People, Places & Events

Celebrity waiters raise FUNds!
Monitor Photo/Pearl Cantrell
Celebrity waiters form a chorus line during the “Happy Days” theme annual FUNd-raiser Aug. 22 at the Athens Country Club.

Monitor Photo/Pearl Cantrell
Dino “Danger” Perelli kept the joint jumping with rock ’n roll, crooning love tunes and cruising ballads.

Monitor Photo/Pearl Cantrell
Music and costumes from the “Happy Days” of the 1950s filled the Athens Country Club Aug. 22 as Rotarians combined fun and fund-raising for their favorite causes.

Monitor Photo/Pearl Cantrell
Co-chairmen Andrea Pickens and Bruce Easley start the live auction at the Cedar Creek Lake Rotary Club’s Celebrity Waiter Dinner Aug. 22.

New books and activities at the Tri-County Library
Special to The Monitor
MABANK–Amid all the negative or worrisome things going on in our world – you need to take time-out and come to the Tri-County Library in downtown Mabank, across from city hall.
There you will find some of the nicest, friendliest people you’d ever hope to meet.
Volunteers are ready to help you find a book, get an e-mail address for fun or to apply for a job.
You’ll see some using the eight free computers available applying for a job, getting in touch with family and friends – and yes some are taking on-line college courses or taking the trial test to get their GED.
There are books and magazines to read or buy from the Friends group.
Books on tape? Yes, there are several and many on CDs.
You will find the most beautiful friendly cat in town. Her name is “Whisper” and welcomes all – so come in soon.
“Whisper” may be in the window watching for you.
The latest new fiction books are: “The Traffickers,” by W.E.B. Griffin; “Red,” by Ted Dekker; “The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners,” by Louanne Rice; “Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress of the Game,” by Tilly Bagshawe; “Rules of Vengeance,” by Christopher Reich; and “Intervention,” by Robin Cook.
New Christian fiction in large print are: “Sometimes a Light Surprises,” by Jamie Langston Turner and “The Sweetgum Ladies Knit for Love,” by Beth Pattillo.
 

Pinnacle Women hear Danielle Dehn
Special to The Monitor
PAYNE SPRINGS–The August luncheon of the Pinnacle Women’s Club featured Danielle Dehn, coordinator for the Southwest Transplant Alliance, who stressed the importance of organ and tissue donations by citing that “nationally, more than 102,000 individuals are awaiting transplants, 10,000 in the State of Texas alone.”
She explained the painful process in which families are faced with these decisions, often not knowing the wishes of their loved ones.
Their website, www.donatelifetexas.org,  provides a vital tool to record a family members’ consent or non-consent on these issues.
“You can no longer just sign the back of your driver’s license to indicate your desire to be a donor. You must give specific consent of your wishes or your immediate next of kin will be faced with making this choice for you,” Dehn said.
East Texas resident Pam Westbrook, who received a liver transplant five years ago, also addressed the group sharing her story of gratitude to the family of “her angel” who gave her the gift of life as a result of participation in the organ donation program.