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Five Things: Lafayette Band, Traveler's Talk
Your guide for life in North Kingstown today, July 31.

Lafayette Band concert: The Lafayette Band of North Kingstown perform Wednesday at NK Town Beach. Audience members are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnics to relax and join in the family fun. Pelosi Performance Center at NK Town Beach. 7 p.m. Free.
Music workshop with Aaron Cote: The Newport BridgeFest features Aaron Cote’s percussion workshop. This FREE event is open to all ages, targeting 5-12. Parents are invited! 18 Valley St., Jamestown. 10 a.m.
Traveler’s Talks w/Honore Johnson at Willett Free Library: After growing up in Saunderstown and graduating from North Kingstown High School, Honore became involved with Rotary International, was selected to be a Rotary Youth Exchange Student and traveled to Peru where she lived for a year. Honore just finished her freshman year at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Next year she will be studying international relations and conflict resolution at Cornell's ILR School. Come hear her talk about her experiences at Willett Free Library at 7 p.m.
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NK Farmers Market: The market takes place in the back of the Brown Street municipal parking lot, by the anchor, every Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m. Check it out!
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School Facilities Management and Planning Subcommittee meeting: The panel meets at the School Department on Fairway Drive at 3 p.m. Here’s the agenda.
Groundwater Committee meeting: The panel meets in the conference room at Town Hall at 7 p.m. Here’s the agenda.
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Lifeguard certification testing: The Department of Environmental Management's Division of Parks and Recreation will administer surf lifeguard certification tests, starting Monday, to certify lifeguards for the year 2014. Surf tests will be given daily from Monday, August 5, through Friday, August 9, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Scarborough State Beach in Narragansett. (Non-surf tests will be given daily from Tuesday, August 13, through Friday, August 16, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Prosser Grove Picnic area in Burlingame State Park in Charlestown.) No appointment is necessary. For those who pass, there is a $10 fee for the 2014 state certification card.Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.