COMING UP

• The 2022 Alabama Master Cattle Producers Training Program will take place Thursday, Jan. 27, at the South Alabama Electric Cooperative in Troy. An exhaustive beef cattle production lecture series of 11 classes, 3.5 hours each will be from 5:30-9 p.m. Registration is $150 and individuals are encouraged to wear face coverings when attending in person events. For more information, contact Rickey Hudson at (334) 726-6814 or by email at [email protected]

• A DAV Chapter Service Officer will be located at the Town Hall in New Brockton Alabama every Wednesday from 9 a.m. till 11 a.m. Any veteran needing help with a VA claim is welcome. This is on a walk in basis, no appointment is needed. For further information contact Mike Doran at (334) 406-6700.

• Dale County and Ozark City Schools will present “Newsies,” Feb. 8, 10, 11 and 12 at 7 p.m. at the Flowers Center for the Performing Arts in Ozark. Tickets are on sale for $15 per person from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Flowers Center until the showFor ticket information, call and leave a message at (334) 774-0720 or email [email protected] to purchase with a credit card.

• The Above the Best Silver Chapter of the U.S. Army Warrant Officers Association will be holding its in-person, monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 10, at 11:45 a.m.  at Swartworth Hall, 5302 Outlaw Street, Fort Rucker.  A meal will be served.  Please observe Fort Rucker COVID protocols.  This meeting is open to all warrant officers or those interested in warrant officer issues.

• The Alabama Cooperative Extension System will be hosting the 2022 Wiregrass Cotton Expo on Friday, Feb. 11, at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds in Dothan. The expo will feature a vendor tradeshow, and Extension specialists speaking on a variety of topics including agronomic updates, the cotton market outlook for 2022, cotton chemical updates, and more. Registration for the Wiregrass Cotton Expo begins at 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 11, with the expo beginning at 8:30 a.m. The expo is free to attend and includes a sponsored lunch for those who attend. There will also be CCA and Pesticide points available for license holders. For more information, contact the Wiregrass Research and Extension Center at (334) 693-3800.

• “The Stories Behind the Stars” initiative was created to organize one central digital location to collect the stories of all Americans who were killed during World War II. These personal stories will be digitally linked to war memorials and cemeteries by a smartphone app so visitors can read the stories of the fallen. Work is currently being done on all of the Alabama WWII soldiers. Those with any information or photos they are willing to share on any soldier who died or was killed in World War II from Coffee, Dale or Geneva County, please contact Donna Snell at [email protected] or (334) 774- 6777.

• The DAV Chapter 9 van program has resumed services to run on Mondays and Fridays to Montgomery and Tuskegee. Pick-up is at 5 a.m., at Hardee’s on Rucker Boulevard in Enterprise; and at 5:15 a.m., at Bojangle’s on Daleville Avenue at the intersection off Highway 134 in Daleville. The van will depart to travel back when the last veteran has been seen by a clinic, never later than noon. For more information, call (334) 470-6655 or (334) 308-2480.