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Weekend events
Friday, Sept. 25
The Boone County Conservation District will hold “School Day” for the 34th Annual Autumn Pioneer Festival at Roger Gustafson Nature Center and Festival Grounds located at 603 N. Appleton Road in Belvidere. The event is open to public, private, and homeschooled groups. The event is also open to senior groups by appointment. School Days will take place from 9 a.m. to noon.
The Belvidere Boys football sophomore team will face Hononegah High School at home at 5 p.m. followed by the varsity game at 7:15 p.m. The Girl’s Poms’ squad will perform at the game. The junior varsity cheerleaders will cheer for the sophomore game and the varsity cheerleaders will cheer at the varsity game.
The Boone County Agricultural Conservation Easement and Farmland Protection Commission meeting is cancelled.
Saturday, Sept. 26
The Boone County Conservation District will host the 34th Annual Autumn Pioneer Festival from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Roger Gustafson Nature Center and Festival Grounds located at 603 N. Appleton Road in Belvidere.
Belvidere North High School Blue Thunder “Thunderfest” will occur in Building #1 at the Boone County Fairgrounds.
The Belvidere Boys and Girls Cross Country teams will compete at the Rock River Run located at Woodlawn Academy in Hoover Park at 9 a.m.
The Belvidere girl’s varsity golf team will compete in the Freeport Invite at Park Hills Golf Course at 9 a.m.
Join Alpaca Pines for Alpaca Days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Alpaca Pines located at 21756 Beaverton Road in Poplar Grove. Alpaca Days includes lots of fun activities including: feed and play with the alpacas, learning interesting facts about alpacas, shopping for items from guest vendors or from Alpaca Pines array of yarn, socks, hats, raw fiber, and more, kids crafts (for a small fee), free coloring contest, special appearance from the famous ice cream truck, Coley’s Cooler from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., carding fiber and spinning wheel demonstrations, free ice cream for the first 25 kids who attend with an ad clipping for the event, and much more. For more information, please contact: (815) 621-8116 or learn more on Alpaca Pines’ Facebook page.
A 15 month old 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that makes lapghans (lap blankets) for veterans will host a Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser at Applebee’s located at 2126 Gateway Center Drive in Belvidere from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Tickets are $5 each. Advance ticket sales are recommended; however, there will be a limited number of tickets available at the door. This fundraiser is extremely important to the organization in order to keep the organization running and they are asking for everyone’s support. Yarn donations and/or monetary donations are always welcome. They have distributed/presented 332 lapghans to veterans, so far, and would love to keep this organization alive to continue to give back to veterans. So please come and show your support.
Sunday, Sept. 27
The Boone County Conservation District will host the 34th Annual Autumn Pioneer Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Roger Gustafson Nature Center and Festival Grounds located at 603 N. Appleton Road in Belvidere.
Join Alpaca Pines for Alpaca Days from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Alpaca Pines located at 21756 Beaverton Road in Poplar Grove. Alpaca Days includes lots of fun activities including: feed and play with the alpacas, learning interesting facts about alpacas, shopping for items from guest vendors or from Alpaca Pines array of yarn, socks, hats, raw fiber, and more, kids crafts (for a small fee), free coloring contest, special appearance from the famous ice cream truck, Coley’s Cooler from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., carding fiber and spinning wheel demonstrations, free ice cream for the first 25 kids who attend with an ad clipping for the event, and much more. For more information, please contact: (815) 621-8116 or learn more on Alpaca Pines’ Facebook page.
The Flora Cemetery Association will host a Pork Chop Dinner from noon to 2 p.m. featuring baked beans, applesauce, and potatoes. Tickets are $8 for two adults and a single sandwich is only $6.50. The price does not include the Ice Cream Social.
