A.A. Meetings- 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 January.

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

Support group- 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.

Seniors Patrol- 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.

Memory Dish - Hospice Care of South Carolina's Grief Support Group, known as the "Memory Dish" is held the second Thursday of each month from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at the Williamsburg Technical Col-lege (Administrative Office Building Conference Room). The Memory Dish is conducted by Chaplain Willis Broughton. The contact number for this group is: (843) 213-8507.

Tidelands Hospice- Tidelands Community Hos-pice, 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).

Program- Taking Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) Weight Program will meet on Thursdays at 9:15 a.m. at Ina Miles Store.For more information contact Lillie Jean at (843) 355-3002 or Ann at (843) 382-9696.

Senior Bingo- 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.”
Banquet The Georgetown Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will be hosting its annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther Kin, Jr. Scholarship Banquet on January 14, at 7 p.m. at the Glisson Center, Bethel AME Church, Georgetown. Featured speaker for the banquet will be Dr. Luns C. Richardson, president of Morris College of Sumter.

Weight Watchers- Weight Watchers 2012 meetings will be held at the First Baptist Church of Kingstree. Classes are on Thursdays at 5 p.m.

Yard Sale- Corrie House Garments of Grace Ministries of Sandy Bay Pentecostal Holiness Church, located at the end of Sandy Bay Rd., will have an indoor yard sale every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Screenings- Williamsburg County School District Office of Special Services, located at 500 North Academy Street, Kingstree, 843-355-5533, will hold child find screenings each month.

Reunion- Kingstree High School Class of 1964 will hold its annual reunion on Saturday, January 28, at Uncle Monty’s, 10117 Browns Ferry Road, Georgetown from 11 a.m. until. Barbecue served at 12 noon. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share.All class members, faculty and friends are invited.  Additional information may be received from Tommy Bishop at (843) 382-2195; Paul Jacobs at (843) 382-8118; Jane Coward Richardson at (843) 382-9891 or Barbara Nexsen Lansche at (704) 975-1941.

Applications- Student applications for the Williamsburg County Magnet School of the Arts (WCMSA) are available at the WCMSA and online.  Please return all 2012-2013 applications to the WCMSA, 710 Third Avenue, Kingstree, South Carolina by January 27.  All questions  concerning audition and admission for the Magnet School are handled by the District’s Art Coordinator, Jennifer Holliday, at (843) 355-5571, or administrators at the Magnet School at (843) 355-1506.

Calendar-  W.M. Anderson Primary School will be celebrating the following events within the month of January.  Please mark your calendar and plan to attend.  19- Parent Workshop “Celebrating the Role of Males in the Lives of Children”  9 a.m. Oratorical Contest, 26- second nine weeks Perfect Attendance Celebration 1 p.m. 27- second nine weeks Honor’s Program 9 a.m.

Meeting- The Annual South Carolina Peanut Growers Association Annual meeting will be January 26, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Orangeburg Baptist Family Life Center, 2875 Columbia Rd., Columbia. For more information contact Brad Boozer with the SC Peanut Board at (803) 734-2225.

Meeting- The South Carolina Beekeepers Association will hold its annual spring meeting on Saturday, March 3, in Columbia at the Palmetto GBA Center which is located off exit 19, I-77, .7 miles on right on Farrow Road. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and the meeting program will get underway at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. For further information, contact Mike Hood, executive secretary – SCBA at (864) 656-0346 or mhood@clemson.edu or visit www.scstatebeekeepers.org.

Gala- Asbury United Methodist Church will host its 2012 Heart and Soul Valentine Gala, Friday, February 10, at 7 p.m. at the J. Miller Community Center on Hwy. 521 Andrews. For more information about tickets prices, please call  843-325-7523.

Exhibition- The C. Williams Rush Gallery of African-American Arts and Collectables, 200 Hampton Ave., Kingstree, will hold an exhibition “African Americans in History” from February 1 to February 29. A reception is scheduled for February 4, from 4 p.m. to  – 6 p.m.  For information about the Gallery and upcoming exhibitions call (803) 397-1859.

Volunteers- Williamsburg County Library and Williamsburg Enterprise Community Commission, Inc., is looking for volunteers interested in helping prepare tax returns under the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.  V Volunteers will prepare BASIC federal and state tax returns for free a few hours each week from January through April.  As volunteers you will be trained and certified using IRS materials. Volunteers are needed to work three to four hours per week.  Individuals interested in volunteering or who would like more information about the VITA program should contact Williamsburg Enterprise Community Commission, Inc., at 843-355-9070.

Oyster Roast- The Williamsburg Academy Development Foundation will hold its Annual Oyster Roast on January 28, at the Kingstree Moose Lodge at 7 p.m. This year the foundation will also be hosting a Pilau Cook Off. Top prize is $500. Pilau plate tickets are also being sold in advance for anyone unable to attend the Oyster Roast. Contact Amy Wiggins at Williamsburg Academy for more details, 843-355-6539.

Concert- Christian concert featuring Southern Gospel Sensation Steve Hess and Southern Salvation will be held Saturday, February 4, from  at 6:30-8 p.m. at Kingstree  First Assembly of God. A love offering will be received. For more information call 843-382-5348. Kingstree First Assembly is located at 872 Sumter Hwy., Kingstree.

Celebration- Greater Lane Chapel A.M.E. church and the Carrie B. Whitfield Missionary Society will be celebrating their second annual 100 D.IV.A.S IN RED program February 12, at 4 p.m.  The speaker for the occasion is Minister Retha R. Thompson assistant pastor of Word of God of Greeleyville. For more information contact Janet M. Pearson at 843-387-6820.

Meeting- The McClary-Cole VFW Post 6500 and its Ladies Auxiliary, located at 2317 Sandy Bay Rd., Kingstree, will meet on Thursday, February 2, at 7:30 p.m.
For further information contact Dentist B. Harvin, post commander or Barbara Harvin, Ladies Auxiliary President at (843) 354-5306.

Free Tax Help- Free tax help sites will open throughout the Williamsburg County area during this tax season. The Williamsburg County Library and Williamsburg Enterprise Community Commission, Inc. (WECC), in partnership with the IRS will provide services at the following dates and times: Mondays- from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on March 19 and April 2; Tuesdays- January 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 1, 8, 15, 22 ,29 and April 5; Saturdays-February 4 and March 3. These services will be at the Hemingway Library on Tuesdays, by appointment only. To find other free tax help sites in Williamsburg County, please call 843-355-9070 or the IRS at 1-800-829-1040.