• More than 400 volunteers needed for Special Olympics Basketball Tournament in Greenville, March 19-21. Interested individuals should call the SONC Volunteer Hotline at 80-843-6276, option 4. 

• The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom will hold its next meeting on February 14^th at the Friends Meeting House of Raleigh Road in Chapel Hill at 10 a.m. The meeting will feature Betty Katz, Orange County Democratic party representative.  There will be an opportunity for questions and discussion. Free and open to the public.

• The Pittsboro Relay for Life Committee announces the kickoff of our third annual Pittsboro Relay, Monday, February 9, 2004 at 7 p.m. at the Chatham County Council on Aging, NC Hwy 87, Pittsboro. All cancer survivors are invited to join us 30 minutes earlier  at 6:30 p.m. for a special reception in your honor. Please RSVP by February 5^th to 542-2819. More information is available at www.pittsbororelayforlife.org  or Carol Esau at 919-545-0919 or Claire Wilson at 919-542-2819. 

• Auditions for Star Search 2004 will be held at the Moring Arts Center, Asheboro Wednes-day, February 18, 7-9 p.m.  and Saturday, February 21, 2-4 p.m. All types of talent are welcome. Participants must furnish their own accompaniment. For further information, please call Jane Gant at 626-4200 or email arts@asheboro.com.

• The Second Annual Fearrington Folk Art Festival will be held  February 21 and 22, 2004 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Browse the selection of art and meet the guest artists.  Paintings, paper-maiche objects, garden art, sculptures, furniture and ornaments will be exhibited and sold at the show to benefit the artists directly. Local musician Captain Luke will perform at the show, which is free and open to the public. 

• The Kiwanis Club will sponsor their 13^th annual Pancake Jamboree, February 14 at the First United Methodist Church in Siler City from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tickets may be purchased from any Kiwanian or at the door.  $5 for adults, (eat-in-breakfast only free for children under six). Take out orders are available. Gospel Light will sing at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. 

• Come join the fun and Music at Reno Sharpe’s Store February 7^th from 9 a.m. until we run out of Gospel groups. Located on the corner of Goldston-Pittsboro Road and Reno Sharpe Store Road between Pittsboro and Goldston. Free and open to the public.  

• The diabetes support group will meet February 9 at Family Resource Center, 225 Chatham Square, Siler City, 6:30-8:00 p.m. 

  The theme will be Heart Health. Diabetics, their families and friends are invited. Translators and literature available in Spanish.  For more information, call Marissa Jelks  542-8297 or Phyllis Smith, 742-5641. 

• A Golf Privilege Card from the American Lung Association of N.C. is available, February 1 – 14,  for free or reduced green fees at over 300 courses in NC, SC, and Va. - over 700 rounds of golf.  For more information or to order a card, call 800-892-5650 or visit www.lungnc.org. Proceeds go to help fight lung disease in North Carolina. 

• The National Kidney Foundation of North Carolina has announced the 2004 2^nd annual Pinehurst Cadillac Invitational Golf Classic. 

The weekend event is Friday, August 13^th through Sunday August 15^th . Sunday’s tourn-ament will be played on Pinehurst’s Course #2. 

For information or registration, contact Jennifer Cronk, NKF Special Events Coordinator, at 800-356-5362 or 704-552-1351. 

• New Hope Audubon Society will hold it’s monthly meeting, Thursday, February 5^th at the Totten Center of the Botanical Garden at 7 p.m. The speaker will be Rickie White who will talk about amphibian populations especially frogs and toads. Any questions, call Judy Murray 942-2985 or Tom Driscoll 932-7966.