Gardendale



Registration

March 31 Gardendale 13 and 14-year-old baseball registration will take place until March 31. You can register at the park concession stand. For more information call Keith Mayfield at 608-0891 or Kelly Tittle at 608-2958.



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.



Singing

March 30 Fieldstown Church of God will have a singing on March 30 at 1:30 p.m. with special guests, Gospel Enlighteners. For more information call the church at 631-6013.



Singing and Other Information

March 30 Fieldstown Church of God will be having a singing on March 30 at 1:30 p.m. with the Gospel Enlighteners. There will be a fourth Sunday night “singspiration” every fourth Sunday night at 6 p.m. and there will be a benefit singing on April 5 at 7 p.m. with the Spurgeons and local singers. If you want your picture made for Mother’s Day, the church is selling coupons for $5 for a 10×13 portrait. Portraits will be made on April 19. Call Bishop Tim Ogletree at 631-9604 for details. Tell him that you saw this in the North Jefferson News. The funds raised will be used for church repairs and other necessities for the church. Your help will be appreciated.



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.



Cemetery Clean Up

May 11 Friendship United Methodist Church will start having cemetery cleanup for the May 11 decoration day. Monetary donations will be received and appreciated.



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



Ladies Luncheon

April 26 Fultondale First Baptist Church is having a ladies luncheon on April 26 at 11 a.m. featuring the Bargainomics Lady. Tickets are $10. For more information, call 849-0184.



Dances

The Marlow Ballroom Dance is held the third Sunday of every month at Friendship Hall in Fultondale from 2-5 p.m. Cost is $8/person, dressy casual. Group classes are also held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the Friendship Hall $10/person. For more information call 229-8240.



Reunion

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



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 Sylvia Norton at 841-8426.



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.



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



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 barbecue lunch. Players should be registered by April 18. For more information, call Randy Hudson at (205) 559-7217.



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