What’s going on in and around Richmond County?

JAN. 3

COUNTRY BREAKFAST: 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Jan. 3 at Springhill Wesleyan Church located off Hwy. 38 on Spring Hill Church Road. All you care to eat buffet $4.

JAN. 5

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE, Richmond County Health Dept. from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. All presenting donors may enter a drawing for a chance to win one of three pairs of Delta Air Lines domestic tickets.

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE, Hamlet Masonic Lodge 3 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.



JAN. 6

BURLINGTON RETIREES will meet at 8:30 a.m. for breakfast at the Holiday Restaurant.

SARA LEE HOSIERY retirees are invited to breakfast at 9 a.m. at Shoney's

THE RICHMOND COUNTY 4-H LIVESTOCK CLUB will meet Jan. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Office, 123 Caroline St. in Rockingham. The group will plan activities for the year and elect officers. All members and children ages 5-19 interested in learning about livestock are invited to the meeting. For more information contact Michelle Stumbo, 4-H Extension Agent at 910-997-8255.

THE SANDHILLS DENTAL SOCIETY will have it's monthly meeting Jan. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at Montgomery Community College Eastside campus. All dental assistants and office staff are invited to attend. For more information contact Rita Millikan at 910-997-8378.

JAN. 7

HUMANE SOCIETY: $20 Spay/Neuter vouchers for 2009 available to all Richmond County residents and free spay/neuter vouchers available for Richmond County households receiving any one or more public assistance items - Medicaid, Food Stamps, Work First, Health Choice, adoption or foster care assistance or Medical Qualifying Benefit assistance. Health Department lobby, Rockingham, 9 a.m. to noon, 12:30 to 2 p.m. Vouchers available at animal shelter other days. Call 895-0335 for more information.

JAN. 8

ELLERBE MIDDLE: 7th Grade Night, Parent Information Night, Jan. 8, 5-7 p.m. Review your child’s standardized testing scores and get strategies for working with your students at home.

EAST ROCKINGHAM MEN’S CLUB meet's at 7 p.m. at the East Rockingham Fire Department/ Visitors are welcome.

JAN. 9

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE, Richmond Memorial Hospital from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.

JAN. 12

ROCKINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL class of 1956 will hold a luncheon at Pizza Hill at 11:30 a.m.

JAN. 13

NAACP community monthly meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Ellerbe Grove Baptist Church, 162 Ellerbe Grove Church Road, Rockingham. For more information, call 582-2403.

ELLERBE MIDDLE: 6th Grade Night, Parent Information Night, Jan. 13, 5-7 p.m. Review child’s standardized testing scores and get strategies for working with your students at home.

ROCKINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL Class of 1959 will have a lunch at Smithfield’s at 1 p.m.

JAN. 14

HUMANE SOCIETY: $20 Spay/Neuter vouchers for 2009 available to all Richmond County residents and free spay/neuter vouchers available for Richmond County households receiving any one or more public assistance items - Medicaid, Food Stamps, Work First, Health Choice, adoption or foster care assistance or Medical Qualifying Benefit assistance. Health Department lobby, Rockingham, 9 a.m. to noon, 12:30 to 2 p.m. Vouchers available at animal shelter other days. Call 895-0335 for more information.

SARA LEE HOSIERY retirees are invited to breakfast at 9 a.m. at the Holiday Restaurant.

JAN. 17

RICHMOND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Class of 1973 will hold a reunion meeting at noon at the Hamlet Train Depot. Contact Dewey Brown (461-1196) or Patrice Odomstromm (331-7286).



JAN. 19

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE, Rockingham Wesleyan Church from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m.

JAN. 20

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE, First United Methodist Church, Rockingham, from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m.

JAN. 21

HUMANE SOCIETY: $20 Spay/Neuter vouchers for 2009 available to all Richmond County residents and free spay/neuter vouchers available for Richmond County households receiving any one or more public assistance items - Medicaid, Food Stamps, Work First, Health Choice, adoption or foster care assistance or Medical Qualifying Benefit assistance. Health Department lobby, Rockingham, 9 a.m. to noon, 12:30 to 2 p.m. Vouchers available at animal shelter other days. Call 895-0335 for more information.

JAN. 23

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE, First Health Fitness Center from noon until 4 p.m.

JAN. 27

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE, Richmond Community College from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

JAN. 28

HUMANE SOCIETY: $20 Spay/Neuter vouchers for 2009 available to all Richmond County residents and free spay/neuter vouchers available for Richmond County households receiving any one or more public assistance items - Medicaid, Food Stamps, Work First, Health Choice, adoption or foster care assistance or Medical Qualifying Benefit assistance. Health Department lobby, Rockingham, 9 a.m. to noon, 12:30 to 2 p.m. Vouchers available at animal shelter other days. Call 895-0335 for more information.

JAN. 30

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE, Hamlet Women’s Club from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.

FEB. 4

HUMANE SOCIETY: $20 Spay/Neuter vouchers for 2009 available to all Richmond County residents and free spay/neuter vouchers available for Richmond County households receiving any one or more public assistance items - Medicaid, Food Stamps, Work First, Health Choice, adoption or foster care assistance or Medical Qualifying Benefit assistance. Health Department lobby, Rockingham, 9 a.m. to noon, 12:30 to 2 p.m. Vouchers available at animal shelter other days. Call 895-0335 for more information. The service will also be available Feb. 11, 18 and 25.