"When the Rainbow Breaks" Holocaust lecture tonight

Sumter AARP Foundation Tax-Aide will offer free tax preparation services from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays (walk-in services) through April 15 at South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave., and by appointment on the following Saturdays: March 16 and April 6. No age requirement and you do not have to be an AARP member. Services will also be available by appointment from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays (walk-ins allowed based on counselor availability) at Spectrum Senior Citizens Center, 1989 Durant Lane. Applicants are advised to bring ID, Social Security cards, last year's tax return (if available) and all other pertinent tax documents needed for filing return. Call Lula at (803) 316-0772 or Emily at (803) 983-2514.

Free income tax filing services and FAFSA application assistance will be provided from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays through April 18 at 640 Broad St. (the Anything Paper building). Services include e-file and direct deposit 2018 tax year and processing taxes from three years back (2017, 2016 and 2015). Call (803) 883-5483.

A Friends of the NRA Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. today at the American Legion, 31 Artillery Drive. Event will feature a meal by Don Odom, games, and silent and live auctions. Proceeds will fund and support youth shooting sports and gun safety programs. Tickets are advance purchase only and are $45 per single or $80 per couple. Call Jim Strong at (843) 319-4438, Debbie Brown at (803) 340-0025 or Susan Scouten at (803) 406-2084. Tickets can also be purchased at Strong Arms, 5641 Broad St.

The Sumter County Museum will present "When the Rainbow Breaks," a Holocaust lecture with Dr. Henry Knight, at 6:30 p.m. today at Temple Sinai Jewish History Center. Contact Annie Rivers at (803) 775-0908 or email information@sumtercountymuseum.org.

The Sumter Combat Veterans Group will meet at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 15, at the headquarters building, 529 N. Wise Drive. All area veterans are invited.

The YWCA of the Upper Lowlands Inc. will honor former TWIN (Tribute to Women in Business and Industry) honorees from 1981 through 2009 at a "High Heels in High Places" afternoon tea from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at UBI Training Center (formerly the Imperial Restaurant), 451 Broad St. If you were a TWIN honoree or know a former honoree, contact Debra Wilson at (803) 840-3973 or email at ydwilson@ywcasumter.org with a contact number and/or email or mailing address.

The Lincoln High School Preservation Alumni Association will meet at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 17, 26 Council St.

Lake Marion VFW Post 11078, Summerton, will meet on Tuesday, March 19, at 1 Duke St., Summerton (behind First Citizens Bank). Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. All members are encouraged to attend as are all prospective members. Call Carl A. Farley at (803) 460-8910.

The Walnut Hill Community Club will meet 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, at Reid Chapel AME Church, Dibert Street.

Sumter County AARP will meet at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, at the Sumter Senior Services Center, 119 S. Sumter St. All persons age 55 or older are invited to join. Doris Gleason, of the state AARP office, will speak. Call Johnny Jones at (803) 773-9681.

National Single Parent Day Celebration will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, at Angel's Mexican Restaurant, 246 S. Pike West. First recognized in 1984, National Single Parent Day honors the sacrifices and hard work of single parents. Register by calling (803) 250-6713.

A Sumter DSS retiree luncheon will be held at noon on Friday, March 22. Call Maggie Wilson at (803) 883-4924 or Bertha Alston at (803) 983-8167 to confirm attendance.

The annual Kite Flying Contest and Bike Safety Course, sponsored by the Sumter County Recreation Department and SAFE Kids Sumter County, will be held on Saturday, March 23, at Patriot Park's Soccer Complex-Field 6, 380 General Drive. Registration begins at 10 a.m. with the contest beginning at 11 a.m. Kite contests include: most colorful kite, most unusual kite, kite with the longest tail, kite with the shortest tail, smallest kite, largest kite, oldest participant, youngest participant, best in show and best homemade kite. Call (803) 436-2248 for information.

The Sumter Branch NAACP's Women in the NAACP Program will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 3249 U.S. 15 South. Dr. Ella F. Busby will speak.

The 8th Annual Boy Scouts BBQ Cook Off, Henry Shelor District, will be held Friday-Saturday, March 29-30. Wing ding will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on Friday with live entertainment provided by Big Thunder and the Rumblefish. Saturday will feature pork barbecue tasting from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with live entertainment provided by Swift Creek Band. Tickets can be purchased in advance at sumterbbq.com or at the gate located at the American Legion Post 15, Sumter County Fairgrounds, 30 S. Artillery Drive, and are $10 for 10 wings for Friday night, $10 for Saturday's tasting or $15 for both days/events. For more details and updates, go to 2019 Boy Scouts BBQ Sumter SC on Facebook.

The AARP Smart Driver Course will be offered 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, and Wednesday, May 15, at the Shepherd's Center, 155 Haynsworth St. Cost: $15/AARP members; $20/non-members. Call (803) 773-1944 to make a reservation.

A literacy carnival, presented by the Summerton Literacy Council, will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, at the Clarendon One Community Resource Center gymnasium, 1154 Fourth St., Summerton. Event will feature games, vendors, candy, popcorn and more. Call Kathleen L. Gibson at (803) 485-2043.