Sun Spots

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MAY

Enterprise Retirement Center is accepting applications for elderly, retired and handicap for housing. Applicant must be 62 years old or older. One and two bedrooms are available. Located behind the Enterprise Health and Rehab on Douglas Brown Circle. Rent is based strictly on income. Equal Housing Opportunity. Nonprofit Rural Housing. For more information, call 393-5998 for more information.

Coffee County Training School and Coppinville High School Alumni Grand Reunion June 15 -16, planning meetings are held every first Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Coppinville Junior High School Library. Alumni your ideas and participation on the planning committee are needed to make this the best grand reunion ever. Attend the meetings and spread the word to all your classmates.

MAY 17

The Wiregrass Herb Society will meet at 6 p.m., May 17, at the New Brockton Farm Center. The program will consist of a discussion of the state of herbal medicine. For more information, call Elsie Hilton at 894-6742.

MAY 22

The Enterprise Civitan Club will meet May 22, at Rodeo Mexican Restaurant in the Westgate Shopping Center in Enterprise. Members wishing to eat are encouraged to arrive no later than 5:30 for the 6 p. m. meeting. During this meeting, a Boy Scout Flag Folding Ceremony will be performed by one of our local Troops. This was planned in remembrance of the approaching Memorial Day holiday on May 28. For more information, call club president Danny Ware at 205-657-2711, or club secretary Doreen Thomas at 347-6272.

MAY 28

Chapter 94, Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary, in conjunction with the city of Ozark, will host a Memorial Day Ceremony at Woodlawn Memory Gardens, located at 531 Highway 231 in Ozark at 11 a.m., May 28. The tribute includes a performance by the 98th Army Band, a fly-over, The Fort Rucker Honors Detachment, The Carroll High School Color Guard, representatives from area veteran’s organizations, command personnel from Fort Rucker, and local and state dignitaries. Included in the Memorial Day program will be a salute to our Vietnam Veterans in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War with a short parade of Vietnam Veterans led by the U. S. Army 98th Band. Vietnam Veterans are encouraged to come early and form the parade by 10:30 a.m. in front of the Woodlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery office.

For directions or information, call 1-334-797-9052.

june

Coffee County Training School and Coppinville High School Alumni Grand Reunion is June 15-16, at the Enterprise Civic Center. A time to fellowship, renew and make new friendships. Registration fee for alumni is $80. Guest registration fee for dinner is $25 and for meet and greet is $15. For more information, call (334) 347-9192, (334), 347-5294, or write to CCT/CHS Alumni Association, P.O. Box 310314, Enterprise, AL 36331-0314. “We are here Reflecting; Where we’ve been, Where we are, Where we’re going.”

The 5th Army Association of Descendants and Veterans, of World War II will visit the American Battlefield Cemeteries in Florence and Anzio-Nettuno, Italy during October of this year. More than 10,000 GIs who laid down their lives battling the Nazis in Italy, Sicily and North Africa are interred in these two U.S. Government maintained cemeteries. Individual graveside visits for family members will be arranged. For more information, call Sy Canton at 561-865-8495.

ONGOING

The Enterprise Senior Center is offering free art classes with Rosa Quattlebaum on Tuesdays from 9 to 11 a.m. and 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. For more information, call Leta Muraski at 347-3513 or email [email protected].

The Enterprise Senior Citizens Center is for anyone 60 years of age or older. There are a wide variety of free services each month, such as eye, blood pressure, hearing, blood sugar and cholesterol checks. The group takes trips, invites speakers, has parties and plans dinners at special places. Transportation is available within the city limits and delivered meals are offered to homebound senior citizens. For more information, call 347-3513.

The National Alliance for Mentally Ill of Coffee County Support group meets the first Monday of each month at Johns Chapel A.M.E. Church, 841 Geneva Hwy., from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. For more information, call Ruthie Warren at 347-1361.

