Here’s What’s Happening In Western Tidewater SAT AUG 10 – 3:00pm The 33rd Annual Pig Picking will be held on Saturday, August 10th beginning at 5:00pm. The gates will open at 3pm and fellowship will be from 3 to 5pm. Beginning at 5 until 7pm food will be served including all you can eat BBQ, Cole Slaw, Baked Beans, Bread, and Liquid Refreshments that may require your ID. Advance tickets from any club member or at Fred’s Restaurant in Franklin are $25 and at the gate they will be $30. Also, there will be live music preformed by the Kevin Mac Band. Come out and enjoy a good time! For more information and tickets, contact Charles Martin at 562-3821 or any other member. SAT AUG 10 – 5:00pm The Franklin-Southampton County Fair Steak Feast Fundraiser is Saturday August 10th from 5:00pm – 10:00pm. Gates open at 4:30pm with dinner served at 6:00pm. Music provided by Hickory Knoll Band. Your $25.00 donation includes a great steak dinner and takeout plates are available. Tickets can be purchased from any fair board member. SAT AUG 10 (register) The Annual VFW Car Show is coming to the Gates County High School on Saturday August 17th rain or shine from 10:00am to 4:00pm. There will be dash plaques for the first 50 vehicles, door prizes and a 50-50 raffle. Trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each division and the VFW’s Car Of The Show. Pre-register by Saturday August 10th and it is only $10 per car. After August 10th and day of show registration $15. FMI: 252-357-1494. MON AUG 12 - 9:00am Coming up August 12th, Randy Forbes will be hosting a job fair beginning at 9:00am at Greenbrier Middle School in Chesapeake. You will get the opportunity to meet experts on how to write resumes, improve interviewing skills, and how to job search. All attendees must register. For the Chesapeake job fair, you can register online at forbeschesapeakejobsfair.eventbrite MON AUG 12 – THR AUG 22 – 10:00am Beginning Monday August 12th through Thursday August 22nd, second graders of Isle of Wight schools have been invited to learn to swim at the Luter Family YMCA. The classes will begin each day at 10 and end at 10:45am. The lessons are free but you must have registered by August 9th. Contact Caitlyn at [email protected] for more information. MON AUG 12 – 12:00pm Coming up on Monday, August 12th, Virginia Delegate Richard Morris along with a VDOT representative will be the guest of the Isle of Wight Citizens Association for a meeting on the subject of “James River Bridge: Is it safe, when was it last inspected and was maintenance completed?” This meeting will be held at the conference room of building one at St. Luke’s Sentara and is open to the public. FMI: 357-5352 ADVANCE TICKETS: WED AUG 14 - SAT AUG 17 The 33rd Annual Franklin-Southampton County Fair’s Advance Tickets are now for sale! Your 4-Day advance tickets only cost $20.00 and are available at: Bobby’s Muffler in Franklin Boyd Chevrolet in Emporia BSV Bank in Boykins Chamber of Commerce in Franklin Edwards Hardware in Courtland Ivor Furniture in Ivor Janet’s Touch of Style in Franklin JT Barham in Capron And Pets Paradise in Carrollton They are also available online at eventbrite Without an advance ticket, your daily admission prices will be: Wednesday the 14th and Thursday the 15th $6.00 Friday the 16th $20.00 and Saturday the 17th 10am to 4pm $6.00 and after 4pm $10.00 FMI: 757-562-3765 TFN Senior Services will give out information and assistance for Medicare beneficiaries at various events in the area. The events are free and open to the public. For more information on these events, check out their website ssseva.org. If your group or organization has something going on and you would like us to help get the word out, please email us two weeks in advance at PSA@RealCountry1017
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 22:30:00 +0000
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