A.A. Meetings announced
If you drink, that’s your business. If you want to be sober, that’s our business. A.A.
833 Broad Swamp Rd., Kingstree, Thursdays at 7 p.m. (843) 697-3321.

Traffic Safety Checkpoints
The Lane, Greeleyville, and Kingstree Police Departments will be conducting traffic safety checkpoints during the month of July.

Traffic Safety Checkpoints
The Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting traffic safety checkpoints during the month of July.

Seniors patrol wellness check
The Kingstree Police Department is offering a seniors patrol wellness check. Any elderly, ill or bedridden resident of the Town of Kingstree who would like for the police department to contact them on a regular basis should call Chief Robert Ford. Chief Ford can be reached at 355-5435 or come by the police department and leave your name, phone number and address.

Weight Watchers meetings
Weight Watchers 2010 meeting will be held at First Baptist Church of Kingstree. Classes are on Thursdays beginning at 5 p.m.

Tideland’s Hospice meeting
Tidelands Community Hospice, Inc. holds a regular grief support group once a month in its Kingstree office. The group meets on the third Monday of each month from 1 to 2 p.m. The hospice office is located at 205 Martin Luther King Blvd., Kingstree (by the Bank of Greeleyville).

Senior Bingo in Lane
The senior citizens in Lane invite any senior citizen to join them each first and third Tuesday at Lane Recreation Center on Broomstraw Rd. for “Senior Bingo.”

Support group available
If you are a parent or guardian with a child or children with special needs and may be interested in becoming a part of a parent-to-parent support group, please contact Tommy and Michelle Russell at 843-373-0912 or 843-356-5714 or email them at pillaroutreach@yahoo.com.

Vital Aging to hold meeting
Vital Aging of Williamsburg County, Inc. will hold its monthly Board of Directors meeting on Wednesday, July 21, at 3:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Kingstree Wellness Center at 912 4th Avenue, Kingstree. Please call (843) 354-5496 if you have any questions.

VFW to hold meeting
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 6500, located at 2317 Sandy Bay Rd., Kingstree, will host its monthly meal and meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 5. For further information, contact Dentist B. Harvin, Post Commander at (843) 354-5306 or Patricia Brown, President Ladies Auxiliary at (803) 478-8127.

NAACP to hold meeting
The NAACP will meet August 8, at Siloam Missionary Baptist Church, 200 Madison Ave., Kingstree at 4 p.m. All are welcome and the NAACP is seeking new members.

DSN to hold board meeting
Williamsburg County DSN Board will be having their monthly board meeting on Wednesday, July 21, at 4 p.m. at Williamsburg County Disabili-ties and Special Needs Board, 61 Greenlee Street, Kingstree.

County Rec. to hold registration
The Williamsburg County Recreation Department is currently preparing for its 2010-2011 Small Fry and Mite football season. Registration will be held on August 6.
For more information contact the Williamsburg County Recreation Center at 355-5004.

Library to hold board meeting
The Williamsburg County Library Board of Trustees will have a board meeting on Tuesday, July 27, at 6:15 p.m. in Hemingway.  The Hemingway library is located at 306 North Main Street, Hemingway.

Hospice to hold training
Winyah Hospice an Amedisys Co. is hosting a volunteer training Thursday, July 29,  6 p.m. This training will be open to the public. Please contact Stacie Moore 843-656-0820 to reserve seating.

Kidney screening offered
Kidney Health Risk Assessment will have a screening on Thursday, August 12, at Williamsburg County Recreation Complex, Thurgood Marshall Blvd., Kingstree.
To register contact the National Kidney Foundation Serving the Carolinas at 800-488-2277.

Vital Aging to host dinner
On Tuesday, August 24, at 7 p.m., Vital Aging will be hosting a dinner and an evening with New York baseball legend Bobby Richardson at Santee Electric Cooperative, Conference Center located at 424 Sumter Highway, Kingstree. A buffet dinner will be served.  The proceeds benefit Vital Aging walk-in freezer fund for home delivered meals for the frail and elderly. For tickets please call 354-5496 or email: www.vitalaginginc.org.

WEOC to hold meeting
A regularly scheduled WEOC board meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 27, at 7 p.m. at the Conway Administrative Office, 1261 Highway 501 East, Suite B, Conway.  The public is welcome to attend.

Library summer happenings
The Friends of the Williamsburg County Library will hold its quarterly meeting on Monday, July 26, at 6 p.m. at the public library on 215 N. Jackson St. in Kingstree. All are welcome.

KES to hold registration
Kingstree Elementary School will hold registration for the 2010-2011 school year on July 28, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the school’s cafeteria. Registration will be for grades third to fifth.