EDITOR'S NOTE: Information for the Community Calendar should be submitted in writing no later than one week before the event. Send to The Mining Journal, Attention: Newsroom/Community Calendar, Box 430, Marquette, MI 49855.

Thursday

Overeaters Anonymous - "How It Works" meeting is 6:30-8:30 a.m. Thursdays, First United Methodist Church, Marquette.

Alcoholics Anonymous - Early Bird meeting, 7-8 a.m., First United Methodist Church, Marquette. Handicapped accessible. Call AA Hotline, 249-4430. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

12-Step Recovery Groups - offered daily at the Alano Club, Village Shopping Center, 1015 N. Third St., Marquette. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

Book Babies - lap-sit storytime for newborn through 2-year-olds offered 10-10:20 a.m., children's room of Peter White Public Library, Marquette. Stories, songs, nursery rhymes and poetry. For details call 226-4323.

Alcoholics Anonymous - meets 10 a.m. Thursdays at St. John's Church in Ishpeming. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

Lunch and a Movie - Thursdays at noon at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 555 Riverside Road, Harvey Bring your lunch, watch a movie about a Bible hero and participate in a discussion. Coffee, juice and tea provided.

Alcoholics Anonymous - Women's closed "Questions" meeting at noon Thursdays, Marquette Missionary Church. Speaker meeting/bi-weekly. Handicapped accessible. Call AA hotline at 249-4430. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

Alcoholics Anonymous - meets at noon Thursdays at the Alano Club, Village Shopping Center, 1015 N. Third St., Marquette. Handicapped accessible. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

NAMI-Connection - support group meets 4-5:30 p.m. at the Brantley Drop-In Center, 401 W. Baraga Ave., Marquette (use ground floor entrance). For more info call 226-3415 or e-mail annettegrenier@yahoo.com.

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser - is 4:30-7 p.m. at American Legion Post 44, Marquette. Benefits Marquette American Legion Blues/Reds baseball teams. For details call 225-1690.

Sociable Seniors - meets at 5 p.m. Thursdays at the Bonanza Restaurant, Marquette. Call 360-9450.

TOPS - Group 1372 meets every Thursday at Silver Creek Church, 219 Silver Creek Road, Harvey. Weigh-in 5:30-6:10 p.m., meeting at 6:15 p.m. For details call 226-7930.

TOPS - Group 1579 meets every Thursday at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 440 Stoneville Road, Ishpeming. Weigh-in 5:45-6:20, meeting at 6:30 p.m.

United Commercial Travelers - meets for 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. meeting second Thursdays at the Bonanza Restaurant, Marquette. Call 225-0190.

Schizophrenics Anonymous - meets 6 p.m. Thursdays at 401 W. Baraga Ave., Marquette. Call 226-1077.

German Conversation Table - meets 6-7:30 p.m. Thursdays at Upfront & Company, Marquette. Open to all levels of students and speakers of German. For details call Carol Strauss at 227-1207 or Dirk Ahlers at 225-5412.

Celiac Disease Support - group meets 6:30 p.m. second Thursdays, conference room of Peter White Public Library, Marquette. Call 228-9139.

Yarnwinders - Fiber Arts Guild meets 6:30 p.m. second Thursdays at the Peter White Public Library. New members and guests welcome. CAll 273-0203.

Bingo - is played at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays at VFW Post 3165 in Negaunee.

Alcoholics Anonymous - Second Chance meeting is 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Marquette Courthouse Annex, Room 41. Handicapped accessible. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

Overeaters Anonymous - H.O.W. group meets 6:30-8:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, Marquette.

Scottish Country Dance - group meets 7 p.m. second Thursdays in the chapel of St. Paul Episcopal Church, Marquette. Call 249-5659.

Friends of Library - Friends of the Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library meets 7 p.m. in the children's room. Guests and new members welcome.

Chess - is played at 7 p.m. Thursdays at the Masonic Center, 128 W. Washington St., Marquette. Free lessons available, chess sets and boards provided. Call 869-1719.

ACOA - Adult Children of Alcoholics meets 7 p.m. Thursdays at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Negaunee. Handicapped accessible.

Alcoholics Anonymous - meets 7 p.m. Thursdays at Prince of Peace Church in Harvey. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

Gamblers Anonymous - closed meeting, 7 p.m. (open meeting last Thursdays), First Presbyterian Church, Marquette. Mailing address: G.A., P.O. Box 34, Marquette, MI 49855. Call 226-3610.

Negaunee Male Chorus - rehearses 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Negaunee High School music room. Open to men age 18 or older.

Alcoholics Anonymous - meets 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Michigamme Community Building. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

Alcoholics Anonymous - Big Book group meets 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, upstairs of Parties Unlimited in Ishpeming. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

Narcotics Anonymous - "Never in the Dark" closed meeting is 7:30 p.m., Marquette General Hospital Mountain Room. Call 866-506-6557.

Alcoholics Anonymous - meets 8 p.m. Thursdays at the Alano Club, Village Shopping Center, 1015 N. Third St., Marquette. Handicapped accessible. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

Alcoholics Anonymous - meets 8 p.m. Thursdays at St. Anthony's Church in Gwinn. Open meeting. Handicapped accessible. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

Narcotics Anonymous - open meeting is 8 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, corner of Elm and Chocolay, Munising. Call 866-310-9077.

Friday

Alcoholics Anonymous - Early Bird meeting, 7-8 a.m., First United Methodist Church, Marquette. Handicapped accessible. Call AA Hotline at 249-4430. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

12-Step Recovery Groups - offered daily at the Alano Club, Village Shopping Center, 1015 N. Third St., Marquette. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

Alger County Caregivers - support group meets 10 a.m. second Fridays at the Mather Building, 413 Elm St., Munising. For details call 228-3910 or 800-272-3900.

Alcoholics Anonymous - Women's meeting, 10 a.m. Fridays, Immanuel Lutheran Church basement, Negaunee. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.

Play Group - for ages infant-5 and parent/caregiver meets 10 a.m. Fridays, Gwinn Area Community Resource Center, Room 27, K.I. Sawyer Elementary. Call 346-9162.

Percussion - featuring for toddlers/caregivers is 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays, U.P. Children's Museum, Marquette. Free with paid admission. Call 226-3911.

Our Daily Bread - free lunch, noon-1 p.m., Salvation Army, 1009 W. Baraga, Marquette. Call 226-2241.

Emotions Anonymous - meets at noon Fridays, Great Lakes Recovery Center, 106 Coles Drive, Marquette. Call 226-6514.

Alcoholics Anonymous - women's closed "Big Book" meeting at noon, Marquette Missionary Church. Handicapped accessible. Call AA hotline at 249-4430. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty.org.