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 16
MISSION BREAKFAST will take place from 6:30 to 10 a.m. at Pee Dee United Methodist Church, U.S. 220, Rockingham. Breakfast is all-you-can-eat for $6.
GRAND OPENING of the Richmond County Museum will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Richmond County Tourism Development Authority, 101 W. Broad Ave., Rockingham. Light refreshments will be served throughout the day.
BENEFIT GOSPEL SINGING FOR JUSTIN CHANCE will take place at 6 p.m. at Cordova Baptist Church. Chance is a lieutenant for the Cordova Fire Department and a patrolman for the Rockingham Police Department. Featured groups will be the Lumber River Quartet, 2nd Chance Ministries and Renewed Hearts. For more information, call Randy Stubbs at 910-995-8544.
January 17
MOUNT SINAI BAPTIST CHURCH will hold its initial morning worship service at 11 a.m. at its new location at 171 Graham Bridge Road, Rockingham.
January 19
HAMLET HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1959 will meet for lunch at noon at Smithfield’s Chicken ‘N Bar-B-Que, U.S. 74 Business, Rockingham.
HAMLET HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1960 will meet for lunch at 12:30 p.m. at Jones Café on Main in Hamlet.
ROCKINGHAM DOWNTOWN CORP. ANNUAL MEETING will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Liberty Place, 214 E. Washington St., Rockingham. The guest speaker will be Rep. Ken Goodman, and the 2015 featured business of the year will be announced. RSVP by calling 910-997-8255 or email [email protected].
RICHMOND COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY will meet at 6 p.m. in the Richmond County Judicial Center in downtown Rockingham. For more information, call the party secretary at 704-695-6076 or 910-895-1739.
HAMLET AMERICAN LEGION POST 49, SONS OF THE LEGION SQUADRON 49 AND WOMEN’S AUXILIARY will hold their monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the post home on Veterans Drive.
TOWN OF DOBBINS HEIGHTS trash pick-up will be Jan. 19 and Jan. 22 due to the town’s observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. For more information, call 910-582-6002.
January 20
ROCKINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1958 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. at Henry’s Uptown Café.
ROCKINGHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS will hold its regularly scheduled board meeting at 5 p.m. in the Rush building, 733 Armstead St., Rockingham. The Rockingham Housing Authority is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs and activities for individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation for this meeting, call 910-997-3316.
RICHMOND COUNTY ENRICHMENT CORP. will hold its board meeting immediately following the Rockingham Housing Authority board meeting at the Rush building, 733 Armstead St., Rockingham. Richmond County Enrichment Corp. is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs and activities for individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation for this meeting, call 910-997-3316.
January 21
SHARE NIGHT to benefit Vietnam veterans of Richmond County from 5 to 8 p.m. at Bojangles’, 1706 E. Broad Ave., Rockingham.
THE DeWITT SERIES presents Centennial Sinatra, a show celebrating the 100th birthday of “Old Blue Eyes” at 7:30 p.m. at Cole Auditorium in Hamlet. Season ticket-holders should present tickets for admission. Individual show tickets are available by calling 910-410-1691.
January 22
COMMUNITY GARDEN LEADERS WORKSHOP will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Richmond County Cooperative Extension office, 123 Caroline St., Rockingham. Registration is free. For more information, call 910-997-8255.
January 23
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.
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.
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
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.
February 1
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
ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH, HAMLET, will host its annual barbecue from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the church hall. Eat or take out. 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. Tickets available in advance or at the door. Orders of five or more can be delivered. For more information, call 910-582-0207.
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
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.
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.