Teach Truth Day of Action
August 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Attala County Library in the Mary Love meeting room located at 201 South Huntington street• Koscisok, MS 39090. Lunch will be provided.
Contact LaRhonda Odom at 601-497-4033 for more information and to RSVP.
Helping Hands
Helping Hands will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon for food distribution and drop off.
First United Methodist Church will sponsor a fundraiser for Helping Hands Ministries on Thursday, August 31. Barbecue pork plates, including slaw and baked beans, will be available in the church parking lot from 5-6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available in the church office (662-289-1412) or from Helping Hands Board members.
Attala County Library
Attala County Library will hold Story Time in the Park at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at Jason Niles Park Amphitheater.
Attala County Library will hold a Women’s Self Defense class at 6 p.m. on Aug. 24. This program is free and open to the public. Those who plan to attend are asked to call the library at 662-289-5141 to register. Frank Keeton of Ackerman, an eighth-degree black belt who is trained in multiple martial arts, will be teaching the class, which will focus on awareness of danger, basic self-defense, and how to get loose, get away, and avoid danger. Participants should wear something comfortable to the class.
Attala County Library’s in-house story time will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the library’s meeting room.
Attala County Library’s Youth Collective for students in grades 6-12 will meet on the first and third Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. each month.
Attala County Library’s Lego Club will meet on the second Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. each month.
Attala County Library’s Chess Club will meet on the fourth Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. each month. If participants can, the library asks to bring a chess board.
A program, “Mississippi: The Birthplace of Black Power,” will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 26 at the
Attala County Library’s Mary Love Meeting Room, 201 South Huntington St., Kosciusko, MS 39090. Lunch will be provided. Students and teachers are welcome to attend. For more information or to RSVP, call La Rhonda Odom at 601-497-4033.
Greek Fest 2023
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. (Rho Nu Zeta Chapter) and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. (Eta Eta Sigma Chapter) will sponsor a Greek Fest on Saturday, Aug. 26 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Oprah Winfrey Boys and Girls Club in Kosciusko. All Greek letter fraternities and sororities are invited to attend. There will be live music, vendors, games, prizes and free food. For more information, call Ilona Saffold, committee chair at 662-739-2352.
Family law and expungement clinic
A family law and expungement clinic for Attala and Carroll counties will be held Sept. 15 at 9 a.m. at the Attala County Chancery Building, 230 W. Washington St., Kosciusko. Participants must be prescreened to ensure they meet federal poverty guidelines. To find out if you qualify, must complete an intake form by visiting https://mvlp.org/clinics. For more information, call 601-882-5001 or contact BJ Morrow at 601-656-1881 or bjmorrow8@yahoo.com.
French Camp’s Historical Highlight
French Camp's Sept. 14 Historical Highlight speaker will be Jeanette Taylor Donald, daughter of W.A. "Alex" Taylor, Sr. of Taylor Machine Company. The Taylor family is from French Camp and has a long history of support for French Camp Academy. Historical Highlight Luncheons are held the second Thursday of each month at French Camp Presbyterian Church, featuring a speaker who shares some aspect of French Camp's history and a delicious, home-cooked meal for a $3 donation. The public is invited. RSVP for the luncheon by contacting Mary Nell Coblentz at marynellcoblentz@gmail.com.or call 803-984-0679 and leave a message.
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