June 13

— There will be a workshop/audition for ages 4 to adult for a chance to be interviewed by nationally acclaimed talent agents and recording labels at the Bladen County Public Library in Elizabethtown from 1 until 5 p.m. All minors must be accompanied by adults. You will need to order the acting and modeling manual before you RSVP. The manual can be obtained at http://bit.ly/1RovE43. RSVP by calling 910-864-7494 or by email at REJOICEPerformingArtsAcademy@gmail.com.

— Bladen County Farm Bureau will have a Member Appreciation Day from noon until 3 p.m. Lunch will be provided. There will be face painting, games, activities for children, bounce houses. farm equipment and more. Come out and bring the whole family and enjoy the day.

June 15

— The Lower Cape Fear Hospice needs volunteers for Bladen County and there will be a Hospice volunteer training session from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Bladen County office located at 116 West Broad Street in Elizabethtown. The training sessions will meet on Monday, June 15, Wednesday, June 17, and Friday, June 19. For more information or to register for the training sessions, contact Lisa Clark at 910-620-2264.

June 16

— The Clarkton Housing Authority will meet at 5 p.m. at the Oakdale Homes community building at 10898 South College Street, Clarkton.

June 17

— The Lower Cape Fear Hospice needs volunteers for Bladen County and there will be a Hospice volunteer training session from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Bladen County office located at 116 West Broad Street in Elizabethtown. The training sessions will meet on Monday, June 15, Wednesday, June 17, and Friday, June 19. For more information or to register for the training sessions, contact Lisa Clark at 910-620-2264.

June 18

— There will be an Open House at First Bank from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. There will be Hors d’Oeuvres and music provided by Ron Warren. First Bank is located at 223 West Broad Street, Elizabethtown beside Johnson Law Firm.

June 19

— The Lower Cape Fear Hospice needs volunteers for Bladen County and there will be a Hospice volunteer training session from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Bladen County office located at 116 West Broad Street in Elizabethtown. The training sessions will meet on Monday, June 15, Wednesday, June 17, and Friday, June 19. For more information or to register for the training sessions, contact Lisa Clark at 910-620-2264.

July 9

— The Summer Sounds Concert Series will kick off with the Band of Oz performing at 6 p.m. at the Cape Fear Farmer’s Market in Elizabethtown. Admission is free. For more information contact Ashley Dowless at 910-874-1368 or Dawn Maynard at 910-874-0285.

July 23

— The Bladen Community College Board of Trustees will meet at 6 p.m. in the Board Room of the Essic Williams Administrative Building No. 10 on the main college campus in Dublin. For information, call 910-879-5502.

— The Summer Sounds Concert Series will continue with North Tower performing at 6 p.m. at the Cape Fear Farmer’s Market in Elizabethtown. Admission is free. For more information contact Ashley Dowless at 910-874-1368 or Dawn Maynard at 910-874-0285.

Aug. 13

— The Summer Sounds Concert Series will continue with the Fantastic Shakers performing at 6 p.m. at the Cape Fear Farmer’s Market in Elizabethtown. Admission is free. For more information contact Ashley Dowless at 910-874-1368 or Dawn Maynard at 910-874-0285.

Aug. 27

— The Summer Sounds Concert Series will continue with the Blackwater Rhythm and Blues Band performing at 6 p.m. at the Cape Fear Farmer’s Market in Elizabethtown. Admission is free. For more information contact Ashley Dowless at 910-874-1368 or Dawn Maynard at 910-874-0285.

Sept. 1

— Lower Cape Fear Hospice will host Caregivers and Coffee from 11 a.m. until noon at its Bladen County office, 116 W. Broad St. in Elizabethtown. Meetings will be facilitated by hospice staff, but will also feature topics selected by the group, including visits from other community organizations. Caregivers and Coffee will include informal conversations, learning opportunities and free coffee. For more information or to register, contact Lisa Clark at 620-2264 or lisa.clark@lcfh.org.

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Ongoing

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—The Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy’s Board of Trustees meet every second Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at The Paul R. Brown Building on Martin Luther King Drive in Elizabethtown. All meetings are open to the public.

— The Disabled American Veterans meet the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the VFW building in Elizabethtown. For more information contact David Brown at 910-740-6312.

— Now is a great time to plan your wedding or renew your vows at Harmony Hall Plantation Village. You may decide the amount you wish to give as a donation in lieu of a rental fee. For more information on how to book your wedding at Harmony Hall Plantation Village, call Seth Lewis at 910-770-3132.

— Flashback-Community Life through the Lens of Mack Munn will have an exhibit of his work at Bladen Community College’s East Arcadia campus. The exhibit is sponsored by Graham Chapel AME Zion Church and the Lower Bladen Columbus Historical Society. Exhibit hours are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. and Tuesday from 12:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. For special group tours call LBCHS at 910-685-6735.

—Taxidermy and Wildlife classes will be held at 608 Main St in Tar Heel. Classes are free to students, Senior citizens, and disabled people of any age. Contact David at 910-585-1739 for dates and evening classes.

— The American Legion Post No. 404 of Elizabethtown are asking everyone that have worn or aged U.S. flags to please bring them to the Elizabethtown Municipal Building. A used mailbox is located near the front entrance of the municipal building. The American Legion will properly dispose of them on Flag Day which is June 14.

