Community digest 07/21/05

Golf scramble to benefit the Humane Society

Donations and team participants for the Century 21 golf scramble to benefit the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri will be accepted up until Friday, the day of the tournament. Lunch will be at noon, tee time will be 1 p.m. at Bent Creek Golf Course. For more information, call Keith Inman at 450-7100 or 334-0125. Team registration can be paid at the tournament. General donations will be accepted.

Farmers market turns 20 years old today

A live radio broadcast and a question and answer session by gardener Paul Schnare will be part of the celebration at the 20th anniversary of the Cape Girardeau Farmers Market from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at the Plaza Galleria parking lot at 2001 Independence St. The market, which operates from May to October, carries locally grown produce and goods. Thursday's market will feature produce giveaways. For more information, call Marilyn Peters at 579-0166 or 334-7676.

Preregistration ends soon for upcoming HOG rally

The 2005 Missouri State Harley Owners Group rally will be held Sept. 9 to 11 with the Show Me Center as host site for event activities including an observation run, ride-in bike show, bike judging, field events, grand bike parade and entertainment. Preregistration ends Friday. Visit www.mostatehogrally.com or call (636) 256-0681. For more information, call the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau at 335-1631.

Salvation Army serving Meals with Friends

Meals with Friends will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday at the Salvation Army, 701 Good Hope St. Everyone is welcome. Menu for Monday is barbecue pork sandwiches, pork and beans, French fries, cake or pie; Tuesday, spaghetti, salad, green beans, bread and butter, cake or pie; Wednesday, ham sandwiches, vegetable soup, mixed fruit, cake or pie; Thursday, tuna fish sandwiches, chips, Jell-O with fruit, cake or pie; Friday, eggs and sausage casserole, biscuits and gravy, applesauce, coffeecake.

Pasta dinner to help defray medical expenses

An angel-hair pasta dinner benefit will be held to help with medical expenses for Sikeston resident Dean Brush Hasty from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Family Life Center in Vanduser, Mo. For more information, call Trish at (573) 481-1020.

MS society needs bike tour volunteers

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society needs 600 volunteers to help with an anticipated 3,000 cyclists competing in the National City MS 150 Bike Tour Sept. 10 and 11 in Columbia, Mo. Nonspecialized volunteers are needed to help with registration and festivities. Specialized volunteers such as doctors, nurses, LPNs and EMTs are needed at rest stops. Volunteers with large truck experience are needed as supply truck drivers. The bike tour is expected to raise $2 million for research, programs and services to more than 5,000 people living with MS in a 90-county area. MS is a chronic disease of the central nervous system. For more information, call (800) FIGHT MS or visit www.gatewaymssociety.org.

Group seeks host families for exchange students

The STS Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to cultural exchange, is seeking families from the Cape Girardeau and surrounding areas to host exchange students who will attend local high schools from August to May. Students will bring their own spending money and insurance. Call Jackie at (866) 425-4678 or visit www.stsfoundation.org for more information.

Filmmakers' cooperative meeting on Mondays

The Cape Filmmaker's Cooperative is holding a series of organizational meetings each Monday evening for planning and production schedules, exploration of the formation of The Cape Artist's Council, patron sponsorships, funding, and a site for the group's offices and film production studio. For more information on the Cape Filmmaker's Cooperative or the upcoming Show Me Digital Film Festival in November, contact Patrick Bond and Michael Huntington at 334-5273 or visit the Web site www.capefilm.com. Anyone interested in the arts of filmmaking, acting, music, or writing is welcome to join.

Milde family gathering July 31 for reunion

Descendants of Joseph and Rosalia Milde will meet starting at 11:30 a.m. July 31 for a family reunion at Delmonico's restaurant in Jackson. The reunion hopes to serve as a gathering spot to update and add new information to the family history for later publication. Anyone with information, photos, clippings, memories or historical information to contribute is urged to attend. For more information, call Mary Talley at 243-4674 for more information.

Kage FCE Club presents grant to area hospital

The Kage Family and Community Education Club presented a $500 grant received from the Missouri Extension Service Human Environmental Sciences Development Fund to the Southeast Missouri Hospital Foundation. The funds will provide Medic Alert bracelets or necklaces for children with diabetes. Part of the money also will be used to help purchase buy back-to-school "party boxes" that will be made in August at the hospital's Camp DAY Break, a summer camp for area children with diabetes.

FCE clubs schedule trips for October, November

Area FCE clubs have planned a two-day trip to the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival in Rockville, Ind., on Oct. 21 and 22. A three-day trip to Branson is planned for Nov. 11 to 13; that trip includes performances and a visit to the Precious Moments complex at Carthage, Mo. For more information, call Opal Collins at 334-1468, Darlene McCain at 243-2230 or Mary Klaproth at 243-5426.

-- From staff reports