Community news

Commissioners to host forum Tuesday

Pitt County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin McLawhorn and Commissioner Eugene James will host a community forum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Boys & Girls Club, 475 Belvoir Highway/N.C. 33. The forum is a follow-up meeting to a forum held in August. For more information, call the county manager's office at 902-2950.

Communities plan Veteran's Day programs

Several Pitt County communities have planned Veteran's Day programs Wednesday.

A celebration is planned at 11 a.m. on the Greenville Town Common.

The Town of Ayden will hold a Veterans Day program at 1 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park on Third Street. The event will be held rain or shine. Call 746-7030 to make reservations by Monday.

Winterville will host a program at 2 p.m. at the Public Safety Building at the corner of Railroad and Main streets.

HomeTown Bethel will hold a ceremony at 11 a.m. at the town arboretum. Rep. Edith Warren will speak in addition to retired Col. Mike Whitehurst, U.S. Air Force. A flag retiring ceremony will be conducted by Boy Scout Troop No. 15 and the North Pitt High School JROTC will post colors. A wreath will be laid at the Veterans Rock during the ceremony. Those with flags that need to be retired with honor can take them to the Bethel Town Hall.

End of Life Care planning clinic offered

The End of Life Care Coalition of Eastern Carolina will hold a free advance care planning clinic Thursday in the Pine and Elm rooms at Pitt County Memorial Hospital. A short educational program on advance care planning will be offered at 10 a.m. Trained facilitators and notaries will be available from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help with completing advance directive documents, such as living wills and health care powers of attorney. Registration is not required. Take a form of personal identification. For more information, call 847-0868 or visit www.endoflifecarecoalition.org.

Douglas aircraft on view at airport

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 960 of Farmville will present the Douglas C-54 aircraft at the Pitt-Greenville Airport from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Nov. 15. The “Spirit of Freedom” participated in the Berlin Airlift from June 1948 until September 1949, moving supplies into Berlin during a blockade of the city. A $5 donation is requested to view the onboard museum. For more information, call 531-1619 or visit www.spiritoffreedom.org or the chapter's site at www.eaa960.org.

Entries sought for Christmas parade

“Cartoon Classic” is the theme for the Greenville Christmas Parade on Dec. 5, sponsored by the Greenville Jaycees. The deadline to submit a float entry is Friday. For more information, visit www.greenvillejaycees.com or e-mail christmasparade@greenvillejaycees.com.

Latin, Caribbean meeting set

The National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC), a network of more than 100 Latino and Caribbean immigrant-led organizations throughout the United States, will hold its sixth annual Leadership Assembly Friday through Sunday at the East Carolina University Heart Institute. The Mexican Association of North Carolina (AMEXCAN), a member organization of NALACC, in partnership with the ECU, will be host the event. For more information, contact Juvencio Rocha Peralta at 258-9967 or amexcan@gmail.com.

Area turkey shoots planned this month

Several fire departments are holding turkey shoot fundraisers this month. Concessions will be available at each shoot.

Belvoir's event will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 and Nov. 25. Turkey, ham and money rounds will be shot in addition to the Shoot the Light round. For more information, call David Roebuck at 341-1718.

Stokes' shoot begins at 7 p.m. Friday and Nov. 20 at the fire department on N.C. 903. For more information, call Rodney Warren at 531-9441.

Staton House will hold its shoot at 7 p.m. each Saturday in November at N.C. 11 and Futrell-Robson Road. Turkey, rib-eye and money rounds will be offered in addition to the light-box shot. For more information, call 752-3879.