Gardendale



Classes offered

CPR, AED, ACLS, and first responder classes being offered. Call for information and class times. They are offering Heartsaver, Healthcare provider, and friends and family CPR. Call 631- 1337.



Reunion

The first graduating class of Gardendale High School is planning a 40-year reunion. For more information, or to provide your contact info, contact Lynda (Boyd) Lyle at 631-0468 or lynlyle@aol.com, or Doris (Stack) Murrell at 631-6865 or murrell2@aol.com. Also check for updates on Classmates.com “1968 Class Reunion” website.



VBS

July 26 We’re excited about Mt. Olive United Methodist Church’s Vacation Bible School to be held Sunday, July 22- Thursday, July 26 from 6-8:30 p.m. Call us today at 631-4924 for early registration and your child/children will be entered in a drawing for a special prize give-away on closing night.



Singing

July 29 Fieldstown Church of God will be having a southern praise quartet singing on July 29 at 1:30 p.m. For more information, call 631-6013.



Singing

Aug. 11 There will be a benefit singing on Aug. 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Gardendale Civic Center Exhibition Hall for Kelly Mullins. For more info call Hazel Butts at 631-4883.



School Reunion

Aug. 18 Mineral Springs school reunion will take place on Aug. 18 from 2-4 p.m. at the Gardendale Civic Center Magnolia Suite. All former students, teachers and lunchroom workers are invited to attend. Bring photos and mementos for reminiscing. For info call Nancy Salter Kerr at 631-5869 or Mary Sorensen Holt at 631-8579.



School Reunion

Aug. 25 Gardendale High School Class of 82 is planning a 25 year reunion on Aug. 25 at The Club. Contact Jeanne Jeffries Busby at 631-8242 or Mark Burr at 326-7679.



TOPS

A group of Take Off Pounds Sensibly meets at 6 p.m. every Monday night in Gardendale. Our programs are short, interesting and helpful, and we are ready to leave by 7 p.m. We meet in Room 2200 of the Family Life Center, Gardendale’s First Baptist Church. Robert Pliner is the Leader. For more information call 608-0606.



Mount Olive



Free Child Care

There will be free child care in the Mt. Olive area for 3 and 4 year olds. The head start program is now enrolling for the summer. Regular full day childcare is offered. Call 608-1661.



October Festival

Oct. 6 Mt. Olive United Methodist Church is having its third annual October Festival on Oct. 6 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. To rent a space for crafts, home-made food items, wood crafts, etc., call Lisa at 631-4924.



Morris



New Group

July 30 Morris Senior Center will be starting a current events club for anyone interested in learning more. Let me know what you want to learn, call Eloise at 647-7434. July 30 will be the first meeting from 10-11 a.m. and then lunch. Speakers will speak on history, medical, gardening, cooking and current events.



Reunion

Aug. 4 The 84th Creel family reunion will be held Aug. 4 at Liberty Baptist Church in Morris. It will begin at 10 a.m. Come bring family and friends along with your favorite dish and news of your part of the family.



Reunion

Mortimer Jordan High School Class of 1997 is planning a class reunion. Email mjhs.co97@gmail.com with your contact information if you have not been contacted.



Class Trip

March 16-20 Bragg Middle School is planning a five day escorted tour on March 16-20, 2008 to New York City and the Hudson River Valley. Anyone who is interested may call Janice Wicker at 631-5451 for more information.



Fultondale



VBS

July 28- Aug. 2 Fultondale First Baptist Church will be having VBS avalanche ranch on July 29- Aug. 2 from 6-8:30 p.m. Kick off party will take place on July 28 with free food from 5-6 p.m. and a petting zoo and inflatables from 6-8 p.m. For more info call the church.



Conference

Aug. 2 You are invited to the 20th annual library summer professional development conference, sponsored by Library Media Services Department, Jefferson County Board of Education and UAB Regional Inservice Center on Aug. 2 at Fultondale Elementary School. Registration is from 7 – 7:45 a.m. and the conference is from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Register today at 379-2207.



School Reunion

Aug. 4 The Lewisburg School reunion will be held on Aug. 4 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Friendship Hall across from the Fultondale Library on Old Waker Chapel Road. If you, your spouse or siblings were ever a student at Lewisburg School, please come. Please bring old photographs. For questions contact Edna at 647-2745.



Mother’s Day Out

Walker’s Chapel Baptist Church has Mother’s Day Out every Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. For more information please call Joanna Currington at 841-8426.



Other Communities



Reunion

Aug. 4 The 73rd consecutive annual Sandlin reunion will be held on Saturday, Aug. 4, at Fort Decatur Recreation Center, 610 Fourth St. Anyone with the last name of Sandlin, or related to the Sandlin family will be most welcome. Fun and fellowship from about 10 am until the last person leaves. Covered dish dinner at noon. For more information please contact: Yvonne Braly at 256-353-8624 or vonbraly @hiwaay.net



Reunion

Aug. 11 The Acipco Grammar School Reunion of classes of 1922-1970 will take place at the Center Point Court House on Saturday, Aug. 11. Doors will open are noon and lunch will be served at 1 p.m. with a program at 2 p.m. Bring a covered dish. Drink will be furnished. For more information, call Earl and Ann Davis at 979-9979 or Carolyn Olive at 680-3126.



Reunion

Aug. 11 Green Acres and Central Park Reunion will be held on Aug. 11. For more information call Donna Wallace Shoemaker at 205-424-1323 or 205-972-6074 (work). Location is at the Zamora Temple in Irondale.



Reunion

Aug. 25 The JV high school class of 1977, in conjunction with their 30th class reunion, is planning a multi-class reunion for Aug. 25 at the Alta Vista Hotel in Homewood. They are inviting all alumni from the 1970’s to join them. For more information contact Rebecca Caldwell Trammell

at (205) 744-5624 or go to jonesvalley.net.



Classes

Sept. 10-12 House of Hope Ministries announces its fall schedule. Elijah House Basic I (Christian Counseling) classes to begin Monday, Sept. 10. Elijah House Basic II classes begin Tuesday, Sept. 11. Ministering Spiritual Gifts classes begin Thursday, Sept. 20. For more information call Vickie Hallmark of House of Hope Ministries, 647-6207, or visit our website at www.acts1038.org. Our email address is hope@acts1038.org.



Southern Women Show

October 4-7, Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Shop for cool jewelry and fun handbags, Watch fashion shows, Sample gourmet food, Treat yourself to a makeover, Meet Joey Fatone from “Dancing with the Stars” and other celebrities, receive health advice and win prizes. Show Hours: Thursday 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. Admission: adults, $8 at the door; $7 in advance on-line; youth (6-12), $4; children under 6 free with paying adult; $6.50 each for groups of 20 or more (advance only). For information call (800) 849-0248 or visit www.SouthernWomensShow.com.



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