CORDOVA HIGH SCHOOL Locker Sales/Parking Permit Registration will be held for 10TH GRADE - Monday, Aug. 2, from 8:30 until 11 a.m.; and 9TH GRADE - Monday, Aug. 2, from 12:30 until 2:30 p.m. Lockers $15. Parking permits $20 (must provide driver’s license and proof of insurance with a current expiration date). All checks written to Cordova High School must have drivers license number, date of birth, address, and phone number.
“WORKING HANDS” SUMMER PROGRAM, sponsored by the Walker County Community Action Agency Inc., accepting applications for Walker County youth ages 8-12 years old. Program will be held Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 2-4, from 2 until 4 p.m. each day at the Agency’s offices at 644 19th Street West near downtown Jasper. Applications accepted through July 28. No charge to attend program, but families of participating children must meet eligibility guidelines based on family size and income. To see if your child qualifies, you will need to provide WCAAA with Social Security cards for everyone in household, and proof of income (or “zero” income) for everyone age 18 and over for month of June 2010. You can register your child by calling Walker County Community Action Agency Inc. at 205-221-4010 or stopping by the offices.
AUGUST 5
PARENT ORIENTATION FOR JASPER CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS will be held on the following dates and time at each of the following schools: Memorial Park Elementary — Thursday, Aug. 5, for grades K-1-2 @ 9:30 and grades 3-4-5 @ 10:30 a.m. Both will be held in the gym; T. R. Simmons Elementary — Thursday, Aug. 5, for grades PK-K-1-2 @ 9:03 a.m. and grades 3-4-5 @ 10:30 a.m. Both will be held in the gym; and West Jasper Elementary — Thursday, Aug. 5, for grades K-1-2 @ 9:03 a.m. and grades 3-4-5 @ 10:30 a.m. Both will be held in the gym. Parents can purchase workbooks, pre-pay lunchroom money, and field trip tee-shirts at that time.
CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT/STUDENT ORIENTATION will be Thursday, Aug. 5, at 5:30 p.m. at the school. School supplies may be brought in at this time. Homeroom list will be posted on Tuesday, Aug. 3.
AUGUST 6
WINFIELD PASTIME THEATRE will present its first community theatre production, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” a 1940’s classic comedy about two darling ladies who turn murder into a charity. Performances will be Friday and Saturday, Aug. 6-7, at 7 p.m. each night, and Sunday, Aug. 8, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15, and are available at the Kemp Foundation in Winfield; or by phone at 205-487-1903; or online at www.SmartTix.com. For information, call 205-487-1903.
AUGUST 7
THIRD ANNUAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL BLAST, sponsored by Tangles Salon in Country Village in Sumiton, will be held Saturday, Aug. 7, from 4 until 6 p.m. Tangles inviting parents to bring children, K-12, by for a free haircut. Children who get haircut will be eligible for prizes and free school supplies. Everything is available on first come, first serve basis. For more information, call Tangles Salon at 205-648-4247.
AUGUST 14
CORDOVA QUARTERBACK CLUB 20TH ANNUAL BLUE DEVIL DAY will be Saturday, Aug. 14, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Old Park in Cordova. Chicken dinners will also be sold beginning at 11 a.m. Businesses or vendors of arts and crafts, jewerly, clothes, etc may rent a booth for $25. Food, music, door prizes, slides, Blue Devil T-shirts, hats, etc. A political rally will be held at 6 p.m., all candidates must call to register. For more information, contact Stacy Sickles at 275-1145 or Jane Mitchell at 471-2411.