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 February.

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

Friends of Library book sales
The Friends of the Library will sponsor a book sale on the first Saturday in each month from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.  The book sale will be held at the white house on Church Street, Kingstree, beside the library.

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.

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,” where they do crafting, have Bible trivia, sing, share, fellowship and play Bingo.

Weight Watchers begins new class
Weight Watchers 2010 meeting will be held at Waccamaw Center for Mental Health, 314 E. Main St., Kingstree. Classes are on Thursdays beginning at 5 p.m.

Tideland’s Hospice meetings
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).

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.

Census Jobs training available
An application session for census jobs will be held Saturday, February 27, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Friendship United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. For questions please call (843) 382-8317, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Writers workshop to be held
The South Carolina Writers Workshop is now accepting submissions for its 2010 High School Junior and Senior Writing Competition. There is no fee.  Submissions must be postmarked on or before March 1. For details and to download appropriate forms, please visit the SCWW website at www.myscww.org

Praise dance classed offered
The Williamsburg County Recreation Department is offering free praise dance classes on Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Any group or individual interested, or for questions, please contact Mrs. Angela Watson at (843) 355-5065 between the hours of 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

WEOC to hold board meeting
A regularly scheduled board meeting of the Waccamaw EOC, Inc. will be held on Tuesday, February 23, at 7 p.m. at the Williamsburg County Council Chambers, 147 West Main St., Kingstree.

Pilot Club holds Yard Sale
Pilot Club of Kingstree will be holding its annual yard sale on Saturday, March 6, at the Exchange Bank, the Longstreet Street branch, from 7 a.m. until noon. The yard sale will be held rain or shine.

Courses being offered
The Occupational Outlook Center is now accepting registration for the following courses to being the second week in March: Phlebotomy certificate, this ten weeks course is designed to provide students with a review of the theory and skills required in proper collection of blood specimens from patients. Certified nurse assistant in this nine weeks course, students will prepare for the written and skills state examination. Course includes 40 hours of classroom instruction along with 40 hours of clinical externship. WIA provider. For further information contact (843) 545-8400.

Pee Dee Coalition seeks volunteers
Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to the reduction of rape, family violence and child abuse and to the needs of its victims. Pee Dee Coalition needs your support as a volunteer. Volunteers make a direct impact in the lives of victims. Whether it is holding someone’s hands at the hospital or organizing a pantry at the shelter, Pee Dee Coalition has many different programs that cover a variety of interests. The next training class is scheduled to start in March. For additional information, please contact Freda Cox, county coordinator at (843) 354-6481.

HES offers parent workshops
Hemingway Elementary School faculty and staff invite all parents/guardians to a math/science workshop on Saturday, March 13, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the school cafeteria. There will also be a reading/ELA workshop on Saturday, March 20, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the school cafeteria.

Pageant to be held
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church of Kingstree will host a Little Miss/Miss Youth pageant on Saturday, February 27. The pageant will be held at the Williamsburg County Complex beginning at 6 p.m.

Diabetes mini-conference held
The Williamsburg County Diabetes Education and Control Coalition is sponsoring a “Diabetes Mini-Conference – Community Health & Awareness Fair on Wednesday, March 3, at the Williamsburg County Recreation Department from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The theme for this event is “Building Support to Control and Prevent Diabetes.” For more information contact Sarah Morris at 382-3489 and Ella Starling or Regina Nesmith 355-6012, Williamsburg County Health Department.

VFW to host annual program
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 6500, located at 2317 Sandy Bay Road, Kingstree, will host its annual Recognition Program with its monthly meal at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 4. Please call Post Commander Dentist B. Harvin at (843) 354-5306 or President Ladies Auxiliary Patricia Brown at (803) 478-8127.

Chorus celebrates anniversary
Friendship United Methodist Church Male Chorus will celebrates its 18th anniversary on March 14, at 3 p.m.

Dialysis Center to host drop-in
The public is cordially invited to attend Kingstree Dialysis Center open house drop-in on Sunday, February 28, from 2 to 5 p.m., 215 N. Brooks St., Kingstree.

AARP to hold meeting
The Williamsburg County Chapter of the AARP will have their monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 24, at 12 p.m. at the Williamsburg Recreation Center, 2084 Thurgood Marshall Blvd., Kingstree.

WA to host Oyster Roast
The Williamsburg Academy Development Foundation will host an Oyster Roast on Friday, March 5, 2010. Call Amy Wiggins at 355-6539 for more details.