ART

Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Office open, 228.374.5547, contact: marjie@georgeohr.org

USM Gulf Coast Civic Chorale: rehearsals currently held Tuesday evenings @ 7PM in First Methodist Church, Gulfport. For further information regarding performances, contact Dr. John Flannery at USM main campus in Hattiesburg. John.Flannery@usm.edu

Gulf Coast Writers Association, 7 p.m. fourth Thursday, Barnes and Noble, Crossroads Shopping Center, Gulfport. Details: Victoria Olsen, 575-6211; or www.GCWriters.org; or e-mail GCWriters@aol.com.

Pass Christian Art Association critique session and meeting, 2 p.m. third Saturday, Pass Christian Library. Details: 452-4596.

Renaissance Recorder Consort, 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Seacoast Recital Hall, Howard and Seal avenues, Biloxi. Details: 435-2673 or 374-2436.

CIVIC

Biloxi Exchange Club, noon Wednesdays, Homestead Restaurant, Pass Road, Biloxi. Details: 865-9974.

Biloxi-Edgewater Civitan club, 2nd Thursday of the month at noon and the 4th Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm,
Ryan's Family Steakhouse 2400 Beach Blvd. Gulfport, MS (near Olive Garden and Red Lobster). Details: Jenny, 392-2909, or 596-6950, AMCFan730@aol.com

Biloxi Kiwanis, noon Mondays, Holiday Inn Coliseum. Details: 374-1710.

Biloxi Lions Club, noon Wednesdays, Mary Mahoney's Old French House, 116 Rue Magnolia, Biloxi. Details: 374-2626 (days).

Friendship Civic Club of Ocean Springs, social 10 a.m., meeting at 10:30 first Thursday, Ocean Springs Civic Center. Details: Frances Jett, 872-6791.

Gulfport Exchange Club, noon Tuesdays, Beach Front Holiday Inn, Gulfport. Details: 868-4581.

Gulfport Long Beach Optimist Club, noon Wednesdays, Holiday Inn on U.S. 90, Gulfport. Details: Hedy Walker, 896-5527.

Kiwanis Club of Hancock County, noon Tuesdays, American Legion Post 139 clubhouse, Bay St. Louis. Details: 467-8719.

Kiwanis Club of Long Beach, noon Tuesdays, Sicily's Pizza, Winn-Dixie Plaza in Long Beach. Details: 214-5252.

Kiwanis Club of Pascagoula, noon Tuesdays, LaFont Restaurant, Pascagoula. Details: 762-3755.

Orange Grove/Gulfport Rotary Club 6840, noon Mondays, Holiday Inn Airport, U.S. 49. Details: Ralph Anderson, 832-6448.

Orange Grove Lions Club, 7 p.m. Mondays, Garden Park Hospital in classroom 2 and 3. Details: 831-4574.

Rotary Club of Biloxi, noon-1 p.m. Tuesdays, Mary Mahoney's Old French House Restaurant, 116 Rue Magnolia, Biloxi. Details: Gayden Gladman, 875-0165, or Mary Nichols, 374-2100.

Rotary Club of Edgewater Sunrisers, Biloxi chapter, 7-8 a.m. Fridays, Holiday Inn Coliseum, U.S. 90, Biloxi. Details: Paul Ellis, 864-4111, or Jerry Olson, 865-9575.

Rotary Club of Long Beach, 7-8 a.m. Wednesdays, Hardy Hall at USM-Gulf Park, Long Beach. Details: Robert Dienelt, 868-4100.

Rotary Club of Stennis Space Center, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesdays, NASA Conference Center behind Building 1100. Details: Ken Cooper, 688-5007, or Al Lewando, 689-8002.

EDUCATIONAL

Adult Literacy Partners in Service. Details: Frank Koch, 897-3811.

Beginning bridge, 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Handsboro Community Center, $1 per night. Details: Lamar Jordan, 897-9052.

