Country and gospel singing
A country and gospel singing will be held Saturday, Jan. 12, at the American Legion on East Claiborne Street, Greenwood, from 6 p.m. - until. The show will feature Cuomo Sisters and Ronnie Stone & County Line Band. Admission is $5 and food will be available.
Monfort Jones retirees
Monfort Jones Memorial Hospital retirees will meet at Seasonings Restaurant for lunch at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24.
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Attala County 2592 and H. D. Money 350, United Daughters of the Confederacy will host their third annual Lee-Jackson banquet on Saturday, Jan. 12, at Ethel Baptist Church, 3329 Pope Street, Ethel. The meal will begin at 6 p.m. Dr. Brandon Beck is guest speaker. He will speak on “Lee-Jackson- Their First Meeting.” There will be tea lights available to purchase to honor Confederate ancestors. R.S.V.P. to 662-739-5085 by noon Friday, Jan. 11, 2019.
Free Diabetes Class
Free Diabetes Classes for January will be held Jan. 10 and Jan. 24 starting at 10 a.m. in the conference room at Premier Medical Group-Kosciusko. The Diabetes Care Team is looking forward to spreading and assisting the community with education and any available resources with your help.
Commemoration Committee announces MLK events
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Committee of Kosciusko/Attala County has announced activities scheduled to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for 2019.
The 21th Annual Image Award Banquet is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 19, beginning with the Meet and Greet at 6:30 p.m. and the program will begin at 7 p.m. The events will take place at the Kosciusko High School Commons.
The 2019 Image Award will be presented to a junior or senior of Attala County/Kosciusko for Emerging Leadership. In addition, the Lighthouse Award will be presented for Community, Education, Medical and Political Service.
Tickets are on sale now for $20 each and may be purchased from any Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee Member. A table for six may be purchased as well for $110.00.
Festivities will conclude on Monday, Jan. 21, with the Prayer Service at 9 a.m. in front of City Hall of Kosciusko. Prayer Service will be led by Co-Pastor Tyson Thompson of Macedonia M. B. Church of Sallis. The Silas Grove #1 Youth Choir will perform at the Prayer Service.
Lorenzo Newell of Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the birthday celebration program being held in Kosciusko High School gymnasium beginning at 10 a.m. Newell is a fitness specialist for Baptist Healthplex in Clinton. The Oprah Winfrey Boys & Girls Choir will perform during the birthday celebration also.
In addition to the above-listed events, students can win prizes by creating a poster or a writing an essay. The prizes will be awarded at the birthday celebration. The winning senior will be awarded a $500 scholarship to the college/university of his choice.
The committee is asking former Image Award winners and Lighthouse winners to please attend these events.
For more information, please contact Chairman Willie Alice Kern at 601-572-4780 or any member of the Dr. MLK Commemoration Committee: Andrea Myers, Charles Hull, Mary Harmon, Juanita Ferguson, Patricia Nash and Annie Winters.
The Little Garden Club
The January 3 meeting of The Little Garden Club was held in the parlor at First United Methodist Church. Hostesses for the meeting were Pauline Brunt and Trish Cullen. After refreshments, the meeting was called to order by Marjorie Lampkin, acting president, in the absence of Grace Atwood. Members present were Jayme Autry, Sarah Bond, Barbara Burns, Pauline Brunt, Trish Cullen, Gini Derrick, Barbara Hanson, BJ Jenkins, Marjorie Lampkin, Dean McLean, Deniece Parish, Ellen Pettit, Anne Porter, Barbara Wasson. Guest speaker, Mrs. Henry (Terry) Jones, shared her story of her new children’s book, “Bible Stories to Hear and Touch.” Other programs of interest to her were shared.
Exchange Club
Exchange Club of Kosciusko will have its weekly lunch meeting on Wednesday at noon at the Baptist Attala Hospital. Chartered 66 years ago, Exchange is America’s service club. It is made up of men and women who are community-minded and working together to make its town, state, and nation better places to live through service programs.
