Monday, March 1
•    Moore Republican Women’s Luncheon – 11:30 am, lunch served at 12 noon, at the Pinehurst Members Club. Cost is $15 payable by cash, or check to PCC, LLC. Call Pauli Curl at 215-9796 to make your reservations by Thursday, February 25. The guest speaker will be: Leighton W. Smith, Jr. Admiral, United States Navy (Retired).
•    Moore County Board of Commissioners – 4:00 pm. Historic Courthouse in Carthage.
•    NAMI-MC “Managing the Stress that Drains and Binds You” – 7 pm, Kelly Frye, with FirstHealth Outpatient Behavioral Services, will be the guest speaker. Frye will give her presentation on “Managing the Stress that Drains and Binds You”. If you are tired mentally and physically even though you are not working, this session will give you the opportunity to interactively explore your stress responses and sources. Create your own “toolbox” of skills for handling stress and learn to feel better. Held at FirstHealth Conference Center, Room B, located at the corner of HWY 211 and Page Street, Pinehurst.  All meetings are Free and open to the public. Call (910) 295-1053 or go to www.nami-moorecounty.org  for further information.

Tuesday, March 2
•    NAMI-MC 11-Week “Family to Family” Course – Tuesday(s) through May 11, 7 - 9:30 pm. This National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Moore County event is free to family members of close relatives with mental illness. Attendees will learn of all current information about the severe and persistent mental illnesses, up-to-date information about medications, and current research. The educational course will be held at FirstHealth Moore Regional Specialty Clinic (formerly Pinehurst Surgical Clinic building) with limited seating. Call 910-692-7399 to register and for more information. For details, check out NAMI-Moore County at nami-moorecounty.org Everything is confidential.

Thursday, March 4
•    Women of Seven Lakes – meeting at 2:00 pm, Westside Park Community Center. Over the past two years of economic recession and job loss, student enrollment at Sandhills Community College has nearly doubled. Featured guest Dr. John Dempsey, President of SCC, will discuss ‘Education in NC and at Sandhills.’ Refreshments will follow.
 •    Amos Speaks, Then And Now: An Adult Academy Lenten Study – 10 am, Don Welch, pastor of the Chapel in the Pines and McDonalds Chapel Presbyterian Church will offer a course on the Book of Amos from the Hebrew Scriptures on Thursdays (March 4, March 11, March 18 and March 25). The sessions will last one hour and will be held in the sanctuary of The Chapel in the Pines.  Participants will study the meaning of Amos. The course is presented by the Adult Academy for Religious Studies of West End Presbyterian Church and the Chapel in the Pines and is open to interested persons from all faith traditions. No prior registration is required. Participants should bring a modern translation of the Bible and read the first three chapters of Amos before the first session.
Wine Tasting – at Sandhills Winery 5 to 8 pm. Located in Seven Lakes Plaza next to Peking Wok.
•     Moore County Planning Board – 6:00 pm. Historic Courthouse in Carthage.

Friday, March 5
•    Spring Home and Garden Exposition – The Moore Master Gardeners will be particpating in the Moore County Builders Home and Garden Exposition at the Carolina Hotel. Gardening in the Sandhills presents special challenges as well as special opportunities. Stop by and talk to the Master Gardeners for answers to whatever is bugging you - or your plants. Visit their display and pick up some handouts that will help you get your garden ready for Spring. The Expo will continue through Sunday, March 7.
•    Christian Author Julie Barnhill Seminar – 7 – 8:30 pm. Barnhill, popular speaker, author, brings her razor-sharp insight into the woman’s psyche to Southern Pines with two seminars (today and Saturday). Today’s seminar is titled,   “You Go, Girlfriend.” Held at Grace Church, Southern Pines. The fee for Friday’s session is $15. Saturday’s session is $25 and includes free entry to the Friday session. Advance tickets  available online at www.sandhillsmops.com or at Moore County Chamber of Commerce. Seminars are presented by Sandhills MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers), a chapter of MOPS International.

Saturday, March 6
•    Christian Author Julie Barnhill Seminar – 9 am to noon. “One Tough Mother.” Strategies for the modern mother – assaulted by television shows, magazines, well-meaning friends, and their own mothers – can use to sift through the volume of unsolicited parenting advice. Held at Grace Church, Southern Pines. The fee for Friday’s session is $15. Saturday’s session is $25 and includes free entry to the Friday session. Advance tickets  available online at www.sandhillsmops.com or at Moore County Chamber of Commerce. Seminars are presented by Sandhills MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers), a chapter of MOPS International.

Sunday, March 7
•    Southside Baptist Church Revival Services – 10 am, Sunday School  Evangelist Morris Gleiser will speak; at the 11:00 am Worship service, and the 7 pm evening service on Sunday, March 7.  The revival will continue each night at 7 pm through Wednesday, March 10. Evangelist Gleiser served as a youth pastor in Florida for fourteen years, a camp director in Arizona for five years, and has been an evangelist since 2000. A graduate of Bob Jones University and received an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Ambassador Baptist College. A nursery will be provided for each of the services. The public is invited to attend these special Revival services at Southside Baptist Church, 125 Cedar Creek Road, Biscoe. For more information or directions please call the church at 428-9243 or Pastor Michael Lynn at 974-4723.
•    The Rooster’s Wife – 7 pm, multi talented singer and musician Sara Grey and her son, Kieron Means, to perform at Poplar Knight Spot, Aberdeen. As well as singing and playing superbly Sara is a fine story teller specializing in stories from New England. Some of the projects she has been involved in include a seminar in Alness, Ross-shire, Scotland looking at the culture of Traveler's in Sutherland and the movement of their songs and stories to North America. Kieron Means is a singer primarily of traditional songs but also of contemporary songs and guitar player of great merit. His voice is as smooth as silk, rich and mellow and he sings to his audience not in spite of them. Continuing the series of Soup and Songs, the doors will open at 6 pm , with music at 7, in the gallery of Poplar Knight Spot. You can buy your tickets on line with debit or credit cards. Cash and checks are accepted at the door. $12 for you grownups; under 12 always free at the Rooster's Wife. Help teach the next generation about the magic of Live music. 114 Knight St., Aberdeen, www.theroosterswife.org (910)944-7502