The weekly meetings of the Enterprise Rotary Club are being held at the Enterprise Country Club. The club meets every Tuesday at noon. For more information, call Viki at 477-2720.

Academic Foundation for International Cultural Exchange is looking for individuals to work as community representatives. Community representatives find host families and work with their students during the school year. Individuals must enjoy working with teenagers and have good communication skills.

AFICE is also looking for host families in the local area to host a foreign exchange student. These young ambassadors are between 15 and 18 years of age and all speak English.

Student’s profiles will start arriving for students from various countries. Students come with their own spending money and medical insurance.

For more information, visit www.afice.org. If interested in becoming a community representative or hosting an exchange student, please download the applications and fax them to 858-455-0335.

Ruritan is a national organization dedicated to improving communities and building a better America through fellowship, goodwill, and community service. Ruritan was founded May 21, 1928 and has more than 33,000 members across the United States in more than 1200 communities. If you are interested in starting a Ruritan Club in your community, call Lehman Irby, district governor for the Alabama/Florida district at 334-299-0135 or 334-498-0391 or go to www.ruritan.org.

The Enterprise Public Library is having Storytime For Toddlers every Wednesday from 10:15 to 14:45 a.m. and 12:45 to 1:15 p.m.

DaySpring Hospice has several openings for volunteers in Coffee, Geneva, Covington, Houston, Pike and Dale Counties. For more information, call Karen Whitehead at 347-2999.

SouthernCare is in need of volunteers who would like to visit clients to brighten their day or to work with the office staff to brighten their day. Volunteers receive appropriate training, supervision or guidance to insure confidence in the valuable work they do.

To receive more information about the volunteer program, call Amanda Rich, volunteer services coordinator at 393-0578 or 1-800-900-4886.

Are drugs affecting your family or a friend? For more information, log onto www.stopaddiction.com or call 1-800-468-6933. Narconon provides answers to drug addiction, provides free assessments, evaluation and referral services to internationally recognized alternative and traditional treatment facilities. When continuing relapse is occurring, call Narconon. Don’t give up, drug addiction can be overcome. Call or visit the web site today.

Coffee County Mental Health Support Group meets from 5- 6 p.m. on the first Monday night of each month at the Mental Health Center, 167 Troy Highway, Enterprise. 347-1361. Contact person is Ruthie Warren.

The House of Ruth Inc. is now offering a support group each third Monday of the month from 6-7 p.m. in Coffee and Pike Counties. The group will discuss issues of domestic violence and sexual assault. For more information and locations, call Tanya at 566-8884 or 1-800-650-6522.

The Level Plains Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays of each month at Larry’s Barbecue in Enterprise.

Alabama Pre/Post Adoption Connections (APAC) provides support groups for adoptive families in the Wiregrass area. The Coffee County Support Group meets the fourth Monday of each month from 6:30 until 8 p.m. at County Line Baptist Church in Enterprise. The Houston County Support Group meets the fourth Tuesday of each month from 6 until 8 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Dothan. Dinner and childcare are provided at both groups. For more information, call Lisa Williams at (334) 673-0008.

La Leche League of Enterprise is a non-profit organization offering support for breast-feeding mothers. Leaders are experienced breast-feeding moms, accredited by La Leche League International. Services available include monthly informational meetings; a lending library and 24-hour phone help for breast-feeding problems or questions. Meetings are every second Monday of the month at 10:30 a.m. at Wiregrass Toys & Trains on Main Street and every second Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in the nursery. All mothers and their babies are welcome. Call Melissa at 347-2654 for times and locations of meetings.

The Enterprise Civitan Club meets the first and third Tuesday night of each month at 6 p.m. at Ryan’s Restaurant. For more information, contact President Ann Dams at 393-3428 or President-elect Dawn Johnson at 347-2838. Membership is open to anyone 18 years of age or older.

