Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey will launch the “Ending Child Hunger in Alabama” campaign at Wares Ferry Road Elementary School in Montgomery, Monday, April 29, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.. “Ending Child Hunger in Alabama” is the first initiative of the newly established Hunger Solutions Institute at Auburn University. Lieutenant Governor Ivey serves as the campaign spokesperson.

With nearly one-third of Alabama’s children living in families that experience food hardships, the goal of the campaign is to move Alabama into the top 25% of states with the highest degree of child food security by 2020.

ADMH is encouraging the public to participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by safely discarding of unwanted and unused prescription drugs at collection sites throughout the state. Take Back Day will be held this Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Local collection sites can be found by visiting www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html. The service is free and anonymous, with no questions asked.

This effort represents the sixth opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. The DEA, as well as state and local law enforcement, collaborate to offer the initiative. Last September, Americans turned in 244 tons of prescription drugs at over 5,200 sites.

The 34th annual Chunnenuggee Fair, sponsored by the Bullock County Historical Society, will be held on April 27, 2013 in Union Springs, Alabama from 9am-3pm. The Fair will feature Fine Arts and Crafts, live entertainment in front of the historical Bullock County Courthouse, a Food Court, children’s area, and made-from-scratch cakes.

Fine Arts, featuring paintings, drawings and photography from local artists will be displayed in City Hall, and craft vendors will be stationed up and down North Prairie Street. Crafts will include jewelry, woodcarvings, hair bows, etc.

The Mike Watson Band, a blues band from Atlanta will headline the entertainment roster which also will include local recording artists Dylan Brabham, Chilly Cooks, Catfish Rhodes and Justin Smoker.