Briefs for Sept. 27, 2012

SLU alumni to host dinner and a show

The Tangi Chapter of the Southeastern Louisiana University Alumni Association will sponsor a dinner theater featuring the production of “Capitol Steps” on Oct. 10.

Tickets are $55 per person and include dinner.

The event will be at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts at 2200 E. Thomas St. in Hammond. Dinner is from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Conference Center. The production begins at 7:30 p.m. in the John J. Hainkel Performance Hall.

Season ticket holders should call [phone] for information.

For all other inquiries or to RSVP, call [phone].

‘Dukes of Hazzard’ members at show

Attorney Sherman Mack will host the Dukes of Hazzard Family Reunion and Car Show from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Henderson Auctions in Livingston.

Those attending will have a chance to meet stars from “The Dukes of Hazzard” television show.

Performers include country superstar Johnny Lee and the Doug Owens Band. The event will include food, vendor booths a car show.

Warming skeptic to present lecture

Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Business will present a lecture by Lord Christopher Monckton, one of the world’s leading climate warming skeptics, school officials said.

Monckton, the Third Viscount Monckton of Brentley, will present “Is CO2 Mitigation Cost-Effective?” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the KIVA auditorium in the SLU Teacher Education Center. The program is free.

For information , call [phone].

Register by Friday for golf tourney

Friday is the deadline to register for the Stop Domestic Violence golf tournament hosted by Women Outreaching Women.

The Oct. 7 event at Greystone Country Club in Denham Springs will raise money for WOW’s emergency shelter in Livingston Parish for battered women and children.

The entry fee is $500 per team and includes 18 holes of golf, dinner, prizes for the top 10 scores, a poker run, door prizes and a silent auction.

Participants also will be included in a raffle to win a membership to Greystone or a new Jeep Wrangler. Business sponsorships also are available. Contact Andy DeShazer at (225) 791-3940, [phone] or [e-mail].

Ministry offers talks on women

Second Community Outreach Ministry, 112 E. Louisa West St., will host a Women’s Conference at 10 a.m. Oct. 6.

The theme of the event is “You Have Been Released,” Luke 10:10-13. Speakers include minister Paulette Farve, of Tabernacle MBC in Slidell; Dr. Rebecca Hensley, professor of sociology at Southeastern Louisiana University; and Missionary Cynthia Dyson, of Oak Ridge MBC in Kentwood.

Admission at the door is $20 for adults and $5 for youth younger than 13. The conference includes breakfast and lunch. Contact Elder Robin Stanley-Jackson at [phone], Gwendolyn Ross-Young at [phone] or Elaine Armstead-Banks at [phone].