CORRECTION

An item in the North Raleigh News section Friday mistakenly said the swimming pool at Millbrook Exchange Park would not be open Memorial Day. It will be open -- from 5:30 a.m. until 8 p.m.

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CONCERTS

* The final concert in the Six Sundays in Spring series in Wake Forest will feature the string band Polecat Creek.

The band, winner of the neotraditional contest at the 2006 Appalachian String Band Festival, will perform Sunday at 5 p.m. on the lawn of the Wake Forest College Birthplace.

* Billy Scott and the Party Prophets will perform beach music in the North Hills Midtown Music Concert on Thursday. The show will be held at 6 p.m. on the Commons Lawn across from Regal Cinemas. For more information, go to www.northhillsraleigh.com

GOOD DEALS

The ReTails Thrift Shop is having its monthly half-price sale Sunday. You'll want to get there when doors open to get the good stuff. It goes fast. The store is at 1608 North Market Drive in Raleigh, behind Red Lobster.

All proceeds of sales from the shop go to a program called The $20 Fix. The program enables low-income pet owners to spay/neuter their pets for $20.

The store sells household items and more. For more information, go to www.animalkind.org/retails

POOL TIME

We can't promise it'll be warm enough to swim, but we do know that most pools will be opening this weekend, so it won't hurt to drop by and stick your toe -- or your whole body -- in the water and find out whether summer has begun.

The city has a couple of community pools in North Raleigh, but just one is open, at the Millbrook Exchange Park, 1905 Spring Forest Road. A wading pool and spray ground will be available this summer there as well. The pool is open year-round but will be closed on Monday for Memorial Day. The other, the Optimist Pool, is closed for renovations.

You can find out more about the pools by going to www.raleighnc.gov

In Wake Forest, the Parks & Recreation Department is opening the Holding Park Pool for the season on Saturday. The pool is at 133 W. Owen Avenue. Go to www.ci.wake-forest.nc.us/residents/parksrecreation_holdingparkpool.aspx for information about hours, lessons and events.

The 'anti-ouch pouch' looks like a purse but acts more like a pillow.

SEW ... WHAT?

If you've got any sewing skills at all, you can pitch in for a good cause and help a local chapter of the American Sewing Guild help breast cancer patients.

On May 31, a group will gather to sew "anti-ouch pouches" for women who have had surgery. The pouches look like purses but are soft and rest between the arm and the breast area to ease pain.

The sewing will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Wake County Commons Building on Carya Drive in Raleigh. Anyone who wants to help can stop in for a little while or stay the whole time. Supplies will be provided.

For more information, go to www.asgraleigh.org or call 676-2060.