The deadline for all Community Calendar items is 4:30 p.m. the day prior to publishing. To list your event, email Matt Harrelson at [email protected] or call 910-817-2674. Please send an email or call as soon as possible if your event is canceled due to weather.
January 23
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE 8TH U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT training event has been postponed due to inclement weather. The date and venue has yet to be determined. For more information, visit www.district8democrats.com.
POLITICAL RALLY FOR TAVARES BOSTIC has been postponed due to inclement weather. For more information on the rescheduled date, time and location, call 585-967-8396.
LITTLE ROY LEWIS AND LIZZY LONG will be in concert at 7 p.m. at the James H. Garner Center, Burnette Street, Troy. The concert is sponsored by the West Montgomery Lions Club. All profits will be used by the Lions for various charitable projects.
January 25
RICHMOND COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL will meet at noon at Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet. The guest speaker will be attorney Bellonora McCallum. All Richmond County retired school personnel are welcome to attend.
J.W. MASK JR. ALUMNI CHAPTER will have its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church, 217 Henderson St., Hamlet. All Capital Highway High and Monroe Avenue High School alumni are welcome.
LEAK STREET ALUMNI INC. CHAPTER OF ROCKINGHAM will meet at 6 p.m. in the J.C. and R.P. Watkins conference room inside the Leak Street Cultural Center. All members are asked to attend.
MINERAL SPRINGS IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL will have its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Railroad Street in Ellerbe. All interested residents are encouraged to attend.
January 26
BUS DRIVER CLASSES will take place at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 26-28 at Richmond County Schools Central Office in Hamlet. Before taking the class, interested applicants must complete a background check through the RCS Human Resources Department. Call Kevin Mabe at 910-997-9841 for more information.
RICHMOND COUNTY CONCERNED CITIZENS will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Hamlet Outreach Center, 300 Hendersonville St., Hamlet. Everyone is encouraged to attend.
AMVETS POST 316 will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the East Rockingham Fire Department.
January 27
RICHMOND RED HATS will meet for lunch at noon at Wendy’s.
January 28
TRI-COUNTY VETERANS COLD-WEATHER GIVEAWAY AND JOB FAIR will take place for veterans only from 9 a.m. to noon and the general public from noon to 1 p.m. at the Dobbins Heights Community Center, 222 Earle Franklin Drive, Dobbins Heights. For more information, contact the N.C. Works Center in Richmond County at 910-997-9180, Tonia Hildreth at 910-997-8232, Dr. Carlotta Knotts at 910-410-1702, Dobbins Heights Community Center at 910-582-6002 or Regina Smalls at 910-276-4260.
MASONIC MEETING: STATED COMMUNICATION at 7:30 p.m. at the Hamlet Masonic Lodge No. 532 A.F. & A.M., 307 Main St., Hamlet.
January 29
PLATE SALE from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Greater Wall Chapel AME Zion Church, Rockingham, with a choice between pork chop or chicken, green beans, potato salad, rolls and cake for $7. Will deliver five or more plates. Call 910-997-6359.
CHURCH BUILDING FUNDRAISER will begin at 11 a.m. at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. Menu consists of pork barbecue with baked beans, coleslaw, roll and cake or fried fish with baked beans, coleslaw, roll and cake for $7. Five or more orders will be delivered. Call 910-582-5550.
January 30
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF HAMLET on Charlotte Street will hold its monthly breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. Plates are $5 and will include two meats, eggs, grits, biscuits and gravy with coffee and juice. Takeouts available.
BUDDY POPPY DRIVE to support the Rockingham Veterans of Foreign Wars will be from 10 a.m to noon at Walmart. A donation will receive a Buddy Poppy made by a disabled veteran. All proceeds go to help veterans and their families.
February 1
BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES RETIRED EMPLOYEES will meet for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. at the Holiday Restaurant.
ARTS COUNCIL OF MOORE COUNTY will host award-winning British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor in concert at 8 p.m. at the Sunrise Theater in Southern Pines. Tickets for the concert are $30 and may be purchased at the arts council offices inside the Campbell House, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines, or by calling 910-692-2787. Reservations for the concert are required by Jan. 27. Space is limited. For additional information and questions about the council’s Classical Concert Series, call 910-692-2787 or visit www.MooreArt.org.
