Happy 80th anniversary

The Booker T. Washington Community Center will celebrate 80 years of benefiting Auburn's youth beginning Friday, Nov. 9.

The celebration will commence with a dinner and a dance and conclude with a Sunday afternoon of gospel singing by area choirs.

Over the course of that weekend, the center will honor the contributions of the men and women who worked to shape the lives of every child who spent an after-school afternoon within its walls since 1927.