Events
Area Events
EDITOR’S NOTE: Briefs must be submitted at least five days before the event by bringing them into the office, e-mailing to news@adaeveningnews.com or faxing to (580) 332-8841. Briefs will not be accepted over the telephone. Church-related briefs are published only on Friday’s religion page. All activities may be subject to change due to weather conditions.
TUESDAY
DEC. 8, 2009
• Chickasaw Nation Get Fresh! program will be holding a class at 10 a.m. and at noon demonstrating healthy cooking for the entire family at Ada Nutrition Services, 518 E. Arlington. For more information, phone (580) 272-5506.
• Tupelo Public Works Authority will meet in the Tupelo Senior Citizens center.
• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 8:15 a.m. each Tuesday on the second floor of Irving Center, located at the corner of Fourth and Oak streets in Ada. TOPS is a weight support group.
• Ada Music Center open house is 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. at the corner of 9th and Francis. Concert will be from 4-7 p.m. featuring Rudy Lupinski, Bart Morrison and Roz Purdy.
• At 8 p.m. at the Picket Center School office, there will be an Indian education meeting to review policies and procedures.
WEDNESDAY
DEC. 9, 2009
• Chickasaw Nation Get Fresh! program will be holding a class at 10 a.m. and at noon demonstrating healthy cooking for the entire family at Ada Family Life/Wellness Center, 229 W. Seabrook. For more information, phone (580) 272-5506.
• Divorce/Bereavement Support Group meets at 7 p.m. at The Compassion Outreach Center, 1124 Cradduck Road. The group offers support for those who have lost a loved one through divorce or death. For more information, phone Tom at 332-6506.
• A dance is held every Wednesday at the Irving Community Center, 704 N. Oak, from 7:30-10 p.m. The cost is $6 per person.
THURSDAY
DEC. 10, 2009
• State Rep. Todd Thomsen of Ada will receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education at 6 p.m. at a ceremony in the lobby of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center at East Central University. The public is invited. Chancellor Glen D. Johnson will present the award.
• Ada Multiple Sclerosis Support Group will have its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at Ada Reed Activity Center, 207 W. St., Ada; the building is handicap accessible. The speaker will be Dr. James Talley Jr., an upper cervical care doctor. All persons with MS, their care givers, family, friends or anyone interested in knowing more about MS are welcome to attend. For more information, phone 436-4629 or 436-7981.
• Chickasaw Nation Get Fresh! program will be holding a class at 10 a.m. and at noon demonstrating healthy cooking for the entire family at Ada Nutrition Services, 518 E. Arlington and at 6 p.m. at Ada Family Life/Wellness Center, 229 W. Seabrook. For more information, phone (580) 272-5506.
• The local Alcoholics Anonymous group meets Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. in fellowship hall of First Presbyterian Church, 301 E. Kings Rd. For more information, phone Daniel G. at (580) 332-3503.
• Pontotoc County Alcoholics Anonymous group meets at 8 p.m. at Central Church of Christ, 820 Stadium Drive, Ada. Open meeting.
• Gospel and country music singers Thurman Rinehart, Leon and Deana Barnett, Gene Williams, Robert Turner and Don Brooks will perform for residents of Ballard Nursing Home in Ada at 2:30 p.m.
• Valley View Regional Hospital will be holding a blood drive from 7 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 6 p.m. at the hospital. Each donor will receive a beanie cap.
• The Singing Rineharts will entertain the residents of Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Allen with gospel and country music at 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
DEC. 11, 2009
• The December meeting for the Pontotoc County Retired Educators is at the Elks Lodge beginning with lunch at 11 a.m. The program will be a musical presentation by Suzanne Wooley — Christmas Dreams.
• Al-Anon meets Fridays at 8 p.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 17th Street and Broadway in Ada.
