Coming This Week for Feb. 10

TODAY

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees, Beaufort Chapter 1021 meeting: 11 a.m., Golden Corral, 122 Robert Smalls Parkway, Beaufort; speaker from Liberty Tax Service; Carol Smalls-Jenkins, 843-379-1002

The Low Country Human Resources Association meeting: 8 a.m., Holiday Inn Express, Bluffton; features guest speaker Martha Lawrence, the community educator for Citizen's Opposed to Domestic Violence; professional members and guests are welcome to attend; Vickie, 843-705-3499; lowcountry.shrm.org

Hilton Head Island League of Women Voters meeting: 10 a.m., Hilton Head Public Service District, 21 Oak Park Drive; William L. Bethea Jr., chairman of the Jasper Ocean Terminal Joint Project, will speak on the proposed port project negotiations; 843-682-3397

The Friends of the Hilton Head Library present "Friends of My Youth" by Alice Munro: noon, Hilton Head Island library; Patricia Whitmore Fox will review this collection of stories that focus on the human condition through the lens of everyday life; refreshments will be served; 843-342-9200

The Captain William Hilton Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of American Revolution's Awards Day: noon, Providence Presbyterian Church, 171 Cordillo Parkway, Hilton Head Island; local students will be recognized; open to the public; Mary Ann Compher, 843-681-5457

Lowcountry Civil War Round Table meeting: 6:45 p.m., Bluffton High School Auditorium, McCracken Circle, Bluffton; director for the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies Dr. William C. Davis will present a program on the radical secessionists, the fire-eaters; $10 for guests; 843-671-2236, www.

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Hilton Head Island Noon Lions Club meeting: noon, Country Club of Hilton Head; former mayor of Bluffton Hank Johnston will be the guest speaker; president Don Crewdson, 843-705-9961

Hilton Head for Peace presents a discussion of "The Middle East": 7 p.m., Public Service District building, Oak Park Street at Mathews Drive; Dean Dizikes will speak; free; refreshments will be served; 843-681-4010

THURSDAY

American Red Cross blood drive: noon-7 p.m., Christ Lutheran Church, 829 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island; 770-852-4041

The Friends of the Hilton Head Library presents "84 Charing Cross Road": 2 p.m., Hilton Head library; travelogue will precede the film at 1:30 p.m.; refreshments will be served; $3; 843-342-9200

Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club meeting: 7 p.m., Sea Island Conference Center, 178 Sams Point Road, Lady's Island; councilman Gerald Dawson and panel present "Is Black History Month Still Relevant?"; open to the public; 843-522-9948

Emily Dickinson International Society Beaufort Branch meeting: 11 a.m., Bluffton library; topic is influence of the home on poets

The Lowcountry Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi Heritage Tea and election of officers: 4 p.m., Dataw Island; reservations required; Janet, 843-838-6609

Thomas Heyward Jr.Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meeting: 2:15 p.m., Fellowship Hall of First Presbyterian Church, 1201 North St., Beaufort; winners of the American History Essay Contest will be announced and the winners will present their essays; Nancy Crowther, 843-521-0134; Dudley McKenney, 843-838-7496

Emily Geiger Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meeting: 2 p.m., community room, Palmetto Electric Cooperative, Hardeeville; student winners of the essay contest will be honored; free and open to the public; 843-705-3661