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County calendar for Aug. 11

August 10, 2011

THURSDAY

— The Nature’s Thyme Herb Group is planning an herbal-soap-making workshop Thursday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Garrard County Extension Office. Bring a disposable plastic container with lid and a thick towel along to wrap it up in if you would like to take a bar of soap home with you. Soaps will be available for purchase.

— A class reunion for all former students of Wilmore High School will be held Aug. 11 at 11:30 a.m. at Golden Corral in Nicholasville. For more information, contact Dr. Phyllis Corbitt at 858-3487. Please leave a message if no one answers the phone.

FRIDAY

— The Wilmore Senior Community Center will host the “National Geographic: Super Carrier” at 1:15 p.m.

SATURDAY

— The Jessamine County Farmers Market will open in the Wilmore City Hall parking lot Saturday at 8 a.m.

— A free meal is provided by Manna Ministries each Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The meal is a restaurant-quality meal served at 303 W. Maple St. in the community center of Nicholasville United Methodist Church. The meal is open to the public for anyone in need. Takeout meals are available after 12:30 p.m. Volunteers are always welcome and can contact the office at 885-4481.

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— Stonebridge Summer Saturday Night Concert Series will feature Stringtown for an evening of “Bluegrass Music, Traditional and Beyond” Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. on the Downtown Green in Wilmore. A local food vendor will be on site to sell refreshments, and the Boy Scouts will be selling popcorn. Attendees are asked to bring a nonperishable item to benefit the Wilmore-High Bridge Community Service Center or the county animal shelter.

— The Jessamine County Public Library will feature a HG: cake decorating class Saturday, Aug. 13, at 2 p.m.

— First Assembly of God, 1701 Wilmore Road, will hold a men’s fellowship breakfast at 9 a.m. every second Saturday of the month.

SUNDAY

— The Jessamine County Public Library will host an in-door drive-in movie Sunday, Aug. 14, at 2 p.m. This month’s feature will be “Diary of a Wimpy Kid Roderick Rules.”

MONDAY

— The Jessamine County Senior Center is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and welcomes people 60 years of age and older. The center has a fully equipped exercise room and a thrift shop. The seniors meet every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Activities are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bus service and a hot lunch are available on a donation basis. For more information, call 885-9102.

— The Jessamine County Senior Center, 111 Hoover Drive, plays bingo from noon to 1 p.m. Monday and Friday afternoons. Call 885-9102 for more information.

— The Jessamine County Public Library will host a summer storytime at 10:30 a.m. for families with children ages 5 and under.

— The Wilmore Senior Community Center will host Treasured Memories Scrapbooking each Monday in August at 6 p.m.

TUESDAY

— The TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) weight-loss support group meets from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Creekside Senior Apartments, 407 N. 2nd St. in Nicholasville. For cost and more information, contact Donald Wither at 312-7455.

WEDNESDAY

— The Jessamine County Senior Citizens Center will host a farmers market from 9:30-11:30 a.m. in its parking lot at 111 Hoover Drive.

UPCOMING EVENTS

— Volunteers are needed for the Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center. Training will be held Sept. 9, 10, 17 and 24. BRCC serves Jessamine, Mercer, Boyle, Garrard and Lincoln counties. Training schedule is as follows: Sept. 9 from 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Sept. 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sept. 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sept. 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call Leeann Hayslett at 859-881-5110 or Cari Calico at 859-236-4445, or visit www.bluegrassrapecrisis.org.

— Lighthouse Baptist Church, located at 105 Shun Pike, will host Generation Xplosion Sept. 12 through Sept. 14. The event is for ages 12 through graduation. It will be jam-packed with dynamic prizes, explosive speakers and thunderous preaching. The event starts at 7 p.m. each night.

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