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The Troy University Dothan Campus College of Arts and Sciences will host two book talks on April 21. At noon in the Harrison Room of Malone Hall on the Dothan campus, Emily Blejwas will present “Alabama History Through its Foods,” based on her book “The Story of Alabama in Fourteen Foods.
” At 6:30 p.m. in Sony Hall Auditorium of Everett Hall on the Dothan campus, Dr. Blake Ball will present “Charlie Brown’s America: The Popular Politics of Peanuts” based on his book by that title. Both are free and open to the public. CEU/PD certificates available. Sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Alliance. Copies of books for purchase and to autograph. Contact molliff@troy.edu for more information.The Houston County Democratic Party will host candidates in the 2022 Democratic Primary at its general meetings on Thursday, April 21, and Friday, April 22. The doors will open at 6 p.m., and speakers will begin at 6:30 p.m. All interested parties are welcome. Thursday speakers include gubernatorial candidate Yolanda Rochelle Flowers and Houston County Coroner candidate Kimberly Rawls; Houston County Commission District 1 candidates James Curtis Harvey Jr. and Earl Jones; and Houston County Board of Education District 1 candidates David Hollinger and Jeffrey Leon Macon. Friday speakers include U.S. Senate candidates Will Boyd, Brandaun Dean, Lanny Jackson, and Doug McConatha; U.S. House candidates Phyllis Harvey-Hall and Vimal Patel; gubernatorial candidates Patricia Salter Jameison, Arthur Kennedy, Chad “Chig” Martin, Malika Sanders Fortier, and Doug “New Blue” Smith; state Attorney General candidate Wendell Major; Alabama Senate District 29 candidate Nathan Mathis; and Alabama House District 85 candidate Dexter Grimsley.The Friends of the Library will host a book sale at the Westgate Branch Library, located at 535 Recreation Road in Dothan, on April 21-30. All proceeds will go to the Dothan Houston County Library System. A preview sale for members of Friends of the Library will be held from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, April 21. Anyone can join at the door with a minimum $5 membership. The sale is open to the public April 22-30 during regular library hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday-Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. The sale will include new and gently used fiction and nonfiction books. Hardback books are $2 each and paperback books are $1 each. Children’s books are 50 cents each. Vintage books and vinyl records are individually priced. DVDs, CDs, and some non-book items are also available. Customers can stuff a provided large brown grocery sack full of books for $20. Items will be half price on April 27-28; 25 cents each on April 29-30; and free from May 2 until they are gone. For more information, contact friends@dhcls.org or 334-796-1594.Club Italiano will meet Friday, April 22, at Mural City Coffee Company 6:30-8:30 p.m. Trying to get into Italian? Club members practice, play games, and try new things. Esercitate la vostra mente e fate amicizia praticando l’italiano con noi, con il miglior caffè e tè della città. Cercate la bandiera dell’Università di Troy. Gratuito, aperto a tutti. Contatto: vossr@troy.edu. The Coffee County Relay for Life will be held April 22 from 6 to 10 p.m. at Bates Memorial Stadium, located at 502 E. Watts St. in Enterprise. For more information, email Meghan Kennedy at coffeecountyrelayforlife@gmail.com.Grimes Gospel Lighthouse, 1512 County Road 25, Grimes, will host Covenant Group of Asheboro, North Carolina, April 23; David Frost of Ozark, April 30. Music starts at 7 p.m. A love offering will be taken. Call 334-983-4654 or 334-714-4658 for more information. A Spring Forest Tour at Landmark Park will be held April 23 at 10 a.m. and hosted by Ed Lewis, a local forester and park volunteer who will provide information about many of the species in the park. Lewis is known for his crosscut saw demonstration during spring and fall Farm Days. The tour will be mostly on the boardwalk, allowing you to learn about and see both upland and wetland tree species and plants, along with information on how settlers, Native Americans, and modern people make use of our forest resources in the Wiregrass. Participants will receive a booklet that includes pictures and descriptions of species discussed. The tour will last for about two hours. The program begins in the Interpretive Center Auditorium and registration is required. Classes are limited to 20 people per session. This will be a walking workshop so make sure to