•ART ON THE SQUARE – basic elements and techniques of drawing – will be held Thursdays, Oct. 9-23 from 7:15-9:15 p.m. in Calhoun City. Class cost $40 and will be instructed by Eliza Mays. Limited class size. Must register by Oct. 7. Need not have previous training; be willing to try something new while using your creativity. Materials provided. Call 628-5165 for more info.
•QUICK BITES will meet Thursday, Oct. 9 at noon at the Multi-Purpose Building in Pittsboro. Topic will be the Fall Flower & Garden Fest.
•CALHOUN ACADEMY HOMECOMING PARADE will be Thursday, Oct. 9 beginning at 6 p.m. in Bruce. Parade will start at Farm Bureau parking lot, will continue down in front of Piggly Wiggly and down to the square and back. Homecoming at the school is Friday, Oct. 10.
•DOSS-WILLIAMS FAMILY REUNION will be Saturday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. at the American Legion Building in Calhoun City. Bring a covered dish. All family and friends are invited.
•MASONIC LODGE Banquet… Coffeeville Masonic Lodge #54 Banquet is Saturday, Oct. 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Mt. Moriah Building, 3657 CR 211, Coffeeville. Guest speakers will be Rick Cole, chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party, and Judge David Chandler, Mississippi Supreme Court. All are invited. Tickets are $15. For info, call Clayton Horton, 662-675-8730.
•HAIRE REUNION will be Saturday, Oct. 11 at noon at the Thorn Community Center in Houston. All relatives and friends are invited.
•BRUCe BURST OF COLOR 5K RUN/WALK will be Saturday, Oct. 11. Event will begin and end at BHS. Day of run, fee will be $40. Registration will begin at 7 a.m. and run/walk at 8 a.m. Proceeds go to building a press box and new lights on BHS softball field. For info, Angie Owen, 662-414-0990 or aowen@calhoun.k12.ms.us or Maria Baker, 662-816-0500, baker_girl@yahoo.com.
•FRED B. COLLINS’ descendants will have the annual Collins Reunion Sunday, Oct. 12, at 11 a.m. at the Multi Purpose Building in Pittsboro. Everyone is invited and please bring a dish for the potluck meal
•NEAL/POTTS ANNUAL FAMILY REUNION will be Sunday, Oct. 12 at Sherman Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, Hwy 32W. Bring your favorite side dish and enjoy day with family and friends.
•Create club will meet Monday, Oct. 13, at 6 p.m. at the Multipurpose Building. Project will be ghosts and pumpkins made from milk jugs and dryer vent hose. You will need to bring your own empty plastic milk jugs (gallon or half gallon-as many as you like). Dryer vent hose and paint is included in the fees. Let the Extension Office (412-3177) know by October 8 if you will be participating.
•Pleasant Agers will meet at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Wednesday, Oct. 15. Meet and greet at 11:30 am. Potluck meal at noon. Eddie and Karen Bollinger will be in charge of the program. Everyone is invited. The church is four miles west Bruce on County Road 231.
•QUICK BITES will meet Thursday, Oct. 16 at noon at the Multi-Purpose Building in Pittsboro. Topic will be Rain Gardens with Dr. Wayne Porter.
•Yalobusha Historical Society will meet Thursday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m. in its headquarters, the former Coffeeville Presbyterian Church. Allyson Coleman will speak on “Growing the Community.” Visitors are welcome.
•Loosa Schoona Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Monday, Oct. 13, at 2:30 p.m. at Jeffery’s on the Bruce Square. Guest Speaker will be MSSDAR Organizing Secretary Hellen Hicks Polk from Starkville. All Daughters are urged to attend.
•PICKIN’ ON THE SQUARE in Bruce Saturday, Oct. 18, 10 a.m. until. Gospel, bluegrass, country music featuring Eddie Bollinger, Freddie Buchanan and Friends, Ronald Edwards and Friends, Keith and Judy Spratlin, and others. Acoustic music only! All welcome. Bring lawn chairs. For info, contact Robert Baker @ 662-414-5002.
•RUFUS GREEN LOGAN descendants will have the Logan Reunion Sunday, Oct. 19 at the Bruce Community Building. Doors open at 10 a.m. Potluck lunch at noon.
•Pieces and Patches will meet Mondays, Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. at the Multipurpose Building. Everyone welcome.
•EXCEL Spanish for English Speakers. Mondays Oct. 20 – Nov. 17. Practical for business staff, educators, interested participants. Beginning Level: listening and speaking basic phrases; learn vocabulary 6-7:15 p.m. Cost: $40.
Building Fluency: vocabulary and grammar fluency; 7:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $35. Instructor: Danna Johnson, native speaker. Must register 628-5165.
•QUICK BITES will meet Thursday, Oct. 23 at noon at the Multi-Purpose Building in Pittsboro. Topic will be Mississippi Sweet Potatoes with Sylvia Clark.
