Daily Events

Events listed for Aug. 9
August 9, 2009

Inaugural Bruce Hall Memorial Run: Sunday in New Town. Races will be held during the New Town Little Shell Powwow, four miles west of New Town. Registration will be at 9 a.m. at the A-frame building. Divisions are: kindergarten through second grade 400 meter run; third and fourth grade 800 meter run; fifth and sixth grade one-mile run; seventh, eighth and ninth grade two-mile run; and the 10K run, an open division. Trophies will be given to the top three finishers in each division. The open division winner will receive a cash award. All runners will receive T-shirts. Call Ed or Sally White at 862-4149 or Sally at 421-7499 for more information.

Prairie Arts Club of Bottineau's annual Arts and Fine Crafts Show and Sale: Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Metigoshe Christian Center, north of Bottineau. The featured artist is Ellena Anderson, Palermo, who specializes in beadwork. Call Joyce Helgeson at 228-2805 for more information.

Upper Missouri Ministries Annual Sweet Corn Festival: 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Epping Bible Camp. A worship service will be at 10:30 a.m., led by the camp staff with Bishop Mark Narum. Roast beef on a bun and sweet corn will be served at 11:30 a.m. A freewill donation will be accepted. There will be music and other festival activities from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Call 859-4181 or visit the Web site at (www.campumm.org) for more information. 

Soup kitchen: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Seventh-day Adventist Church, 10-17th Ave. SW.

United Blood Services of Minot and Flaxton, Lignite, Bowbells Blood Drive: 1 to 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, Bowbells. Call Cindy Winzenberg at 377-2372 or 377-6400 for an appointment.

Rock the Leaves 2009 benefit concert: Sunday, 3 to 10 p.m., in Harmon Park in Williston. Proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Dakota to fund the wish of a local teenager who has leukemia. Dan Hansen, Minot, founder of Red Beard Booking and Promotion, is planning the concert, in conjunction with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. There will be music by several bands, including some area bands, a raffle for several prize packages, children's games and free food. The concert is free but a freewill donation will be accepted. Visit the Web site at (www.rocktheleaves.com) for more information.

Pangea House event: 6 to 10 p.m., The Missoula Oblongata ­ Traveling Playwrights will present "The Fifty Greatest Ladies and Gentlemen": Pangea House, 109 W. Central Ave., downtown Minot. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the play will start at 6:30 p.m. The group is an experimental theater company dedicated to creating and touring originial work. A $4 donation per person is suggested. Visit the Web site at (www.themissoulaoblongata.com) for more information. Pangea House is a local music venue and community center which hosts a variety of events.

SUPPORT GROUPS

A.A. Closed Big Book Study and nonsmoking meeting: 2 p.m., 515-5th Ave. NW.

Overeaters Anonymous: 5:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church's library, 1000-3rd St. NE.

Narcotics Anonymous: 8 p.m., Church of Christ, 1315-1st St. NE, basement.

A.A. closed discussion: 8 p.m., 700-16th Ave. SW.

A.A. closed discussion: 8 p.m., 515-5th Ave. NW.

YOUTH EVENTS

Main Street Books story time: Sundays in August, 1 p.m., at the store, downtown Minot. Each Sunday a different theme will be explored, focusing on insects during August. Story time and activities are free and geared for 4-7 year olds but all ages may attend. A snack is provided. Call 839-4050 for more information.