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Community Calendar: Nov. 6, 2012
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Tuesday, November 6

Golden Age Club business meeting, 1 p.m., Behring Senior Center, 1113 10th St., Monroe.

Monroe TOPS Chapter 1453 meeting, 11 a.m., Friedensheim, 2003 4th St.

Monroe Noon Optimists, noon, Swiss Alps restaurant, 804 4th Ave. West, Monroe. Guest speaker: Sue McGowan, St. Vincent de Paul. Guests are welcome.

American Red Cross blood drive, noon to 5:30 p.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 405 Ninth Ave., Brodhead.

Lamont United Methodist Church Election Day roast beef dinner, noon.

Daughters of the American Revolution, Col. Benjamin Harrison Chapter meeting, 1:30 p.m., Monroe Clinic hospital cafeteria. Presentation to follow, program: "The Living History of a Cornish Immigrant Woman," by Marion Howard, Darlington.

Thrivent Financial Green County Chapter board meeting, 6 p.m., Thrivent Office, 902, 17th Ave., Monroe. Refreshments will follow.

Wednesday, November 7

Monticello Business and Professional Association of Monticello meeting, noon, Monticello Community Center, 316 East Coates Ave., Monticello.

Monroe Excellence in Education Foundation fundraiser, Papa Murphy's, 122 8th St., Monroe. Purchases must be made in cash; $2 from each purchase goes to the Foundation.

Friends of the Albertson Memorial Library meeting, 7 p.m., Albertson Memorial Library, 200 N. Water St., Albany.

The National Historic Cheesemaking Center monthly meeting, 5 p.m., Monroe Super 8, 500 6th St. Members and volunteers are invited to attend.

Thursday, November 8

Monroe Morning Optimist Club, 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., Swiss Alps restaurant, 804 4th Ave. West, Monroe. Guest speaker: Sarah Latimer, principal Abraham Lincoln School.

Stories and more, 10 a.m., Monroe Public Library, 925 16th Ave., Monroe.

Monroe Sons of Norway Lodge meeting, former Resurrection Lutheran Church building north of the YMCA, Monroe. Light lunch at 6:30 p.m., program to follow at 7 p.m. Election of officers will take place and a presentation on Norwegian adventurer Amundson.

Author presentation and book signing by Laurie Aaron Hird, 7 p.m., Albertson Memorial Library, 200 N. Water St., Albany.

Friday, November 9

Zilmer-Riley American Legion Unit No. 84 Friday night fish fry with corn beef and cabbage, serving 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., 1627 12th Ave., Monroe.

"Legally Blonde: the Musical," presented by Black Hawk High School, 7:30 p.m., Black Hawk High School, 202 Center St., South Wayne. Tickets: $7 for adults and $5 students age 11 and up.

Preschool story time, 9:30 a.m., Albertson Memorial Library, 200 N. Water St., Albany.

Genealogy work night lock-in, hosted by the Monroe Public Library and the Green County Genealogical Society, 6:30 to 10 p.m., Monroe Public Library, 925 16th Ave. Doors will be locked at 6:45 p.m. Registration: at the library, online at monroepubliclibrary.org or by calling (608) 328-7010.