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A list of fun things to do in our area

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Give blood, get ice cream, 1:30-6 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at Maggie Moo's in Fort Mill. Give a pint, get a pint. Call 548-6244.

Football Fever! is the name of the game at the eighth annual Tega Cay Chamber Bash 7-11 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at the Tega Cay Golf Club and Community Center. Music by the Rum Punch Bandits. $35 in advance, $40 at the door. For details, see page 6A or call 547-5900.

Tega Cay Night at Knights Stadium will be held Saturday, July 26. All Tega Cay residents are invited to this popular annual event. Tailgating begins at 5 p.m. Tega Cay Citizen of the Year Bob Cullen will throw out the first pitch.

Pageant applications are now being accepted by the Miss South Carolina US United Pageant, official preliminary to the National Miss US United Pageant, in age divisions from 2 up to adult. No experience necessary. An interest meeting will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at the Lancaster County Public Library. For details, call Aisha Mackey at (803) 287-0119 or Drico Rutledge at (704) 430-5883, or click on www.usunitedpageant.com.

NEXT WEEK

Booster Club fundraiser, Sign up now for the Fort Mill District Band Booster Club's annual charity golf tournament with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 31, at Regent Park Golf Course. This event is open to all golfers and hackers interested in supporting arts for students. It supports the needs in the Fort Mill School District by purchasing instruments and providing scholarships for gifted students. Call (704) 217-3230.

COMING SOON

The Fort Mill High School Class of 1994 is organizing a reunion and trying to contact all former class members. For details, or to update your contact information, e-mail Abby Rodgers Haberkam at abbyhaberkam@yahoo.com or Sara George Meacham at sageorge@comporium.net.

Calling all classmates,The classes of 1998 from Fort Mill and Indian Land high schools are planning 10-year reunions and seeking information from class members. ILHS grads can send an e-mail to 98ilreunion@gmail.com or call (803) 431-1202. FMHS grads can e-mail shawa@fort-mill.k12.sc.us or call 548-4801.

Horse show at the Anne Springs Close Greenway, coming Sept. 27. Register now to compete in the 12th annual show - all types of classes and categories including Leadline (for riders ages 7 and under), English Walk-Trot, Pole Bending, Potato Race, Western Pleasure Open and more. Sponsorship opportunities also available. For details, call 548-7252.

EVERY WEEK

BacInTyme Coffee Café at 124 Confederate St., Fort Mill, has live blues and jazz and more Friday and Saturday evenings and poetry readings 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays. Call 802-7155.

Catch the reading bug, this summer at the Lancaster County Library and discover the amazing world of insects. The 2008 Summer Reading Program is open to young people, preschool through age 12 with programs, prize drawings, story times, puppet shows and more. Call (803) 285-1502.

Line dance lessons continue, sponsored by the Lancaster Shag Club, each Thursday through the summer. 7 p.m. at the Lancaster Moose Lodge, 200 Moose Dr., Lancaster. $2 per person per lesson. For details, call Lancaster Shag Club President Nita Brown at (803) 286-5694.

Bingo, good eats. at Fort Mill American Legion Post 43. Call 547-2414.

Guitar lessons, at the Leroy Springs Recreation Complex. Start from the basics and build from there. All styles and skills levels. Private lessons are available in the evenings and Saturday mornings. $70/members, $80/non-members. Call 547-4575.