Sept. 3 Community events

Meetings
VFW Auxiliary 2757 will meet at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Minnesota Veterans Home.
Springwater Township Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the home of the clerk, Teresa Kramer.
Tourist Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the home of Arlene Bendix.
American Legion Post 123 and Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, in the post home.
Lady Luverne Red Hats will meet at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at St. Catherine’s Church East Parking lot to carpool to Grand Falls Casino for lunch and games. Contact Connie at 283-8470 or Donna at 283-8019.
Pink Ladies will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, at the Blue Mound Room at Sanford Luverne Hospital. There will be election of officers.
Sound Cascade Sweet Adeline Chorus rehearses at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Washington Crossing Senior Living in Sioux Falls (east side of Sioux Falls). Call 507-597-6288 with questions.
Luverne Rotary meets at noon every Tuesday at the Blue Mound Banquet Center in Luverne. Call Teresa Hup at 283-9590.
TOPS #698 Luverne (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets for weigh-in at 8 a.m. every Thursday at Pizza Ranch in Luverne. The meeting follows at 8:30 a.m.
Al-Anon meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays in the Buffalo Ridge Meeting Room (lower level) at the Sanford Medical Center in Luverne. Call Stephanie at 507-449-1246.
Narcotics Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. Fridays in the basement of St. Catherine Catholic Rectory, 203 E. Brown St., Luverne. Use east door. Call Shawn at 507-220-3180.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays in the Rock County Community Library. Call 605-321-4324.
Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon meet from 8 to 9 p.m. every Thursday in Runals Memorial Hall, Edgerton. Call Naomi, 507-215-2956, with questions.
Weight Watchers meets every Monday at First Presbyterian Church, Luverne. Weigh-in is from 5 to 5:30 p.m. and the meeting is from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Call 800-651-6000.
 
Bank Nite movie ‘Penguins of Madagascar’ at Palace Sept. 3
The free Bank Nite movie, “Penguins of Madagascar,” will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Palace Theatre in Luverne.
Sponsored by First Farmers & Merchants National Bank and Papik Motors, a free, family-friendly movie is shown on the first Thursday of every month as it was done for “Bank Nite” in the 1930s. A cash prize drawing will follow the movie. Must be present to win. Last month’s $50 cash winner was Ashton Altman.
 
Luverne Area MOPS kickoff meeting set for Sept. 9
Luverne Area MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) kickoff meeting for the 2015-2016 year will be Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Living Rock Church. Registration is required. For more information contact Wanda Jarchow at 507-283-9664.
 
Farmers Market food demonstration and samples Sept. 10
A cooking demo featuring carrots will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at the Farmers Market in Luverne.
 
Bookin’ Buddies seeks volunteers
Volunteers are needed for the Bookin’ Buddies program at Luverne Elementary School. Mentors talk, read and share 30 minutes of their time with a second-grade student each Wednesday from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. during the school year.
The mentorship program will begin Sept. 16. Interested volunteers are asked to call Lisa Dinger at 283-4497, ext. 3580.
 
Donate books for Friends of the Library book sale
The Friends of the Library are collecting books for their upcoming book sale until Monday, Sept. 14, at the Rock County Library. Donations will be accepted at the library during normal business hours. Encyclopedias, textbooks and Reader’s Digest books will not be accepted. Call Dolly Remme at 283-8966 with questions.
 
Hospice Tour of Tables set for Oct. 24
Sanford Luverne Hospice will host its annual Tour of Tables luncheon Saturday, Oct. 24. Contact the hospice office at 283-1805 if you are interested in decorating a table or donating a gift basket. The deadline is Oct. 1.