Community briefs 07/19/04

Golf course receives new stretching station

Eye Care For You recently donated The Stretch Station 3000 to the Jaycee Golf Course. The Stretch Station 3000 lets golfers warm up before playing and reduce their chances for injury.

Blood drive this week to help leukemia victim

Whole blood or platelet donations will be received for Helen Taylor, a leukemia victim, from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 20 S. Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau. Her illness and treatment result in a serious need for whole blood and platelet donations. Donating whole blood takes less than an hour. Donation of platelets takes about two hours.

State park rangers promote firearms safety

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources' State Park Ranger Program will be distributing free gunlocks and safety education messages in Missouri state parks and historic sites. Developed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, this effort is part of a nationwide program, Project ChildSafe. Gunlocks will be distributed while supplies last. For more information about distribution, call the Department of Natural Resources at (800) 334-6946. For more information about state parks and historic sites, visit www.mostateparks. com.

Kick-off party being held for Memory Walk

To build enthusiasm and educate walkers on raising money, the Alzheimer's Association will hold a kick-off party from 5:30 to 7 p.m. July 29 at Joe Craig Photography Studio, 472 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. For more information, call Stephanie Rohlfs-Young at (800) 980-9080 or e-mail Stephanie. Rohlfs-Young@alzstl.org. Registration for the Memory Walk is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Sept. 18 at Capaha Park; the walk will begin at 9 a.m.

-- From staff reports