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McKinney Calendar and NEWS BRIEFS
Poet to appear
at Collin College
Collin County Community College will play host to a Texas poet laureate on June 6 at the Preston Ridge Campus in Frisco.
Birkelbach will be on hand to answer questions and sign copies of his book after the program.
Birkelbach’s newest publication is titled “Alan Birkelbach: New and Selected Works.” His other collections are “Bone Song,” “Weighed in the Balances” and “No Boundaries.” His poetry maintains a Southwest and Texas theme, teeming with verse about old dusty towns, cowboys and golden Texas prairies. He also focuses on people and their circumstances as “lost” individuals.
His poetry has been included in several journals and anthologies such as “Mobius,” “Grasslands Review,” “Borderlands,” “The Langdon Review,” “Concho River Review,” “New Texas,” “Ardent” and “Texas in Poetry II.”
He has been commissioned to write poems on the history of Plano, specifically for each of the city’s five libraries.
Birkelbach is a member of The Academy of American Poets.
The event is co-sponsored by the communications and humanities division at the Preston Ridge Campus and the Collin College chapter of Sigma Kappa Delta, the English honor society for two-year colleges.
For information, contact Gerry Perkus, professor of English, at gperkus@ccccd.edu.
Cat adoptions
slated Saturday
New Beginnings Cat Rescue will have an adoption event from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at PetSmart, at the corner of U.S. 380 and U.S.75.
Many cats rescued from Collin County Animal Shelter or surrendered by their owners and many kittens will be available. They all have tested negative for FelV/FIV, vaccinated (FVRCP+Rabies) wormed, deflead and are litter trained.
For information, call 469-667-4939 or e-mail mckinneykitty@yahoo.com.
Miss McKinney
seeks sponsors
Ashley Lewis, Miss McKinney USA, is seeking sponsorship to attend the Miss Texas USA pageant on July 1 in Laredo.
Lewis is seeking up to $10,000. These funds would cover her $1,295 pageant fee, which include meals, lodging and some wardrobe items. They would also cover other expenses, including fittings, materials and labor for competition evening gown and interview attire.
Sponsors may be listed in the program booklet, and corporate donations are 100 percent tax deductible as an advertising expense.
For information, contact Lewis at 214-578-1409 or e-mail aa.lewis@sbcglobal .net.
Book club to discuss
‘Reading Lolita’
The McKinney Memorial Public Library Book Club will discuss “Reading Lolita in Tehran” by Azar Nafisi at its next meeting, noon June 6 in the Dulaney Room of the McKinney Memorial Public Library, 101 E. Hunt Street.
The book for July will be “East of Eden” by John Steinbeck.
The club meets on the first Wednesday of the month at noon. For information, call the library at 972-547-7323.
Library plans adult
reading program
In conjunction with its annual Summer Reading program for children, the McKinney Memorial Public Library offers a Summer Reading Program for adults. The program runs concurrently with the children’s program, from June 1 to Aug. 16.
Registration begins May 29 at the McKinney Public Library’s Fiction/Young Adult desk. There are no fixed goals of number of books read or hours spent reading, just the opportunity to indulge your appetite for reading, either alongside your children’s or on your own..
Readers are automatically entered to win prizes, and in August, participants will have an ice cream social.
For information on this program and the McKinney Memorial Public Library, visit www.mckinneypubliclibrary.org.
Cemeteries plan
annual meetings
Two cemetery associations will have their annual meetings and decoration days in the next couple of weeks:
Magazine exchange
slated for June 2
The McKinney Memorial Public Library’s next magazine exchange will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 2.
Bring magazines to the Dulaney Room of the McKinney Memorial Public Library, 101 E Hunt Street, then take magazines others have brought. There is no cost involved.
Because of a shortage of storage space, magazines cannot be stored at the Library before the event.
For information, call the Library at 972-547-7323.
Mental health
group to meet
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Collin County will have its monthly meeting on June 14, at Custer Road United Methodist Church, 6601 Custer Road in Plano.
Peer to peer and family support groups meet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dr. Suresh Sureddi, medical director of LifePath Systems of McKinney and Plano, will do a computert presentation on how mental illnesses are diagnosed, symptoms, and current medications.
An “Ask the Doctor” session will follow the presentation.
For information, call 972-922-5095 or visit www.namicco.org.
Farmersville market,
yard sales scheduled
The Farmers & Fleas Market will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 2 at the Onion Shed in downtown Farmersville.
The Market features produce, plants, crafts, food, garage sale items and more. Vendor space is available.
The Farmersville Chamber of Commerce’s Yards and Yards of Yard Sales will take place the same day. Families can register their yard sale for $5.
Logan will speak
to black chamber
Ramona Logan, a broadcast journalist and media consultant, will speak at the Collin County Black Chamber of Commerce monthly general membership lunch at 11 a.m. today at Ralph & Kacoos restaurant, 401 Central Expressway South in Allen.
The monthly luncheons feature various speakers discussing topics such as business financing, government procurement opportunities, business start up and others,
The event is open to anyone interested in making connections with other business professionals and business owners in the Collin County area. Cost is $15.
Blood drive set
on Tuesday
The Carter BloodCare coach will be at RepairMyCreditNow Credit Services, 2140 Redbud Blvd. in McKinney, from 10:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. May 29.
No appointment is necessary.
Highland Cemetery
to honor veterans
Highland Cemetery, located between Melissa and Anna, is planning to put U.S. flags on veterans’ graves to honor those buried there for Memorial Day. The cemetery needs the public’s help to identify veterans buried at Highland who do not have a veterans headstone.
Anyone who knows of a veteran buried at Highland Cemetery who does not have a headstone identifying them as a veteran is asked to call Diane Miller, 972-838-2388.
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