NATCHEZ — This weekend, the Miss-Lou offers a variety of activities good for the mind, body and heart.

River City Run

The Junior Auxiliary of Natchez is hosting the River City Run for the Kids Saturday.

Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. at Bowie’s Tavern, where the race begins and ends. The 10K and 5K begin at 8:30 a.m., and the fun run begins at 9 a.m.

For more information and to register, go to www.active.com for online registration or e-mail brandibilbolewis@yahoo.com.

The cost is $20 for 10K and 5K and $5 for the Fun Run. All proceeds will benefit the Junior Auxiliary of Natchez.

Natchez High School College Goal Day

Families of college-bound youths and adults who want to take advantage of financial aid should attend Saturday’s Natchez High School College Goal day.

The free event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Natchez High library will give parents and college hopefuls access to financial aid professionals from Alcorn State University and the Natchez-Adams School District, Natchez High Senior Counselor Iris Myles said.

Professionals will help register students for financial aid by assisting with an online Free Application for Federal Student Assistance, or FAFSA form.

“(FAFSA forms) cover pell grants, loans and work study,” Myles said.

“(The form is) mandatory for students applying for any type of financial aid.”

Myles said the workshop will also provide assistance with applications for a Mississippi Tuition Assistance Grant, or MTAG.

The workshop is limited to students or adults who plan to start college in August 2012. All Miss-Lou residents from public and private schools are welcome to attend.

Both the student and parent should attend the workshop, and parents should bring 2011 tax information and a FAFSA PIN.

Applicants can get a FASFSA PIN at www.pin.ed.gov.

Refreshments will be served, and a $500 scholarship will be awarded based on a random drawing.

For more information, call 601-445-2861.

Humane society adoption day

The Natchez-Adams County Humane Society will have a puppy adoption day outside at its shelter from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday.

NACHS Board Member Linda Kennon said approximately 40 puppies from ages 8 weeks to 4 months will be available for adoption.

“We have so many cute puppies,” she said. “We have fluffy short and fat ones, tall and skinny, all kinds of adorable babies.”

Kennon said she hopes the adoption day will alleviate general overcrowding at the shelter and especially puppy overcrowding.

“We are just overrun with puppies,” Kennon said. “We just need to find these sweet puppies a home.”

The puppies will be in cages and playpens on the grass lot outside the shelter. The adoption fee is $45.

For more information about NACHS or to view animals available for adoption, visit www.natchezpetadoptions.org or call 601-442-4001.

Black History Month parade

The Concordia and Catahoula chapters of the NAACP will host the annual “Elizabeth Anderson Davis” black history parade at 2:30 p.m. beginning at Ferriday Junior High School.

Line up will be at 2 p.m., and the participation entry is free.

For more information, call 318-719-1060 or 318-757-2714.

Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration

The Natchez Literary and Cinema celebration kicks off today at 8 p.m. at the Natchez Convention Center with a keynote address by Natchez native, journalist and historian Lewis Lord.

A preconference screening for the event will be from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, and a reception will follow from 5 to 7 p.m. at Monmouth Plantation.

On Friday, free programs will begin at 9 a.m. at the Natchez Convention Center. A reception at 5 p.m. at the Natchez Museum of Afro-American History and Culture costs $10 at the door.

On Saturday, free programs will begin at 9 a.m. and go through the evening. A luncheon at the Carriage House and a benefit party at Cherokee is sold out.

On Sunday, free programs will be from 10 a.m. to noon at Copiah-Lincoln Community College featuring an oral history workshop and a screening of Scott Cooper’s “Crazy Heart” from 1 to 4 p.m., with discussion.