LADIES BIBLE STUDY and fellowship, Thursdays at 11 am at Chestuee Baptist Church, Athens Road, beginning Jan. 19. Children welcome. Call Leslie, 423-413-8931.

KIDS ART Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Etowah Community Center. $2 material fee at the door. www.EtowahArts.org

OCOEE REGION BEEKEEPERS will meet Jan. 17 at the Benton Community Center on Hwy. 411 at 6:30 p.m. Anyone interested in beekeeping is invited to attend.

  WORLD HARVEST CHURCH NORTH Special Guest Tracey Mitchell on Wednesday’s service January 18th at 7pm &, 19th at 7pm for a Ladies Fellowship, also on Sunday January 22nd   at 10:30am 2012. She is an advocate of those who have experienced rejection, poverty or emotional abuse, having conquered great pain by applying biblical principles. Hwy. 515 between Blue Ridge and Blairsville, Ga. The address is 135 Bud Franklin Drive. 706-374-6175. For further information, www.whcnorth.org.

FREE LEGAL ADVICE for low income parents of minor children in McMinn County for family law matters is offered Jan. 20 at Etowah Carnegie Library. To make an appointment call 423-756-0128.

POLK COUNTY COMMISSION will meet January 19 at 7 p.m. at the Polk County Countyhouse in benton. Agenda items include appointment of Agriculture committee members, Copper Basin hospital board appointment and discussion of the Ducktown Industrial park.

CHEROKEE STORYTELLER Lloyd Arneach and Cherokee genealogist Dawn Arneach will be at Sequoyah Birthplace Museum Friday, January 20 from 12-3pm. Free and open to the public. Call 423-884-6246 for info.

BOOK SIGNING. Bill Akins and Kenneth Langley, authors of “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy: McMinn County During World War II,” will be signing copies of their books at the L&N Depot Museum on January 21, 1-3 p.m.” A Date that Lives in Infamy” is a book about the people in McMinn County who helped in the war effort, here and abroad.

MARCH FOR LIFE January 21 at Fannin Co Courthouse at 11 a.m. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus and Greater Copper Basin Ministerial Assoc. For more info call 706-781-3671.

SAFE HAVEN Animal Rescue Program (SHARP) will hold its monthly public meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26 6:30 pm at the Chamber of Commerce office in Benton on 411.  All are welcome!

ART OF TEA brewing, serving, pairing with Elaine Newman, L&N Depot Portico Room, Jan. 28, 1-3 p.m. $22. Register by Jan. 20 at 423-263-7608 or www.EtowahArts.org.

CHILI SUPPER and movie “Courageous” at Friendship Baptist Church Delano (Linsdale community), Jan. 28, 6 p.m. Dr. Steve Ross, Pastor.

MOSCOW NIGHTS & Golden Gates, performing traditional Russian folk music & dance with ethnic instruments & in full costume. Moscow Nights & Golden Gates will appear on Sunday, February 12 at 2:30 p.m. at the Peacock Playhouse in Hayesville, NC.  Adult tickets are $15, student tickets are $7.  For information & advance tickets, contact a BCA Board member at 828-837-1863 or at brasstownconcertnews@gmail.com

WEST POLK Republican Women will not be meeting in January.  Next meeting will be Feb. 13th, 6:30 pm, at the Benton Courthouse 3rd floor.

ETOWAH AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 50th Annual Banquet, Thursday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m. at McMinn Central High School. The event will begin with a “Silent Auction” at 6. It will include award presentations for the Business Person of the Year, R. Frank McKinney Distinguished Service and the Joe Quirk Educator of the Year. The public is invited and can reserve tickets at $25 by calling the Chamber office at 263-2228 by Feb. 9.

GUYS & DOLLS, Athens (TN) Community Theater, Feb. 16-26, The Arts Center. $15 adults, $8 students. www.athensartscouncil.org or 423-745-8781.

UNITY REVIVAL 2012, Sunday Feb. 26, 6pm and through Wed. Feb. 29. Mon. – Wed. service time will be 7pm with pastors prayer beginning at 6:30. First Free Will Baptist Church, 259 Tusquittee St. Hayesville, NC. Dr. Joe Arthur & Dr. Calvin Ray Evans will be the guest Evangelists. Singing will be compiled by a joint community choir. Practices will be held Feb. 12th, 19th, & 26th at 4pm.

COUSIN JAKE bluegrass festival, March 10, 12 – 10 p.m, Gem Theater in Etowah. $15 at the door, by phone, online at www.EtowahArts.org.

EAST AND WEST POLK LIBRARY HOURS East Polk-Mon., Tues., Thurs. & Fri. 1:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. (423) 584-4004, West Polk-Mon., Wed., & Fri. 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1-4:30 p.m.

LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE available through SETHRA by calling (423) 338-2335 or (423) 496-2644.

REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS

-County Commission, 3rd Thursday, 7 p.m. alternating between courthouse in Benton and the community center in Ducktown.

-School Board, 2nd Monday, 7 p.m. at the various schools.

-Benton Town Commission lst Monday, 5 p.m. at Benton Town Hall.

-Copperhill City Council 3rd Monday at 6 p.m. at City Hall.

-Polk County Planning Commission 3rd Tuessday, 6:30 p.m. alternating between the Ducktown and Benton Courthouses.

-Ducktown City Commission 1st Thursday at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

-Ocoee Ruritan Club, 1st Thursday, 7 p.m. at the Fire & Rescue Hall in Ocoee on Hwy. 411.