—Narconon would like to remind families that the use of addicting drugs is on the rise, take steps to protect your family from drug use. If you know anyone who is struggling with drug addiction get them the help they need. Call for a free brochure on the signs of addiction for all drugs. Narconon also offers free screenings and referrals. 800-431-1754 or DrugAbuseSolution.com

— Narconon can help you take steps to overcome addiction in your family. Call 800-431-1754 today for free screenings or referrals.

— I Am Inc. in conjunction with God’s Garden of Paradise is offering limited amounts of free meals and haircuts on a monthly basis. For more information or participating locations go to Glenda’s Just Desserts and Lunch Counter located at 315 Martin Luther King Drive, Elizabethtown or Barbers Inn (Shaw Wood, manager) located at 410 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Elizabethtown.

— The Baltimore Center Head Start is accepting applications for children who will be 3 to 4 years of age by Aug. 31. Applications for children with special needs are also being accepted. Children will be transported to and from home by bus. Applicants need to bring with them: a birth certificate, shot record, Social Security numbers of all family members in the household, directions to home, mailing and physical address, verification of income, WIC verification and health insurance information. For more information contact the Baltimore Head Start Center, 2100 S. Elwell Ferry Road, Council, or call 910-669-2536.

— Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 8062, meets on the third Saturday of each month at 3 p.m. at the VFW building located at 109 Hill Street, Elizabethtown. All veterans who served in a foreign war are welcomed for membership.

— The Bladen County Military Museum meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. on the second floor of the Bladenboro Historical Society Building located at 818 S. Main Street, Bladenboro. All veterans are welcomed for membership.

—The Cape Fear Farmer’s Market welcomes Craft Vendors to sell their crafts the first Saturday each month. For more information contact Sarah Baysden at 910-862-2066.

— Every Sunday, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Harmony Hall Plantation in White Oak, will be various activities and events on the grounds, as well as tours of the 1760s plantation home of Col. James Richardson and the outbuildings. All activities, tours and demonstrations are free — a donation is always welcome. For information, call Bobby Lewis at 910-874-4011.

— Woodmen of the World Lodge No. 262 meet on the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

— Low-income families who want to get their pets spayed or neutered at A Shelter Friend’s monthly low-income clinic can call 645-2297 for information and sign-up. Volunteers who wish to help with this worthwhile program are also encouraged to call.

— The Bladen County Health Department WIC office is now open during lunch hours (noon to 1 p.m.). Regular WIC department hours are as follows: Monday through Thursday 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. for ALL SERVICES; Friday 8:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. for certification and recertification; Pickups are available daily from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. For more information contact 910-872-6218 or 910-872-6219.

— Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Monday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Cape Fear Bladen County Hospital hospital cafeteria in Elizabethtown. Anonymity will be respected. For more information, contact Jim Lane at 910-433-2276.

— Grandparents and kinship caregiver’s raising grandchildren support group meets every third Wednesday of the month at the Bladen County Division on Aging located at 608 McLeod Street, Elizabethtown. For more information, call 910-872-6334.

— Dublin First Baptist Church Child Development Center is enrolling children ages 2-4 in the half-day program. The program uses the A Beka curriculum. For more information or to enroll call 862-2277 or 876-0419.

— The Bladen County Youth Focus Project will meet every second Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. at the Paul R. Brown Building on Martin Luther King Boulevard, Elizabethtown. All interested persons are welcome to attend.

— Bladenboro Visual Arts Council presents a lifetime collection of art by artist Sam Pait and other artists in the Art Gallery, beginning Tuesday, March 10, through Sunday, April 5. Some of the art will be for sale. The Bladenboro Visual Arts Gallery is open on Saturday and Sunday from 2 until 4 p.m. and by appointment during the week from 10 a.m. until noon. The art gallery is located in the Bladenboro Historical Building at 818 South Main St.

—The Bladen County Amateur Radio Society meets the first Tuesday of every month at the Bladen County Courthouse in Elizabethtown Room G7 at 7 p.m. The public with or without an amateur radio license are welcome to attend.

— The Elizabethtown-White Lake Chamber of Commerce meets every second Tuesday at the Cape Fear Farmer’s Market in Elizabethtown at noon.

— The Garland Lodge 1511 of the Woodmen of the World Insurance Society meets the first Friday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Ammon community building. Members and guests are welcome.

— A military monument has been constructed by the Bladen County Military Museum on a brick patio at 818 S. Main St., Bladenboro. Brick’s may still be purchased and are $100 each. The bricks honor all branches of service beginning with the Revolutionary War. For more information, call 863-4707.

— Bladen County Habitat for Humanity meets at 9 am. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Elizabethtown Presbyterian Church.

—The Woodmen of The World Lodge 208 meets the first Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Woodmen of the World Lodge on Whiteville Hwy. Meal will be served.

— The Kelly Historical Society meets on a quarterly basis on the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. at the Kelly Museum. For more information, call 910-763-6966.

— The Bladen County Chapter of the NAACP will meet the third Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. in the Focus Building on Martin Luther King Drive in Elizabethtown.

— The Elizabethtown Kiwanis meet the first and third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Cape Fear Farmer’s Market in Elizabethtown.

— Cape Fear Masonic Lodge No. 300 Prince Hall Free & Accepted meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays following the the first and third Sunday of each month at 702 Martin Luther King Drive, Elizabethtown.