Gulf Coast Bridge Association lessons, locations from Diamondhead to Pascagoula. Details: Rebecca McMichael, 432-1313 or 896-9876; Wayne Kiddy, 392-6768 or kiddycat@cableone.net; or gulfcoastbridge.com.

Harrison County Gem and Mineral Society, 6:30 p.m. second Thursday, workshop 9 a.m. the Saturday after meeting, Handsboro Community Center, 1890 Switzer Road., Gulfport. Details: 863-0035 or 863-7770.

Help Save This Treasure, Friends of Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center of Arts and Education, 6:30 p.m. third Monday, Old Public School, 1600 Government St., Ocean Springs. Details: 875-1055 or e-mail bsmjhm@ametro.net.

Parenting classes, free to Jackson County residents, 6-7:30 p.m. Mondays at Ocean Springs YMCA Total Fitness Center, U.S. 90, and Wednesdays at YMCA, 5343 Jefferson Street. Details: Laura Foreman or Lakeisha Keen, 875-5050.

Joppa Shrine Center, 7:30 p.m. third Monday, Woolmarket exit 41 off I10, North 1 1/2 mile. 392-9345.
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Knights of Columbus, Council 9094, 7 p.m. first and third Tuesday, Sacred Heart Parish School gym. Details: Larry Tabor, 392-6379.

Mcleod Lodge No. 0424 F&AM, meets each Tuesday at the lodge building on Government street in Ocean Springs. Meals served. Phone: 697-8289

PEO Sisterhood, Chapter E, 5:30 p.m., first and third Tuesday. Details: Ann Clower, 432-7578.

PEO, Chapter H, times and places change monthly.
PEO,Chapter B, 1:30 p.m. first Thursday. Details: Carol Reeves, 864-8954.

PEO, Chapter A, 11:30 a.m. first Thursday. Details: 872-3997.

PEO of Diamondhead, Chapter T, 9:30 a.m. second Friday, places change. Details: 255-2548.

PEO of Diamondhead, Chapter Q, 1:30 p.m. first Wednesday. Places change. Details: 255-7817.

Rectitude Lodge 323, F&AM, PHA, 7:30 p.m. first and third Wednesday, Masonic Lodge, 1905 32nd Ave., Gulfport. Details: 832-2303.

Woodmen of the World Gulfport Lodge 1446, 6:30 p.m. third Tuesday, Coast Electric, U.S. 49 north, Gulfport. Details: 868-6713.

Woodmen of the World Youth Lodge 1451, 6:30 p.m. second Thursday for ages 8-11, third Thursday for ages 12-15, Coast Electric, U.S. 49 north, Gulfport. Details: 832-1725.

GARDEN

Gulfport Garden Club. Details: 896-4794.

Gulf Coast Orchid Society, 2:30 p.m. second Sunday, conference room behind Gulf Coast Medical Center cafeteria, Biloxi. Details: 863-0035 or 863-7770.

Gulf Coast Pond Society, 7 p.m. third Monday, places change. Details: 388-7172.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Camellia Society, 7 p.m. third Tuesday, Gulfport Memorial Hospital, South Annex. Details: Bruce Stinson, 452-3262.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Daylily Society, 2 p.m. second Saturday, St. Martin Community Center. Details: Kathy Homsey, 832-6424.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Rose Society, 3 p.m. second Tuesday, Long Beach Senior Citizens Center. Details: 863-0035 or 863-7770.

MILITARY

American Merchant Marine Veterans, Mississippi Gulf Coast Chapter, 11 a.m. third Tuesday, Holiday Inn Coliseum. Details: W.L. Bourgeois, 864-7936.

Bayou Gulf States Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America, 6:30 p.m. third Monday, American Legion Post 119, 111 Courthouse Road, Gulfport. Details: Howard Olsen or Debbie Farrell, 563-2558.

Disabled American Veterans, Chapter #17,  meet the last Wed. of each month at 6:30 PM in Ocean Springs, MS. At the VFW post 5699

Mississippi Gulf Coast Retired Officers Association, noon-1 p.m. second Wednesday. Details: Carl Remley, 388-8221 or carlr28702@aol.com, or Fred Dunaway, 374-7007.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder clinic, 2:45 p.m. first and third Friday, 706 Watts Ave., Pascagoula. Details: 769-3075.

