DAILY DIGEST

CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCH offers a free lunch for all Kilgore College students every Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the church cafeteria.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at St. Luke's United Methodist Church. For more info call Linda Myhand at 903-834-6794 or Linda Brotherton at 903-736-8837. TOPS people just love to lose.

TUESDAY

THE WHITE ELEPHANT resale shop at the train depot on Commerce Street is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every Tuesday. Proceeds benefit the Kilgore Improvement & Beautification Association. Donations welcomed..

THE HUNT FAMILY FIDDLERS, an award-winning family of nine, take to the stage at Dodson Auditorium at 7 p.m. Oct. 27. This is the second presentation of the season for the Kilgore Community Concert Association. Admission to the concert is by season ticket and are available at the door. Season tickets are $45 for adults. For more info call 903-983-2834 or 903-984-7753.

PLANTING PINES, herbicides and planting trees for carbon credits are among the topics of a free forestry program set for 6:30 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Gregg County Extension Auditorium, 405 E. Marshall, Longview. For more info contact the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, 903-236-8429.

WEDNESDAY

THE CITY OF KILGORE will test the emergency siren system at noon, weather permitting.

WORKERS COMP 2009 UPDATES seminar will be 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 4 at Hampton Inn, 3044 N. Eastman Rd., Longview. Fee: $99. Instructor is Danny Taylor, Return to Work Coordinator for the Texas Department of Insurance. To register call KC-SBDC, 903-757-5857 or 800-338-7232; visit www.kilgore.edu/sbdc for more info. Fall Fun Fest is scheduled for Oct. 28 at Highland Park Baptist Church. Food, Booths, petting zoo and pony rides. 6-8 p.m. 2424 Henderson Blvd. 903-984-6900

THURSDAY

FRIENDS OF McMILLAN MEMORIAL LIBRARY in Overton will hold their annual book sale from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, in the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall (aka Swanzy Hall), 213 E. Henderson St. Wide variety of gently used fiction and nonfiction books, as well as puzzles, magazines, CDs and more. Drawings for a handmade lap quilt and gift certificate. Proceeds benefit special activities at the library. For more info call 903-834-6318.

COUNTRY PATCHES QUILT GUILD will host its free, annual mini-quilt show Oct. 22-25 at Longview Public Library, 222 W. Cotton St., from Thursday-Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday 1-4. Stop by check out the guild's new and old quilts. TEXAS DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF GREGG COUNTY meet 5:30 p.m. every third Thursday at Longview Community Center, 500 E. Whaley St. All Democrats, male and female, are welcome. For more info visit www.TDWGC.com or call Mollie Barber, president, at 903-753-1658.

FRIDAY FALL FLEA MARKET AT PIRTLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH will be Oct. 16-17. To reserve free covered spaces, call 903-649-4539, 984-9555 or 984-5240. Donations of food or miney will be collected for Helping Hands of Kilgore.

KILGORE CHURCH WOMEN will meet 11:30 a.m. Oct. 23 at Grace Fellowship Church, 308 E. Kay. Lunch will be followed by the installation of officers and a brief presentation by Sally Gautier of Main Street Flowers and Gifts. A brief business meeting will end at 1 p.m. All women of the community are encouraged to attend; if possible, please bring sandwiches or other finger foods, salad or desert.

TRUNK OR TREAT at Danville United Methodist Church will be 5-7 p.m. Oct. 30. Free hot dogs and hay rides. The church is located at 2187 Danville Rd. For more info call 903-720-0017 or 903-984-0178.

SOUP & PIE LUNCHEON, sponsored by St. Luke’s United Methodist Women, will be 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at the church’s Family Center on East Main St. The women’s Country Kitchen with a variety of baked goods will be open from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

SATURDAY KIWANIS CLUB BBQ & BAKE SALE AT ST. LUKE’S UMC WILL BE 10 A.M. TO NOON OCT. 24. HOMEMADE CAKES, COOKIES AND PIES. BBQ DRIVE-THRU PICK-UP IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE CHURCH, 401 E. MAIN. RAD TECH FUN RUN, 5K, 10K AND THE MAYOR’S MILE begins 8 a.m. Oct. 31 under the oil derricks at the World’s Richest Acre Park on Commerce Street. Sponsored by the Radiologic Science Program at Kilgore College. $20 per person. Walk it, run it or just come and shop it! For more info contact Donna Lee at RadTechKC@gmail.com or 903-235-4179.

CHEERLEADERS ARE SELLING TICKETS for $5 for a tailgate party before the Oct. 30 game and drawing for a chance to win a 32-inch Toshiba TV and a PS3. For more info call Kalli VanMeter at 903-988-3900.

SU NDAY

HARMONY PIRTLE BAPTIST CHURCH will host a Musical of Thanks Concert 3 p.m. Nov. 22. The Music Department will feature the Gospel choir under the direction of Regina Fields. The theme is “Thanksgiving.” All are welcomed.

VETERANS DAY SERVICE at Church of the Nazarene will be 10:45 a.m. Nov. 8. All veterans are invited.