Logan Community Festival -
June 7, 2008
Fun for all in Caldwell
Park. Amusement games and
rides for children,
basketball shoot-out, music,
vendors with crafts and
jewelry, food, food and more
food. Come and join the fun!
1:00-6:00 pm
Become a Green Thumb and Help Others Too
June 6th, 2008 @ 11:00 AM
Concord, NC
Persons interested in
becoming award-winning
Cabarrus Master Gardener
Volunteers (MGV) need to
have an email address to
receive monthly newsletters,
pest alerts and volunteer
opportunities. MGV meetings
with educational programs
are held the first Tuesday
of each month, 9:00 a.m. at
the NC Cooperative Extension-
Cabarrus County Center, 715
Cabarrus Avenue-West,
Concord. Participants who
begin volunteering, receive
the schedule of MGV training
classes that will be offered
during the winter months for
a fee of approximately $60
for the cost of the NC State
MGV Manual and durable name
tag. Master Gardener
Volunteers also meet for a
monthly garden tour,
restaurant luncheons, and
various community
activities. Persons
interested in learning about
gardening, volunteering and
becoming a Master Gardener
may contact David Goforth,
Extension Agent, at
david_goforth@ncsu.edu or
bhtroutman@cabarruscounty.us
or call 704 920-3310.
Event Location
NC Cooperative Extension
Cabarrus County Center
Concord, NC
Contact
David Goforth, Extension
Agent, Horticulture
at (704) 920-3310
Antique Farm Equipment Celebrates Agricultural Heritage
RALEIGH – More than 700
pieces of antique tractors
and farm equipment will be
on display as part of the
Got to be NC Festival June 5-
8 at the N.C.State
Fairgrounds. Machines dating
back to the 1930s and
representing brand names
such as Ford, Allis-
Chalmers, John Deere, Cub
Cadet and Massey Ferguson
will be part of the
inaugural four-day event.
Many of these tractors will
compete in the antique
tractor pulls on Saturday
and Sunday.
More than 20 clubs from
across the state will be
showcasing equipment such as
tractors, hit-and-miss
engines, plows, corn
shellers and mowers. In
addition, prizes will be
awarded for the best tractor
equipment display in three
different age categories:
prior to 1930, 1930-1949 and
1950-1960.
“Being a farmer myself, I am
particularly excited to see
all of the antique equipment
that will be brought in,”
said Agriculture
Commissioner Steve
Troxler. “This is shaping up
to be one of the largest
antique tractor and farm
equipment shows in the
eastern United States, and
it will be a lot of fun to
see all of the old names and
models on display.”
Participating clubs include
Carolina Antique Tractor
Pullers Association, Iron
Peddlers Antique Power Club,
Apple Country Antique Engine
& Tractor Association, Pee
Dee Antique Power Club and
Ford/Fordson Collectors
Association.
“The show will be fun and
educational for the whole
family,” said Pat Short, the
festival’s motorsports
coordinator. “Adults can
reminisce about the
equipment they used or grew
up with on the farm, while
children can learn all about
the agricultural heritage of
North Carolina.”
In addition to the tractors
and equipment on display,
the Sandhills Antique Farm
Equipment Club from
Lillington will run antique
farm equipment several times
a day to demonstrate how the
pieces work and what they
were used for. This includes
a corn shredder, thrashing
machine, hay baler, corn
shellers, grist mill, feed
mill, tobacco stick cutter
and other pieces of belt-
driven equipment.
Festival hours will be 3
p.m.-midnight Thursday and
Friday, and 10 a.m.-midnight
Saturday and Sunday.
Admission is free. Tickets
to events in the Sam Rand
Grandstand will be $5.
The antique tractor and farm
equipment show will be open
during the festival’s normal
operating hours. The
festival will also feature a
food expo, carnival rides
and games, the state
barbecue cooking
championship and more. For
more information, go to
www.ncagfest.com.
Pops in the Park@Frank Liske Park, Saturday, June 21
7:30 pm. Enjoy an evening of
music performed by the NC
Jazz Repertory Orchestra.
Bring your lawn chairs and a
picnic supper and listen to
the live performance.
Limited concessions will be
available. No cost for
admission or parking.
Summer Movie Series - "The Water Horse, Legend of the Deep
6/27/2008
Stars in the Park - Summer
Movie Series - Join us for
movies and more on CD Lyons
Balflield at Les Myers Park
on the fourth Friday of the
summer months - June July
and August. The free outdoor
movies have been edited for
family viewing. Karaoke,
moon bounce, games and
activities have been themed
around each movie shown and
will begin at 7:00 p.m. and
the movie will start at 8:45
p.m. Food and refreshments
will be available. Don't
forget your chairs or
blankets to sit on.
Upcoming: Friday 7/25 -
"Shrek the Third" and
Friday 8/22 - "Pirates of
the Caribbean: At World's
End".
Union Street Live
Event Date: May 15, 2008
Union Street Live is a free
event held the third
Thursday of the Month from
May to September. The time
is 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on
the Historic Courthouse
Lawn. Concert performers to
be announced at a later
date.
Concert dates are:
May 15
June 19
August 21
September 18
Contact: Vickie Weant -
Executive Director
Phone: 704-784-4208
"Families Needed"
December 17th, 2008 @ 5:00
PM
Concord, NC
With children who are
patients of Suburban
Pediatrics or Cabarrus
Pediatrics ages 3-8 years
old, for a new research
study aimed at childhood
obesity. Contact Suburban
Pediatrics, 3396 Cloverleaf
Parkway, Kannapolis at 704
403-7740 or Cabarrus
Pediatrics, 66 Lake Concord
Road, NE, Concord at 704 403-
7720 for information
regarding the study. The
program will be conducted at
both locations for families
who are income eligible and
taught through the
Cooperative Extension’s
Expanded Food Nutrition
Education Program. Families
who are income eligible who
would like to participate in
the free Expanded Food &
Nutrition Education Program
should contact Millie Clark,
Adult EFNEP Program
Assistant, at 704 920-
3310.
Event Location
Cabarrus County
NC Cooperative Extension-
715 Cabarrus Avenue-
West
Concord, NC 28027
Contact
Millie Clark, Adult EFNEP
Program Assistant at
(704) 920-3310
"Successful Communities"
Until - December 17th, 2008
@ 5:00 PM
Concord, NC
Need to improve your
neighborhood with a
Community Advocate? Contact
Minnie Mitchell, Extension
Agent, to help work with
your neighborhood to provide
resources and training for
neighborhood-driven issues.
She helps neighborhood
associations get established
by providing training on
conflict resolutions,
parliamentary procedure,
officer development, public
speaking and economic
literacy. To learn more
about this free service for
community and rural
development, call 704 920-
3310.
Event Location
Cabarrus County
NC Cooperative Extension 715
Cabarrus Avenue-West
Concord, NC 28027
Contact
Minnie Mitchell, Extension
Agent at (704) 920-3310
Movie & Popcorn Night
Come join and watch the
latest movie and enjoy some
hot popcorn. No
fee staff supervised
Wednesdays, continual
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Logan Multi-purpose
Center
151 Rone Avenue, SW
Rodney Smith, Center
Supervisor 704-920-5603
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