Forestry/wildlife festival

Clarke County’s 18th annual Forestry and Wildlife Festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 27, at Archusa Water Park in Quitman. The festival will feature activities for all age groups, a variety of children’s activities, soccer tournament, kiddy land with Nickelodeon-type games, bass fishing competition, arts and crafts vendors, exhibits, industrial vendors, lots of good food and live entertainment. Take your lawn chairs. Booth spaces are available by Sept. 15. Call (601) 776-5701.

Pageants

Mississippi’s Covermiss and Coverboy USA will be holding preliminary pageants across the state of Mississippi over the next several months. The pageant is open to girls 0-25 and boys 0-3. Covermiss is a family-oriented, scholarship system that promotes community service and involvement while teaching confidence, good sportsmanship and leadership.

Flag retirement

There will be a Flag Retirement Ceremony at the Laurel Exchange Club noon meeting, Thursday, August 14, at the Laurel Country Club. The American Legion Post 11 Honor Guard Ritual Team will give the presentation. Lehn Lehnhard will conduct the ceremony. Members are invited to bring old flags they would like to be disposed of properly. Anyone with old flags to be picked up may call Don Hall at 577-5384.

AARP meeting

AARP Chapter #4016 will meet at Mt. Vernon Congregation Methodist Church Highway 15 South of Laurel at 9 a.m. August 18. Blood pressure and sugar test will be given by the staff of South Central Regional Medical Center. Remember donations for the Veterans Museum and the Readers Digest for the military men and women. The special speaker will be chief Shealy from the Jones county Sheriff Dept. who will be speaking on crime, effects on our area and how we can help by being alert and quick to report it.

Post 71 to meet

The American Legion, Richard A. Ware Post #71 will have a guest speaker during the Aug. 14 meeting. John Reed, minister of Pleasant Home Baptist Church in Laurel will speak to the Legion members. Any Veteran is invited to come and hear Reed. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. and be held at Bayless Restaurant in Bay Springs.