Faces & Places

Free screenings

The East Texas Health Access Network (ETHAN) will offer free cholesterol and blood pressure screenings every Wednesday in February from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at 117 W. Houston St. For information call 384-2099.

Bluebonnet Garden Club

The Bluebonnet Garden Club will meet Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. at the home of Bonnie Derkits. Subject of the month will be identifying silver. Regrets only, 384-1368.

Association meets

The Pinewoods Chapter of the Independent Cattleman's Association will meet 6 p.m. at the Lone Star Buffet in Jasper Thursday, Feb. 15. The speaker will be Terry McFall from the USDA Service Center.

Social Security

The Social Security representative will be in Jasper at the senior center on Fletcher Thursday, Feb. 15, 9 a.m. until noon, and in Newton at the old hospital building 1-3 p.m. that same day. Most business can be handled by telephone at 1-800-772-1213.

Jasper Beautiful

The recycle trailer will be in Community Church parking lot Feb. 16-19. Cardboard, paper, plastics, and #1 or 2 cans may be recycled. Newspapers are collected at the transfer station off High Truitt Road. Rowe Elementary and Jasper Junior High are also collecting aluminum cans as part of the Jasper Beautiful campaign.

Games Day

United Methodist Women will host their third annual Game Day Friday, Feb. 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wesley Center. A light lunch will be served. Tickets are $8 per person and may be purchased from UMW members or from the office of First United Methodist Church.

RSVP members

Jasper and Kirbyville R.S.V.P members will be honored at an awards ceremony at St. Michael's Catholic Church, Friday, Feb. 16 at 11:30 a.m. For more information, call Ginger Studensky at 384-5704 ext. 271.

JHS class of '87

The Jasper High School class of 1987 will hold a 20- year reunion organizational meeting Saturday, Feb. 17, at 1 p.m. at the fire hall on Water Street. For more information, call Brad Sowell at (832) 797- 6050.

Concession stand

Jasper FFAbooster club will be running the concession stand Saturday, Feb. 17, at the 1st Annual Winter Bash Livestock Show at the Jasper County Junior Livestock Arena and Barn on Hwy. 777. Tag in is from 7-9 a.m., show starts at 9 a.m.

Freedom Train

Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in in Kirbyville will host the play "Freedom Train" in honor of black history month Feb. 17 at 7 p.m.

Pruning day

The Lakes Rose Society will hold its annual pruning day Saturday, Feb. 17 (or Feb. 24, if it's raining) at 9 a.m. at the Jasper city hall rose beds. Pruning demonstrations and cutting give-aways free to everyone.

Retired federal employees

The Silsbee-Jasper chapter 1319 of the National Association of Retired Federal and Current Federal Employees will meet for a sack lunch Feb. 21 at 11 a.m. in Silsbee at St. Mark's Catholic Eductional Building.

Beautiful meeting

The Keep Jasper Beautiful campaign will meet Feb. 22 at 10 a.m. at the Woman's Civic Club at 156 W. Milam to discuss future cleanups and recycling. For more infromation, call Patty Shaw at 384-6760.

Art exhibit

First United Methodist Church Spotlight Productions will host "The Works of Our Hands" exhibit Saturday, Feb. 24, 10 a.m. to noon, and Sunday, Feb. 25, 2-4 p.m. Admission is free.

Spoon River Anthology

Edgar Lee Master's play "Spoon River Anthology," a story of small town life, is being performed Feb. 23-24 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. at Woodville's Eagle Summit. Tickets available at the door. Call 409-283-2788 for more information.

Miss Burkeville

Burkeville will hold a beauty pageant for ages 6 months to 18 years who live in the Burkeville school district. Theme for the pageant is "A Night in Paris." Deadline for entgries is Feb. 28, and the pageant will be held March 31. For more information, call Arvida Smithson at 565-5338 ext. 258 or Phyliss Stephens at 565-4338.