Community Calendar for April 8, 2009
Published 4:20 pm Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Gardendale
Easter Egg Hunt
April 11 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will hold an Easter egg hunt on April 11 at 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend this event.
Last Game at Field
April 11 Please come out and support the Gardendale High School Rockets Baseball team on April 11. This will be the last regular season home game on the current high school field. There will be three games with the JV starting at 11 a.m. and the varsity playing the last game at 4:30 p.m.
Revival
April 12 Glenn’s Chapel Baptist Church will have a revival on April 12 at 6 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday at 7 p.m. Zac Reno is a 24 year-old evangelist and one of the finest of our day. He will bless from the youngest to the oldest as he preaches God’s word. Special singing evangelist will be Gene and Dee Frydendaull. Call 631-4977 for more information.
Registration
April 16 Snow Rogers and Gardendale Elementary Schools will host Kindergarten registration on April 16, 5-7 p.m. You must bring your child with you for a short assessment. The following documents must be provided for enrollment: Birth certificate; Social Security card; blue Certificate of Immunization (IMM-50), which should include two measles immunizations and one for chicken pox; two proofs of residence; copy of parent’s driver license; custody papers where applicable. Registration will be permitted without immunization certificate, but certificate must be presented before school begins on Aug. 12. A child’s fifth birthday must be on or before Sept. 1 to enroll in Kindergarten. Child’s sixth birthday must be on or before Sept. 1 to enroll in first grade. For more information, call Snow Rogers at 379-5400 or Gardendale Elementary at 379-3550.
Registration
April 16 Gardendale Elementary School will host kindergarten registration on April 16, 5-7 p.m. You must bring your child with you for a short assessment. The following documents must be provided for enrollment: birth certificate; Social Security card; blue Certificate of Immunization (IMM-50), which should include two measles immunizations and one for chicken pox; lease or a mortgage and two utility bills; copy of parent’s driver license; custody papers where applicable. Registration will be permitted without immunization certificate, but certificate must be presented before school begins on Aug. 12. A child’s fifth birthday must be on or before Sept. 1 to enroll in Kindergarten. Child’s sixth birthday must be on or before Sept. 1 to enroll in first grade. For more information, call Gardendale at 379-3550.
Flower Show
April 16-17 The Federated Garden Clubs of North End Council is hosting its 58th annual flower show at the Gardendale Civic Center. The show is open to the public on April 16, 2-7 p.m., and April 17, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call Phoebe Limbaugh at 631-6137.
Magnolia Festival
April 18 The eighth annual Magnolia Festival will be held at the Gardendale Civic Center on April 18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The festival will feature arts and crafts, classic car show, business expo, carnival rides, inflatables, pooch parade, live entertainment and a variety of food vendors. Proceeds of the festival will provide college scholarships to north Jefferson-area high school seniors. Free admission. For more information, e-mail Kathleen Phillips at kphillips1313@charter.net.
Town Hall Meeting
April 22 Choices and Consequences, a free town hall meeting for seniors will be held April 22 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Gardendale Civic Center. Door prizes and a sack lunch will be provided. For more information please call Dixie Kuykendall 631-0049.
Health Fair
April 24 The Gardendale Senior Center Health Fair will take place on April 24 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Gardendale Civic Center. Any local businesses having senior interest, please contact Peggy at 631-7240.
Recovery Meetings
Celebrate Recovery meetings at Gardendale-Mt Vernon United Methodist Church meets every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Contact Paul Wiegert at 631-7631.
Mount Olive
Easter Egg Hunt
April 11 Mt. Olive First Baptist will hold an Easter egg hunt and photos with the Easter bunny on April 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch will be served. For more information call 631-4401.
Registration
April 16 Mt. Olive Elementary School will host kindergarten registration on April 16, 5-7 p.m. You must bring your child with you for a short assessment. The following documents must be provided for enrollment: birth certificate; Social Security card; blue Certificate of Immunization (IMM-50), which should include two measles immunizations and one for chicken pox; two proofs of residence; copy of parent’s driver license; custody papers where applicable. Registration will be permitted without immunization certificate, but certificate must be presented before school begins on Aug. 12. A child’s fifth birthday must be on or before Sept. 1 to enroll in Kindergarten. Child’s sixth birthday must be on or before Sept. 1 to enroll in first grade. For more information, call Mt. Olive at 379-4900.
Fultondale
Registration
May 22 Fultondale Elementary School will host registration on May 22, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., for all new and returning students. Make-up date is July 14, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Registration for new students only is Aug. 4, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The following documents must be provided for enrollment: Birth certificate; Social Security card; blue Certificate of Immunization (IMM-50), which should include two measles immunizations and one for chicken pox; two proofs of residence; copy of parent’s driver license; custody papers where applicable. Registration will be permitted without immunization certificate, but certificate must be presented before school begins on Aug. 12. A child’s fifth birthday must be on or before Sept. 1 to enroll in Kindergarten. Child’s sixth birthday must be on or before Sept. 1 to enroll in first grade. For more information, call Fultondale Elementary at 379-3450.
Kimberly
Second Saturday Market
April 11 There will be a Second Saturday Market on the front lawn of Bryan Elementary School. The yard sale/flea market is set from 7 a.m. to noon and is a fund-raiser for Bryan’s RLC class. Booth spaces are $10. You bring it, you sell it, you keep your money. For more information, call Robin Brower at 379-2750.
Registration
April 16 Bryan Elementary School will host kindergarten registration on April 16, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3:30-6:30 p.m. Bring your child with you for a short evaluation. Students must be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1 to register for kindergarten. Bring the following to register: two proofs of residence, blue immunization form, birth certificate, Social Security card, parent’s driver license, legal documents that contain pertinent information (such as custody papers, etc.). For more information, call Bryan Elementary at 379-2750.
Other Communities
Easter Drama
April 12 First Baptist Church Trafford will be presenting “By Faith,” a musical drama on Easter Sunday, April 12 at 11 a.m.
Revival
April 17-19 Mt. View Baptist Church will have a revival April 17-19. The evangelists are: April 17, 7 p.m. Daniel Gann, April 18, 7 p.m. Dale Banks, April 19, 11 a.m. Kenneth Shelton, and April 19, 5 p.m. Gary Creel. Mt. View is located on Arkadelphia Road; 1 mile northwest of the intersection of Arkadelphia Road and Skyline Drive. For more information call 590-3321. Pastor Brian Smith invites everyone to come.
Reunion
April 25 Sayreton and Fairmonth school reunions will take place on April 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gardendale Civic Center in the Garden Suite. Bring a covered dish. Anyone who lived in Sayreton or went to Fairmont School is invited. For more information call Anna Salter at 631-4086.
Reunion
May 1, 2 Phillips High School reunion class of 1949 will be held on May 1 and 2 at the Vestavia Country Club. For more information call Elizabeth Sims White at 655-5064, Nell Whitley Staab at 822-8911 or Jane Ginn Connell 985-4449.
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