Night of country music
ELBA TWP. — The Elba Lions will host a Night of Country Music Friday, June 29, from 6-10 p.m. at the Lions Hall, corner of Elba and Davison Road. Music will be provided by a DJ.
Tickets are $3 per person or $5 per couple. Refreshments will be sold by the auxiliary. — M.A.

Bricks honlor veterans
OTTER LAKE — The Otter Lake Historical society is selling family bricks for the Veterans Memorial. They are meant for any families who have lived in the Otter Lake area.
Deadline for the brick sale is Aug. 20. For more information, call Marcia Aikin at 810-793-0599. — M.A.

Win trip for blood donation
LAPEER COUNTY — The Church of Christ, 1680 N. Lapeer Rd., is hosting an American Red Cross blood drive on Tuesday, June 26, from 1-6:45 p.m.
Donate and get the chance to enter a drawing for a Bahamas cruise and a Las Vegas trip. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. Details: call 800-GIVE-LIFE or visit www.givelife.org. — R.A.

Doggy & Frisbee fun at deAngeli Branch Library
LAPEER — On June 26, Brian Hayes of the Flying Aces Pro Frisbee team will partner with trained dog Ulysses to show off their skills at 2 p.m. It’s part of the deAngeli Library’s Summer Reading program. For details, call the children’s desk at 810-664-6971. — R.A.

Shriners free mini clinic
LAPEER — Lapeer Area Shrine Club is hosting a free mini clinic, at Lapeer Masonic Temple, 1685 Saginaw, on Saturday, June 23, noon-3 p.m. Parents or guardians should bring children with scoliosis, brittle bone disease, cerebral palsy, growth problems, missing limbs, deformities or any other medically-challenged child to the Shriners’ mini clinic for free referral for free surgery or treatment at a Shriners Hospital for Children. For more details call John Westendorf, 810-664-1946 or Frank Green, 810-664-5320.
Qualified applicants will receive free medical care at a Shrine hospital. Copies of the child’s birth certificate, immunizations records, social security number and any custody agreement documentation must be presented. — R.A.

July 4th concert
LAPEER — Musicians from the Lapeer Civic Orchestra will play at the Historic Lapeer County Courthouse in downtown Lapeer at a 30-minute ceremony on Wednesday, July 4, 9 a.m. Patriotic and historic dress is encouraged by the event planners at the Heritage Research Institute, who will give readings of the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance. — R.C

Homeowners’
landscaping class
LAPEER COUNTY — Learn to design a home landscape at a class on Saturday, June 23, offered by the Lapeer County MSU Extension.
The day-long workshop will teach homeowners how to draw a landscape plan and choose plants to complete it. Bring along dimensions and photos of an area, and go home with a customized drawing.
The class fee is $50 and it includes lunch and paper supplies. Pre-registration is required. Details: 810-667-0344 or e-mail willis15@msu.edu. — R.A.

Get your thumbs dirty for container garden contest
LAPEER COUNTY — Adults and young people under age 18 can show off their container gardening skills in the contest during the Eastern Michigan Fair.
Judging will be in August. It’s sponsored by The Lapeer County Master Gardener Program.
This year’s theme is “A Garden on Wheels” and all containers need to be in some form of wheeled container. First prize for adults is a $50 gift certificate. There is a $1 entry fee for adults but free to those under 18.
For a flyer listing complete rules, please call the MSU Extension Service at 810-667-0344 or drop by the county Annex Building at 287 W. Nepessing, Lapeer. — R.A.

Golf outing benefits New Life Lutheran
DEERFIELD TWP. — New Life in Christ Lutheran Church will host a fundraising golf outing at Willow Springs Golf and Country Club, 7335 Oak Rd. in Vassar, on Saturday, June 23.
Proceeds will be used to renovate the church altar and support the youth group. A 9 a.m. shotgun start kicks off the four-player, 18-hole, best-ball scramble. Numerous prizes will be presented. An award banquet also is included in the ticket price. Call 810-688-9107 for details. — R.A.

Sports cards, NASCAR and a coin show
IMLAY CITY — Sunday, June 24, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., there will be a sports cards and coin show at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1405 N. Van Dyke. Table rentals are $30. There will be no early entry and there is a $1 admission per person which will be donated, in total, to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. “That’s my thing,” said Joe Biondo, promoter and organizer of the event. “All the admissions at the door go to St. Jude’s.” For details about table rentals call Biondo at 810-395-4966. Food and drink booths will be on site. — R.C.

Italian slant wine tasting, dinner
OAKLAND COUNTY — Enjoy dinner at the palatial Palazzo Di Bocce at 4291 S. Lapeer Rd. and wine tasting with special guest Paul Mann on Thursday, June 28, at 7 p.m.
The event is hosted by the Lapeer Wine Tasters Guild but non-members are welcome to enjoy the food, wine and ambience. Dinner will include fisherman’s baked mussels with puttaesco sauce; a hand-tossed salad of grilled quarto formaggio pizza with greens and pear dressing and Italian baked short ribs.
Reservations are due by Monday, June 25, and dinner is reserved for the first 40. The cost is $52 for members and $55 for non-members. Send a check payable to Lapeer Tasters Guild to 605 Rolling Hills Lane, Lapeer 48446. — LA VIEW Staff

Jamboree
OTISVILLE — Ed & Vickie’s Country Music Jamboree at Forest Twp. Hall, 130 E. Main St., is held the second Sunday of every month, 1-5 p.m. The next jamboree will be held Sunday, July 8, so musicians bring your instruments. All are welcome with door prizes, games and more with refreshments for sale. Call Vicki for details at 810-793-6068. Admission $4 and all proceeds are put into a Christmas fund for the area’s needy children. — R.C.

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