Meetings

• The Anson County Citizen Advisory Board to the Anson Waste Management Facility meets the fourth Tuesday of every month, September-May. There is no meeting in December, June, July or August, unless there is a called meeting. This board meets at 6 p.m., in the administration building of the Anson Waste Management Facility on US 74 West in Polkton.

• The Anson Women’s League meets the second Tuesday of each month, noon to 1 p.m. at Twin Valley Country Club. Attendees share lunch and host a guest speaker at each meeting. The cost of lunch is $8. Any woman who lives or works in Anson County is invited. RSVP to Cathy Moore at 704-272-5300 or kmoore@spcc.edu by Friday before the Tuesday meeting.

• Mondays and Thursdays every week the Grace Senior Center will sponsor “Mens Afternoon Out” from 2 to 4 p.m. at the center. Call 704-694-6616 for more information and to register.

Organization Meetings

• Alcoholics Anonymous meets each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. in the A.A. Building on Country Club Road in Wadesboro. Call 704-694-6431.

• Narcotics Anonymous meets each Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. in the A.A. Building on Country Club Road in Wadesboro. Call 704-694-6431.

• VFW No. 10403 Auxiliary meets the third Thursday at 7 p.m. at North Rutherford Street in Wadesboro.

• The Kilwinning Lodge No. 64, AF&AM, meets the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

• The Wadesboro Lions Club meets the first and third Thursdays of each month at the Western Sizzlin’ at 7 p.m.

• Lilesville Star Masonic Lodge No. 603 meets the Tuesday after the first Sunday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Lilesville Masonic Hall, across from Parsons Grove Church.

• The Wadesboro Rotary Club meets every Thursday at 12:15 p.m. at Twin Valley Country Club.

• The Anson County Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 860 meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Hampton Allen Library’s Hardison-Bradley Room.

• The Anson County Child Care Association meets the third Thursday of every month at the extension office. The meetings will start at 6:30 p.m.

• The Anson County NAACP meets every third Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Hampton B. Allen Library. Call President Donnie Lewis at 704-694-6749 for more information.

Ongoing

• The Burnsville Recreation and Learning Center (BRLC) will have a Children and Youth night every Friday from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. There will be a $5 admission fee to attend. The event is for children and youth ages 4-17. There will be DJ music, physical activities, games, comedy and, weather permitting, a three-point shoot-out contest. The entry fee for the contest will be $1. The winner will receive half the proceeds from the contest. Refreshments will be sold. Door prizes to be given out every half hour. Adult chaperones on site. Proceeds go to help operate the center.

• Anson County Library to host six 90-minute classes once a week on family caregiving. 2 p.m. every Monday beginning Oct. 20. Contact Rita Short at 704-694-6217. Class size limited and registration required.

• Anson County Veteran Services are open Tuesday through Thursday from 9 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m. The office is located in the old Belk building across the street from the courthouse in Wadesboro. The phone number is 704-694-4418; emails should be addressed to rdavenport@co.anson.nc.us.

Special Announcement:

• Rotary Planetarium and Science Center will show "Star of Bethlehem" from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Call for dates.

• Found: necklace at the Ansonville Festival on Nov. 8. Call 704-624-6243 to identify.

• Members of New Beginnings Cancer Support Group are invited to walk in the annual Christmas Parade with Relay for Life. If interested, call Debbie or Sandy.

Jan. 8

• The Compassionate Friends, a support group for parents, grandparents and siblings who have lost a child of any age, will meet at 7 p.m. at the Pee Dee Electric Training Room on Highway 52 South in Wadesboro. For more information, call 704-694-8774.

Jan. 13

• The Anson County Republican Party will hold its monthly meeting at the Hardison-Bradley Room in the Library at 6 p.m.

Jan. 14

• Anson Tourism Development Authority will meet at noon at Szechuan Empire Restaurant.

Jan. 15

• The Anson County Economic Development Corporation's board of directors will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the Anson County Chamber of Commerce. The meeting is open to the public.