Monday, March 8
•    National Active & Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Sandhills Chapter 1895 –  10:30 am, quarterly “Eating Meeting”  at Kenny’s Country Restaurant, US Hwy 1, opposite the Shell Station in Pine Bluff. Chapter 1895 welcomes all Federal (including US Postal Service) active employees, retirees, spouses and surviving spouses to monthly meetings.  Additional information about NARFE is available by contacting: Vilma Geisert (910) 215-5898 or George Sandoval (910) 246-9881.
•    Bingo Night At Our Lady Of The Americas – 7 pm, Early Bird Bingo; and 7:30 pm, Regular Bingo. Located at 298 Farmers Market Road, off Hwy 211 (Exxon Station), just east of Hwy 220 near Candor. Minimum purchase $15.00. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Everyone over the age of 16 is welcome. For more information, call 910 974-3051.

Tuesday, March 9
•    Seven Lakes West Landowners Association Work Session – 9 am, West Side Park Community Center.
•    The Power of Email Marketing – Lunchinar, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm, sponsored by Moore County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Held at the Moore County Chamber of Commerce. Program presenter will be Anissa Freeman Starnes, Regional Development Director with Constant Contact. Cost is $12 for members and $25 for non-members. Pre-registration and payment is required. Registrations after March 5, will be $20 for members and $32 for non-members. To register www.moorecountychamber.com, or call (910) 692-3926 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
•    Seven Lakes Computer Club – 3 pm, continuing with the “Back to Basics” theme. The guest speaker, will be Dick Kuehl, a retiree with 33 years of service at Dow Chemical and currently an instructor in Continuing Education at Sandhills Community College for the past eighteen months. Since proper maintenance is essential to keep your computer tuned for optimum performance, his presentation will be focusing on the essential operations of defragmentation, cleaning out temporary files, temporary Internet files and cookies and registry cleaners. Kuehl will also be discussing the merits of attending classes at Sandhills Community College that allow for a more in-depth discussion of subjects related to computer use, since computer skills support new careers, volunteerism and adult involvement with youths in their lives.

Thursday, March 11
•    Help LaFave Twins Benefit & Auction – Benefit will help twin boys ofJeff and Jenny LaFave. The twins were born in Dec. 2009 at only 25 weeks and are at Duke University Medical Center, where they are being well cared for and growing quickly. This Benefit is being held to offset their rising medical bills. Event will be held at the Fair Barn, Pinehurst, 11 am to 8 pm. Silent auction 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Live entertainment will be held 6 pm - 8 pm for everyone’s enjoyment. Jordan's Catering will provide the food with BBQ and Fried Chicken on the menu. Cost per plate is $8. Dine-in and take-out are available. If anyone would like tickets, please contact Kim Tew at JuBilee Screen Print at 673-4240 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
•    League of Women Voters “Lunch With Legends” – Celebration of Women’s History Month, the League of Women Voters of Moore County is presenting it’s second annual “Lunch With Legends: An Afternoon With Historic Women.” Doors open at 11:30 am with lunch served at noon, at Whispering Pines Country Club. Lunch With Legends features stunning, live portrayals of three great women in America’s history. The “special guests” at this year’s luncheon will be Harriet Tubman, portrayed by Wilma Laney of Aberdeen; Alice Paul, played by Linda Tableman of Seven Lakes; and Margaret Chase Smith, performed by Carolyn Mealing also from Seven Lakes. A cash bar and valet parking will be available. Tickets are $30 per person. Group reservations are available and encouraged. For tickets and information, call Ginger Finney at 673-1330.
•    Moore County Republican Men’s Club – 12 pm (noon), Tim Lea, Chairman and District IV representative of the Moore County Board of Commissioners will be the speaker. Meeting will be at the Country Club of North Carolina. Interested persons can contact Miles Baldwin at 295-1577.
•    Seven Lakes Garden Club – 7:30 pm, “Landscape Design for Small Spaces”at Seven Lakes North Side Clubhouse. The Garden Club will welcome James Westman, Professor of Horticulture at Sandhills Community College. Professor Westman teaches the Arboriculture class at the college. Arboriculture is the cultivation and management of trees within the landscape and one of the many classes students in the landscape gardening program complete in order to receive their associate in science degree in landscape gardening. This program will instruct the home gardener on landscaping in limited and small spaces, and landscaping in general. Everyone is welcome.

Friday, March 12
•    Moore County Republican Men’s Club – 12 pm (noon),  monthly meeting, at the Country Club of North Carolina. Tim Lea, Chairman of the Moore County Commission will be the guest speaker.
•    Fundraiser at WEUMC – 6 pm. Don’t miss  “Italian Night” at West End United Methodist Church. Dinner hosted by the West End United Methodist Church Women. Menu includes lasagna, garlic bread, salad, and cake. Tickets are $8 per person. Call Anneliese Feggeler at 673-3734 for ticket information.