• UNC Hospice offers Volunteer Training on Tuesday    afternoons from 1-4 p.m., January 27 through March 2 at the Hospice Office in the old Chatham Mill Building, 480 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro.

For more information and to register, call Mary Honeycutt at 542-5545.

• Flue-Cured Tobacco Coopera-tive Stabilization, will hold its annual District Meeting for District 8 (includes Chatham County) at the Kerr Scott Building on the N.C. State Fairgrounds, Monday, January 26, 2004 at 2 p.m.

Flue-cured farmers are urged to make every effort to attend.  

• Chatham County Together is having a Volunteer Orientation and Training Session on Saturday, January 24 from 9 a.m. to Noon at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Siler City.  Please call 542-5155 for more information, directions, or to reserve at spot.  

• Chatham Marketplace will have a Grower/Producer Meeting and potluck dinner on Thursday, January 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the Building 2 Conference Room at  Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro.   We will update potential growers and suppliers on the co-op, and discuss the co-op’s evolving purchasing policy.   We are interested in hearing from dairy, meat, produce and natural product producers who are certified organic or who use sustainable practices.  Please let us know if you will attend by emailing Laura Lauffer at laural@blast.com

• Triangle West Republican Club will hold a breakfast meeting at Sheraton, Chapel Hill, February 21, 2004 from 8:45 to 10 a.m. Breakfast $11, Coffee/juice $3 – no dues.   Speaker will be Dr. Jeanne J. Smoot.  For reservations, go to http://twgop.org/ for more details or to make reservations.   

• Join the Council on Aging travelers club as they go to UNC Pembroke to see The Four Tops. The group will leave from the Roses (Flea Mall) parking lot in Siler City at 6 p.m. and the Council on Aging in Pittsboro at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, February 29, 2004.  Cost for the trip is $40 and includes ticket and transportation.  To reserve your space, please make payment by Thursday, January 29. Space is limited.  For more information call Pam King at the Western Chatham Senior Center, 742-3975. 

• AlexSandra “Sandy Lynn” Lett, author of two nostalgia books including stories from Lee, Chatham, and Harnett counties will present a free lecture, “Do You Want to Publish a Book?” on Saturday, January 31 from 10-11 a.m.  She will be at the office of Southern Books & Talks near Sanford. For more information, call (919) 258-9299.

• Randolph County’s  Alzheimer’s Support Group Network, a support group for the Carolina Piedmont Alzheimer’s Association, would like to invite those interested to attend their upcoming meeting on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 at John Tote Room/Alzheimer’s Care Center, Cross Road Retirement Community, 1302 Old Cox Road, Asheboro at 7 p.m.   If you have questions, call David Schwartz, (336) 629-7811, Ext. 206.

• Siler City Preschool Art Classes for 2-5 year olds will begin at the Wren Memorial Library on Friday, January 30 at 10 a.m.  They will run for eight weeks, through March 26.  To register, call Cathy Markatos, 542-2139.

• The Chatham County Libraries will host the annual Senior High Quiz Bowl event on Thursday, January 22, at 7 p.m. 

Teams from each of the three Chatham County high schools will compete for county title.  The multipurpose room on the campus of CCCC-Pittsboro will be the site and the public is invited to attend.  There is no admission cost.    

 • Farmer’s Market at Fearrington, Local farmers sell their finest produce  every Tuesday from 4 p.m.  Flowers; salad greens; plants; and more.  Located next to the Administration Building, call 919-542-4000. 

• Pre-School Storytime at McIntyre’s, every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call Sarah at (919) 542-3030.