A busy week

Public safety personnel in Bessemer and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office will be honored on Wednesday at a lunch sponsored by the Bessemer Area Chamber of Commerce in Ethel Hall at Lawson State.

For tickets, call the chamber at 425-3253.

And on Friday, the Concerned Citizens of the Bessemer Cutoff will hold its 26th annual African American Heritage Program at the Bessemer Civic Center.

For tickets, call Senator Priscilla Dunn at 426-3795 or Simmie Roberson at 267-0111.

—Tribune staff report