Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 69, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 2014 Page: 3 of 10
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Friday, January 3, 2014
Brownwood Bulletin 3
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
FRIDAY, Jan. 3
VFW Post 3278, Ladies’
and Men’s Auxiliaries fish fry
lunch fund-raiser to benefit
the Brown County Youth Fair
will be held from 10:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at VFW Post 3278,
2300 Stephen F. Austin. Meal
will consists of fried fish, cole
slaw, beans, hush puppies and
cocktail and tartar sauce for $8
per plate. Advance orders can
be made by calling the VFW
at (325) 646-8113. Delivery will
be available in the Brownwood
and Early areas beginning at
10:30 a.m. or you are welcome
to come to the Post and have
lunch. For delivery of meals
call (325) 646-8113.
Grand Starz Bingo at 6 and
8 p.m. Sundays, 6:30 and 8:30
p.m. Thursdays, and 7 and 9
p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays.
Will benefit the Lake Brown-
wood Dam Volunteer Fire
Department, Big Brothers Big
Sisters and Redmen Lodge.
Brown County Museum of
History is displaying the fire-
arms exhibit “Bullets, Badges
and Badmen, the Guns that
Brought Law and Order to
Texas”. Also on display are Pi-
oneer, and World War II Camp
Bowie artifacts. Open from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays and
Fridays, and from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. Saturdays. Located in
the Old Jail, 212 N. Broadway
across from the Courthouse.
$2 admission, under age 5 is
free. Call (325) 641-1926 for
more information.
The “Kid’s Zone” is open
with hands-on exhibits for chil-
dren of all ages at the Brown
County Museum of History an-
nex. The $2 admission covers
both the old jail and the annex.
“The Guns Of Empire” firearms
exhibit is currently showing at
the old jail. It is located at 212
N. Broadway in Brownwood,
across from the courthouse.
Hours are 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. on
Thursdays and Fridays, and
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturdays.
Call (325) 641 -1926 for more
information. Special tours are
available.
Ron Allen leads “A Pro-
phetic Walk through the
Bible” from 10-11 a.m. at
the community room of the
Brownwood Retirement Com-
munity Center, 318 Bluffview,
in Brownwood.
The Salvation Army Ser-
vice Center of Brownwood
Loaves and Fishes program
is open from noon to 1 p.m.
weekdays serving a hot
lunch at 403 Lakeway Drive.
Everyone is welcome. Come
by at 11:45 a.m. for a short
devotional held daily prior to
the lunch. Call Donna Harris,
director, at (325) 646-5369 for
information.
The Good Samaritan
clothing room and food
pantry are open from 9 a.m. to
1p.m. every weekday except
Wednesday at 305 Clark St.
Wednesday hours are 1 to 5
p.m.
Brownwood Group of Al-
coholics Anonymous meets
from 8-9 p.m. seven days a
week at 700 E. Baker. Call
(325) 646-5842 for information.
The Browntowner Group
of Alcoholics Anonymous
meets at 7 a.m., noon, and
at 6:30 p.m. at 502 W. Austin
Ave. For information, call (325)
646-4144.
New Way Narcotics
Anonymous meets at 7 p.m.
daily at 602 W. Commerce.
If you are 55 years of age
or older and seeking employ-
ment, Experience Works can
help you gain the skills for the
job you want. Contact www.
experienceworks.org or call
1-855-305-1171.
Overcomers meets from
6-7 p.m. on Fridays at Central
Texas Opportunities, Inc., 1500
Dublin. The Christ-centered
12-step recovery support
group is working through a
90-day workbook, “A Daily
Choice,” for all who are want-
ing to get free from controlling
addictions. For information,
call (325) 641-9180, or email
overcomers. bwdtx@yahoo.
com.
SATURDAY, Jan. 4,
In-town recycling is avail-
able on the first and third Sat-
urday of each month from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. under the Austin
Avenue underpass at Avenue
A and Brady Avenue. The
collection is made possible
by Keep Brownwood Beauti-
ful volunteers and the City of
Brownwood. Items accepted
are No. 1 plastic ONLY water/
soda bottles, cardboard, glass
jars and bottles, newspaper,
aluminum cans, tin cans, cell
phones, printer cartridges,
white office paper and maga-
zines.
The Home Depot has a
Kids Workshop from 9 a.m.
until noon on the first Saturday
of each month. Youngsters
ages 5 and older are invited to
participate with their parents.