wear comfortable clothing and shoes. Free with paid gate admission. Call 334-794-3452 or visit www.landmarkparkdothan.com for more information. Stakes at the Gates II, an open forum for Alabama 2022 primary candidates, will be held Saturday, April 23, starting at noon at the IAM&AW Union Hall in Daleville. The political forum is hosted by the Legislative Committee of Local Lodge 2003 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Candidates will be allowed to present their platforms and will then answer questions gathered from Lodge 2003 members. The event is open to the public and free to attend. The IAM&AW Union Hall is located at 345 U.S. Highway 84 in Daleville. For more information, contact Patrick Wise, chairman, at 334-406-2253; Michelle Hunt, public relations, at 334-360-5803; or email iamlegislative2003@gmail.com The Cultural Arts Center’s Chalk Walk Art Competition will be on Saturday, April 23, on the sidewalks of the Cultural Arts Center, from 8 a.m. to noon. There will be a youth category for ages 6 to 15 and an adult category for ages 16 and up. Registration deadline is April 21. Fees are $10 for youth category and $20 for the adult category. All artists will be given professional grade urban chalk at the time of check-in and will be assigned spaces in areas marked for Youth and for Adults at the time of registration. Registration forms can be located online at www.theculturalartscenter.org or in the lobby of the Cultural Arts Center next to the box office. Artist awards include: Best of Show Youth Category, $25; Best of Show Adult Category, $50; second place Youth Category, $15; and second place Adult Category, $25. Check-in for artists begins at 7 a.m. day of the event. Artists will be released to begin chalking on their concrete canvases at 8 a.m. and will have until 11:30 a.m. to compete their work. Judging will begin at 11:30 a.m. and awards will be given out at noon. The event is free to the public to come and watch artists .The Fifth Annual Butterfly Fling benefitting Chrysalis, A Home for Girls will be held on Sunday, April 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Landmark Park. The event will feature a live butterfly release, arts and crafts, and games for children. Admission includes a live butterfly to release, activities and admission to the park. Advance tickets are $10 or $12 at the event. Adults accompanying children are admitted free. For tickets or further information, visit chrysalishomeforgirls.org or email chrysalis.dothan@gmail.com.Wallace Community College-Dothan will hold its 2022 Spring Showcase on Thursday, April 28, at 7 p.m. at the Bencze Theatre on the Wallace Campus in Dothan. The Showcase will feature the Wallace Instrumental Ensemble, Concert Choir and The Wallace Sound, under the direction of Instrumental Director Dr. Paul Morelli and Choir Director Cameron Weiler. The 2022 Spring Showcase “Let’s Groove Tonight” will feature vocal and instrumental performances by Wallace students. Tickets are on sale now for $5 each and can be purchased at wallace.edu or at the Bencze Theatre box office one hour prior to the show. For ADA accommodations, call 334-556-2587. The Houston County Republican Women's meeting will be held Thursday, April 28, at The Wiregrass Rehab Center in Dothan. A meet and greet begins at 11 a.m., and lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. Due to the number of guest speakers, the meeting will start at 11:45 a.m. If you plan to attend the meeting, email hcrwdothan@gmail.com or text 334-596-7781 and let the group know if you are coming to eat or if you will only attend the meeting. Lunch is $20. Pay by credit or debit card through the Square app: https://square.Iink/u/IFvuGteW. Reservations needed by noon on Tuesday, April 26. Speakers will be Tim James, gubernatorial candidate; Mike Durant, senatorial candidate; Ed Packard, Secretary of State candidate; Debra James and Greg Cook, Alabama Supreme Court candidates; Alex Balkcum, State School Board candidate; Seth Brooks and Chris Richardson, Circuit Judge candidates; Brandon Shoupe, George Trotter, and Doug Sinquefield, Houston County Commission chairman candidates. For more information, visit www.hcrw.us or find them on Facebook. The Wiregrass-Enterprise Chapter of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees will hold its monthly lunch program at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 28, at the Enterprise Country Club. Guest speaker will be Kathryn Hensley, secretary and treasurer for NARFE national headquarters in Washington, D.C. Hensley will discuss the latest federal regulations