• The White Plains “Over the Hill Gang” now has DVDs available of the Coach Richard Madden Celebration and Basketball Court Dedication ceremony held on Nov. 14, 2009. For more information contact Alvin Robertson at 256-236-8780.
• The ACE Quality of Life Committee will hold a dutch luncheon meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 9th at the Vault restaurant on the Square. The topic of the meeting will be, “What do we need to know about quality of life in Jacksonville?” The purpose of the committee is to help develop 5-year and 25-year plans for recreational, leisure, and cultural opportunities in Jacksonville. Interested persons are invited to attend. For more information, call Susan Di Biase at 435-7136.
• Senior Adult Valentine’s Dance will be Friday, Feb.12, from 6:30-9:30 p.m at the Jacksonville Community Center. Individuals pay $3, couples pay $5. Come dance the night away!
• Come dance and dine with your Valentine on Friday, February 12 from 6:30 - 10:30 p.m. at the Oxford Civic Center. Enjoy an Italian buffet then dance the night away at this special evening of elegance, romance and music featuring live big band dance music by the JSU Jazz Orchestra and Studio Jazz Band with featured vocalists Kelsey Crow and Jean Ellison. Tickets are only $45 per couple and $25 for individuals. Students with a valid JSU ID can purchase limited tickets for $25 a couple. Only 325 seats are available. All proceeds will benefit the JSU Department of Music and Phi Mu Alpha, Kappa Kappa Psi, and Sigma Alpha Iota. Tickets are available at the door and can be reserved by calling (256) 782- 5883.
• The Arbor Day Celebration will be held on Thursday, February 18th at 4 p.m. at the Glenwood Meadows Boys and Girls Club on Gardner Drive. The celebration will include the Mayoral Proclamation, entertainment by the children, and planting of two trees. The public is invited to attend this fun gathering.
• A Tree Give-Away is planned for Friday, February 19th from 3 to 5 p.m. on the Jacksonville Square. Alabama Power and the Alabama Forestry Commission will be providing trident maples, redbuds, flowering crabapples, dogwoods, oaks and other species. Volunteers from the Garden Club and Tree Commission will be on hand to answer your tree planting questions. Rain date is Friday, Feb. 26th.
• Beauty and the Beast- A musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Wollverton will be performed at the Ernest Stone Performing Arts Center’s Mainstage at Jacksonville State University. Showtimes are February 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, and 27 at 7 p.m., February 21 and 28 at 2:00 p.m., and February 27 at 1:00 p.m. Adults $15, Senior Citizen/JSU personnel $12, Students/Military $10. MasterCard, Visa, and Discover accepted, as well as personal checks and cash. Paid reservations required - Call 256-782-5648. This play is recommended for ages 5 and up.
• The Jacksonville Exchange Club is looking for a Jacksonville citizen who has made significant contribution to this community for the Book of Golden Deeds. Someone who continues to work without pay or recognition to improve the community and the lives of the people. Send your nomination to Robert Dobson, 800 Dogwood Dr NE, Jacksonville, AL The deadline is February 26, 2010. The banquet for honoring the winner will be March 11, 2010 at the Gamecock Room, 6 P.M.
• The New Life Sunday School class of Jacksonville First United Methodist invites you to a study of “A Case for a Creator” by Lee Strobel. The book is based on the author’s belief that his road to atheism was paved by science...but, ironically so was his later journey to God. The class meets each Sunday morning at 9:45 on the 2nd floor of the Sunday School wing. The study group offers information, support and fellowship that will enhance Christian growth with the goal being to educate, network and apply their beliefs using relevant and challenging Bible-based materials.
• Belly Dancing classes are underway. For more information call Brenda Callahan at 435-2405 after 4:30 or call 435-8115.
• Urban Dance classes for ages 8-13 and 15 and up. If more information is needed, please come by the community center or call 256-435-8115.
• Art classes for children beginning soon at the Jacksonville Community Center! For more information call 256-435-8115.
• The Senior Adult Wellness Program at JSU. For more information and costs of classes, please contact Abby Fleetwood @ 782-5523 or by email afleetwood@jsu.edu.
• Thursdays are fundays at The Jacksonville Parks and Recreation Department is hosting every Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Jacksonville Community Center. Residents are encouraged to bring their favorite board game to share.
• The Public Library Board of Trustees meets the third Wednesday of each month at 3:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 200 Clinton S.E. Anyone needing accommodations is asked to contact librarian Barbara Rowell at 435-6332.
• The Jacksonville High School Golden Eagle Band is looking for donations to their Clyde Cox Memorial Fund. This fund goes directly to the purchase of instruments for students to use. All donations are tax-deductible. You can send donations to JHS Band Boosters, PO Box 208, Jacksonville, AL 36265. Please mark them for the Clyde Cox fund. For more information, call the JHS band room at 782-8834.
• A senior dance for those 55 years young is held at the Senior Center from 6:30-9:30 p.m. the second Friday night of each month- so make plans to attend!!! Music, fun, friends, and food make the evening really good!!! The Fun Tyme Band will be there to provide the music. $5 per couple, $3 for single.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meets at noon each Thursday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 400 Chinabee Ave., just off the Square. Call 847-0909 for more information.
• The Friday Night Opry Show is presented Friday nights from 6:30-9:30 at the Golden Saw Music Hall in the Williams community. For more information call 435-4696.
• A Narcotics Anonymous group meets from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at First United Methodist Church behind McDonald’s. For more information call 435-4881.
• The Calhoun County Stamp Club meets at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays in Room 327 Stone Building, Jacksonville State University, corner of Church Avenue and 11th Street. Business, APS sales books and sharing items of philatelic interest take place during the first meeting; program and discussion, review of APS sales books during the second. Visitors and new members are welcome. Call 782-8044, 782-5604 or 435-7491 for more information.
• Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered 12 step program, meets every Friday night at First Baptist Church in Jacksonville. Dinner is served at 5:30. Large group meetings with worship and praise bands and guest speakers begin at 6:30. Small share/support groups meet after that at 7:30 followed with cake and fellowship. Call 225-2492 for more information.
• A thrift store, God’s Abundance, is open at 5818 McClellan Blvd., in the Lenlock Shopping Center. The store helps support men and women who have been incarcerated because of drug and alcohol problems. Donations are taken during open hours only. Call operational manager Jackie Tettleton at 205-706-6048 for more information.
• Countryside Hospice will now be providing a free community Grief and Bereavement Support Group in the Gadsden area. This free service is an outreach to aid people in the community, who have lost friends and loved ones, with the grieving process. The group is open to anyone that is interested, not solely family and friends served by a hospice organization. The group will be held in the education room at the TakeCare Health Systems facility, located at 851 Goodyear Ave. Gadsden AL, 35903. Groups will be on the 2nd Tuesday of the Month (October 12th, November 9th, and December 14th of 2009) from 2pm to 3pm. For more information please feel free to contact Countryside Hospice at (256) 782-3560 or 1-888-235-3909.
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