:30-11 a.m. For more info, visit www.kplkids.org.

KILGORE CITY COUNCIL meets 5:30 p.m. June 9 at City Hall, 815. N. Kilgore St.

KHS WAR YEARS REUNION GROUP will meet 5 p.m. June 9 for their monthly dinner/meeting at Carino's Italian Restaurant, 4118 Loop 281, Longview.

WEDNESDAY

KC CHEERLEADERS SUMMER CAMP is open to boys and girls ages 5-12. The camp is set for 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 17-19 in the Parks Fitness Center on the KC campus. Cost is $100. All participants will learn chants, a dance, safe cheer stunts and jump technique. To register, visit www.kilgore.edu/kc_cheer.asp. For more info contact Latane Speer at lspeer@kilgore.edu or call 903-983-8230.

JUNGLE JIM'S BUGS OF THE WORLD will be at Kilgore Public Library 10 a.m. June 17. Do you think bugs are fun? No? You will think twice after visiting Jungle Jim! For more info, visit www.kplkids.org.

THURSDAY

THURSDAYS IN THE PATCH returns June 18 with "Shake, Rattle and Roll" under the derricks of the World's Richest Acre Park. The free, one-hour concert begins at 6:30 p.m. This quartet of East Texas ladies sing tunes from the 1950s and '60s. Everyone is invited to spend an hour going down memory lane.

KILGORE & KC DUCKS UNLIMITED BANQUET will be 6 p.m. June 18, at Bodacious Bar-B-Q at I-20 and Hwy 42 North. Advance tickets cost $35 for a single, $50 for a couple and $20 for a youth (ages 17 and under) if purchased in advance. At the door, tickets are $40 for a single, $60 for a couple and $25 for a youth. For info call Brad Tindel at 903-245- 4548 or by e-mail kilgore.ducks.unlimited@hotmail.com.

QUILTERS GUILD OF EAST TEXAS meets 10 .m. and 6:30 p.m. June 11 at the Founder's Center at Pollard United Methodist Church, 3030 New Copeland Rd., Tyler. Karen Kay Buckley will present "Borders By Design." At 6:30 p.m. Venus Thomas will present a workshop on making embellished wool hearts. Bring scissors, embroidery needles, small buttons and beads; all other supplies will be provided. Guests welcome. For more info visit www.qgetx.org.

FRIDAY

OVERTON BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL is Friday and Saturday, June 12-13, at Overton City Park. Concert hours are 1 to 10:45 p.m. on Friday, and noon to 11 p.m. on Saturday. Ticket prices are $15 for Friday, $20 for Saturday, or $25 for both days. Children under 16 are admitted free when accompanied by a ticketed adult. Student tickets are half price. In addition to the great music, the festival features arts and crafts, children's activities and workshops on guitar, banjo, dobro, mandolin, fiddle, bass and songwriting. For more information visit www.overtonbluegrass. com.

SATURDAY

FREE JOB SEARCH SEMINAR 4 p.m. June 13 at Fellowship Bible Church in Longview. Learn personal packaging, interviewing techniques and effective networking skills. Led by Lynn Guillory, VP of Human Resources at Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Company and president of Career Transition Ministries Network, the seminar is geared for white collar, blue collar, no collar and every collar kind of worker. Includes free lunch but pre-registration is required. Call Kathy at 903-663-9591 or email fbc@longviewfbc.com.

KILGORE RECYCLE DAY is 8 a.m. to noon June 13.

THE LONE RANGER and Tonto will ride again at the Texas State Railroad June 13 at the Texas State Railroad Rusk Depot. During the three one-hour rides, the two will save the train from outlaws who intend to rob the baggage car carrying a shipment of gold! For reservations call 1-888-987-2461 or visit www.TexasStateRR.com.

70th ANNIVERSARY CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS at Tyler State Park is June 13. The CCC helped build the foundation of the Texas State Park system in the 1930s and 1940s. Celebration features Dutch oven cooking, blacksmithing, rock shaping, and antique tool demonstrations. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department will display artifacts from the CCC and give tours of important CCC sites inside the park. For more info call 903-597-5338.

SUNDAY

CROSSPOINTE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, off of FM 1252 in Kilgore, will host Shaun Groves in concert on June 14th during the morning services, beginning at 10:45 am. For questions or directions, please contact the church office at 903-984-5412.

ROCK SPRING CEMETERY ASSOCIATION will have its annual "Dinner on the Ground" at 1 p.m. June 7. For more information call Brenda Wood at 903-845-4395.

TYLER MUSEUM OF ART exhibit "Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan" opens June 7 and continues through Aug. 16. Spotlights an array of kimono drawn from the celebrated collection of Jeffrey Montgomery, an American residing in Lugano, Switzerland, who is recognized throughout the globe as a peerless collector of Japanese arts and crafts. Exhibit features kimono created in the late 19th- to mid-20th centuries. For more info call 903-595-1001 or visit www.tylermuseum.org.

FYI

KILGORE COLORED HIGH/C.B. DANSBY SCHOOL REUNION will be held July 3-6. Pre-registration is $85 per person and ends May 31. This year's theme is "Passing the Torch"; African attire. Events include a teacher's banquet and dance, memorial service, picnic, opening and farewell ceremonies. For info contact: Colleen Cooks, 903-983-2900; Warren Randall, 903-445-3465; or Geneva Taylor, 903-984-6580.

TEXAS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL TICKETS go on sale to the public June 2. The 2009 festival will run July 2-Aug. 2 and feature: "Romeo and Juliet," "Love's Labour's Lost," "Tartuffe," "She Loves Me," and a children's show, TBA. Box office at the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center will be open 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; closed on Mondays. To order tickets, call 903-983-8601 or fax orders to 903-983- 8124. For updates and ticket information, visit www.TexasShakespeare.com.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 609 E. Main St., Vacation Bible School at Camp E.D.G.E. — Experiencing and Discovering God Everywhere! Through rockin' new music, extreme sports video, cool, challenging crafts, and larger-than-life games, kids will learn how to live on the E.D.G.E. Starts Sunday, July 12, and ends Thursday, July 16, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Register online at www.cokesburyvbs.com/fcckilgore/ce/ or call the church for more info at 903-984-3963.