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The Community Calendar, a free listing of area events, is heard on our stations weekdays at half-past the hour and posted here on our web site. To list an event, call 336-627-WLOE or 336-427-WMYN, email: info@wloewmyn.com, or see our Contact Us page.
Listen to 1490 WLOE, Eden/Reidsville and 1420 WMYN, Madison/Mayodan for schedule changes due to the weather.
Church Events
Woodbine Baptist Church, Highway 135, Mayodan presents the drama "Heaven's Gates & Hell's Flames" Sunday, May 18 at 6:00 pm, Monday, May 19 and Tuesday, May 20 at 7:00 pm. No admission charge. (427.2600)
World renowned musician, songwriter and guitar virtuoso Peter Mayer will be performing Saturday, May 17 at 7:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church of Eden. Tickets available at the church office.
There will be a Fellowship Service at Holy Mountain Ministries, East Murphy Street, Downtown Madison, Sunday, May 18 at 3:00 pm, with guest speaker Evangelist Barbara Graves from Eden.
'Encounter,' a ministry of Mayodan United Methodist Church will meet every Saturday thru the summer at 6:30 pm beginning May 10 at Farris Memorial Park.
Revival Services - Mount Carmel Holiness Church, Madison - May 12-13-14 at 7:30 pm. Guest speaker, Rev. Kenny Moore from Sharon Baptist Church, Stoneville.
Special Singing - Friday, June 20 at 7:00 pm - Martinsville High School - The Hoppers, The Hopper Brothers & Connie, Steve Hopper, comedian Wayne Hopper and others.
Meetings
The Small Business Center at Rockingham Community College, Wentworth, offers a variety of free seminars every month, and confidential counseling services for new and existing businesses. (342.4261, Ext. 2316)
The Christian Women's Club will meet Thursday, May 15 at Meadow Greens Country Club in Eden from 9:30-11:00 am. Cost, $9.00 at the door. Reservations required by May 12. (342.1524)
TOPS 486 - Take Off Pounds Sensibly - meets every Monday at Central Christian Church, East Stadium Drive, Eden. Weigh-in, 5:30 pm; program at 6:00 pm. (623.8318)
Monthly meetings of the Eden Preservation Society: May 26, June 23, July 28, August 25, September 22, October 27, November 24. Meetings are held at the Eden Historical Museum, Downtown on Washington Street, at 7:00 pm.
The Shiloh Airport Young Eagles, a joint venture of Beulah Baptist Church and Lassiter Square Apartments Youth Groups meets the third Saturday of each month from 10:00 am-12:00 pm. Open for ages 8-17. Call to register. (427.5574)
Teen Cooking and Housekeeping Classes are held every Friday from 3:30-5:30 pm at the Lassiter Square Community Kitchen, West Decatur Street, Madison. Call to register. (427.5574)
Special Events
Fifth Annual Ribfest - Freedom Park, Eden - Saturday, May 10 - 10:00 am-6:00 pm. Ribs and other festival foods, amusements and entertainment, local arts and crafts for sale, music all day, featuring headliner Paradox. Call the Eden Parks and Recreation Department for more information. (623.2110)
Appreciation Day - Saturday, May 10 from 12:00-3:00 pm - Colonial Funeral Home Stokes Chapel, Highway 704 East, Sandy Ridge. Food will be served until 1:30 pm.
Music Jamboree - Saturday, May 10 at the Beasley Farm, Webster Road, Stoneville, from 11:00 am-5:00 pm, featuring Hubert Lawson & the Bluegrass Country Boys, Ridgeway Church of God Singers, Stoneville Pentecostal Holiness Church Band and Singers. Free barbecue, corn on the cob, drinks, snow cones, cotton candy; volleyball, horse shoes, pony rides, sack races and more. Bring a covered dish and lawn chair. (548.3495)
Mayodan Pentecostal Holiness Church invites you to 'Super Sunday' at the Gazebo Park on Main Street, the last Sunday of each month beginning at 5:00 pm. Fun, food, fellowship. In case of bad weather, it's at the Dan Valley Community Center. (548.HELP)
Senior Activities
The Eden Senior Center is now located at 408 Morgan Road at the former Spray Nutrition site. There are numerous continuing programs including computer training, and college classes. (623.2110)
Everyone 50 and over is invited to the Golden Years Club. Meetings are held at 11:30 am on the third Thursday of each month at the Church of the Brethren on Church Street, Eden. (627.7162)
Assistance Available
Free classes - Goodwill Industries Community Center, 1551 Freeway Drive, Reidsville. HRD-Employability Skills, Basic Computer/Keyboarding, Software For Career Development, GED, Money Smart. You must be unemployed or underemployed. Call to register. (637.1010)
The Lord's Pantry, a food ministry, at Hampton Heights Baptist Church on Washington Street in Eden gives away food every Monday starting at 8:00 am. Food, money and volunteers are needed for this "Neighbor to Neighbor" program. (623.3226)
Fundraisers
There's a Yard Sale for Habitat For Humanity Saturday, May 17, starting at 7:00 am, at the Habitat office, West Meadow Road, Eden. Donations needed. Drop off items Monday or Thursday, 9:00 am-1:00 pm. (627.0160)
Mayodan Pentecostal Holiness Church is having a fundraiser Saturday, May 24 from 8:00 am-8:00 pm at the Dan Valley Community Building. Silent auction, rummage sale, bake goods, music and Stanley Farmer's Squealing Pig BBQ, also hotdogs plats for children.
The Stoneville Ruritan Club will have a spaghetti dinner Friday, May 16 at Debbie's Restaurant, North Henry Street.
The Western Rockingham Civitans will hold their sixth annual Carson Hazlip Memorial Golf Tournament Saturday, May 17 at Ponderosa Golf Course in Stoneville. All money earned will go towards two McMichael High School scholarships and other charitable needs in the area. Captain's choice with a 9:00 am shotgun start. First prize, $500; second prize, $300; third price, $200. Lunch and door prizes. One lucky golfer will get a chance to win $1,000.000 annuity for a hole in one.
Madison and Mayodan Police Departments are having a Special Olympics Captains Choice Golf Tournament Saturday, June 7 at Monroeton Golf Course. (548.6038)
The Western Rockingham Friends of the Library Used Bookstore on South Second Avenue in Mayodan is open every 1st and 3rd Friday from 10:00 am-5:00 pm, and every 1st and 3rd Saturday from 10:00 am-2:00 pm.
Rockingham County Head Start is now enrolling children ages 3, 4, 5 for the 2008 school year. Children must be three on or before August 31. (349.4762)
The American Cancer Society Road to Recovery Program in Rockingham County needs volunteers to drive cancer patients to and from medical centers for treatment. (627.0447)
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