SEPT. 26

BUCKY COVINGTON CONCERT: 7 p.m., Harrington Square, Rockingham. Bring canned food donations. Concert is free.

SCOUT SHOW: 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the field between Champion Ford and Wal-Mart. For more information call 334-0466

FILM AT THE COLE AUDITORIUM: “The Good Soldier,” a documentary featuring local Vietnam veteran Perry Parks will air at noon. There is no admission charge.

RSHS REUNION Class of 1974. Dinner on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Richmond Pines Country Club. Call Ann Edwards at 895-3103 for more information.

RSHS Class of 1999 will hold a 10-year reunion family day activity and formal event on Saturday. For more information call 895-5870 or e-mail richmondclass99@gmail.com.

FALL FESTIVAL: Fundraiser at First Assembly of God Saturday, Sept. 26, hot dogs, chips and drink, lunch 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., barbecue chicken and dumpling dinner, 4-7 p.m., eat in or take out. Auction starts at 7 p.m. in fellowship hall. Everyone invited. 160 Clemmer Road, Rockingham. Plates, $6. Information, 895-5066.

ROHANEN HIGH SCHOOL, 50th reunion at Ellerbe Springs. Meet and greet at 4 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. Open to those who graduated or would have graduated. For more information, call 895-4936.

SPAGHETTI SUPPER, sponsored by the Trinity Circle and is going to be held at Glenwood United Methodist Church, 189 Country Home Road, Rockingham, on Sept. 26 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Plates are $6, children four to 10 will be $3 and younger than three is free.

MOTORCYCLE RIDE Registration at 10 a.m. at Food Lion in Hamlet. Ride starts at 11 a.m. Cost is $10 per rider and $15 per couple and all proceeds will go to the Children’s Miracle Network. For more information call 582-6525.

AARP CHAPTER #5362 will hold its monthly meeting at 10 a.m. at the Leath Memorial Library in Rockingham, in the Wall Room.

LAWNMOWER RACE at the Ellerbe Lions Club. Gate opens at 4 p.m. and the first race begins at 6:30 p.m. There will be food and consessions. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for school-aged children. For more information visit http://racing.ellerbelionsclubcnc.com

SEPT. 27

KING FAMILY REUNION, 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Hinson Lake Rotary Lodge in Rockingham. Call 895-5456 or 652-4553 for more information.

SEPT. 28

RICHMOND COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL will meet at 11:30 a.m. at the Sandhills Regional Medical Center. The guest speaker will be Frank McKay, director of emergency management services for Richmond County.

LEAK STREET ALUMNI will meet Monday at 6 p.m. at the Leak Street Cultural Center.

DEMOCRATIC WOMEN: 6 p.m. at the Family First Community Center. Call 582-4429.

SEPT. 29

GHOST WALK CASTING CALL 6 p.m. in front of the Hamlet train depot. All age groups are invited to play a role in the Hamlet Ghost Walk sponsored by the Hamlet Rotary Club. Interested parties will be assigned a part to enact ghost stories. The public performance will be held on Oct. 24 rain or shine starting at 5:30 p.m. Each cast member must be available on the evening of Oct. 24 and be willing to find/create his/her own costume. Rehearsals will be scheduled by the availability of each skit group. You must have your own transportation. This is a volunteer activity and fundraiser. For more information call Ellyn Brannick at 461-3229.

SEPT. 30

HUMANE SOCIETY 2009 Low Cost Spay/Neuter Programs. Open to All. Program #1 - No residency or income restriction vouchers for $57 to $77 include surgery, one-year rabies vaccine, pain meds & transportation to/from clinic. Program #2 - $20 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 (MQB) assistance. HSRC representative in Health Department lobby, Rockingham, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Vouchers available all other days at animal shelter. Call 895-0335 for more information.

OCT. 1

ROCKINGHAM KIWANIS/RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPICE ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT will be Oct. 1 at Richmond Pines Country Club. Play begins at noon with a captain’s choice format. For more information, call 997-4464.

