Daily Events

MONDAY

Minot Area Retired Teachers Association: 11:30 a.m., Holiday Inn-Riverside.

Sertoma Club: noon, Grand International Inn.

Minot Lions Club: noon, Holiday Inn-Riverside.

Rotary Club of Minot: noon, Grand International Inn.

Golden K Kiwanis Club: 1:30 p.m., Holiday Inn-Riverside.

Sons of Norway Thor Lodge 67 social meeting: 6:30 p.m., Scandinavian Heritage Center.

Celtic Heritage Society: 7 p.m., Minot Moose Lodge, 409-9th St. SW. People who have an interest in Irish, Scottish or Welsh culture are invited. Call Colleen at 839-1889 or Jeannie at 838-6526 for more information.

Minot Camera Club: 7 p.m., Minot Public Library Community Room. New members are welcome. Call president Ellen Fenner at 852-2769 or secretary Jean Stieg at 838-6536 for more information.

Youth For Christ Campus Life (high school students): 7:17 p.m., The Rock, 318-5th Ave. NW.

Minot Nodakords: 7:30 p.m., First Lutheran Church, lower level. New members are welcome.

Star in the West Lodge No. 33 Masonic Lodge: 7:30 p.m., 2524 Burdick Expressway E.

SUPPORT GROUPS

The YWCA Minot offers a Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group: Mondays from 10 a.m. to noon and also Fridays from 7:30 to 9 p.m. People must preregister for the Friday group. Call 838-1812 to preregister or for more information.

A.A. closed meeting: noon, 700-16th Ave. SW. Visit the Web site at (www.aanorthdakota.org) for information about other meetings in the state.

A.A. closed: noon, 515-5th Ave. NW.

Sexual Assault Survivors Support Group: 2 to 4 p.m., Domestic Violence Crisis Center. For more information, call 852-2258 during regular business hours. Call the crisis line at 857-2200 after hours and on weekends.

Gamblers Choice is now offering therapeutic group sessions: 5 to 7 p.m., Lutheran Social Services state office in Minot. Sessions are based on a 12-step program. Group sessions are available on a sliding fee scale. Anyone interested in the sessions should call Lisa Voeller at 838-7800 to schedule an initial assessment. Visit the Web site at (www.lssnd.org/gamblerschoice/index.html) for more information.

A.A. non-smoking: 6:30 p.m., 700-16th Ave. SW.

Kenmare A.A. Big Book Study: 7 p.m., Nazareth Lutheran Church, Kenmare.

Compassionate Friends (for bereaved parents who have suffered the loss of a child): 7 p.m., Trinity Hospital's 4 South Conference Room.

Gamblers Anonymous: 7 p.m., Immanuel Baptist Church, 1615-2nd St. SE.

A.A.: 8 p.m., 700-16th Ave. SW.

A.A. Closed Step: 8 p.m., 515-5th Ave. NW.

North Mountrail A.A.: 8 p.m., 24 Hour House, 224-1st St. SW, Stanley.

A.A. Newcomers Open Meeting: 8 p.m., First Lutheran Church Parish Center.

Al-Anon Newcomers: 8 p.m., First Presbyterian Church.

Social Misconduct Anonymous: 8 p.m., Ward County Jail.

Narcotics Anonymous: 8 p.m., Trinity Hospital-St. Joseph's, first floor conference room, 407-3rd St. SE.

TUESDAY

Minot Area Homeless Coalition: 7:30 a.m., St. Leo's Community Center, 105-1st St. SE.

Magic City Lions Club: 7:30 a.m., Homesteaders Restaurant.

Minot Kiwanis Club: noon, Grand International Inn.

Minot Duplicate Bridge Club: 1 p.m., YWCA, 1020 N. Broadway.

Lutheran Campus Ministry: 5 p.m., 321 University Ave. W. Includes an evening prayer, Communion and a soup supper for Minot State University students and staff.

Minot Toastmasters Club No. 636: 6 p.m., Grand International Inn.

Youth For Christ Campus Life/JV for junior high and middle school students: 7:17 p.m., The Rock, 318-5th Ave. NW.

Local 4046 Union from Minot Air Force Base: 7:30 p.m., Minot Veterans of Foreign Wars Club, upper level.

Souris Valley Amateur Radio Club: 7:30 p.m., Mid-Dakota Chapter of the American Red Cross office, 2021-4th Ave. NW.