The Retired Enlisted Association TREA, Magnolia Chapter 81, 7 p.m. second Thursday, Keesler Air Force Base, NCO Academy Building 2901. Details: Floyd Streeper, 832-3390, or Ben Bruhnke, 392-8958.

VFW Post 6731 D'Iberville, business meeting, 7 p.m. first Tuesday; Ladies Auxiliary 6731 D'Iberville, business meeting, 7 p.m. second Tuesday, post home, W. Gay Road, D'Iberville. Details: 392-1152.

VFW Post 3937 and Auxiliary, 7:30 p.m. second Wednesday, VFW post home, 213 Klondyke Ave., Long Beach. Details: 863-8602.

WAVES National, 10 a.m. fourth Saturday, Naval Home Chapel. Details: Corrine, 897-8597, or Naomi, 897-8049.

POLITICAL

Harrison County Democratic Party - P.O. Box 8421, Biloxi, MS. 39506, Telephone 228-324-4028, Web: http://www.hcdec.net/

Mississippi Democratic Party - Post Office Box 1583, Jackson, Mississippi 39215, Office Phone (601) 969-2913, Facsimile (601) 354-1599, Office Location, 832 North Congress Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39202, Web: http://www.msdemocrats.net/home.htm

Mississippi Republican Party - 415 Yazoo Street Jackson, MS 39201, Office Phone (601) 948-5191 Fax: (601) 354-0972 Web: http://www.msgop.org/involved/

PROFESSIONAL

American Business Women's Association,
Gulfport Charter Chapter, 6 p.m. fourth Monday, Holiday Inn-Beachfront, Gulfport. Details: 863-8628.

American Business Women's Association, Singing River Charter Chapter, 6 p.m. second Monday, La Font Inn, Pascagoula. Details: Deborah Seidel, 875-7981.

Biloxi Bar Association, noon last Friday, Broadwater Beach Resort, Biloxi. Details: 374-5566.

Biloxi Business Men's Club Inc., noon Thursdays, Mary Mahoney's Old French House Restaurant, 116 Rue Magnolia, Biloxi. Details: 388-5903.

Biloxi Branch NAACP. Details: James Crowell, 377-5321 or 374-0858.

Business Network International, Bay St. Louis chapter, 7:45 a.m. Tuesdays, Bridges Club House, Bay St. Louis, Casino Magic; Biloxi Breakfast chapter, 7:30 a.m. Thursdays, McElroy's Harbor House Restaurant, 695 Beach Blvd., Biloxi; Founder's Lunch chapter, 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Chesterfields Restaurant, Edgewater Mall, Biloxi; Gulfport Breakfast chapter, 7:45 a.m. Wednesdays, Sugar Mill Restaurant, Gulfport; Gulfport West chapter, 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Chimneys Restaurant, U.S. 90, Gulfport; Ocean Springs Breakfast chapter, 7 a.m. Fridays, Indian Head Super 8 Motel, U.S. 90, Ocean Springs; Ocean Springs Breakfast chapter, 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Bayview Gourmet Restaurant, 1210 Government Street, Ocean Springs; Orange Grove Breakfast chapter, 7 a.m. Thursdays, Holiday Inn Airport, U.S. 49, Gulfport; Orange Grove Lunch chapter, 11:30 a.m. Thursdays, Holiday Inn Airport, U.S. 49, Gulfport; Pascagoula Breakfast chapter, 7 a.m. Thursdays, Shoney's Restaurant, U.S. 90, Pascagoula. Details for any chapter: Wes Holsapple, (601) 906-2969 or (800) 870-2969 or e-mail at wes@bnims.com or www.bni.com.

Christian International Business Network, third Tuesday. Details: Gulf Coast Community Church, 875-3297.

