(Event information/calendar items must be received by 5 p.m. on Tuesday before the desired publication date. Email to dhall@theenterprise.net.)
Meetings
Tuesday, December 17
City Council Meeting, 7 p.m., Municipal Building, 55 W. Church Street, Martinsville.
Henry County Board of Supervisors meetings, 3 and 6 p.m., Summerlin Room, Henry County Administration Building.
Events
Friday, December 13
Christmas Extravaganza, 5 p.m., Spencer-Penn Center, 475 Spencer Penn Rd, Spencer.
Saturday, December 14
The 10th Annual Brenda Riggins Memorial Christmas Blood Drive with the American Red Cross, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Stanleytown Elementary School Gymnasium, 74 Edgewood Drive, Stanleytown. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments have priority. You may schedule an appointment by contacting the American Red Cross at 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or online at www.redcrossblood.org, Sponsor Code: Brenda, or in the Red Cross Blood Donor App.
Thursday, December 19
Silent Book Club Meeting, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Oakdale Inn, 214 Oakdale St, Martinsville.
ONGOING
Uptown Pub Run, every Monday at 6.p.m., meets at Renewal Brewing 32 Franklin St, Martinsville.
The Martinsville-Henry County Lions Club regularly meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Pacific Bay Restaurant, 530 Commonwealth Blvd, Martinsville.
The Bassett Ruritan Club hosts breakfast on the 2nd Saturday of each month from 6 – 10 a.m. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children under 12. All you can eat sausage, fried bologna, eggs, cooked apples, sausage gravy, made from scratch biscuits, made to order pancakes, coffee and juice. Dine in or carry out.
AWANA meets at Blackberry Baptist Church on Sundays, from 4-6 p.m.
The Bassett Ruritan Club hosts Rook Music & More on Fridays from 10 a.m. – noon. Play Rook, work puzzles, make a craft and listen to a mixture of bluegrass, country & gospel music by different bands each week. If you want, bring a snack to share. This event is free to the public. Any donations received will go to the Bassett Ruritan Club to pay for electricity etc.
The Blue Ridge Regional Library offers free one-day passes to the Virginia Museum of Natural History and the Henry County YMCA with your library card. The passes are good for one day and exclude special events. There is a wait period before you can check out the pass again. For more details and exclusions, visit brrl.lib.va.us.
TOPS FIELDALE VA 0626 meets on Tuesdays at 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Bassett Public Library, 3969 Fairystone Hwy, Bassett. New members are welcome. For more information, please call Patti Farmer (276) 358-0489.
The Henry County Adult Learning Center offers free in-house and online classes to help prepare for college, career, or earn your high school equivalency or GED. Call (276) 647-9585.
