Community briefs 11/10/03

Motorcycle to benefit Kenny Rogers center

Minor's Harley-Davidson of Cape Girardeau recently celebrated the grand opening of its new location on Interstate 55 by presenting the Kenny Rogers Children's Center with keys to a 2004 Harley-Davidson V-Rod. The motorcycle will be raffled off.

Tickets, limited to 3,000, can be purchased by calling KRCC at 472-0397 or Minor's Harley-Davidson at 334-7716.

All ticket sales will benefit KRCC.

Lewis, Clark commission meets today at CVB

The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. today at the Convention and Visitors Bureau in Cape Girardeau. The meeting is to pull together all the final details for the re-enactment and the Red House Interpretive Center. Everyone planning to participate in the Nov. 21 to 23 event and the National Park Service Corps II Nov. 30 to Dec. 4 is encouraged to attend.

Cape library sponsoring Great Books session

The next Great Books 2003 session at the Cape Girardeau Public Library will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Hirsch Community Room. Joseph Bruchac's "Sacajawea, the Story of Bird Woman and the Lewis and Clark Expedition" will be discussed.

For more information, call 334-5279.

Flu shots at Scott Co. Health Department

The Scott County Health Department, at 919 E. Malone, Sikeston, will administer flu shots from 4 to 6 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Friday. No one will be refused because of inability to pay. For more information, call 471-4044.

-- From staff reports