For information, call (325) 643-
1381.
The Lake Brownwood
Lions Club, 6751 Highway
279, will host a dance from
5:30-9:30 p.m. Dance and
listen to the music of George
Allison and Friends. A snack
bar will be open. No alcohol
is allowed. Cost is $4 per
person.
The Lake Brownwood Li-
ons Club, 6751 Highway 279,
will host bingo at 1:30 p.m.
For more information call (325)
784-6817.
Rising Star’s “Open Air”
Main Street Market will be
held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. the
first Saturday of the month.
Vendor space is available, to
reserve a space call Nancy at
(325) 203-0311. Sponsored by
the Rising Star EDC.
The Heart of Texas Dance
Club meets from 7 to 9 p.m.
each Saturday at St. John’s
Church, on Main and Depot,
for casual dancing -country
and western and ballroom.
Cost is $3 per person. Call
(325) 646-0048 or (325) 646-
0037 for information.
Brown County Museum of
History is displaying the fire-
arms exhibit “Bullets, Badges
and Badmen, the Guns that
Brought Law and Order to
Texas”. Also on display are Pi-
oneer, and World War II Camp
Bowie artifacts. Open from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays and
Fridays, and from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. Saturdays. Located in
the Old Jail, 212 N. Broadway
across from the Courthouse.
$2 admission, under age 5 is
free. Call (325) 641-1926 for
more information.
Buster’s Concho, Colorado
and Brazos Valley Railroad,
the 7 1/2-inch gauge ridable
mini-train at the Martin and
Frances Lehnis Train Museum,
will be hauling passengers
from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Passengers will be charged
admission to get into the
museum and there is an addi-
tional $2 charge for a ticket to
ride the 7 1/2-inch gauge.
The “Kid’s Zone” is open
with hands-on exhibits for chil-
dren of all ages at the Brown
County Museum of History an-
nex. The $2 admission covers
both the old jail and the annex.
“The Guns Of Empire” firearms
exhibit is currently showing at
the old jail. It is located at 212
N. Broadway in Brownwood,
across from the courthouse.
Hours are 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. on
Thursdays and Fridays, and
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturdays.
Call (325) 641 -1926 for more
information. Special tours are
available.
Brownwood Group of Al-
coholics Anonymous meets
from 8-9 p.m. seven days a
week at 700 E. Baker. Call
(325) 646-5842 for information.
New Way Narcotics Anon-
ymous meets at 7 p.m. daily
and also at 10 p.m. Saturdays
at 602 W. Commerce.
The Browntowner Group
of Alcoholics Anonymous
meets at 7 a.m., noon, and
at 6:30 p.m. at 502 W. Austin
Ave. For information, call (325)
646-4144.
Anyone bound by addic-
tion of any kind is eligible for
free help. Meetings are held
from 6-7:30 p.m. Saturdays at
1001 Belle Plain. Please note
the time, date and place have
been changed. Most Excel-
lent Way meetings were previ-
ously held on Tuesdays.
SUNDAY, Jan. 5
Kingdom Kids (infant-
kindergarden), led by Kathryn
Jones, meets at 10:30 a.m.
Sundays at Abundant Life
Church.
UnShaken Youth (grades
7-12), led by Youth Pastors
Jason and Kelly Hill meets
at 6:30 p.m. Sundays and
Wednesdays in the youth
building at Abundant Life
Church.
Grand Starz Bingo at 6 and
8 p.m. Sundays, 6:30 and 8:30
p.m. Thursdays, and 7 and 9
p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays.
Will benefit the Lake Brown-
wood Dam Volunteer Fire
Department, Big Brothers Big
Sisters and Redmen Lodge.
Brownwood Group of Al-
coholics Anonymous meets
from 8-9 p.m. seven days a
week at 700 E. Baker. Call
(325) 646-5842 for information.
New Way Narcotics
Anonymous meets at 7 p.m.
daily at 602 W. Commerce.
The Browntowner Group
of Alcoholic Anonymous
meets at 7 a.m., 9 a.m., and
at 6:30 p.m. at 502 W. Austin
Ave. For information, call (325)
646-4144.
The Spiritual Living Study
Group-Religious Science
meets at various locations
from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Call
James Smith at (325) 998-
6131 or e-mail at Iuvisreal31@
yahoo.com for information.
