Vacation Bible School Shadow Ridge Baptist Church will host “SeaQuest: Diving for God’s Treasure”. The dates for this Vacation Bible School are July 26-30 from 6-8:30 p.m. Children who have completed K-4 to 6 grade are invited for a week of fun activities. They include crafts, games, snacks, puppets, missionary story, Bible lessons, and on the last day Pelican SnoBalls for everyone. You can register online at shadowridgebaptist.org and for FMI call 557-1725. Shadow Ridge Baptist Church will host “SeaQuest: Diving for God’s Treasure”. The dates for this Vacation Bible School are July 26-30 from 6:00-8:30 pm. Children who have completed K-4 to 6 grade are invited for a week of fun activities. They include crafts, games, snacks, puppets, missionary story, Bible lessons, and on the last day Pelican SnoBalls for everyone. You can register online at shadowridgebaptist.org and for FMI call 557-1725.
Holly Springs Farmers Market We’re cooking up a good time at the Holly Springs Farmers Market. Chef Jenny the Cary Dinner Fairy demonstrates how to use farm fresh ingredients to prepare easy to make, delicious meals. Cooking demonstrations at 9 and 11 am. This is a free, family-friendly event. The Farmers Market, Downtown Holly Springs, May – October, Saturdays, 8 am to noon. For more information, visit www.HSFarmersMarket.com or 919-567-4010.
Republican Women Republican Women of Cary and Southwestern Wake invite you to our regular business lunch/meeting at Prestonwood Country Club on the first Thursday of each month. Social begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by the luncheon/program at noon on Aug. 5. The cost is $15 for the buffet. Our special guest for the May meeting will be Claude E. Pope, Jr., Chairman of the Wake County Republican party. RSVP to Victoria at 363-9574. Visit our web site for more information: www.rwcsw.org
Church of the Resurrection VBS This summer, we’re setting sail for VBS fun on the HIGH SEAS! The kids at Church of the Resurrection-Fuquay are preparing for fun and friends while they experience the deep rolling waters of God’s love. This year’s VBS runs from Aug. 9-13 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. To register, visit www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/CTRezKidz/gpgs/Landing.aspx. For more information, visit www.churchrezfuquay.org or call 632-4904. All are welcome. VBS will be at 6317 Sunset Lake Rd., Fuquay-Varina.
Triangle Lightning Fast Pitch Open Tryouts The Triangle Lightning Fast Pitch will hold open tryouts on Saturday, Aug. 7. 10U tryouts will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. 12U tryouts will be held from 10:30 to noon. 14U tryouts will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. 16U & 18U tryouts will be held Sunday, Aug. 8 from 2 to 6 p.m. Please arrive 30 minutes early to register. All tryouts will be At East Wake Middle School. For more details please contact Don Pegram at 919- 427-6289 or dpegram@embarqmail.com .
Big Hat Brunch Show off your beautiful hats. There will be poetry and lunch, music and vendors, on Saturday, July 31, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $10 per person or $15 for two people at St. Paul A.M.E., 402 West Edenton St.,Raleigh. Reverend G.L. Edmond, Pastor. Call (919) 832-2709 for tickets.
Flapjack fundraiser breakfast You’re invited to an Applebee’s Flapjack Fundraiser breakfast to support New Breed Christian Center’s Woman2Woman SubCommittee Saturday, July 31 from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Plates are $8 per person. The event will be held at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar (1480 North Main St. in Fuquay-Varina). Contact Felicia at 919-698-9566 or Jackie at 910-587-8230.
Shag Club Please join the BASSLAKE Shag Club for RE-UP Social July 25 at the Varina Sports Bar. Jimmy Buffkin from N.Myrtle Beach will play our tunes. Luau theme with memberships $7.50 plus free admission. New linedance lesson at 5:30. basslakeshagclub.com.
AARP Driver Safety Class On Wednesday, Aug. 4, join your friends in a safety learning experience by taking this AARP Driver Safety Program, one-day, refresher course especially designed for drivers aged 50+ at the Fuquay-Varina Community Center. (Class is open to all age groups) This is a new course especially designed for those who previously were unable or chose not to take the traditional two-day course. The content is the same with an emphasis on course videos and an expectation that the participants will read video review materials at home. This is the oldest and largest course of its kind and it will bring you up to date on such topics as safe driving techniques, today’s highways and laws, your vehicle and you and judging your driving fitness. Some insurance companies offer premium discounts to graduates. Check with your insurance agent. The class will run from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (with a 45 minute lunch break and other rest breaks. Participants must provide for their own lunch.) Fee: $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members (payable by check to AARP before class) to cover the cost of workbooks and training aids. AARP members must bring their membership cards to class. Fuquay-Varina Community Center, 820 South Main St., Fuquay-Varina, call 919-552-1430 for reservations.
Machine Pitch Allstar Baseball Tournament The FVAA will host an 8 and under Machine Pitch Allstar Baseball Tournament from July 30 to Aug. 1 in Fuquay-Varina. There is a $150 entry fee. For more information go to www.fvaa.org or call Ed McCauley at 552-5465.
