FYI 11-20-11

St. Andrew celebrates 160 years

St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 414 Grand Ave. in Scott City, will celebrate 160 years Nov. 20. It will provide a potluck meal. In commemoration of the event, the members of the church will be burying another time capsule after the time capsule from 2000 was unearthed. For more information, call Shirley Young at 573-264-2333 or email shirleyyoung1@gmail.com.

Genealogical Society to meet

The Cape Girardeau County Genealogical Society will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Cape Girardeau County Archive Center, 112 E. Washington St. in Jackson. This will be a time change from previous meetings. Bob Hall of Bertrand, Mo., will present a program on the Civil War in the western theater. Hall has been a Civil War re-enactor for more than 25 years, mostly with the Kentucky Orphan Company. A book sale will be held before the meeting, starting at 6:30 p.m. Most books will sell for one dollar or less and there will be some free items, as well. Also at 6:30 p.m., members may use the library for research. The Cape Girardeau County Genealogical Society meets bimonthly on the fourth Tuesday. Nonmembers are welcome at all meetings. Membership is $10 per year. For more information, call Bill Eddleman at 335-1507.

Holiday project continues

The Stoddard County Ambulance District will be conducting its 26th annual "Home for the Holidays" project Thursday. They will be taking patients who are unable to travel except by ambulance from the nursing homes of Stoddard County to residences in the county. The service is available to any patient who is not ambulatory and would like to spend some time with their family on Thanksgiving. After the visit, the ambulance district will transport the patient back to their nursing facility. They will be allowed to stay as long as they wish on their home visit. It can be just a few hours or even overnight. There will be no charge to the patient or their family for the service. Anyone interested in the program should contact the activity director at the patient's nursing home. All arrangements should be made through the appropriate nursing home, which will then contact the ambulance office to set up the schedule.