MOB registration is this Wednesday
ANDERSON — Merchants Older Buddies registration will be from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Anderson Parks Department, 101 E. Oak St., located on the first street north of the Shadyside Park entrance off Broadway.
The registration card offers discounts to those 60 years of age and older at various area merchants. The cost is $4. For more information, call Haskell Counts at 643-8843.
Santa Breakfast to be held on Dec. 19
ANDERSON — A breakfast with Santa will be Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Sherman Street Church of God annex, 1820 Sherman St. Doors will open at 9 a.m. and the first 100 children will receive a Christmas candy bag.
Children age 12 and under are welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult. Applications can be picked up at Prime Time Cafe Youth Center, New Covenant Ministries and Sherman Street Church of God or send an e-mail to ptc604@yahoo.com with the following information: child’s name, age, and gender. Deadline is Monday, Dec. 14.
For more information, call Ray Walker at 631-4007.
DAV Chapter 12 dinner Dec. 10
ANDERSON — Chapter 12 of the Disabled American Veterans will have its annual Christmas dinner at 4 p.m. Thursday at Ryan’s Family Steakhouse, 6315 Scatterfield Road. All DAV Chapter 12 members, their families and invited guest are welcome with a special invitation to the younger DAV members.
Call Charles at 378-3796 or Jay at 649-2804 to make reservations.
Calling all
‘tweens’ for club
ALEXANDRIA — The children’s department at the Alexandria-Monroe Public Library will have a “Tweens Club” from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday for those ages 8-12.
Class of 1963
meets for breakfast
ALEXANDRIA — The Alexandria-Monroe Class of 1963 will meet for breakfast at the Lighthouse Cafe at 9 a.m. Tuesday. All classmates are encouraged to attend these informal get-togethers.
For more information, call 724-3038 or cowboybob25@sbcglobal.net.
Breakfast with Santa set for Saturday
ANDERSON — Special Olympics of Madison County will sponsor a Breakfast with Santa at Applebee’s 1922 E. 53rd St., from 8 to 9 a.m. and 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday. Each child will receive a goody bag, breakfast and a photo with Santa.
Tickets are by advance purchase only and can be purchased from Special Olympics of Madison County by calling 641-4489. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under; those under the age of 2 eat free.
All proceeds benefit Special Olympics of Madison County.
‘Color Purple’
tickets on sale
INDIANAPOLIS — Tickets are on sale for the musical, “The Color Purple,” set to run Dec. 29 to Jan. 3 at Clowes Memorial Hall in Indianapolis.
Tickets may be purchased online at BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com, by phone at 1-800-982-2787 or in person at Clowes, The Murat Theatre and the Broadway Across America Box Office downtown at 342 Massachusetts Ave.
Community
Community briefs: Dec. 7, 2009
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New perspective: AHS students serve and learn
Seniors in the Anderson High School Fellowship of Christian Athletes have been heading over to the Christian Center on Main Street once a month to serve lunch.
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Jim Bailey: Build a better sneaker and you'll probably get sued
People who are gullible enough to fall for colorful and appealing advertising campaigns have an out: Sue the illegitimati.
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Community Briefs: May 30
A compilation of community news as published in the Wednesday edition of The Herald Bulletin.
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Jim Bailey: Jim Carter made football a respectable sport at AHS
When I first came to Anderson in 1951, Jim Carter had been named head football coach at Anderson High School. At that time, football at AHS was little more than an activity to get out of the way to make room for basketball season. The Indians were known to play two games in the same week to shorten the season.
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Community Briefs: May 27
A compilation of community news as published in the Sunday edition of The Herald Bulletin.
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Remember When: May 27
The slide was one of the more popular attractions at the Falls Park swimming area in Pendleton as evidenced by the number of people waiting their turn on the slide’s steps and its top platform.
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Champions League makes everyone a winner
The Champions League — in its 12th season — is sponsored by the Pendleton Junior Baseball Association and is open to anyone 5 to 18 with physical and developmental disabilities.
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History: Lapel Telephone Co. was talk of town
In November 1962, when the Lapel Telephone Co. was sold to United Utilities by the children of founder Earl Tull, a Madison County era ended.
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Back in the News: May 27
The Herald Bulletin looks back at stories from the Anderson Daily Bulletin and The Anderson Herald newspapers.
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A dream cabin in the woods
Phil Hatter regularly told his children that once they were all grown, he would build a log cabin in the country. They didn’t believe him. “I think log homes are really neat, but they have to be put in the right place,” he said.
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