New Horizon Band of the Lakes Region music workshop day at the Music Clinic in Belmont. 1:30-3 p.m. for the concert band and 3:30-5 p.m. for the jazz band. For more information call 527-2785 or 528-6672.
Meat Bingo to benefit the Gilbert and Smith families who lost their home in a recent fire. 3 p.m. at the American Legion Post #33, located at 6 Plymouth Street in Meredith.
Quarterly Antiques Appraisal Day hosted by the Laconia Historical and Museum Society. 2-4 p.m. at the Laconia Antique Center, 601 Main Street Laconia. Cost is $5 per appraisal. Proceeds benefit the Laconia Historical and Museum Society.
Original musical depicting historical events in Plymouth in celebration Plymouth's 250th anniversary. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Hanaway Theatre in the Plymouth State University Silver Center. For ticket prices or more information call 535-2787 or go online to www.plymouth.edu/silver-center/buy-tickets.
Al-Anon Meeting at the Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. 8 to 9:15 p.m. each Saturday in the first-floor conference room  Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.
All compulsive eaters are welcome to attend the Overeaters Anonymous meeting held each Saturday morning from 11 to 12 at the Franklin Hospital. 
Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Society (172 Pleasant Street) in Laconia.  
The New Horizons Band of the Lakes Region meets every Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Music Clinic on Rte 3 in Belmont. All musicians welcome. For more information call 528-6672 or 524-8570.
Hall Memorial Library daily events. Video sale 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 50 cents/VHS. Bingo for Books 11:30 a.m. Everyone wins at least one book.
Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Pitman's Freight Room presents the Bruce Marshall Group Blues Band. 8 p.m. Admission is $10. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. BYOB. For more information visit www.pitmansfrieghtroom.com.
Benefit Dinner/Dance to support the Gilbert and Smith families. 6-11:30 p.m. at the VFW Post #1670 in Laconia. Proceeds will go towards the families who lost everything in a recent fire.
Family Movie Night held at the Gilfman Library. 7 p.m. Includes popcorn and drinks. Camp chairs and pillows encouraged. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. For more information call 875-2550.
Original musical depicting historical events in Plymouth in celebration Plymouth's 250th anniversary. 7 p.m. in the Hanaway Theatre in the Plymouth State University Silver Center. For ticket prices or more information call 535-2787 or go online to www.plymouth.edu/silver-center/buy-tickets.
The Grace Capital Church hosts a a family movie night featuring Kung Fu Panda. Doors open at 6 p.m. followed by the movie at 6:30 p.m. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Church is located at 533 Main Street in Laconia.
Meredith Public Library happenings. Tot Time 9:30-10:30 a.m. Ages 0-3. Lego Buddies 1-2:30 p.m. Pop in to do some Lego building.
Al-Anon Meeting at the Congregational Church Parish House (18 Veterans Square) in Laconia. 9:30 to 11 a.m. each Friday.  Al-Anon offers hope and help to families of alcoholics. No dues or fees. All are welcome. Call 645-9518.
Giggles & Grins playgroup at Family Resource Center in downtown Laconia (719 No. Main Street, Laconia). Free group for parents children from birth through age 5. For more information call 524-1741.
Hall Memorial Library daily happenings. Video Sale 10-6 p.m. 50 cents/VHS. Sit and Knit 2-5 p.m. The Clever Crafters adult craft time 4-5:30 p.m. JoAnn Carlson gives presenation on how to make Temari Balls.
Mount Meredith 24ft. high indoor climbing wall open to the public at the Meredith Community Center. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Open to all ages. Admission is $3 for children under 10 and $5 per adult. Family rate is $10 per visit. Equipment provided. For more information call 279-8197.

Lakes Region Listens community conversation centered around the question of kindergarten in the Winnisquam Regional School District. Registration hour begins at 5:30 p.m at Winnisquam Middle School. Discussions begin at 6:30 p.m. A light supper will be served prior to the discussion. For more information or to pre-register email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
The Harlem Wizards basketball fundraiser to benefit American Legion in Laconia. 7 p.m. at Laconia High School. Tickets are $10 for students and $12 for adults. Proceeds will go towards scholarships the American Legion presents to local seniors.
ABC and ME at the Meredith Library. 10-11 a.m. and 1-2 p.m. Preschool Class ages 3-5.
Gilford Public Library Happenings. Check – Out – An – Expert!, 10 a.m. to noon. Social Bridge 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Gilford Write Now Writers' Group, 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Hall Memorial Library happenings. Video Sale 10-6 p.m. - 50 cents/VHS. Story Time 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Arts and Crafts featuring shape and bake bread 3:30 p.m.
The Thrifty Yankee (121 Rte. 25 - across from (I-LHS) collects donations of baby clothes, blankets and hygiene items for Baby Threads of N.H. every Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 279-0607.
Laconia Elders Friendship Club meeting. 1:30 p.m. at the Leavitt Park Clubhouse. People 55 and older meet each Wednesday for fun, entertainment and education. Meetings provide an opportunity for older citizens to to meet for pure social enjoyment and the club helps the community with philanthropic work.
Country Acoustic Picking Party at the Tilton Senior Center. Every Wednesday from 7-9 p.m.
Duplicate bridge at the Weirs Beach Community Center. 7:15 p.m. All levels welcome. Snacks.
Preschool story time at Belmont Public Library. 10:30 a.m.
Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Wednesday nights at 5:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Church in Belmont. Call/ leave a message for Elizabeth at 630-9969 for more information.
Free knitting and crochet lessons. Drop in on Wednesdays any time between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Baby Threads workshop at 668 Main Street in Laconia (same building as Village Bakery). 998-4012.
Narcotics Anonymous meeting. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 18 Veterans Square in Laconia.
TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meeting. 5:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Meredith.

BELMONT — Eight people, including four children, are lucky to be alive after a fast-moving fire destroyed their home on Province Road (Rte. 107) early Sunday morning.
According to Fire Chief David Parenti, the blaze began at 2:10 a.m. and it appears the cause was the disposal of some ashes from a wood stove earlier in the evening.
He said adults in the home told them they had earlier received a call from their children telling there was an odor in the building. He said the adults came home and the father cleaned out the wood stove and put the ashes outside of the home in a metal can.
Parenti said he believes the fire was accidental.
Two adults, he said, and four children jumped from the deck at the rear of the house while two other adults escaped the blaze by exiting from a basement window.
He said responding firefighters called for a first alarm on the way to the fire and for a second alarm when they arrived. When the first firefighters arrived they found one victim laying in the driveway with what he said were minor burns.
Parenti said all totaled, three adults and one child were taken by ambulance to Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, as was one firefighter for what was described as a minor injury.
At one point during the blaze, a tree about 300 feet from the home exploded in flames and was quickly extinguished by firefighters. Firefighters were also able to save a detached garage.
The Red Cross provided financial assistance to the family said the children ranged in age from one to 12. The family dog died in the blaze.
According to Belmont assessing records, the home belongs to David S. Gilbert and was built in 1972.
Parenti said the family is staying with relatives and the home is destroyed.
Assisting Belmont was Laconia, Gilford, Tilton-Northfield, Gilmanton most of whom provided additional man power, ambulances and tankers to the blaze. The home was not on any municipal water line and water had to be brought to the scene.
Sanbornton, Franklin, Loudon and Alton covered various the various towns who responded to the blaze.

CAPTION – Only a two chimneys remain at the scene of a two alarm fire on 544 Province Road early Sunday morning.