The Waco Veterans Day Parade will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the corner of Eighth Street and Austin Avenue.

The parade will move north on Austin Avenue to Heritage Square.

For those unable to attend, the parade will be televised live on the Waco City Cable Channel (Time Warner channel 10; Grande channels 10 and 410 (HD).

Donations sought

Celebration of Love, A Fort Hood-based nonprofit organization, will have a box set up at Heart of the Brazos Oral & Facial Surgery, 103 Burnett Court in Woodway to collect donations of tricycles, bicycles, Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart gift cards for children of military personnel. Condolence and get well cards can also be dropped off for soldiers and their families.

To ask questions, call 399-9925.

Zoo story time

The Hewitt Public Library will have a special zoo day story time at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Hewitt Community Center, 208 Chama Drive in Hewitt.

Representatives from Cameron Park Zoo will be present with animals.

For more information, call 666-2442.

Watercolor society

Cheryle Chaplaine will present a “Creation of Miniature Masterpieces Made for Mailing” workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday in the meeting room of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, 1624 Wooded Acres Drive.

The workshop is sponsored by the Central Texas Watercolor Society.

To RSVP, call 776-6733.

Motivational speaker

The Greater Hewitt Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a “Breakfast Blender” at 7 a.m. Nov. 18 at the Hewitt Community Center, 208 Chama Drive in Hewitt.

Rhett Dawson of Success Motivation International will discuss “Effective Personal Management.”

Cost is $12. Reservations are required by Friday. To RSVP, call 666-1200 or e-mail greaterhewitt@grandecom.net.

Art center workshop

Art Center Waco, 1300 College Drive, will conduct its annual Cool Yule Workshop from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Guests will create one-of-a-kind Christmas ornaments.

Cost is $15. Registration is required by Friday. To register, call 752-4371 or e-mail the center at info@artcenterwaco.org.

Veterans honored

The Waco Parks and Recreation Department will honor local veterans at a meeting of the Breakfast Club at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Bledsoe-Miller Recreation Center, 300 Martin Luther King Blvd.

The discussion topic will be “Serving with Pride.” All veterans may attend.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 750-8684.

Baylor Jazz Ensemble

Baylor University’s Concert Jazz Ensemble will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Jones Concert Hall in Baylor’s Glennis McCrary Music Building.

The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 710-3991 or visit www.baylor.edu/music.

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