that personally affect and influence current and retired federal employees such as their pay or annuities, health and life insurance, savings plans, personnel rules, and retirement plans. For more information, attend a NARFE program or contact the chapter’s president, Frank Zerbinos, by email at zerbinos47@hotmail.com or text to 334-447-8092. The Entrepreneurship Council will hold its monthly seminar Thursday, April 28, at the Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The topic will be “Developing a Business Plan,” with Dr. Richard Voss, Sorrell College of Business, Troy University. As an entrepreneur, your mind has no substitute. Learn how and why to plan – and smartly strategize – your small business. Open to everyone, $10 donation. Sign up at entrepreneurshipcouncil.org.Esperanto-Klubo will meet Friday, April 29, at Mural City Coffee Company 6:30-8:30 p.m. Looking for a few good Esperantists? Members practice, play games, and question priorities. Ekzercu vian menson kaj amikigu praktikante la esperantan kun ni, kun la plej bonaj kafo kaj teo en la urbo. Sercu la flagon de Universitato Troy. Senpaga, malfermita al ciuj. Kontakto: vossr@troy.edu.Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 373 will meet on April 30 at the Friends of Army Aviation Hangar in Ozark, located at 189 Heritage Way. There will be an optional breakfast for a $5 donation at 8:30 a.m. with the meeting and election starting at 9:30 a.m. in the conference room. The meeting is open to members, those that served in-country and Vietnam-era veterans interested in veterans issues. All of God’s Children Inc., 912 Andrews Ave., Ozark, will be hold a Community Yard Sale on Saturday, April 30, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Also, the church and A&E Productions will sponsor a barbecue plate sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring a pulled pork combo of a sandwich, chips, cake and a drink for $10. For more information, call Shanika Reeves at 334-400-3283 or Sandra Edwards at 334-828-3149. The Wiregrass Blues Fest will be held Saturday, April 30, at the Dale County Ag Plex, 202 State Highway 123, in Ozark. Gates will open at 3 p.m. with performances from 3:30-11 p.m. The 2022 line-up will have performances by Shaun Murphy, Johnny Rawls, Crystal Shawanda, Rodney Justo, the Project Preservation Band featuring Lil’ Jimmy Reed, Marla Drake and Peggy Jenkins, and the Carroll High School Jazz Band. Blues Fest Tickets are available to purchase online at wiregrassbluessociety.org/wiregrass-blues-festival/. Wiregrass Blues Society members have special $10 advance ticket pricing until April 19. All other general admission tickets are $20. VIP tickets are available for $100. Guests can purchase tickets online or at the gate.Victoria Baptist Church, located at 54 County Road 210 off State Highway 125 South in Elba, will host Homecoming on Sunday, May 1, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The service will feature special music, and the Rev. Buddy Hood will deliver the Homecoming message. Lunch will be served following the service in the church fellowship hall.The Kiwanis Club of Dothan is hosting a membership drive on May 3 from 5-7 p.m. at Kiwanis Park, located at 800 Deerpath Road off Whatley Drive. Kiwanis Club of Dothan is dedicated to serving and caring for the children of the Wiregrass. For more information, find them on Facebook and Instagram, visit kiwanisdothan.com, or call 334-355-6877.A National Day of Prayer in the Wiregrass will be held May 5. Participants will gather in the chapel of First Baptist Church Dothan, 300 W. Main St. in downtown Dothan to pray for the community, leaders, and this nation and all nations. People are invited to come between 6 and 6:20 a.m.; prayers will begin promptly at 6:30 a.m. and conclude at 7:30 a.m., giving everyone time to get to work or school on time. Area leaders participating this year are Taylor Rutland, FBC Dothan; Dothan Mayor Mark Saliba; Dr. Russell Dean of Faith Radio; Jason and Kim Duren, Victory Family Church; Capt. Will Glover, and Allen Singley, Dothan Police Department and Dothan Fire Department chaplains; Dr. Charles Lewis, Dothan Community Church; Charles Nailen Jr, BBG/GGG Foods; Reid and Mary Katherine Parrott, music ministers of First Baptist Church Dothan.The Tri-State Community Orchestra will present its annual spring concert “Heroes vs. Villains” on Friday, May 6. This family friendly event will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Cultural Arts Center, 909 S. St. Andrews St. in Dothan. Special guests include the Wiregrass