ENTERTAINMENT –  National Recording Artist Ray Scott along with Jim Quick and Coastline Band will appear at The Flaming Star on Friday April 10.  Tickets are $20 advance and $25 at the door. Sponsor and patron packages available by calling Brian Crews at 336 597-5094 which include a meal at The Old Country Club Steakhouse with opportunities to meet the performers in person!  Don’t miss this opportunity to be entertained by national recording artist right here in Roxboro.  Reserved tables and seats are included with the sponsor and patron packages so call Brian today.

 

First Annual Roxboro 2009 Shrimp Fest June 11th brought to you by the Roxboro Area Chamber of Commerce, Duke Energy, Pepsi-Cola Bottling and Trustworthy & Affordable Garbage. 2009 Shrimp Fest at the Old Bromma building on 501 south. All-you-can-eat shrimp, baked beans, cole slaw, soft drinks, beer, wine & open bar. Music by the Hip Pocket Band. Doors open 4:30, hospitality 4:30-8:00, serving 5:30-7:00, band 5:00-9:00. $35 per person. Call the chamber at: 336 599-8333. Must be 21.  Tickets will go fast!

 

The Second Annual “Clash of the Carts” will happen April 25 in Uptown Roxboro.  Hand-made carts compete in a downhill race where the fastest cart is not always the winner since the judges rate several criteria to determine the best of “Clash of the Carts”.  For more info and entry forms along with the rules for the carts, see the www.historicroxboro.com web site or contact Steve Joyner at Roxboro Development Group:  director@historicroxboro.com  336 599-0918  or stop by the office in the PCC Small Business and Entrepreneurial Center at 105 North Main Street.  Reserve Saturday April 25^th to be in Uptown Roxboro to witness this hilarious race event in the streets of Roxboro.  Start building your cart now – for only $25 entry fee, you could win $500 and be on TV!

 

ADVISORY –  Be sure to shop local to keep our dollars working to support our local businesses.  With the economic slowdown, it is important for us to spend our dollars with the locally owned stores.  Market data reflects that money spent in locally owned stores gets returned 5-fold to the community where out of town owned stores result in a fraction return locally.  Help keep your friends in a job, taxes low and services continued by shopping with local merchants.  The job you save may be your own!

 

We’re constantly adding new vendors and services to our database so if you need a service that has been recommended by a customer, check out the list.  You can search for services at this link: Looking for Area Services – Click here.   Also if you have favorable reports of services, let us know and we will add it to our recommended list.

 

CIVIC ITEMS – There will be a Easter Sunrise Service at Hyco Lake in the Recreation Area past the Ranger Station on the point at 6:30AM on Easter.  Everyone is invited. Sponsored by Westwood Baptist Church.  You may travel by land or water to the point at the launch area.  Happy Easter to everyone and remember what this day is about!

 

Hyco Lake Family Day – West and Woodall is having a family day on Hyco on Saturday April 25^th from 11:00 to 3:00.  Come for food, fun and tours of homes and properties available.  Sponsored by Legacy Building, LLC and Evans Custom Homes, LLC.  See this link for details and to RSVP: http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=VQJLQNEDCNLQRTVRWBWB&li=iq&src=email&trk=aei3 Prices are at an all-time low and money is cheap so now is the best time ever to buy that lake home!

The Roxboro Kiwanis Club is having their annual Vidalia Sweet Onion sale. Get 10 pounds of these delicious onions for only $10.  Onions will be ready and delivered farm fresh during the first of May by the club.  All proceeds this year are going to the new ICU waiting room at Person Memorial Hospital.  Contact a member or call 599-5083 or 599-8850 or email Ronnie Bugnar at: rbugnar@embarqmail.com  You can also order online at this link:  www.roxboro.net/kiwanis.  Also, for great recipes using Vidalia Onions, click here.

 

There are also a couple of local benefit fund raiser events coming in June – First Annual Ride for Kelby on June 6 and Fire Fighters Burned Children Fund Ride on June 13.  Both are motorcycle rides.  Kelby is the son of Charlie Buck and Tammy Oakley.  See more info and register at: www.personharley.com There are some regional events also on the calendar.

 

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LAKE LEVEL –You can always get real-time data on the www.hycolake.com web site from USGS or click here. 

 

More news later . . . .

randy@hycolake.com

 

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