PEE DEE ELECTRIC ANNUAL MEETING, 7:30 p.m., Cole Auditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m.

BLOOD DRIVE at CSX Hamlet from 1:30-6 p.m.

OCT. 2

INDOOR YARD SALE: First United Methodist Church, 300 Charlotte Street, Hamlet, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Light breakfast and lunch available. Lamps, dishes, glassware, stereo equipment and speakers, seasonable decorations.

YOUTH FUNDRAISER Spaghetti dinner, $6 a plate, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Tabernacle United Methodist Church.

EAST ROCKINGHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT will host its fourth annual BBQ Sale beginning at 11 a.m. The Sandhills Boys Cooking Team will be cooking their BBQ for $6 a plate. The fire department will deliver for orders of five plates or more. BBQ will also be sold by the pound. Contact any member or call the station the day of the sale at 895-6777.

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHAPTER 59, Highway 177 South in Hamlet, will hold a barbecue chicken sale for $7 on Oct. 2 from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. More than five plates will be delivered. Proceeds will go to buying a van. For more information call 582-4021,

OCT. 3

INDOOR YARD SALE: First United Methodist Church, 300 Charlotte St., Hamlet. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Light breakfast and lunch available. Exercise equipment, small appliances, luggage, tools, children’s toys, etc.

HAMLET HOSPITAL ALUMNI: Covered dish luncheon and meeting Carolyn Herndon’s Home, 523 E. Hamlet Ave., Hamlet. Gather at 11 a.m., lunch at noon. Bring a covered dish and a lawn chair. For more information, contact Carolyn Herndon, 582-1787.

TRACTOR SHOW sponsored by the music department at Ellerbe Middle School from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Cost to enter is $10. Call 206-5161 for more information.

ROCKINGHAM LIONS CLUB will hold an auction and barbeque Saturday at the clubhouse on Highway 220 North. The $6 supper is from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and the auction is at 7 p.m.

CLONINGER FAMILY REUNION, 5-7 p.m. in the fellowship hall of McLean Presbyterian Church.

OCT. 6

COLE AUDITORIUM will host “Simply Sinatra” featuring music of Frank Sinatra as performed by Steve Lippia at 7:30 p.m. Single tickets are available for $25. DeWitt Series season ticket holdres present their tickets for admission. For more information, call 410-1691.

BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES RETIREES breakfast at 8:30 a.m. at the Holiday Restaurant in Rockingham.

OCT. 9

HOME ECONOMICS CELEBRATION Rockingham First Baptist Church, 10 a.m. Cost is $10. Persons with degrees in Home Economics and Family and Consumer Science are invited. 4-H alumni, extension homemakers and students are also invited. For more information call 582-0553 or 652-5770. Registration deadline is Oct. 2.

OCT. 10

CRAFTS Arts Richmond from 10 a.m. until noon. Call 331-3654 for more information.

EAST HAMLET COMMUNITY CONCERNED CITIZENS Inc. celebrates 30 years of service to the county and community. The event wil be at the East Hamlet Community Center with Dr. Fred D. McQueen as the speaker. The group is asking for a donation of $15 from attendants. For more information call 582-2981.

OCT. 12

EAST ROCKINGHAM MEN’S CLUB meets at 7 p.m. at the East Rockingham Fire Department. Vistors are welcome.

BLOOD DRIVE at First United Methodist Church, Rockingham from 2-6 p.m.

OCT. 13

BLOOD DRIVE at Sandhills Regional Medical Center, Hamlet from 12-4 p.m.

NACCP meeting at New Diggs AME Zion Church on Mizpah Road, Rockingham, 7:30 p.m. Call 582-2403.

OCT. 16

BLOOD DRIVE at Richmond Senior High School from 8:15 a.m.-1:45 p.m.

OCT. 17

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY will sponsor a used book sale at the Thomas H. Leath Memorial Library from 9 a.m. until noon. Used books will be accepted until Oct. 6. Call 410-9070.