Leeds Moody Messenger
Published 4:06 pm Wednesday, January 2, 2019
- Dona Bonnett.
I am so excited about the New Year. The possibilities are endless. I have been thinking about what I would like to accomplish in 2019 and I hope you are doing the same. One of my goals this year is to spend more time with family. Last year was so busy, that there wasn’t enough time just to hang out. Our children and grandchildren are all going in different directions and so are we, so the opportunities were few. Now with the second great-grand on the way, we’ve got to prioritize more.
As you think about what’s important to you, there are three good ways we can spend our time. Good is the enemy of better and better is the enemy of best. Also, if we want to change some things in our lives, we have to change some things in our lives. My main goal this year is to evaluate where my time is being spent and determine if it is the best way to spend it to meet my personal and professional goals. I invite you to do the same.
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Here’s some opportunities to get involved in your local community, if that is one of your goals this year. There are many events throughout each month so be sure to read my column each week to see what’s happening.
The Leeds Lions Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 3 in the Leeds Masonic Lodge Building.
Leeds Masonic Lodge Community Breakfast is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 5 at 8 a.m. For information, please contact T.V. Weaver at 205-699-6742.
The Moody Kid Quilts Group will meet on Monday and Tuesday, Jan 7-8 at Moody City Hall. If you have an interest in making quilts for distribution to sick children at Children’s Hospital with this team, bring your sewing machine, ironing board, fabric and supplies. For more information, please contact Clydene Dyer at 205-515-4751 or Barbara Willingham at 205-400-4560.
Moody Lions Club is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 7 at White’s Chapel.
LadyBUGS, the Leeds/Moody Professional Women’s Organization, will meet at Noon on Tuesday, Jan. 8 at The Livery. To RSVP, please email anneglidewell@yahoo.com. This is a great non-profit group that raises money for Leeds and Moody student scholarships.
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The Central Parliamentary Meeting is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 9 at Leeds First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. For information, please contact Grady Sue Saxon at 205-699-2440.
The Moody Area Chamber of Commerce will host their monthly luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 10 at Moody City Hall. To RSVP, please contact Andrea Machen at 205-640-6262.
The Alzheimer’s Dementia Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 10 at The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany. For information, please contact Lakeside Hospice at 205-884-1111.
The Mid-South Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19 at the historic Leeds Depot. This meeting will include a program and speaker. Door prizes will be held at the end of the meeting. Bring any railroad-related items that you would like to provide for door prize drawings. Election of board members and officers will be held as part of this annual chapter meeting.
The Doris Stanley Memorial Library has invited Mr. Earl T. “Buster” Smith for a presentation on his career as an Airman 1st Class in the United States Air Force and his attending the U.S. Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal School. After only nine months, he was faced with an assignment of handling a possible nuclear disaster in Faro, North Carolina. His career after the Air Force was spent doing spot announcing for WBRC Channel 6 TV’s Country Boy Eddie Show where he met numerous country music stars such as Mel Tillis, Porter Wagoner, and Kris Kristofferson to name a few. He currently resides in Lincoln, Alabama. Please come to the Moody Civic Center January 24 at 1 p.m. to hear of his fascinating career and learn about a possible disaster that could have changed the United States as we know it today.
Job Opening(s): Moody Civic Center has an opening for part-time front desk/general help. Visit www.moodyalabama.gov for more information.
Thought for the Week: “Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in the pursuit of the goal.” ~Fredrich Nietzsche
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