Community Events - March 2009

Thursday
• 2009 Men’s & Women’s Spring Church Softball League at Bakers Creek Park, coaches meeting, 7 p.m. at the Kannapolis Train Station, 201 S. Main St. Registration fee, $300. Season will begin mid-March.

March 1 
• Mission Month Finale, with guest speakers Ken & Marilyn Sides of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s Rapid Response Team, 10:55 a.m., First Presbyterian Church. www. firstpresb.org

March 2
• Kannapolis City Council, meets the second and fourth Mondays monthly at 6 p.m., Kannapolis Train Station, 201 S. Main St. Citizens can register with the City Clerk at the fourth Monday meeting to address City Council about any issue. Details: 704- 920-4300

March 4-8
• Southern Spring Home & Garden Show at The Park, formerly known as the Charlotte Merchandise Mart. For more details, including a complete schedule of programs, special features, exhibitor discounts and money-saving advance tickets go to www.SouthernSpringHomeAndGardenShow.com.
March 5
• Cabarrus County Democratic Party precinct meeting for Precinct 04-01 (Royal Oaks Elementary). 6:00p.m. at Royal Oaks Elementary, 608 Dakota St. Details: 704-224-8344.

March 7
• Annual Spring Bar-B-Que, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church, 416 E. First St., across from A.L. Brown High School. Three sandwiches or a plate dinner for $7. Drive-by, take-out, or dining room service available. 

• Community Blood Center of the Carolinas Blood Drive, Bethel Baptist Church, 1209 Opal St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Cabarrus County GOP Convention, 10 a.m., J.N. Fries Middle School, 133 Stonecrest S.W., Concord. Registration, 9-9:45 a.m. Details: 704-782-0964.

March 8
• Daylight Saving Time begins, 2 a.m., spring forward!

March 10
• Bookends Book Club, Kannapolis Branch Library, 7-8 p.m. This month’s selection: “Three Cups of Tea.” Details: 704-920-1180. (Also meets 10:30 a.m.

March 14
• Mother-Son Day, sponsored at the Kannapolis Branch of the Cabarrus County Public Library, 850 Mountain St., co-sponsored with Kannapolis City Parks and Recreation, 10 a.m.-noon. For boys 5-12 and their mothers or other mother figures. Refreshments, entertainment and a craft. Space is limited. Sign up begins March 2. Details: 704-920-1180.

March 15
• Larry the Cable Guy, The Cabarrus Arena and Events Center, 4751 N.C. 49 N., Concord, 7:30 p.m. Details: 704-920-3976 or www.cabarrusarena.com

March 17:
• American Red Cross Blood Drive, 2:30-6:30 p.m. Come celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and Save a Life! First Presbyterian Church. Details: 704-938-4623, www. FirstPresb.org

March 19
• Community Blood Center of the Carolinas Blood Drive, Rowan- Cabarrus Community College, South Campus, 1531 Trinity Church Road, Concord, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

March 21
• Opening night for the half-mile with the Capital Bank 150 for the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, Concord Speedway, U. S. Highway 601 South of Concord.  Details: www.concordspeedway.net or 704-782-4221.

March 22:
• Community Blood Center of the Carolinas Blood Drive, Kannapolis Church of God, 2211 West A St. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

March 26
• Alcoholics Anonymous, First Presbytertian Church, fellowship supper, 6:30 p.m.; open meeting, 8-9 p.m.

March 28
• BockBock @ The Rock BBQ Chicken Fundraiser; 1/2 chicken, baked beans, red slaw and roll, $8 per plate; framed Cannon Mills photo raffle, $2 per ticket. Free delivery of four or more within 10-mile radius. Details: 704-933-8362, www.nkumc.com/calendar.htm for details. Proceeds benefit church projects.
 
March 30
• Stretch Your Dollars, 7-8:15 p.m., Kannapolis Library fiction room. Pam Outen, Cabarrus County extension agent will present ways to stretch your dollars during these hard times with useful tools such as coupons. Details: 704-920-1180.