Church Happenings
You are invited to attend a REVIVAL at the Anutt Full Gospel Mission Church, located at Dent County Road 215 and Highway C in Anutt, tonight through Saturday, September 4th with Rev. Lonnie Case and Rev. Donald Case started at 7:00 pm nightly.
The Alter and Rosary Society of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church will hold their "ALL YOU CAN EAT" fried chicken dinner on Friday, September 3rd at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall on McArthur from 5:00 to 7:00. The cost is $8 for adults, $3.50 for children 12 and under and children under the age of three, eat for free.
The Round Pond Baptist Church, located Highway H to Highway DD then go right four miles, turn left on Dent County Road 2320 and go a half mile and turn left, will be holding a REVIVAL September 6th through September 15th with different preachers at each service and music will be provided by the Harper's September 6th through September 10th. For more information call 729-6189.
The First Baptist Church located on West 3rd Street in Salem will conduct a BLOOD DRIVE on Tuesday, September 7th from 1:00 to 6:00 pm.
The Salem United Methodist Church located at 801 East Scenic Rivers BLVD, in affiliation with the Southwest Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, will conduct a support group meeting on Thursday, September 9th beginning at 2:00 pm. The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information contact Rose Kinerk at 729-6818.
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NIKE SALEM TIGER T-SHIRTS AND LONG SLEEVE T SHIRTS will be on sale UNTIL FRIDAY SEPT. 10TH. These are authentic NIKE shirts. They say Salem Tiger Athletics on them, along with the Salem Tiger Head and a Nike Swoosh. Cost of the shirts is 16 dollars for a t-shirt and 20 for a long sleeve t-shirt. If interested contact Coach Z or any 9-12 grade boys basketball player.
Two new souvenir items are available to help celebrate Salem's 150th Anniversary. Coffee mugs and commemorative coins are now on sale at the Ozark Natural & Cultural Resource Center located at 202 South Main. The coffee mugs are 11 oz. and the comemorative coins have a solid brass core and gold-plated. The mugs and coins are $10 each and will help fund additional activities and celebrate the Sesquicentennial. The ONCRC is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 to 5:00 and Saturday from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.
The Salem Memorial District Hospital Auxiliary is selling personalized GARDEN STONES with an inscription for $25 each and that includes delivery to your home.These stones would make great gifts for Birthdays, Anniversary's or Christmas or to just beutify you own home. All profits from the GARDEN STONES will benefit the projects of the Salem Memorial District Hospital Auxiliary. For more information contact an axiliary member or call the hospital at 729-6626.
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The Salem High School Basketball Booster Club will hold a meeting on Tuesday, September 7th at 5:30 in the High School Cafeteria. For more information, please call 247-1734.
The Salem Memorial District Hospital will conduct their FINAL HEALTH SCREENING FAIR for 2010 on Wednesday, September 8th, Thursday, September 9th and Friday, September 10th in the physician’s library from 6:00 to 9:00 am. The Health Screening Fair will offer the bone density (osteoporosis) test for $25; a general health panel (blood) for $25; a cardiac CRP (inflammation) for $10; a TSH (thyroid function) for $10; a hemoglobin A1C (3-month blood glucose) for $10; a urine microalbumin & creatinine (kidney function) for $10; and for guys only the PSA (prostate) for $10. There will also be FREE screenings for pulmonary (lung) function; blood pressure check; body fat %; and on Thursday and Friday only there will be a FREE glaucoma screening. For more information regarding the FINAL HEALTH SCREENING FAIR for 2010 at the Salem Memorial District Hospital call them at 729-6626.
HUNTER EDUCATION CLASSES will be held on Friday, September 17th, from 6:00 to 10:00 pm and Saturday, September 18th, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm with lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 at the Commons Youth Building. Lunch will not be provided. Certification is limited to students 11 years of age or older and those under the age of 16 should bring proof of age. Students must attend both days. Pre-register by calling 729-3181.
Don’t miss out, be sure and take “The Salem Historical Walking Tour” in downtown Salem. Check out the two photo collages created by John Hambacker and you will find those on the storefronts of Kinerk Realty at 119 West Fourth Street and JJ Allenbeck Furniture located at 118 West Fourth Street. Jay Anderson and Charles Pace helped create 21 signs that are now on utility poles downtown depicting the history of Salem. You can pick up a “Walking Tour” guide at stores on Fourth Street, and also at the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce Office or the Ozark Natural and Cultural Resource Center.
The Bonebrake Center of Nature and History is now open on the first and third Saturdays of each month. The area Master Gardeners, Master Naturalists, and Master Gardeners-in-Training are going to staff the Bonebrake Center from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and encourage people to drop by and visit. Call-in questions about gardening issues are also encouraged (729-3400), and tours of the house and property available. Please call the Bonebrake Center (573.729.3400) or e-mail at
bonebrakecenter@embarqmail.com for more information.
