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Veterans Day | Stokesdale’s Veterans Monument
Committee regrets to announce the annual Veterans Day service planned for Nov. 11 has been cancelled due to COVID-19 mass gathering restrictions.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4
Hotdog drive-thru | Gideon Grove United Meth-
odist Church, 2865 Gideon Grove Church Road in Stokesdale, is hosting a drive-thru hot dog dinner the first Wednesday of every month, 5 to 7 p.m. (limited to six dinners per vehicle). All items are prepared and packaged following COVID-19 safety guidelines. Prayer will be offered to those who want it. More info: Laura Harrell, (336) 643-6042.
SATURDAY, OCT. 31
Food Pantry | Good Samaritan Ministries’ food
pantry in Stokesdale will open for those in need of food Oct. 31, 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Stokesdale Business Center, 8500 Ellisboro Road. COVID-19 safety procedures will be followed, and boxes of food will be placed in cars without recipients getting out. To make a financial donation or request emergency assistance, contact Terri Johnson, (336) 643-5887, or terrij1957@yahoo.com.
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Carolina will host a day of fun activities for kids Oct. 31, 1 to 4 p.m. at Still Water Farm, 7169 Strawberry Road in Summerfield. Come in costume and enjoy riding horses, meeting miniature ponies, hitching a hayride around the farm, trick or treating and playing games in the arena. Admission is $10 per child; COVID-19 safety precautions will be implemented. A portion of proceeds go to HorseFriends, a free therapeutic riding program for individuals with special needs. More info: Mandy Crews, (336) 420-4588, or info@horsefriendsnc.org. Trick-or-Treat Drive-Thrus | Stokesdale Fire
District, 8401 U.S. 158 (downtown) in Stokesdale, Summerfield Fire District, 7400 Summerfield Road in Summerfield, and Oak Ridge Fire Department, 8325 Linville Road in Oak Ridge, will each be passing out candy – drive-thru only – on Oct. 31 (Halloween); in Stokesdale, the drive-thru trick-or-treat event will be from 5 to 7 p.m.; in Summerfield, from 5 to 7:30 p.m.; and in Oak Ridge, from 6 to 8 p.m. – or until each department runs out of candy. Everyone will be asked to stay in their vehicles and fire department personnel will direct trick-or-treaters to those passing out candy. Stokesdale United Methodist Church, 8305 Loyola Drive, and Gideon Grove United Methodist Church, 2865 Gideon Grove Church Road, Stokesdale, will also offer candy to children in vehicles Oct. 31, 4 to 6 p.m.
OLD SCHOOL
SATURDAY, NOV. 7
Pumpkin Chuckin’ with BSA | Join Boy Scouts
of America representatives Nov. 7 from 1-3 p.m. for our Pumpkin Chuckin’ introduction to scouting event. Launch your leftover Halloween pumpkins with a trebuchet, play games, crafts and learn a little more about scouting. Event is located in the rear parking lot of Oak Ridge United Methodist Church, 2424 Oak Ridge Road in Oak Ridge.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11
Veterans Day | Oak Ridge’s Special Events Com-
mittee will host a Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 10 a.m. in Oak Ridge Town Park. Veteran and former mayor Spencer Sullivan will be the guest speaker. More details in our Nov. 5 issue.
WE’LL BE BACK IN PRINT THURSDAY, NOV. 5! (the Northwest Observer is offered in print the first, third and fifth Thursday of each month)
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Association invites Summerfield-based business professionals to a meeting hosted by HorseFriends Nov. 3, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Still Water Farm, 7169 Strawberry Road in Summerfield. Due to COVID-19 safety guidelines, attendance is limited to 25, so please RSVP at facebook.com/SummerfieldMerchantsAssociation.
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