Holly Springs Food Cupboard Holly Springs Food Cupboard has incorporated as a NC non-profit and has signed an umbrella agreement with Apex’s Western Wake Crisis Ministry to provide food and resources for those in need in Holly Springs. It is the hope of the volunteers organizing this service that all of Holly Springs will join in the effort to take care of our own. Volunteers will collect, organize and distribute nonperishable food items in September along with supplemental resources from Western Wake Crisis Ministry. Donations in the form of checks made out to Western Wake Crisis Ministry with Holly Springs Food Cupboard on the memo line may be sent to Holly Springs Food Cupboard, PO Box 268, Holly Springs, NC, 27540. For information visit www.hsfoodcupboard.org or contact Pat Haggard 662-0892 or Carol Moran 557-7503.
Rotary Club The Fuquay-Varina Rotary Club meets every Thursday in the large meeting room at the Golden Corral on Broad Street in Fuquay-Varina from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. We welcome visitors and guests and other Rotarians who have to make meetings. The weekly meetings include lunch, a brief club meeting and a speaker. Holly Springs Garden Club The Holly Springs Garden Club meets the second Wednesday evening of every month at 7 p.m. at Bass Lake. Our meetings are both fun and educational providing monthly presenters such as Master Gardeners, local nurseries, JC Raulston Arboretum and many others. Our club encourages environmental improvements and civic projects such as the Restoration and Beautification of Bass Lake Park and Retreat Center and our Memory Garden. We welcome new faces!! Matt Gocke, the Greenhouse and Nursery Manager at the North Carolina Botanical Garden will be speaking at our July meeting. Please join us!! For additional information call Stephanie Bertsche at 362-0030.
Shadow Ridge Baptist Church Shadow Ridge Baptist Church will host “SeaQuest: Diving for God’s Treasure”. The dates for this Vacation Bible School are July 26-30 from 6:00-8:30 pm. Children who have completed K-4 to 6 grade are invited for a week of fun activities. They include crafts, games, snacks, puppets, missionary story, Bible lessons, and on the last day Pelican SnoBalls for everyone. You can register online at shadowridgebaptist.org and for FMI call 557-1725.
Class of 1975 The Fuquay-Varina High School Class of 1975 plans to hold its 35-year reunion on Saturday, Oct. 2, at Bentwinds Golf and Country Club and is looking for classmates. A reunion committee has created a website (www.classcreator.com) where people may register and read their classmates’ profiles. The committee will primarily use the website and e-mail to provide details concerning the reunion. Classmates without Internet access may call Beth Ragan at 781-2527 and leave their name and mailing address. The class of ‘75 was the last class to graduate from the old Fuquay-Varina High School (now Fuquay-Varina Middle).
Solid Rock Ministries Solid Rock Ministries invites you to come and join Sinai Baptist Church / Iglesia Bautista Sinai, as they hold services on Sundays, from 3 - 5 p.m. and on Thursdays, at 7:30 p.m. at 340 East Wimberly Street, Angier, 919-639-2013. Solid Rock Ministries invites you to join them each Sunday at 10 a.m. for Bible Classes and 11 a.m. for Worship Service. We meet each Sunday and Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. with classes for all ages. SRM is an inter-racial, non-denominational worship center, 340 East Wimberly Street, Angier, 919-639-2013.
Spanish Church Service Solid Rock Ministries invites you to come and join Sinai Baptist Church / Iglesia Bautista Sinai, as they hold services on Sundays, from 3 - 5 pm and on Thursdays, at 7:30 pm., 340 East Wimberly Street, Angier, 919-639-2013. Spanish Translation: Ministerio de Roca Solida. Te invita a venir y unirta a la Iglesia Bautista Sinai los Horarios de Serivicios son Domingos 3 a 5pm y Jueves a 7:30pm. Direccion 340 East Wimberly Street Angier (919) 639-2013.
Fall, Summer Soccer Fall soccer registrations are open until Aug. 8. Late registrations will end Aug. 14. Please make sure you register by deadlines. Practices begin in late August. Age Divisions 2010-2011 Season Maximum 8/1/95 to 7/31/98 U15 8/1/98 to 7/31/00 U12 8/1/00 to 7/31/02 U10 8/1/02 to 7/31/04 U08 8/1/04 to 7/31/06 U06 8/1/06 to 7/31/07 U04 Ball Sizes U08 & younger #3 U09 to U12 #4 U13 & older #5 www.gomcaa.com MCAA Girls Summer Soccer Camp will be held July 26-30, 6 -7:30 p.m., for ages 6-13, at McGees Middle Soccer Field. Cost- $40 Please register online now through July 24. www.gomcaa.com
WIC Program The WIC Program provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to health care and community resources. Services are available in Raleigh, Fuquay-Varina, Zebulon, Wake Forest, and Brentwood. Those eligible must *be a pregnant or postpartum woman, infant, or child under age 5, *live in NC, and *have a gross annual income under 185% of the Federal poverty guidelines. For appointment, please call (919)250-4720. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.