Gulf Coast Association Insurance and Financial Advisors, noon third Friday, Gulfport Holiday Inn Beachfront, U.S. 90. Details: Kathy Turan, 868-4046.

Mississippi Claims Association/Gulf Coast Chapter, 5-7 p.m. first Tuesday, Anthony's Under the Oaks Restaurant in Ocean Springs. Details: Joan, 435-1474; Mary, 475-4558; Doug Bates, 818-1200.

Mississippi Sound Association of Peri Operative Nurses. Details: Gail Recore, 388-0220 or 875-8944.
Public Relations Association of Mississippi, noon, second Monday, Holiday Inn Beachfront, Gulfport. Details: Terry Hines Smith, 688-1159 or www.prammsbeach.org.

South Mississippi Mac User Group, 6 p.m., second Tuesday, locations vary. Details: Sharon Fitzhugh, 896-0523, or Greg Alexander, 896-2410

Bienville Toastmasters Club, Thursday Meetings, 7 p.m.-8:15 p.m., Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce, 1000 Washington Avenue. Contact Michael Bayne at (228) 235-5046 or mjbayne@aol.com for more details.

At Eze Toastmasters Club, 11 a.m., Tuesdays, 81 Communications Squadron, Bldg 1101, on Keesler Air Force Base. Details: call 313-1872.

Brown Baggers Toastmasters Club, 6 p.m. first and third Tuesdays each month, Gautier Library, Gautier. Details: 374-5111.

Gulf Coast Toastmasters Club communication-leadership workshop, 5:45 p.m. Thursdays, Edgewater Mall community room. Details: Erma Lamousin, 374-5111 or ermalee@cableone.net, or Edward Gordon or 539-1778, or Edward@XYSTUM.com. www.fullcirclecom.com/tmdistrict29.

RELIGION

W.O.W. Christian Women's Fellowship luncheon, noon second Wednesday, Holiday Inn on U.S. 49. Details: Lisa Watson MacEwan, 388-5700.

SERVICE

AARP, Gulf Coast Chapter 569, 10:30 a.m. second Monday; Ryan's Steak House, U.S. 90, Gulfport, 868-1148.

AARP, Biloxi Area Chapter 1381, 10 a.m. third Tuesday, Biloxi Community Center, Howard and Belman streets. Details: John Caranna, 388-6438.

Biloxi Mayor's Awareness Committee for Citizens with Disabilities, 3:30 p.m. second Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Building, 676 Washington Loop, Biloxi. Details: 863-7770 or 435-6297.

Gulf Coast Chapter, Mississippi Council of the Blind, 10:30 a.m. second Saturday, Handsboro Community Center, Switzer Road, Gulfport. Details: Janice, 863-6479, or Lyda, 435-4740.
Gulf Coast Networkers, 11:30 a.m. first and third Tuesday, China Garden, Ocean Springs. Details: Bob Mansker, 875-6786.

Mississippi Coast Amateur Radio Association, Monthly Meeting: 7 p.m. third Monday, American Medical Response building off of Cowan/Lorraine Road in Gulfport, MS. Monthly Testing: First Saturday @ AMR Bldg - Seaway Rd, Gulfport, Rd. Weekly gathering: Thursday 6:00 p.m. McAllister's Restaurant Pass Rd @ Popps Ferry, Biloxi, MS. For more information, please contact Gail Horning (228) 860-5377.

Harrison and Hancock Human Resource Association, 8-9 a.m. third Thursday, U.S. 49, Gulfport. Details: Cindy Burnett, 867-8788.

Hope Haven Board, 6 p.m. third Tuesday, Mississippi Power Co., U.S. 90 and Dunbar, Bay St. Louis; speakers, information on child abuse and other children's issues. Details: 467-7945.

Lupus Foundation of Mississippi, Gulf Coast area branch. Details: (800) 866-9606 or (601) 366-5655.

National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE),
Biloxi chapter 209, 11:30 a.m. third Thursday, Ryan's Family Steakhouse, 2400 Beach Blvd., Gulfport. Details: Vida Pope, 388-3627.

