Editor’s note: The Bladen Journal no longer publishes the “ongoing events” listing. Instead, anyone holding regular events should submit information to the Bladen Journal in time for publication in the community calendar. The deadlines are Wednesday at noon for Friday’s edition; Friday at noon for Tuesday’s edition. Information can be submitted to news@bladenjournal.com.
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Aug. 24
• The Bladen County Health Department will host Immunization Awareness Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Immunizations offered include hepatitis A and hepatitis B, varicella, tetanus, Tdap, polio, MMR, meningococcal conjugate, HPV, rotavirus and pneumococcal. Insurance cards are required. The public is also invited the meet the Health Department’s new nurse practitioner.
Aug. 25
• Craft and produce vendors will be set up at the Cape Fear Farmer’s Market in downtown Elizabethtown from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Pet adoptions, giveaways and great deals will take place all day at Tractor Supply Company in Elizabethtown.
Aug. 26
• The Grape Escape metric century and half century bike ride will begin and end at Cape Fear Vineyard and Winery in Elizabethtown. Entry fee is $45 (with T-shirt to the first 100 registered) and can be done online at active.com/cycling or on site at 11 a.m. Entry includes rider support at all SAG stops. The ride begins at 1 p.m., and food and entertainment will be available after the event at the Winery. Contact the town of Elizabethtown for additional information at 910-862-2066.
Aug. 27
• Deadline for Dublin Peanut Festival Pageant applications.
Sept. 1
• Craft and produce vendors will be set up at the Cape Fear Farmer’s Market in downtown Elizabethtown from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sept. 8
• Craft and produce vendors will be set up at the Cape Fear Farmer’s Market in downtown Elizabethtown from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Barbecue plate fundraiser and cake auction to help with medical expenses for Dennis Hayes Pait, who is battling leukemia. Starts 11 a.m. at Center Road Baptist Church Community Building, 2484 Center Road. Checks should be made payable to Center Road Baptist Church. More information is available by calling Gloria D. Allen at 910-863-4582 or 910-872-1905.
• The Dublin Peanut Festival Pageant will be held at 7 p.m. at Dublin Elementary School.
• The Bladen County Training School-Bladen Central High School Alumni Association will hold its annual awards banquet at 7 p.m. at the Paul R. Brown Building in Elizabethtown. The keynote speaker will be Kelva Autry-Jones of Fuquay-Varina. Admission is $25 and the public is invited. For more information contact Dorothy McKoy at 910-588-4423 or dottiemac43@yahoo.com.
Set. 15
• Craft and produce vendors will be set up at the Cape Fear Farmer’s Market in downtown Elizabethtown from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Out of county
• None submitted