February 2
RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPICE INC. will hold training for patient care volunteers from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, Feb. 2 and 9, and Thursdays, Feb. 4 and 11, at its administrative office. Contact Lisa O’Neal, volunteer coordinator, at 910-997-4464 to sign up or for questions.
February 3
ROHANEN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1959 will meet for lunch at noon at Pat’s Kitchen in Rockingham.
February 5
PLATE SALE beginning at 10 a.m. Feb 5-6 at Freedom Ministries No. 1, 211 Earle Franklin Drive, Dobbins Heights. There will be fried chicken wing dinners with sides, fish dinners with sides or barbecue dinners with sides for $7. Sides include potato salad, coleslaw, baked beans, rolls and dessert. All sandwiches are $4. Will deliver five or more plates. Call 910-434-4825 or 910-995-9434.
ANNUAL BARBECUE will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, Hamlet, in the church hall. Cost is $7 per plate with choice of pulled-pork barbecue or a half chicken served with beans, coleslaw, rolls and homemade brownie. Pints of barbecue will also be available for $7. Eat-in or take-out. Tickets available in advance or at the door. Orders of five or more can be delivered. For more information, call 910-582-0207.
SANDHILLS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER will host a lunch and learn to spotlight the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” initiative at noon in the hospital education room. Space is limited, and reservations are required. RSVP to Bonnie Roberts at 910-205-8106 or [email protected] by 4 p.m. on Feb. 3. For more information, call 910-205-8105.
February 6
COUNTRY BREAKFAST from 7 to 10 a.m. at Spring Hill Wesleyan Church, located off N.C. 38 on Spring Hill Church Road, Hamlet. Plates are $6 for all-you-can-eat. Carry-out plates available. Call 910-582-5150. Funds raised will go for future projects, missions and those in need.
February 8
EAST ROCKINGHAM MEN’S CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. at the East Rockingham Fire Department.
February 11
MASONIC MEETING: STATED COMMUNICATION with dinner at 6:15 p.m. and meeting at 7:30 at the Hamlet Masonic Lodge No. 532 A.F. & A.M., 307 Main St., Hamlet.
February 13
DINNER SALE from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Greater Diggs Chapel AME Zion Church, 1258 Old Cheraw Highway, Rockingham, in the fellowship hall. Dinners include boneless fish, baked or fried chicken or pork chop with two vegetables, cornbread or roll, dessert and drink. Grilled or fried chicken, pork chop or fish sandwiches also available. Call 910-997-6824.
HEART ‘N’ SOUL OF JAZZ, a Valentine’s weekend fundraiser for the Arts Council of Moore County, will take place at 8 p.m. at Pinehurst Resort. Advance ticket price is $60 per person and includes the concert, meet-the-artist dessert reception after the concert and a chance for door prizes. Ticket price after Jan. 13 will be $70.
February 16
ROCKINGHAM DOWNTOWN CORP. will meet at noon at the Agricultural Services Center, 123 Caroline St., Rockingham. Lunch will be ordered at a cost of $7. For more information, contact Susan Kelly at 910-997-8255 or [email protected].
February 25
MASONIC MEETING: STATED COMMUNICATION at 7:30 p.m. at the Hamlet Masonic Lodge No. 532 A.F. & A.M., 307 Main St., Hamlet.
February 27
DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC. LAURINBURG AREA ALUMNI CHAPTER will celebrate Heart Awareness Month at “Zumbathon” with certified Zumba instructor Onequa Crump from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hamlet Memorial Park, 716 Spring St., Hamlet. Admission is $5. All proceeds will be donated to the American Heart Association. Healthy snacks and protein shakes will be served. Call 910-461-1499 for more information.
March 10
MASONIC MEETING: STATED COMMUNICATION with dinner at 6:15 p.m. and meeting at 7:30 at the Hamlet Masonic Lodge No. 532 A.F. & A.M., 307 Main St., Hamlet.
March 14
EAST ROCKINGHAM MEN’S CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. at the East Rockingham Fire Department.
March 15
ROCKINGHAM DOWNTOWN CORP. will meet at noon at the Agricultural Services Center, 123 Caroline St., Rockingham. Lunch will be ordered at a cost of $7. For more information, contact Susan Kelly at 910-997-8255 or [email protected].
March 24
MASONIC MEETING: STATED COMMUNICATION at 7:30 p.m. at the Hamlet Masonic Lodge No. 532 A.F. & A.M., 307 Main St., Hamlet.