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EVENTS OF INTEREST • FAMILY REUNIONS • PLAYS • CHURCH GATHERINGS • CLUB MEETINGS • CALL 256-332-0255 OR EMAIL FRANKLINFREEPRESS@YAHOO.COM TO HAVE YOUR EVENT POSTED IN THE "WHAT'S HAPPENING" SECTION OF THE NEWSPAPER ***
My Father’s House will hold a Church Youth Trip Fundraiser Lunch on Friday, April 10, starting at 11am. Plates are $9 each with your choice of Pork Chop or Chicken, Baked Beans, Cole Slaw or Potato Salad, Dessert. Call 256-460-1376 to reserve your meal tickets. Proceeds benefit Youth Trip to Noah’s Ark in Kentucky.
You’re invited to a Candidates Dinner at the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department on Friday, April 17th from 4-7 p.m. Join the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department for an evening of great food, conversation and the opportunity to meet and hear from statewide and local candidates. Enjoy Barbecue and Smoked Chicken Plates prepared by William Earl Bishop. We look forward to seeing you there! Dessert donations are appreciated.
Come see us Saturday, April 18th for our Spring Market and bean dinner at North Russellville Baptist Church. Vendors will be in the church parking lot from 9-2 and we will have bean plates with slaw and cornbread for $5 each. All proceeds go to the worship team and our youth for October Fest. Church is located at 1401 Waterloo Road.
Osborn Hill Cemetery Decoration Day will be on May 2, 2026. The first Saturday of May has been observed as Decoration Day for well over 100 years. All old flowers will need to be removed off the graves. Please make plans for that special day to come to the cemetery. Also, its time again for annual donations. If you would like to donate to the Osborn Hill Cemetery Fund, please send your donations to: Osborn Hill Cemetery Fund, c/o Mrs. Lana Duncan, 2330 Colburn Mtn. Road, Tuscumbia, AL 35674.
The NACOLG SENIORx medication assistance program supplies free and low-cost medications for anyone in Alabama with a disability or chronic illness, regardless of age, that requires daily medication. Medicare recipients may also be eligible. For more information, contact NACOLG SENIORX today. There is no charge for this service. Call Paula Pardue at 256-389-0529, 256-389-0530 or 1-800-AGELINE (1-800-243-5463). This program is in partnership with the State of Alabama and Alabama Department of Senior Services.
Love Packages Ministry is in need of donations of new and used Bibles (in any condition). They will be sent to ministers and missionaries around the world who will distribute them. Donations can be dropped off in the church office of Red Bay First Baptist Church or Russellville First Baptist Church.
The Northwest Regional Library is proud to announce audiobooks are now available through our Books-By-Mail program. This program is completely free to those that are medically homebound, live more than 10 miles from a town with a public library, or require large print or audiobooks only. Must be a resident of Marion, Franklin, or Lamar counties. Contact the Northwest Regional Library at 205-487-2330 or visit the website at northwestregional.net to find out more information about the program. We are accepting donations of new or gently used CD audiobooks. Donations can be dropped off at any member library.