Youth Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are $10 for general admission seating and are available for purchase at the Cultural Arts Center Box Office, online at the TCO website, or at the door the night of the concert. The TCO will also be holding a Shoe Drive Fundraiser. New or clean, gently used shoes can be dropped off at the Cultural Arts Center in advance or the night of the performance. For more information, please look online at tristatecommunityorchestra.org or call 334-699-2787.A benefit for the Coffee County Community Church Mobile Food Pantry will be held May 7, 9 a.m. to noon at Church on Boll Weevil Circle, located at 2017 Boll Weevil Circle in Enterprise. Free barbecue plates and activities for children. The food pantry currently serves around 300 families but many more families are in need. The purpose of this benefit is to make the service of the food pantry known to those in need. Applications for food will be available. Donations to the food pantry will be accepted. Call Coffee Baptist Association at 334-894-6411 for more information. The Wiregrass Children’s Home Color Fun Run 5k will be held May 7 starting at 9 a.m. at Kiwanis Park in Dothan. Sponsorships are $500 and include a logo on the Fun Run T-shirt and signage at the event. The fee for individual runners is $25 and includes a T-shirt and medal. Sign up at facebook.com/wiregrasschildrenshome. Kiwanis Park is located off Whatley Drive in Westgate Park.Johns Chapel AME Church, 605 Geneva Highway in Enterprise, will celebrate 133rd Church Anniversary on Sunday, May 15, at 10:45 a.m. Guest preacher will be Bishop Harry L. Seawright, presiding prelate of the Ninth Episcopal District of the AME Church for the State of Alabama. He is the 133rd elected and consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The public is invited to worship in person or virtually. For more information, visit johnschapelamec.org or the church’s Facebook page. Or, contact Marge Simmons, anniversary chairperson, at 334-477-1962 or Pastor Willie White Jr. at 334-701-5853.Former Wiregrass volleyball standouts and current Huntingdon players Jordan Hollis and Grace Wiggins will conduct a youth volleyball camp at the Ridgecrest Baptist Church Fitness Center for girls entering third through sixth grades. Deadline to register is May 16, and the camp will be held June 1-4 from 9-11 a.m. Cost of the camp is $25 which includes a camp T-shirt. All registration is at the Ridgecrest Fitness Center. Email Lance Griffin at lgriffin@rbcdothan.org for more information. The Columbia Historical Society will meet May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Columbia Depot on Highway 52. The meeting will feature Billy Lanford and Ted Gashaw speaking on their experiences growing up in Columbia and the Columbia Bank history. Refreshments will be served.The Second Annual Sprint Triathlon, hosted by Forward DeFuniak Inc., will be held as a part of Lakefest in DeFuniak Springs on May 21. Registration is limited to 200 participants for this swim, bicycle and running event. Register at dfstriathlon.com. Volunteers and spectators are also welcome. Swim heats start at 7 a.m., so hotel rooms have been blocked and discounted for race participants. Participants are also eligible for primitive tent camping which is available around the lake .Former Houston Academy and current Troy cheerleader Addison Reynolds will conduct a cheer camp for girls entering the first through sixth grades at the Ridgecrest Baptist Church Fitness Center. Deadline to register is May 23, and camp will be June 13-16 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost is $30 per participant which includes camp T-shirt and pom poms. All registration is at the Ridgecrest Fitness Center. Email Lance Griffin at lgriffin@rbcdothan.org for more information.Hawk-Houston Youth Enrichment Center is holding a Funds2Orgs Shoe Drive fundraiser through May 31. Donations of clean new or gently worn shoes in all sizes for both children and adults are needed. Shoes may be dropped off at 329 Chickasaw St. The center is seeking community and business groups to help with the shoe drive by becoming collection sites. Call 334-792-4618 or email hawkhoustonyec@gmail.com.The Ridgecrest Baptist Church Fitness Center will host the second annual Payne Stewart Golf Camp June 13-17 from 9:30 a.m. until noon for boys and girls ages 6-9. Cost of the camp is $95 per player and includes a camp T-shirt. All registration is online for this camp. For registration information, email Lance Griffin at lgriffin@rbcdothan.org.Former Wiregrass Kings standout and current Covenant College