NewsMarch 17, 2005
Community digest 3/17/05
Program informs parents of 'huffing' dangers; Last meeting of Dinner Club on tap Monday; Cape County archivist featured at roundtable; Group sponsors lecture on mandated reporters; Church showing 'The Passion of the Christ'; Plant sale will benefit cancer treatment; Annual MS Walk scheduled for April 10; Cape schools holding kindergarten screenings; Delta Elementary plans readiness meeting; Friends of May Greene getting together April 23
Program informs parents of 'huffing' dangers
Shirley Armstead, a special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, will present "'Huffing' Can Kill Your Kids" on Monday on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. Huffing is the use of inhalants found in the home to get high. Teenagers especially use inhalants because they're cheap and easy to get. Armstead will speak at 6:30 p.m. in Dempster Hall room 1-05. The public is encouraged to learn more about huffing during National Inhalant and Poison Awareness Week, March 20 to 26.
Last meeting of Dinner Club on tap Monday
After 54 years, the Cape Girardeau Dinner Club will hold a final meeting Monday at 7 p.m. The lecture at the Drury Lodge will feature author David Fiedl-er speaking on "The Enemy Among Us: POWs in Missouri During WWII." Reservations must be received by Friday. For more information, contact Judith Anne Lang at 334-9509.
Cape County archivist featured at roundtable
The next meeting of the Civil War Roundtable will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Hanover Lutheran Church, 2949 Perryville Road. The speaker is Cape County archivist Jane Randol, who will speak on "War Connections." The meeting is free and open to the public.
Group sponsors lecture on mandated reporters
"Guidelines for Mandated Reporters" is the topic of a lecture sponsored by the Southeast Missouri State University chapter of the National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association. Lessa Stone of the Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence will present the lecture at 6 p.m. on Tuesday in Dempster Hall room 125. For more information, call Haley Durall at 651-2155.
Church showing 'The Passion of the Christ'
Wesley United Methodist Church, 142 Carnation Lane, Fruitland, will hold a special viewing of "The Passion of the Christ" at 7 p.m. on March 25 in the church sanctuary. Wesley United Methodist Church is located two miles east of U.S. 61 in Fruitland. Make a left off Highway 177 across from County Road 603. For more information, contact the Rev. Kevin Cawley at 243-5948 or visit the Web site at www.wesley-umcfruitland.com.
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Plant sale will benefit cancer treatment
The Cape Girardeau Eagles Aerie and Auxiliary will hold a plant sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 1 and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 2 at The Cape Girardeau Eagles Aerie building, 321 N. Spring St. (located directly behind the old Cape Vo-Tech building). Vegetable and bedding plants, hanging baskets, geraniums, begonias and roses will be available. Quantity discounts are also available. Proceeds will support children's cancer treatment and research, particularly at Saint Francis Medical Center and Children's Mercy Hospital. For advance orders, call Pam Boyd at (573) 979-2218.
Annual MS Walk scheduled for April 10
Registration begins at 11 a.m. on April 10 for the annual MS Walk. The walk begins at noon at Arena Park in Cape Girar-deau. To register, call the Gateway Area Chapter at (800) FIGHT-MS or online at www.gatewaymswalk.org.
Cape schools holding kindergarten screenings
Kindergarten screenings will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 11 and 13; and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on April 12 and 14 at the Central Junior High School gym. Participants should enter through the double doors on the south side of the building. Call 651-3703 to make an appointment. Please bring a copy of the child's immunization record.
Delta Elementary plans readiness meeting
A kindergarten readiness meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on April 21 at Delta Elementary School. Kindergarten screening will be held on April 28 and 29. Parents need to call (573) 794-2440 for an appointment. Students must be 5 years old before Aug. 1 to attend school this fall.
Friends of May Greene getting together April 23
The May Greene Garden Association will hold Friends of the Park Day at 9:30 a.m. on April 23. The May Greene Garden is scheduled for planting, mulch-ing and cleanup. Members are encouraged to renew their membership and new members are invited to join to help improve this part of downtown Cape. For more information, call Rosemary Logan at 334-1354.
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