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Weekend Events
Friday, Sept. 18
The Belvidere Boys football sophomore team will face Auburn High School at Auburn at 5 p.m. followed by the varsity game at 7:15 p.m. The junior varsity cheerleaders will cheer for the sophomore game and the varsity cheerleaders will cheer at the varsity game.
Take a stroll through the illuminated paths while enjoying a twilight wine tasting in the beautiful Fountain Garden during the wine tasting and luminary walk at Klehm Arboretum from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Twinkling lights, light hors d’oeuvres, and live music will complete the evening. Admission is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Registration is open soon. First 200 people to register receive a commemorative wine glass.
The Belvidere High School F/S boy’s soccer team will compete in the Harlem Frosh Invite at Harlem High School at 4 p.m.
Meet and greet at the Cherry Valley Library to celebrate Jane Lenser’s arrival as the new director and to wish the outgoing director, Eve Kirk, a happy retirement. Meet and greet is sponsored by the Library Board and Friends of the Library and is set to take place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The Our Community 13th Annual Celebration of the International Day of Peace will occur at Keeling Puri Peace Plaza located at 3664 McFarland Road near Perryville and Riverside Roads in Rockford. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Over 700 school children will celebrate the community’s diversity using the theme, “Planting Seeds” and feature the book and its author, Hester Bass, Planting Seeds of Freedom, the Peaceful integration of Huntsville, Alabama. For more information, contact Pam Keeling at (815) 262-4858.
Saturday, Sept. 19
The Belvidere Bucs Booster club will host another Steak Fry in Building #1 at the Boone County Fairgrounds. For more information please call Jeff Wolman at (815) 505-1800.
The Belvidere High School Boys Golf varsity team will play Freeport High School at Park Hills Golf Course at 9 a.m. for the Freeport invite.
The Belvidere High School Girls Swimming and Diving teams will compete in the Hononegah Invite at the Boylan High School pool at 10 a.m.
The Belvidere freshman girls’ volleyball team will compete in the Oregon Frosh Volleyball Invite at Oregon BHC Courts 1-4 at 9 a.m.
The Belvidere girl’s junior varsity volleyball team will compete in the Westminster Christian VB Invite at Top Flight Volleyball Club at 8 a.m.
The Belvidere High School boys F/S soccer team will compete in the Harlem Frosh Invite at Harlem High School at 8 a.m. The Belvidere High School Junior varsity boy’s soccer team will compete in the Belvidere JV Tourney at Belvidere High School and Belvidere South Middle School at 9 a.m.
The SwedishAmerican Ryan Jury Learning Center will host the First Annual Health Fair at Camelot Tower located at 1415 East State St. in Rockford. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to noon.
Animal Services will host an adoption event at Wal-Mart in Belvidere from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