Jan. 25

• The Anson County Writers' Club will meet at 3 p.m. at the Anson County Chamber of Commerce. The public is invited. For more information and/or the program topic, visit www.ansoncountywritersclub.org.

Jan. 30

• Anson County Partnership for Children will hold Barn Blast from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the National Guard Armory in Wadesboro. Tax deductible tickets are $30. Benefits children's literacy in Anson including the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, which provides each child up to age 5 with a free book by mail each month. To reserve a ticket, contact the ACPC office at 117 S. Greene St. Wadesboro or at 704-694-4036.

Ongoing events

• R.E.A.D. Incorporated holds parenting workshops the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 6 p.m. at the Elliot Professional Center for anyone. You do not have to have a child enrolled in the R.E.A.D. Inc. program to participate. Daycare and refreshments are provided. Call 704-694-2610 for more information.

• The Burnsville Recreation and Learning Center holds evening hours: Mondays, 5:30-7:30 p.m., featuring a computer lab for children and adults, copy and fax service and a resource library available to the public for a small fee. Free GED evening classes are available Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-8 p.m.

• Pastors are needed as volunteer chaplains at Anson Community Hospital. For more information, call Anson Parish Nurse Cynthia Furr at 704-695-3233.

• Grace Senior Center will have bingo games every Wednesday morning from 10-11 a.m. Come out and join other seniors. To register, call the center at 704-694-6616.

• Grace Senior Center is sponsoring "Take Off Pounds Sensibly" (TOPS) every Thursday from 4-5 p.m. at the center. The TOPS program presents information on health issues like nutrition, eating behaviors and exercise. Adults and young people older than seven years old are encouraged to get involved. Call Grace Senior Center at 704-694-6616 to register and for more detailed information.

• Every first Sunday of the month from 1-3 p.m., the Burnsville Recreation and Learning Center will have its "1st Sunday Dinner." Lots of good food and fellowship. There is no charge for the meal, but donations are gladly accepted.

Volunteers Needed

• Help abused and neglected children by volunteering as a guardian ad litem. A guardian ad litem is a community volunteer appointed by a judge to investigate and determine the needs of abused and neglected children petitioned into the court system by the Department of Social Services. For information, contact the Guardian ad Litem Office at 910-997-9106.

• Anson Community Hospice needs volunteers to give emotional, spiritual and personal support to patients and families. Office volunteers are also needed. Call 704-695-1595.

• The Grace Senior Center needs volunteers to deliver meals, Monday-Friday. Many elderly citizens, most of whom live alone, depend largely on this as their main meal of the day. Call 704-694-6616.

• Lillie Bennett Nursing Center seeks dedicated volunteer groups or individuals for weekend programs. Just one hour on Saturday or Sunday afternoons or evenings would be greatly appreciated by the residents. Volunteers can polish nails, sing, dance, make residents laugh or just sit and visit. Call Anitra Ingram at 704-695-3305/3301 if interested.

• Hospice of Union County needs volunteers. Call Beth Deal 704-292-2112, or 704-694-4880.

Support Groups

• AL-ANON meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the AA Building at 2177 Country Club Road in Wadesboro.

• A National Guard Support Group meeting is held at 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at the National Guard Armory in Rockingham. Family and friends are invited. Call 910-895-5256 for more information.

• The Union County epilepsy adult support group meets the first Tuesday, monthly, at the United Way of Union County, 102 Franklin St., Monroe, from 7-9 p.m. Call (704) 377-3262.

• A domestic violence support group meets every Monday night from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Anson County Domestic Violence Coalition in Wadesboro. Call (704) 694-4499 for more information.

Mobile Clinic

• The Healthy Ansonians Mobile Clinic is stationed at the Burnsville Volunteer Fire Department every third Tuesday from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Visits are free.

Human Relations

• The Anson County Human Relations Council meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Allen Library.