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Editor’s Note: Sun Spots deadline is Friday at 5 p.m. for the next week’s paper.

JAN. 15

A Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., voter registration drive will be held on Saturday, Jan. 15, from 10 a.m. - noon at Johns Chapel AME Church. For more information, please call Allie Bell-Reddick at (334) 494-0479 or Nettie Garth at (334) 347-9426, Community Outreach Coordinators. 

JAN. 19

The Republican Women of Coffee County will meet Wednesday, Jan. 19, at 11 a.m., at the Enterprise Country Club. A Republican Primary Gubernatorial Candidate forum will be held. All five candidates, Governor Ivey, Lyndy Blanchard, Tim James, Jim Zeigler, and Dean Odle, have been invited to participate. Candidates will be given time to discuss their background and their platform, which will be followed by a Q&A session. Social time begins at 11 a.m. with an optional $12 lunch at 11:30 a.m. and the program begins at approximately 11:45 a.m. Everyone is invited, but reservations are required. To RSVP, please contact Shannon at (334) 494-2753 or by email at [email protected]. She will need to know how many in your party and whether you will be eating.

JAN. 24

Enterprise State Community College will partner with Southeast Alabama Beekeeping Association member Richard Woodham to present a Beekeeping 101 class every Monday beginning Jan. 24 and continuing until March 28. This beekeeping class is a 10-week course, open to the public, for a cost of $15. The class will be held in the evenings at ESCC from 6:30-8 p.m. and will cover a variety of topics and speakers related to beekeeping. Participants can register for the class at https://esccf.formstack.com/forms/communityenrichment_application

JAN. 25

The Coffee County Extension office will be hosting a 2022 Ag Outlook Meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 25 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Enterprise Farmers Market in Enterprise. This Ag Outlook meeting will discuss market outlooks and trends for row crops and livestock in 2022. The meeting is free to attend, and a sponsored lunch will be served for everyone who pre-registers by calling the Coffee County Extension office at (334) 894-5596.

UPCOMING

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 noon until 1 p.m. A Senior Aerobics class will be held every Tuesday and Thursday from 8:45-9:45 a.m. Sewing classes are held on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. until noon. Chair exercise classes are held on Thursdays beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17 the Senior Center will be closed for Martin Luther King Day. Game Day will be Wednesday, Jan. 19. 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 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.