MCT-2024-08-01

2A —The Marion Tribune, Thursday, August 1, 2024 C ommunity Calendar is a service of The Marion Tribune and is free of charge for com- munity and church announcements. Those wishing to submit an event should email their item to arichards@ mariontribune.com. You may also contact Allison Richards at 423-590- 6397 with the informa- tion. Deadline is Monday afternoon for inclusion in Thursday’s edition. You may submit your event a month or two ahead of the date and reoccurring events may also be published in the community calendar. Election Day is Au- gust 1 – Federal, State, and Municipal Elections – Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visit https://marionvotes. com/polling-locations/ for your polling location. All voters must present an ID containing the voter’s name and photo- graph when voting at the polls. Faith Baptist Church “Kids of Faith youth group will begin on Sunday, August 4 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. located at 503 Betsy Pack Drive in Jasper. There will be games, crafts, singing, devotion and dinner. Ages three through Teen are invited to join. If you have any questions, please contact Billy Watters at (931) 581-7897 or (423) 718- 8443. WHS Seniors vs Parents Volleyball game will be held on Monday, August 5 during the Back-to-School Bash from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Reoccurring Events NFL Flag Football signups – Jasper: In person signups will be on Mondays at City Hall from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. during the month of July. Online signups are now live at Jasper-TN. com. Cost is $50 and for grades K-8 th boys and girls. NFL Flag Foot- ball signups – South Pittsburg: In person signups will be each Saturday now through August 10 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Loyd Park House. Signups are also at City Hall Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. through August 9. The cost is $60 and for grades K-8 th . Jasper Parks & Recreation cur- rently has fall baseball/ softball/t-ball signups online at Jasper-TN.com. There is no cost. Kimball Park cur- rently has online regis- tration. In person regis- tration will be Saturday, August 10 at Kimball Town Hall. If you have questions, please contact (423) 661-9266 Mon-Fri from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit Kimball Park Face- book page for updates. Champion Recov- ery Community has meetings each Monday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Jasper First Baptist, 108 E. 3 rd Street, Jasper, and each Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Whit- well Church of Christ, 100 E. Kansas Avenue, Whitwell. Contact Alyson Riley at (423) 664-3288 or email alysonr.ministry@gmail. com for information. The Lions Club meets on the fi rst Mon- day of each month at 6 p.m. in the conference room of Beene Pearson Public Library, 208 Elm Ave., South Pittsburg. The Marion Coun- ty Library Board meets bi-monthly on the third Monday at 5 p.m. The meetings alternate between the three librar- ies as follows: January & July – Orena Humphreys (Whitwell), March & September – Carolyn Stewart (Jasper), May & November – Beene Pear- son (South Pittsburg). For more information, please email mcexecdir@ gmail.com. Gospel Singing Every Saturday Night at Jack’s, located at 43023 US-72 in Stevenson, AL, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The featured singers for August: Aug 3 - The Hendersons & Renee Barton; Aug 10 - Highly Favor 3 & Perry House; Aug 17 - Joyful Praises & Jerry Hall; Aug 24 - The Devotionals & Quennie Humphrey; Aug 31 - Marcellus Scott & Luther Griggs. For more infor- mation, please contact Paul David Webb at (423) 203-5011 or (423) 228-4025. Everyone is welcome! The following Com- mittees of theMarion County Library Board meet bi-monthly (Febru- ary, April, June, August, October, December) on the third Friday at the Carolyn Stewart Public Li- brary at these times: 1 p.m. – Personnel; 1:30 p.m. Nominations; 2 p.m. – Policies; 3 p.m. – Budget & Finance. For further information please email mcexecdir@gmail.com. Dungeons & Dragons Group meets on Sundays at 9 a.m. at Beene Pearson Public Li- brary in South Pittsburg. Orena Humphrey Public Library host- ing book sale - The Orena Humphrey Public Library is hosting a larger than normal book sale corner that fea- tures donated items and materials that have been removed from the col- lection. This collection includes books, DVDs, VCR movies, and a few books on cassette tape. Interested patrons can purchase these items for a fee of $3 per bag, with the library provid- ing the bag. Currently, the book sale corner is fully stocked, but the sta ff anticipates the need to weed out some items in the coming weeks to make space for new addi- tions to the shelves. As a result, there will be fresh additions to the book sale in the near future. Bridge Night at Monteagle Community Center meets the second Thursday of the month from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. This is for any players (18+), experienced or if you just want to learn, you are invited to join. The Miners Memo- rial Park Commit- tee meets every third Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. in the old Gri ffi th Creek Elemen- tary School, 6395 Hwy 108, Whitwell. Please consider attending the meetings and volunteer- ing. Visit their Facebook page for more informa- tion. VFW building available to rent: Need a place to hold your next birthday party or special event? VFW Post 6362 is available to rent. Cost is $100 deposit, $50 of which will be returned if build- ing is cleaned and left in satisfactory condition. To rent, contact VFW Commander Dan Pegg at (423) 240-7209. 3x3 The Memory Jasper Memorial Post 6362 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has selected Chris Webb of Jasper as their Citizen of theWeek for flying the American flag in front of his home daily. His patriotism and pride in our nation is commendable and merits the recognition of the VFW and its members for keeping the stars and stripes waving at his home every day. Shown above are Post Commander Bob Collins (L) and Mr. Webb (R). Citizen of the Week Upcoming County & City Meetings August: MC Planning Commission Meeting: Tuesday, August 6, 4 p.m., Lawson Building, 300 Ridley Dr., Jasper Kimball City Meeting: Thursday, August 8, 6 p.m., City Hall, 675 Main St, Kimball Whitwell City Meeting: Thursday, August 8, 6 p.m., City Hall, 13671 Hwy 28, Whitwell MC Board of Education: Monday, August 12, 5 p.m., 204 Betsy Pack Dr., Jasper Jasper City Meeting: Monday, August 12, 6 p.m., Carolyn Stewart Public Library, 14 W. 2 nd St., Jasper South Pittsburg City Meeting: Tuesday, August 13, 6 p.m., Senior Center, 315 Elm Ave., South Pittsburg Crossroads City Meeting: Thursday, August 15, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 140 Alvin C York Hwy, Whitwell Orme City Meeting: Wednesday, August 21, 6 p.m., City Hall, 980 Orme Rd, South Pitts- burg New Hope City Meeting: Monday, August 26, 5 p.m., City Hall, 2610 Hwy 156, New Hope MC Commissioners Meeting: Tuesday, August 26, 6 p.m., Lawson Building, 300 Ridley Dr., Jasper