basketball player Caleb Miller will conduct a youth boys basketball camp for students entering first through sixth grades. Deadline to register is July 5, and the camp will be July 18-21 from 9-11 a.m. at the Ridgecrest Baptist Fitness Center. Cost is $25 per player which includes a camp T-shirt. All registration is at the Ridgecrest Fitness Center. Email Lance Griffin at lgriffin@rbcdothan.org for more information.Enterprise Military Support Group meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Meetings are at Church on Boll Weevil Circle located at 2017 Boll Weevil Circle. Anyone who needs to talk about difficult experiences and needs an understanding friend is invited. Call 334-894-6411 for more information. The Kiwanis Club of Dothan meets every Wednesday from 12-1 p.m. at the Dothan Country Club, located at 200 S. Cherokee Ave. in Dothan. Anyone may attend as a guest of the Kiwanis. If you plan to attend, contact the club via kiwanisdothan.com or call 334-355-6877. The Gen. William C. Oates Chapter No. 1342 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy meets the second Thursday from September through May. Women ages 18 and older who have ancestors who fought in the Civil War are eligible for membership, and help will be provided to prove your first Confederate ancestor’s lineage. For meeting locations and information, call Ceya Minder at 334-794-7480 or email ceya.minder@gmail.com. The Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Dothan Unit #87 will meet every third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at Harvest Church, located at 2727 Fortner St. in Dothan. The group will meet in the Main Café located in the church’s Building A. Call 334-596-9610 for more information. The Dothan Ballroom Dance Club will be teaching the Cha-Cha on Tuesdays in April at the Cultural Arts Center. Classes start at 6:30 p.m. in the Choreography Room. Cost is $2 per week. Call or text 501-766-4845 with any questions. The Columbia Historical Society meets every third Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Train Depot on Highway 52. All guests are welcome. Dothan Newcomers Club, a social organization, meets the first Thursday of the month in the fellowship hall of First Christian Church, 1401 N. Cherokee Ave. Social time begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by the business meeting at 10 a.m. The club is open to individuals who have moved into the Dothan or Wiregrass Area within the past five years or who have faced a change in status within the past five years. For more information, visit www.dothannewcomers.com, or Facebook @DothanNewcomers, or contact Elaine Brackin, president, via email at dncpresident3@gmail.com. Alcoholics Anonymous holds regular meetings in the Wiregrass including Ashford, Dothan, Eufaula, and Headland under the organization’s District 10 meeting locations and Andalusia, Daleville, Enterprise, Level Plains, Opp, Ozark, and Troy under the organization’s District 11 meeting locations. Visit www.aaarea1.org for a complete list of districts for Alabama and Northwest Florida. A Disabled American Veterans chapter service officer will be located at the New Brockton Town Hall every Wednesday from 9-11 a.m. Any veteran needing help with a VA claim is welcome. This is on a walk-in basis; no appointment is needed. For more information, contact Mike Doran at 334-406-6700. Land of Cotton Smocking Guild meets the second Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. at Piney Grove Assembly of God Church, 206 County Road 9 in Newton. The guild, created at the first of year, has begun a Wee Care Project, creating preemie gowns, garments for infants in NICU, and bereavement pouches. For more information, contact Carol Ann Pileggi at 850-516-9960 or Joann Carpenter at 334-790-8328. The DAV van service for local veterans will make runs to Montgomery and Tuskegee on Mondays and Fridays. The van will leave from the Hardee’s restaurant on Rucker Boulevard in Enterprise at 5 a.m. and from the Dothan Civic Center at 5:30 a.m. Due to COVID restrictions, there is only space for four riders each trip. Veterans who need rides to VA hospitals in Montgomery or Tuskegee can call 334-308-2480 to reserve a seat on the Enterprise van or 334-446-0866 for the Dothan van. Square Dancing will be held every Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Enterprise YMCA, located on Highway 27 across from Hobby Lobby in Enterprise. Singles and couples welcomed. Never danced? They’ll teach you. For more information, call 334-237-0466 or 334-347-4513.
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