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    • Feed By Faith is seeking donations to help feed area families in need over the holiday season. Volunteers are also needed to help cook and serve food. For more information, call 601-483-8999 or e-mail them at feedbyfaith@comcast.net. Donations can be sent to Feed By Faith, P.O. Box 1064, Meridian, MS, 39302.

    • “Country Alcoholics Anonymous” meets each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. out Highway 493 North, past the Bailey post office. Veer left on to GumLog Road, 1/2 mile to club house by baseball field on right. For information call 601-737-2463.

Thursday, Dec. 20

    TISBA – The International Singing Brakeman Association will meet at the Best Western hospitality room on Frontage Road. We meet the 3rd Thursday each month. Please bring a snack/dish to share.  We will eat at 6:30p.m. Admission is $5. For more information, call Glyn Jones at 601-581-1601 or Mama Kat at 601-480-3934.

    1-2 p.m.  — Merry Christmas BINGO for seniors at Meridian Activity Center, 3300-32nd Ave. Bring a wrapped present to play. Phone 601-485-1812 for information.

Thursday, Dec. 27

    9-11 a.m. — Magnolia Quilters meet at Meridian Activity Center, 3300-32nd Ave. Phone Tanzie Brown at 917-4209 for further information.

Saturday, Dec. 29

    6:30 p.m. – Otha Barham and the Daydreamers will play favorite tunes at the Meridian Activities Center. Admission is free.

Thursday, Jan. 3

    6 p.m. — The Meridian Chapter of Miss. Valley State University Alumni will have their meeting at the Council of Organization Building, 814-45th Ave. All alumni in the surrounding area are asked to attend and have a very Merry Christmas. Call 601-482-459 for more information.

Tuesday, Feb. 26

    5:30 p.m. – “Stopping More Than the Pain: The Perils of Prescription Drug Abuse” Free Parenting Seminar. Dulaney Room, Webb Hall (corner of 14th St. and College Dr.) Meridian Community College, Meridian, MS