Order of the Eastern Star Venus Chapter 14, 7:30 p.m., Masonic Center, 2524 E. Burdick Expressway.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ward County Commission: 9 a.m., Ward County Courthouse.

Minot Park Board: 7:30 p.m., Municipal Auditorium, Municipal Courtroom.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS): No. 200, 9 a.m., Minot Public Library; No. 14, 5 p.m., Trinity Nursing Home.

Support Group for Abused Women: 10 a.m., Domestic Violence Crisis Center. For more information, call 852-2258 during regular business hours. Call the crisis line at 857-2200 after hours and on weekends.

A.A. closed discussion and nonsmoking meeting: noon, 515-5th Ave. NW.

A.A. closed discussion: noon, 700-16th Ave. SW.

Al-Anon: noon, 700-16th Ave. SW.

A.A. 515 Group: 5:15 p.m., 515-5th Ave. NW.

Weight Watchers: 5:30 p.m., Town and Country Mall, 1015 S. Broadway.

The Minot YWCA has a Single Parent Support Program Circle of Parents Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Day care is provided and a light supper is served. People must preregister. Call 838-1812 for more information.

Support Group for Abused Women: 6 p.m., Domestic Violence Crisis Center. For more information, call 852-2258 during regular business hours. Call the crisis line at 857-2200 after hours and on weekends.

Support groups for people with depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and anxiety disorders, and for their families meet on the first and third Tuesday each month at 6:30 p.m. in Vincent United Methodist Church, Minot, in the Outlook Room. The support groups are sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness Northwest North Dakota and are free and open to the public. For more information call Holly at 837-7500.

Minot Pink Ribbons Breast Cancer Support Group: 7 p.m., Trinity Homes, Pioneer Room.

Quit Smoking Support Group: 7 p.m., Trinity Hospital-St. Joseph's, fourth floor. Call 857-5994 for more information.

"Mending Hearts," for heart patients, their families and medical professionals: 7 p.m. Meets alternate months at Trinity and Trinity-St. Joseph's hospitals. Call 857-5787 for information.

Impotents Anonymous: 7:30 p.m., Centennial Medical Center.

Narcotics Anonymous: 8 p.m., Church of Christ.

A.A.: 8 p.m., 700-16th Ave. SW.

A.A.: 8 p.m., Ward County Jail.

A.A. 4120 Group, non-smoking step/tradition meeting: 8 p.m., 4120 E. Burdick Expressway, Ron Lowman Motors Building.

Al-Anon: 8 p.m., 515-5th Ave. NW.

WEDNESDAY

Minot Exchange Club: noon, Grand International Inn.

Minot Optimist Club: noon, Parker Center, 21-1st Ave. SE.

Minot Novice Duplicate Bridge Club: 1 p.m., YWCA, 1020 N. Broadway.

Mouse River Players Community Theatre Board of Directors meeting: 5:30 p.m., The Arlene Saugstad Theater downtown, 115-1st St. SE.

Icelandic Heritage Society: 7 p.m., Scandinavian Heritage Center.

Dakota Cruisers Car Club social gathering: 7 p.m., Hardee's South restaurant.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Weight Watchers: 7:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m., Town and Country Mall, 1015 S. Broadway.

A.A. closed meeting: noon, 515-5th Ave. NW.

Weight Watchers: 5 p.m., Town and Country Mall, 1015 S. Broadway.

Parshall A.A.: 7 p.m., Parshall Resource Center.

A.A.: 8 p.m., Burlington City Hall.

A.A. closed discussion and nonsmoking meeting: 8 p.m., 515-5th Ave. NW.

A.A. closed nonsmoking meeting (Satellite Group): 8 p.m., Salvation Army Church, 315 Western Ave.

A.A. open meeting (nonsmoking): 8 p.m., 700-16th Ave. SW.

Garrison A.A.: 8 p.m., Garrison hospital basement.

THURSDAY

Business Networking International: 7 to 8:30 a.m., Grand International Inn.

Minot Sunrise Rotary Club: 7 a.m., Grand International Inn.

Minot Interagency Council: 11:45 a.m., Burdick Job Corps Center. The group is open to individuals affiliated with or acting as a representative of an organization or agency that provides human or social services.

Magic City Duplicate Bridge Club: 1 p.m., YWCA, 1020 N. Broadway.

