Items for the community calendar will be accepted by mail to The Anson Record, P.O. Box 959, Wadesboro, NC, 28170, brought by our office at 123 East Martin St., Suite 400, in Wadesboro, or e-mailed to jallen@ansonrecord.com.

Deadline is 3 p.m., the Thursday prior to publication. Calendar items must be complete and correct when submitted. Items must be submitted on 8 1/2 x 11 (standard typing size) paper and include a contact telephone number.

Meetings

• The Anson County Citizen Advisory Board to the Anson Waste Management Facility meets the fourth Tuesday of every month, September through 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 U.S. 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 Lachet Leak at 704-475-0211 or lachet1946@yahoo.com by Friday at 4 p.m. before the Tuesday meeting.

• Every Monday the Grace Senior Center will sponsor “Men and Ladies Afternoon Out” from 1:30-3:30 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.

• 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 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; e-mails should be addressed to rdavenport@co.anson.nc.us.

• Grace Senior Center will offer a scrapbook workshop June 3, 10, 17, 24 and July 1 and 8 from 1:30-3 p.m. Bring a three ring big notebook binder or picture album, pictures, scissors, paste and mementos. Call 704-694-6616 to register and to get additional information.

June 27

• Bowman Senior High School's class of '71 will meet from 1-3 p.m. in the Little Theater at the Hampton B. Allen Library in Wadesboro. All members are encouraged to attend. Final payments for the reunion will be due. For more information, call Patricia Little at 704-848-8165.

• The descendants of Preston Alexander Griffin and Dallie Frances Hinson Griffon will hold their annual reunion at Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church at 4 p.m. Please bring beverages with a covered dish and dress in western attire. Call 704-694-5525 for more information.

June 28

• The descendants of Franklin P. and Laura J. Sanders will have a family reunion at 1 p.m. at the Peachland community building. Bring old family pictures or records and come early to reminisce. Bring a well-covered basket for a covered dish lunch. For more information, contact Phil Strawn at 704-624-6243.

• The family of Asbury and Rachel Eury Helms will have a reunion at 1 p.m. at Oakdale Baptist Church.

• Anson County Writers' Club will meet at 3 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce. It will include an election of officers for 2009-2011 and a discussion of the 2009 poetry and prose contests. For more information, contact club president Elbert Marshall at 704-694-7870 or e-mail info@ansoncountywritersclub.org or visit www.ansoncountywritersbluc.org.

July 11

• "Women with Hattitude" will be at Harvest Ministries at 3:30 p.m. There will be music at this free event. The limit on hats is two. A queen and two runners-up will be crowned, along with a little miss.

July 14

• The Chesterfield District Genealogy Society will meet at 3 p.m. at the Visitor's Center (old courthouse) on Main Street in Chesterfield, S.C. The speaker will be Steven A. Campbell, who will deliver a lecture entitled "Delivering and Receiving the Charge" on the Civil War. The genealogy library is open each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Meetings and the library are open to the public. Free of charge.

July 15

• Deadline to register for the 31st annual Bryan Adrian Summer basketball camp. Boys and girls age 5 to 18 are eligible. The camp is held at St. Ann's Catholic School in Charlotte from July 20 to July 24. Included on the staff are professional players Jason Capel and Donald Williams. For a free brochure, call 704-377-6387.

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.

• 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

• 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 through 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 Services of Anson County needs volunteers. Call Judy Treadaway 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.

Human Relations

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