If you are 55 years of age
or older and seeking employ-
ment, Experience Works can
help you gain the skills for the
job you want. Contact www.
experienceworks.org or call
1-855-305-1171.
Pastor Roy of the New Life
Assembly of God Church,
will have a sermon series
“What’s it Going to Take?” to
help you find out how to make
positive changes in your life.
Sermon times include 9:30
a.m. Sunday school followed
by morning worship at 10:45
a.m., at the Flagship Inn, 8875
Highway 279.
MONDAY, Jan. 6
Zumba classes are held at
5:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays
and Thursdays at the Brick
in the First Baptist Church in
Brownwood. Cost per class is
$2 per person. The classes are
open to everyone. For more
information, call the instructor
Ms. Takenda Cotton at (325)
998-6982.
Women of Purpose meets
at 7 p.m. every Monday in
the overflow of Abundant Life
Church, led by Debra Ashby.
All women are invited to at-
tend.
Women’s Winner Circle
Peer Support Group meets
from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 408
Mulberry in the Center for Life
Resources Building. Winner
Circle Peer Support will meet
from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Pray at the Gate will be
held at 4:30 p.m. at County
Road 422 and the entry of
the North Lake community.
Everyone is welcome to come
and join.
The Salvation Army Ser-
vice Center of Brownwood
Loaves and Fishes program
is open from noon to 1 p.m.
weekdays serving a hot
lunch at 403 Lakeway Drive.
Everyone is welcome. Come
by at 11:45 a.m. for a short
devotional held daily prior to
the lunch. Call Donna Harris,
director, at (325) 646-5369 for
information.
The Heartland Harmonizer
Chapter of The Barbershop
Harmony Society will meet at
6:44 p.m. at The First Christian
Church, 2411 Coggin Ave. For
information, call (325) 203-
3041.
The Good Samaritan
clothing room and food
pantry are open from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. every weekday, except
Wednesday, at 305 Clark St.
Wednesday hours are from
1-5 p.m.
Weight Watchers meets at
10 a.m. and 6 p.m. each Mon-
day, with weigh-in/registration
starting 30 minutes before.
Located at Central United
Methodist Church, 1501 2nd
St. (Behind West-T-Go.)
Brownwood Group of Al-
coholics Anonymous meets
from 8-9 p.m. seven days a
week at 700 E. Baker. Call
(325) 646-5842 for information.
The Browntowner Group
of Alcoholics Anonymous
meets at 7 a.m., noon and at
6:30 p.m. (Beginners meeting)
at 502 W. Austin Ave. For in-
formation, call (325) 646-4144.
New Way Narcotics
Anonymous meets at 7 p.m.
daily at 602 W. Commerce.
All men are invited to join
Dallas Huston from 7-8 p.m.
Mondays at Fort Lemons (next
to Lemon’s Bar-B-Que) for a
topical Bible study and time
of fellowship.
IGNITE (Influencing Girls
Not to Imitate) but to truly
excel, is a young women’s
group that meets at 5:30 p.m.
Mondays at the Bennie Hous-
ton Center, 505 Cordell St.
Girls 9-11 are invited to come
out. For more information
contact Christy Barron at (325)
646-5414 or on facebook:
Ignitefaithbasedleadership.
The Brown County Asso-
ciation for Retarded Citizens
meets at noon on the first
Monday each month at the
Family Services Center, corner
of Austin and Avenue B.
Would you like help improv-
ing your parenting skills? Con-
tact Family Services Center
of Brownwood at (325) 646-
5939. Details on class times
are available at www.familysc.
net. Family Services Center
offers classes in English or
Spanish, daytime or evening,
and to parents of teens or
younger children. The program
is evidence-based, effective
and fun. “Building healthy
families... together” is the
FSC motto. They are funded in
part by TDFPS Texas Fam-
ily: Together and Safe, United
Way, and private donations.
Battering Intervention
and Prevention Program is
designed to help men and
women eliminate violent and
other abusive behaviors in
their relationships.
Dealing with family violence
is much more than just anger
management. In a group
format, participants explore
and challenge old beliefs, learn
new skills and experience the
opportunity to practice these
behaviors.
A men’s group in English
meets at 5 p.m. each Monday
(except on holidays) at the
Family Services Center, 901
Ave. B. For more information
call (325) 646-5939.
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Hanrahan, Thom. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 69, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 2014, newspaper, January 3, 2014; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth739987/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.