Gardendale



Relay for Life

The North Jefferson Relay for Life season is under way. Help take up the fight against cancer. Relay still needs teams and team captains. Team captain meetings will be held on April 10 at the Alabama Power office on Main Street in Gardendale, next to the Western super market. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. Bank Night will be held at SouthPoint bank in Gardendale on April 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. Relay for Life will be held at the Gardendale Soccer Complex on May 2 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. For more information about Relay for Life, visit http://events.cancer.org/rflnorthjeffersonal or contact Stephanie Crabtree at 930-8896.



Help Wanted

Royal Family Kids’ Camp is a week long sleep over camp for abused and neglected children. Gardendale Mt Vernon UMC will be sponsoring a camp this summer. We will also throw a birthday party for all the campers since some of them never get a birthday party thrown for them. If you would like to be a counselor for two of these special children, please contact Paul Wiegert at the church office at 631-7631. There will be mandatory training in order to prepare you for this wonderful experience.



Clean -Up Day

April 12 Snow Rogers Elementary School Campus Clean-Up Day will be held on April 12 from 8 a.m. to noon. Volunteers are needed to help with landscaping and painting (even if they can come for a short time). Please bring any lawn and garden tools that you might have. We would also like for someone to help with pressure washing our awnings. Please call the school office for any additional information at 370-5400.



Registration

April 15 Kindergarten registration for Bryan Elementary will take place on April 15, from 11 a.m. -1 p.m. or 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. in the counselor’s classroom. It will be necessary for your child to attend registration. A simple assessment test will be given to your child while you complete your registration packet. The following items will be required to complete registration:certified birth certificate (not hospital copy), proof of immunization (blue card), Social Security card, two proofs of residence (utility bill, lease, rent receipt, etc.), driver’s license



Reading Comes Alive

April 16 Author Diane Shore will visit Snow Rogers Elementary School on April 16 for “Reading Comes Alive.” The public is invited to the free event. Shore will give a presentation in the gym for second and third-graders at 9:30 a.m.; for fourth and fifth-graders at 10:15 a.m.; and for Kindergartners and first-graders at 11:50 a.m.



Magnolia Festival

April 19 Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 19 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. for the annual Magnolia Festival at the Gardendale Civic Center. Come for live entertainment, featuring bluegrass, pop, Christian music; classic car show, carnival rides, pony rides and inflatables for the kids, arts and crafts booths, business expo, great food including barbeque, ice cream, funnel cakes, etc. For more information visit www.magnoliafestival.org. Sponsorships spots are still available until the end of February. Anyone interested in volunteering for the festival can e-mail Kathleen Phillips at kphillips1313@charter.net.



TOPS

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Monday at 6 p.m. in the Family Life Center of First Baptist Church, Room 2028. 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.



Fultondale



Info Requested

Our RLC/gifted class is looking for available individuals who lived or fought during World War II because we are writing a novel. We prefer information about the Fultondale, Gardendale and Birmingham areas. We appreciate the community help. Please contact us at Fultondale Elementary School, 950 Central Avenue, Fultondale, AL 35068, attention Mrs. Dumais’ RLC/gifted class.



Reunion

Fultondale High School, class of 1998 is planning a reunion for June of 2008. Please contact Tricia Peebles at 243-1720.



Morris



Bunko

April 5 Mortimer Jordan High School PTSA will host bunko at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend. It is a fund raiser for the PTSA. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at Mortimer Jordan’s front office. Seniors from MJHS who attend will be placed in a drawing that night for a $500 college scholarship. Please come have fun and support MJHS PTSA. Call Cindy Sanford at 590-6275 for more information.



Country Fair

April 12 The second annual Morris Country Fair is set for April 12 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the park across from Morris City Hall. The Country Fair will feature crafts, a car show, motorcycle show, food for sale and live entertainment. For more information, call Morris City Hall at 647-0596 or Eloise Blankenship at the Morris Senior Center at 647-7434.



Mother’s Day Out

Enon Baptist Church’s Mother Day Out program will offer childcare for 6 weeks to 4-years-old on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. We follow the Jefferson County School system calendar, so we are out during all of their breaks. For more information call 647-9614.



Warrior



Youth Rally

April 5 There will be a unity youth rally on April 5 at 6 p.m. at the Warrior Armory on Warrior Jasper Road. The band Ohio Avenue will be playing. For more information call 587-3621 or email wcog_youth@yahoo.com



Reunion

April 19 The Warrior High School annual Alumni Banquet will be on April 19. All graduates and former students of Warrior High School are invited. The classes of 1958, 1948 and 1938 who will be celebrating their 50th, 60th and 70th years of graduation will be recognized. For further information, call LaFaye Stover at 647-0214 or Ray Trotter at 647-3743.



Other Communities



Singing

April 5 and 6 Friendship Independent Church will be having a singing on April 5 at 7 p.m. with refreshments at 6 p.m. and a singing on April 6 at 1:30 p.m. featuring Joyful Hearts. For more information call 849-6721.



Singing

April 5 New Temple Baptist Church at 4501 Greathouse Road Dora, will host Squire Parsons and the Squire Parsons Trio on April 5 at 7 p.m. Admission is free. A love offering will be received for the concert. For more information please contact the church office at 648-4141 or e-mail NTBaptist@charter.net.



Spring Fling

April 12 There will be a spring fling yard sale on April 12 at the Corner High School gym from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be a petting zoo, pony rides, dunking booths, games, inflatables food and a yard sale. Contact the Corner band room at 647-4888 or Jayne Stoltz at 647-3291.



Motorcycle Ride

April 12 Corner High School will have a motorcycle ride on April 12 called “rolling into spring.” There will be refreshments before and after the ride, t-shirts, door prizes and more. Register at Corner High School gym from 8-9 a.m. The ride starts at 9:30 a.m. Cost is $20 single/$30 with rider. Contact Corner High School Band Room at 647-4888 or Jayne Stoltz at 647-3291.



Business Meeting

April 18 World Outreach Center will hold a leadership event on April 18. The maximum impact simulcast will provide you with a day to advance your leadership, join 80,000 leaders across North America and advance yourself. For more information call 625-5160 ext. 12 or email cady@wocusa.com.



Art on the Lake

April 19, 20 Art on the Lake, an annual two-day arts and crafts event in Guntersville, is now accepting applications from vendors who wish to exhibit in the show. This 47th annual event will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 19 and 20. For more information, please contact Eloise Patton at (256) 582-4378 or peloise9@aol.com



Golf Tournament

May 17 A Hayden Band Boosters golf tournament is set for May 17, 8 a.m., at Plantation Golf Course in Hayden. It is a scramble top tournament. The cost is $50 per person or $200 per team. The price includes a BBQ lunch. Players should be registered by April 18. For more information, call Randy Hudson at 559-7217.



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