Area happenings

SINGLES Support group meets at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at Mai Tai Restaurant, 109 Henderson Drive. Call 910-455-2089.

GRIEFSHARE support group at First Baptist Church, 1985 Gum Branch Road from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays for adults grieving the loss of a loved one. Call 910-455-2700.

JACKSONVILLE- Onslow-Lejeune Chapter IAAP meets at 5:45 p.m. Feb. 9 at MFCU. 4180 Western Blvd., with Maria Brinton on “Customer Service. Call 910-934-4920 or iaap-jol.org.”   

ST. JAMES RELAY for Life Team will hold a Spaghetti and Strings Dinner fundraiser from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 9 with music and spaghetti dinner. Tickets $6. Call 252-223-5820.

NEW RIVER Lodge No. 736, A.F.&A. M. will have a Stated Communication at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9 with refreshments served after meeting.

ONSLOW Amateur Radio Club holds an ARES net every Thursday at 8 p.m. on the 147.00 repeater. All encouraged to check in. Information call 910-326-3236.

FORUM ONSLOW – Town Hall meeting with speaker of the house Thom Tillis at 5 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Jacksonville City Hall, city council chambers. Call 910-347-3141 ext. 224.

CARTERET Master Gardener Volunteer Association offers “Landscaping in Small Places” at 10 a.m. Feb. 9 at Crystal Coast Civic Center with Dr. Lucy Bradley. Call 252-222-6352.   

RICHLANDS Lodge No. 564, A.F.&A. M. will have an Emergent Communication at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9 to confer the 1st Degree with refreshments following.

NARFE CHAPTER 1312, meets at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 9 at Golden Corral, Marine Blvd., with guest speaker Julian Wooten, local beekeeper. Information call 910-455-1892.

SEMPER Fidelis Lodge No. 680 will have a Stated Communication at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 with refreshments before and after meeting.

ONSLOW Cotton meeting at 8 a.m. Feb. 9 at Onslow Multipurpose Complex. Call 910-455-5873.