Dateline Diboll

Dance lessons

The Lufkin Dance Club is giving dance lessons at the SPJST Lodge in Fuller Springs. Waltz, polka, jitterbug, cha-cha, two-step and line dances and more are being taught each Tuesday through March 30. Cost is $6 per lesson or five lessons for $25. Registration begins at 6 p.m.; lessons begin at 7 p.m. For more information, call 936-634-1635.

Town Hall Meet

Cynthia Schiebel is the speaker at a Town Hall Meeting, sponsored by The Coalition. Schiebel has a counseling, consulting, training and life-coaching practice in Austin. Her topics will be “Why do teens seem impulsive and reckless at times?”, “Did you know teens’ brains are still developing?”, and “Alcohol can have harmful effects on a developing brain.” The meeting is at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the Lufkin and Angelina County Chamber of Commerce Community Room.

PJ Party

The third annual Pink Pearl PJ Party Ladies Night Out will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, March 19, at the Diboll Civic Center. Women wear their pajamas, tiaras, boas, anything to make it fun. Elvis and the Stonewall Rockers will perform. Tickets are $25 each and tables of eight are available. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society through the Pink Peral E-Racers Relay for Life team.

SPJST dance

SPJST Lodge, located at 197 Hughes Road in Lufkin, will have its dance from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday, March 20, featuring the music of Glenn Lenderman. Members, $4; guests, $5. For more information, call 829-5808.

Communitywide Easter service

There will be a communitywide Easter Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. Sunday, April 4, in Old Orchard Park. The service is brought to you by 1st Assembly of God, Rock solid Ministries, Primera Eglesia Bautista, First United Methodist Diboll & Burke, Lakeview Baptist Church, Grace Point Church and others.

Tamale festival

The third annual Tamale Festival will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at the Temple Civic Center in Diboll. Entry forms for the contests and for tamale vendor, arts and crafts, and concession booths are available at www.cityofdiboll.com.

Expenses help

An account for Phyllis Baxter has been set up at Commercial Bank. Baxter had major back surgery and needs help with medical and living expenses. For more information, call Dean Hines at 829-2302.

Relay garage sale

The First Bank and Trust Relay for Life Team will hold a Garage Sale on Saturday, March 27, in the bank parking lot at 104 N. Temple Drive. There will be lots of everything, including clothes of all sizes, baby items, furniture, toys and more.. All the proceeds from the sale will go directly to the American Cancer Society.

PAC Garden Party & Home Tour

The History Friends of the Angelina County Historical Commission are sponsoring a Preserving Angelina County Garden Party at the historic Walker House at 503 Harmony Hill Drive in Lufkin on Tuesday, March 30, from 5 to 7 p.m. Garden Party guests will tour this beautiful, old home, which was restored by the Card/Miles families. The Garden Party and Home tour kicks off the History Friends’ membership drive. History Friends memberships are $15, $25, $500 and $1000. All the money raised will be used to operate the Historical Commission office and for projects of the Commission. The public is invited.

For more information, call 936-639-6986 or contact us at angelinahistory@ gmail.com. Visit our website at angelinacounty. net/achc/hlinks.html.