Civil Air Patrol Cadets: 7 to 9 p.m., at various locations. Visit the Web site at (minot.ndcap.org) for the exact location and more information.

Souris River Botanical Conservatory: 7 p.m., Vincent United Methodist Church. Those interested in gardening, horticulture or conservation are invited to attend. Call Terry Voeller at 839-2000 for more information.

Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary, Chapter 4: 7 p.m., Ward County Courthouse, Veterans Room.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Minot Public Library Board: 12:10 p.m., in the library.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS): No. 268, 9 a.m., Glenburn; No. 223, 9 a.m., Minot Public Library, use the southwest door.

Minot Blind and Visually Impaired Support Group: 11:30 a.m., Minot Senior Citizens Center (Parker Senior Center). People may order lunch off the menu. The meeting is open to the public.

A.A. closed discussion and nonsmoking meeting: noon, 515-5th Ave. NW.

Weight Watchers: 12:15 p.m., Town and Country Mall, 1015 S. Broadway.

Teens with Disabilities: 4 p.m., 900 N. Broadway, Suite 302.

A.A.: 5:15 p.m., 515-5th Ave. NW.

Weight Watchers: 5:30 p.m., Town and Country Mall, 1015 S. Broadway.

The Minot YWCA has a Single Parent Support Program Circle of Parents Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Day care is provided and a light supper is served. People must preregister. Call 838-1812 for more information.

Overeaters Anonymous 12-Step Group: Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, Room 2, 707-16th Ave. SE. OA is a fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. Call 837-5789 for more information.

Sessions of the international Beginning Experience Peer Ministry Support Group for separated, divorced and widowed people are meeting: Level one sessions are Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Christ Lutheran Church, 502-17th St. SW. Level two sessions are Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Faith United Methodist Church, 801 W. University Ave. Call Maggie at 858-1730 for more information.

Gastric Bypass Support Group: 7 p.m., Minot Public Library's South Room. Call Linda Alexander at 839-8470 for more information.

A.A. closed discussion: 8 p.m., 515-5th Ave. NW.

A.A.: 8 p.m., American Legion Center, use rear entrance down the stairs.

A.A. and Al-Anon: 8 p.m., 700-16th Ave. SW.

A.A. (nonsmoking): 8 p.m., First Presbyterian Church. The church is accessible for people with handicaps. The fourth Thursday of the month is an open meeting.

Gam-Anon for families of compulsive gamblers: 7 to 8 p.m., 1905-2nd St. SE., Suite 1-B. Call Kathy or Lisa at 838-7800 for more information.

Kenmare A.A.: 8 p.m., Nazareth Lutheran Church, Kenmare. The first Thursday of the month is an open meeting.

FRIDAY

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers): 9:10 to 11:15 a.m., First Assembly of God Church, 1805-2nd St. SE. All mothers with children ages birth to kindergarten may attend. A nursery is available for infants. For more information contact Jackie Podruchny at 720-4318 or e-mail the organization at minotmops@yahoo.com or visit the Web site at (www.freewebs.com/minotmops).

Minot Commission on Aging: noon, Parker Senior Center.

Floral Rebekah Lodge No. 14 of Minot: 2 p.m., Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall, 1410-4th St. SW.

Souris Valley Model Railroad Association: 7 to 9 p.m., Minot Railroad Museum, downtown Minot.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS): No. 244, 9:30 a.m., Minot Public Library.

Closed A.A.: noon, 700-16th Ave. SW.

A.A. closed discussion: noon, 515-5th Ave. NW.

Weight Watchers: 10 a.m., Town and Country Mall, 1015 S. Broadway.

Sexual Assault Survivors' Support Group: 7 to 9 p.m. Call Diane during regular business hours at 852-2258 for more information. Call the crisis line at 857-2200 after hours and on weekends.

The YWCA Minot is offering a Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group: Fridays from 7:30 to 9 p.m. and Mondays from 10 a. m. to noon. People must preregister for the Friday group. Call 838-1812 to preregister or for more information.

A.A. nonsmoking meeting: 8 p.m., 700-16th Ave. SW.

A.A. closed discussion and nonsmoking meeting: 8 p.m., 515-5th Ave. NW. An open meeting is the last Friday of the month.

Narcotics Anonymous Open Meeting: 8 p.m., Church of Christ, 1315-1st St. NE, basement. Non-addicts may attend open meetings.