Christians in recovery are invited to attend the meeting of Darkness To Light Recovery Group. The meeting is for people dealing with addictive issues. It begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evenings at the Christian Mission Center Multi-Purpose Room on Hildreth Street, across from the main building in Enterprise. For more information, call 393-5641.

CARING, a support group for caregivers of people with disabilities, meets every month at 7:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday at Episcopal Church of the Epiphany at 302 E. Grubbs St. For more information, call Susan Farris at 897-3543 or Ruth Harris at 347-3353.

All youth grades 1-12 are invited to attend a tutorial program from 5-6 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday at Johns Chapel A.M.E. Church, 309 Geneva Highway. For more information, contact Allie Bell at 347-8360 or Ed Brown at 393-9145 to register your child.

The Enterprise Jaycees meet at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Enterprise Recreation Center. For more information on how to become active in various community service projects through a worthwhile organization, call Cynthia at 894-2156 or India at 347-2173 or just come to the meeting. Guests are welcome at any time.

The Coffee County General Cancer Support Group meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the every month in the St. Luke United Methodist Church fellowship hall. For those cancer patients seeking help and hope there is a special support group aimed at cancer patients and their families in Coffee County. This support group will provide those who attend the needed answers to make a difference in their lives. For more information, contact Charlene Goolsby at 347-2866 or Linda Anderson, Cancer Control Manager American Cancer Society at (334) 794-0600.

The Enterprise Alzheimer’s Support Group meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Enterprise Nursing Home (Conference Room). For information, call Patricia Garvey at 393-8302. The Dothan support group meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Room 202, on W. Main St., Dothan. For information, call Will and Raba Coggins, 794-7965 after 6 p.m., or 702-2273.

Wiregrass Hospice Inc. offers a support group that meets each fourth Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Episcopal Church located on East Grubbs Street in Enterprise. This group is open to anyone in the community that has lost a loved one. For more information, call 347-3353.

A representative of the Regional VA office presents veterans’ Affairs briefings, which provide a comprehensive overview of veterans’ benefits for individuals retiring or separating from the service. The briefings are held the third Tuesday of each month, 8-11:30 a.m., bldg. 5700. Spouses are strongly encouraged to attend since much of the information is applicable to them. For more information, call 255-2558 or 255-2546.

The American Red Cross will be holding a monthly volunteer orientation the first Wednesday of each month from 12:30-2:30 p.m. The location will be the Red Cross office in the Soldier Service Center, bldg. 5700. Vacant chair positions include Youth Chairperson, Health and Safety Chairperson, Disaster Chairperson, Dental Chairperson, Veterinary Services Chairperson, and Station Chairperson. Childcare assistance is available. Anyone interested in becoming a Red Cross volunteer should contact the Fort Rucker Red Cross office at 255-1055 to sign up for an orientation session.

The Community Care Hospice Caregivers Support Group meets the fourth Wednesday of every month at 9 a.m. in Enterprise, at the Citizens Bank Community Room. The support group is open to all caregivers, not only those of Community Care Hospice. For more information, call CCH at 347-6846.

Kiwanis International Enterprise Chapter, has a weekly luncheon meeting at 11:45 a.m. every Thursday at the historic Rawls Hotel. President is Dan Fraley, 347-4909. Vice president is Kimberly Johnson, 347-4785. Everyone is welcome to join and membership is open to all. The motto of the club is “Serving the Children of the World.”

Join the Enterprising Quilters at the Citizens Bank Community room in Enterprise at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month for the business meeting and show ‘n tell. Workshops are conducted on the third Thursday of each month. Whether beginners or advanced, all quilters are invited to join the Enterprising Quilters for inspiration, new techniques and meeting new friends with the same interests. For more information, call Judy Rairigh at 347-5110 or email [email protected]

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Coffee County Branch #5017, conducts its monthly general membership meetings on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Pleasant Shade Missionary Baptist Church Annex, 1831 Damascus Road in Enterprise. Members and those interested in becoming members are encouraged to attend.