COMMUNITY CALENDAR
MLK DAY: The Forrest City Education Association will host its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday observation virtually through partnership with the St. Francis County Branch NAACP and the Theta Tau Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Residents can join through Zoom or Facebook events page. For more information, contact Doreen Johnson at 870633-3308 or Debra Shaw at 870633-8270.
REACTIVATION MEETING:
The East Arkansas Ministerial Alliance will be having a reactivation meeting to nominate and elect officers, Thursday, Jan. 14, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be at the Salem Family Life Center, 109 Haven Street, Forrest City. Mask and social distancing guidelines will be honored. For more information, contact Dr. Howard C. Smith II at 870-514-4954.
RECOVERY SUPPORT:
Celebrate Recovery meets at 7 p. m., each Friday at the First
Church of the Nazarene at 132 McCutchen St., in Forrest City. Anyone having problems with addictions, habits or hangups is welcome to join. For more information, contact pastor Lynn Hickman at 501-831-6353.
LIBRARY: The Forrest City Public Library is open Monday through Thursday, from 9 a. m. until 4 p.m., and on Friday from 9 a. m. until 3 p. m. Masks are required. No one under 16 will be admitted at this time. Half of the computers will be available for one hour per person per day. Visitors may browse the stacks to look for books or movies, but are required to remain six feet apart. The Library will be closed Monday, January 18 for the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday.
CEMETERY MEETING: The Stanley Grove Cemetery committee will not hold its annual fall cemetery committee meeting due to Covid- 19 regulations. Members are asked to send their donations to Author B.
Witherspoon, 617 SFC 215, Forrest City, AR 72335 or Lucille Polk, 171 SFC 267, Colt, AR 72326. For more information, contact Overtis Hall at 870-945-2668 or Witherspoon at 901-265-7742.
LITERACY PROJECT: The Eastern Arkansas Literacy Project is offering basic instruction to adults 18 years and older for reading, writing, basic math, computers, financial literacy and English as a second language. All services are free and confidential. For more information, call 870633-4480 ext. 310.
FREE WOMEN’S CLOTHING: Spring Creek Community Baptist Church is giving away free women’s clothing. For more information, call at 870-494-6962.
QUILTERS: The Caring Touch Quilters meet each second and fourth Tuesday in September through May at the First Baptist Church gym at 10 a.m. The group also teaches quilting. For more information, call 633-5837.
FREE MULCH: Free mulch is available on the first Saturday of each month at the Forrest City landfill from 8 a.m. until noon.
TABITHA’S CLOSET: Tabitha’s Clothes Closet at Oak Hill Church of God in Forrest City will be open the first Saturday of every month from 10 a.m. to noon. For more information, call 870-6337331.
WOMEN’S CLOTHES: The clothes closet, sponsored by Women in Transition to Glory Services Inc., is open on the fourth Saturday of each month from 2 to 3 p.m., at 407 Cleveland Street in Forrest City. Clothes are available specifically for women. For more information, email inquiries to women@witginc.com.
FORREST HILLS WATCH: The Forrest Hills neighborhood wants to organize a Neighborhood Watch program in partnership with the Forrest City Police Department. Those who are interested are asked to call Pastor Moses Green at 870-514-1304 or 630-9055.