Datebook 2/11/08

February 11, 2008 11:34 am

— Monday 11
•APPANOOSE COUNTY HISTORICAL & COAL MINING MUSEUM is now open Monday through Friday from 1 to 5 p.m.
Tuesday 12
•TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Tuesday at the First Baptist Church. Weigh-in 6 to 6:30 p.m. Meeting 6:30 to 7 p.m. Everyone welcome.
•RELAY FOR LIFE kick-off meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at Lakeview Elementary cafeteria. Everyone is invited.
•EASTERN STAR, Centerville, will hold its prev-iously scheduled meeting, posponed due to weather, on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. at the Centerville Masonic Temple. Refreshments and fellowship follow the meeting.
•VFW POST 526 will meet the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. All members encouraged to attend.
•APPANOOSE COUNTY DEMOCRATS meet the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the 18-80 Club.
Wednesday 13
•ROTARY CLUB meets each Wednesday at noon at The Manhattan Steakhouse in Centerville.
•AMERICAN LEGION, WIL-ROG-MOR, POST 407 of Unionville, Iowa, will meet the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.
•STORYTIMERS at Drake Public Library every Wednesday at 1:15 p.m.
•NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Mercy Medical Centerville. No smoking. Use front entrance door and follow signs to meeting room. The hotline number is 682-1286. For information call 856-3398.
Thursday 14
•GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS will be meeting at 10:30 a.m. every Thursday at the Camel Club, 410 Keota in Ottumwa. Call 641-682-8741, ext. 301.
•VALENTINE SPAGHETTI DINNER at the Drake Avenue Christian Church Feb. 14, 5 to 7 p.m. $6 per person, children 3-10 years $3, under 3 free. Reservations: call 641-856-8061 or email daccsec@iowatelecom.net.
•FRIENDS OF THE DRAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY will meet on the fourth Thursday of each month at 5 p.m. at the library, Iowa Room.
•BINGO IN UNIONVILLE, IOWA, at the American Legion Hall. Every other Thursday. Doors open at 5 p.m. Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 452-6600.
•APPANOOSE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY will hold meetings at 6 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month at the Drake Public Library. Everyone welcome.
•Appanoose County Tobacco Coalition mets the third Thursday of each month at Pizza Ranch. You are invited to attend and lunch is provided. Meetings are open to the public.
•SHARE-A-CRAFT group will meet the first and third Thursdays of each month at the First United Methodist Church in Houston House. For information call Mary at 856-5313.
•CENTERVILLE MASONS meet the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Jackson Masonic Lodge.
•APPANOOSE COUNTY REPUBLICANS meet the third Thursday of the month at the Appanoose County Courthouse at 7 p.m.
•AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY 214 meets the second Thursday of every month at 1:30 p.m. at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church basement at 15th and Sheridan, Centerville.
•A.A./AL-ANON will meet at 8 p.m. every Thursday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church basement. Open to the public the last Thursday of every month. Call 856-3398 for information.
Friday 15
•AMERICAN LEGION PAUL DIXON POST 340 will meet the first Friday of each month at 7 p.m.
•MERCY MEDICAL CENTER AUXILIARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at the hospital.
•ADHD SUPPORT GROUP meets every third Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church. Use west side doors. Contact Rose Moore, 856-3564.
•CINEMA 4 MOVIES: Feb. 14-21: The Spiderwick Chronicles, Jumper, The Bucket List, Over Her Dead Body, Fool’s Gold.
Saturday 16
•CENTERVILLE AMERICAN LEGION BINGO every Saturday night. Doors open by 3 p.m., early bird bingo at 5:30 p.m. Regular games follow. Held at 114 North 13th. You can park on Main Street and use the back door. Phone 641-856-8924.
•MYSTIC BOOSTER CLUB BREAKFAST will be served the first Saturday of each month, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., $3.
Sunday 17
•EAGLES BINGO will be held on the Levee every Sunday. Early bird at 5:30 p.m., regular at 6 p.m. New prices and prizes, $1.
•MYSTIC AMERICAN LEGION AUCTION Sunday, Feb. 17. Viewing at 12:30 p.m., auction at 1 p.m. Some items: Luggage, covered storage bench with drawers, tan carpet, end able, lamp able, coffee table, nice RCA console television and many other items. This is a fundraiser for the Legion. Eat with firemen and first responders at the community center and attend the auction at Mystic’s Legion building.
•SUNDAY GOSPEL SING at the Historic Second Baptist Church at 6 p.m. Feb. 10. Barbershop Chorus will perform gospel and valentine songs. Bill Thom will direct group singing. Everyone is welcome!

Upcoming Events
•ALBIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO SPONSOR community bingo night at the Legion Hall. From 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 26, with all cash prizes awarded. Everyone welcome. For more information, contact the chamber office at 641-932-5108.
• 2008 RELAY FOR LIFE KICKOFF will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Lakeview Elementary cafeteria in Centerville. Everyone welcome!
•CHAPTER KA, P.E.O., will meet Monday, Feb. 18, in the home of Linda Rouse at 1:30 p.m. The co-hostesses will be Laura Daniels and Bev Jewett. The program will be presented by Kathleen Ramsey on “Truth.”