•Gardener’s Delight and Master Gardeners will meet Monday, Oct. 27 at the Multipurpose Building at 6:30 p.m. with Melisha Sims from Pocket Full of Posies. Ms. Sims will be demonstrating how to decorate a pumpkin for a fall table setting. You may make project along with her. Bring a pumpkin (fresh or artificial-fresh will not last long) and garland of fall leaves. Ms. Sims recommended Styrofoam/plastic pumpkins (about $5) or any artificial one you can cut the top off. Everyone is invited.
•LEADER TRAINING… Sheriff Greg Pollan will be guest speaker for Leader Training Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. at the Multipurpose Building. Everyone invited.
•QUICK BITES will meet Thursday, Oct. 30 at noon at the Multi-Purpose Building in Pittsboro. Interested in Pinterest Lara Bowman, will show the group how to use the fastest growing social media site. You will learn how to discover pins and create boards about topics and ideas that interest you.
•BRUCE annual fall festival sponsored by Bruce civic clubs, will be Friday, Oct. 31 from 6-8 p.m. on the Bruce Square. For info, call Tonya Camp 662-927-0036 or e-mail tonyakc38@gmail.com.
•J.D. BROWN MEMORIAL TRAIL RIDE for St. Jude will be Saturday, Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. at Mud Creed Bottom Rd, north of Pontotoc Stock Yard. Lunch following ride, then auction. Wagons welcome. Hay rides available. Prizes for participants. Each $100 donation gets chance to win a saddle. For info: 489-1995, 419-3822, 488-1001, 489-2309 or 308-7084.
•SWEET POTATO COOKING CONTEST will be Saturday, Nov. 8, during the 40th Annual Sweet Potato Festival in Vardaman. Categories are: Cakes, Miscellaneous (Desserts), Men’s, Pies, Miscellaneous (Others), Youth (12-18), Low Calorie and Children (under 12). The Mayor’s Cup will be presented at the Banquet Saturday night to the over-all winner. The contest is open to the public. The recipe must be original and unpublished. The prepared dish and the recipe (without personal information) should be brought to the Vardaman School cafeteria between noon-1:00 p.m. Refrigeration not available. Have product assembled and ready to be put on judging table. For more information, contact Mitzi Hardin 682-9611 (day).
•HOLIDAY BAZAAR… Calhoun County MHV Council is hosting the Calhoun County MHV Holiday Bazaar Friday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the Multipurpose Building in Pittsboro. The MHV Council invites vendors (clubs-individuals-businesses) to participate. Refundable registration fee is $10. Vendors must register before November 7. For a registration form or more information, contact the Calhoun County Extension Office at 412-3177.
•DOG LOVERS! LEAGUE FOR NO-KILL SHELTER meets the first Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at Bruce Park Pavilion. For info, call 983-7471.
•DRIVER’S LICENSE RENEWAL station is open in Pittsboro every third Tuesday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the old tax assessor’s office/church building near the entrance to the Multi-Purpose Building on Hwy 9.
•COUNTRY COUPLES/LINE DANCING classes are being held on the second and fourth Tuesday nights at each month at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion in Calhoun City. For more information call 628-0617.
•CALHOUN ANTIQUE TRACTOR CLUB meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Vardaman Sweet Potato Festival building. Danny Tutor is club president. For more info, call 682-7594. Everyone is invited.
•ARE YOU A CANCER PATIENT? Calhoun Cares is an ongoing non-profit organization to benefit cancer patients. If you are taking cancer treatments and you live in Calhoun County, you are eligible for assistance. Contact Calhoun Cares, Tammy Tallant, 662-983-0864.
•LOOSA SCHOONA CHAPTER of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet the second Monday of each month from September through May at Jeffery’s on Bruce Square at 2:30 p.m. Meal is Dutch treat.
•CALHOUN VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER Robert Gosa is at the American Legion Building in Calhoun City on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. until. Call for appointment, 628-1933 or 983-9328.
•CALHOUN CITY AMERICAN LEGION POST #50 and American Legion Auxiliary Post 50 meet the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m. Meal at 6:30 p.m.
•WEIGHT WATCHERS IN BRUCE meets every Monday night at 5:30 p.m. at Jody’s Dance Studio.
•ANTIOCH LODGE 549… first Monday at 7:30 p.m.
•CALHOUN CITY VFW POST 12032 meets every 4th Thursday at 7 p.m. in the old Kellwood Outlet store building on N. Madison in Calhoun City.
•BRUCE VFW & AUXILIARY MONTHLY meet first Thursday of each month. Pot luck meal at 6 p.m. Meeting at 7 p.m. To rent building, call Mike Winter 412-2114 or James Hardin, 983-7536.
•BRUCE LIONS CLUB meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday at Pizza Palace at noon.
•NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. at Mt. Comfort Baptist Church, 38 CR 257, Bruce.
•SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS & Order of the Confederate Roses meet every third Thursday at 6:45 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Grace Southern Baptist Church in Calhoun City. All are invited.
•CALHOUN?COUNTY?SHRINE CLUB meets every third Thursday at 7 p.m. at Masonic Lodge in Calhoun City.
• BRUCE GROUP ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets Friday nights at 8 p.m. at Bruce United Methodist Church.
•CALHOUN CITY ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets Monday nights at 8 p.m. at Lewis Memorial Methodist Church, Calhoun City. For info, call 628-4222.