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JAN. 27

The January 2022 meeting for the DAV Wiregrass Chapter 99 will be held on Thursday, Jan. 27, at 6 p.m. in the New Brockton Senior Center. Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish. All members that can are asked to attend. For further information, contact Charles Lobdell at (334) 718-5707 or Mike Doran at (334) 406-6700.

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]

JAN. 31

The Southeast Alabama Farmers Collaborative meeting to discuss organizing and setting up a regional food hub to be located in Barbour County serving the Wiregrass region and parts of southwest Georgia, will take place Monday, Jan. 31 from 5:30-7 p.m. The meeting will be on Zoom only. To attend, go to https://bit.ly/3Ar9POl

FEB. 8

The Coffee County Education Retirees Association will meet Tuesday, Feb. 8, at the Coffee County Farm Center in New Brockton. The meeting will begin at the new time of 10 a.m. This month’s program will be “Good News for Good Days” presented by Dr. Ben Bowden, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Enterprise. Remember to bring pop tabs, canned food and school supplies. Dues of $10 can be paid at this meeting. For questions, call Barbara Cole at (33) 389-6335.

FEB. 10

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.

FEB. 11

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.

ONGOING

The Enterprise Senior Citizens Center is for anyone 60 years of age or older. There is no fee to participate in the senior center program but donations are welcomed. Art classes are offered every Tuesday from 9 until 11 a.m., and 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Also every Tuesday and Thursday from 8:45-9:45 a.m., a Senior Aerobics class is available. Sewing classes are held on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. until noon. Chair exercise classes are held on Thursdays beginning at 10 a.m. On Friday, Jan. 28 at 10 a.m. there will be an Art Crafting Class with Birgit. Classes meet at 2401 Neil Metcalf Road (U.S. Highway 167 North). For more information and upcoming classes, please contact Angela Lane at (334) 347-3513.

“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 or Geneva County, please contact Donna Snell at [email protected] or (334) 774- 6777.

The first Saturday of every month the Weevil City Cruisers will have a cruise-in at Milky Moos from 5-8 p.m.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Coffee County meets on the first Monday of the month at Johns Chapel A.M.E. Church in Enterprise on the Geneva Highway. For more information, contact Ruthie Warren at (334) 347-1361.

The New Life Center, 317 North Main Street, Enterprise, is accepting applications for men and women to enter recovery from drugs and alcohol. For more information, call (334) 393-5641 24 hours a day.

The House of Ruth Inc. offers services in nine counties in Southeast Alabama for issues of domestic violence and sexual assault. For more information call 334-347-1912 or 1-800-650-6522