NARFE, Ocean Springs chapter 1765, 1 p.m. first Wednesday, Ocean Springs Library. Details: Mary Ashworth, 872-2081.

NARFE, Pascagoula chapter, third Tuesday, Shoney's in Pascagoula. Details: Sam Weil, 497-3584.
Sunshine Guild Inc., 9:30 a.m. second Wednesday, Gulf Coast Medical Center, Support Services Building.

TOPS MS No. 190, Biloxi, 6 p.m. Tuesdays, St. Martin Lions Club on LeMoyne Boulevard, D'Iberville, weigh-ins 5-5:55 p.m. Details: 875-2783, 392-4080 or 392-6734.

TOPS MS No. 214, Biloxi, 7 p.m. Thursdays, Bay Vista Baptist Church, 2485 Pass Road, Biloxi, weigh-ins 6-6:50 p.m. Details: David, 388-1916.

TOPS MS No. 219, Biloxi, 9 a.m. Thursdays, Beauvoir United Methodist Church, 2113 Pass Road, Biloxi. Details: 388-3627.

TOPS MS No. 5, Gulfport, 9:20-10:00a.m., Thursdays, Orange Grove Baptist Church, Orange Grove Road, Gulfport, weigh-ins 8:30-9:20a.m. Details: 228-223-6537.

TOPS MS No. 294, Latimer, 7-8 p.m. Thursdays, New Fayard Methodist Church, 14900 Jim Ramsey Road, Latimer, weigh-ins 6-7. Details: 392-5875 or 392-1436.

TOPS MS No. 19, Ocean Springs, 7-8 p.m. Thursdays, St. Paul United Methodist Church, 800 Porter St., Ocean Springs. Details: Susan Odom, 872-1734.

TOPS MS No. 281, Ocean Springs, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Thursdays, Ocean Springs Church of Christ, 1116 Washington Ave., weigh-ins 8-9 a.m. Details: 392-6429 or 392-3209
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TOPS MS No. 213, Pass Christian, 6:15-7:15 p.m., Tuesdays, Pass Christian Public Library, Hearn Ave., weigh-ins 5-6:15 p.m. Details: Gayle Arnold, 467-7198 or Geri Lock, 863-5504.

TOPS MS No. 317, Vancleave, weigh-in at 6:30 with meeting at 7 p.m. Mondays, Vancleave Library, 12604 Miss. 57, Vancleave. Details: Sherrie, 826-2296, Edwina, 475-2517 or www.tops.org.

TOPS MS No. 307, Waveland, 5:15-6:15 p.m., weigh-ins 4:30-5:15, Wednesdays Waveland Public Library, Coleman Avenue, Waveland. Details: Paula, 467-0420, or topsms307@yahoo.com.

Volunteer Families for Children, recruiting families to care for children of all ages. Details: Cindy Thomas, 363-3023.

SOCIAL

Christian Motorcyclist Association, 9 a.m., second Saturday, Gautier Library. Details: Jim Savage, 497-2444, or e-mail jtsavage@datasync.com, or Wendell Sullivan, 872-3437 or e-mail WndllSllvn@aol.com.

Gulf Coast Chapter Amateur Ballroom Dancers. Details: Janet Green, 872-9763.
Gulf Coast Newcomers Club, 11 a.m. second Tuesday, lunch at noon, Holiday Inn Beachfront in Gulfport, U.S. 90. Details: Roma Bugenhagen, 831-9712; Corrine Robinson, 897-8597; or Becky Eymard, 463-0067.

Gulf Coast Opera Salon. Details: Bettie Kendall, 385-2471.

Mississippi Coast Amateur Radio Association, 7 p.m. third Monday, Harrison County Courthouse Civil Defense conference room, Gulfport.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Kite Club, 3 p.m. third Sunday, Long Beach Harbor, all ages. Details: 863-9195.

Scottish Society of the Gulf Coast, 7:30 p.m. second Monday, Demiller Hall of Church of the Redeemer, U.S. 90, Biloxi. Details: 875-2260.