Friday, April 17
• Middletown Main Street Inc. will open its second Designer Show House from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This highly-anticipated home design extravaganza raises funds for its historic preservation work by offering visitors a dazzling tour of elegantly decorated rooms, gardens and facades. The Designer Show House will be open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Sunday, May 10.
Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased by calling Elana’s Broad Street Florist at (302) 285-0800, at Purple Sage Herbs & Gifts at 378-2123, DelCor Home Interiors at (302) 449-0015 or Tracy Skrobot at 378-2977, or email at tskrobot@middletownde.org.
• Children ages 3 and up are invited to the Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library, in Odessa, on Friday, April 17 at 1 p.m. to celebrate Earth Day, Life Cycles and Composting with Worms.
Master Gardener, Hetty Francke, will visit and bring a worm box for children to explore, as well as a hands-on demonstration of composting. For more information, call the library at 378-8838.
• Friends for Responsible Pet Care is holding a Basket Bingo at Aetna Fire Hall in Newark, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.
The night will feature 20 games plus three specials.
The cost is $20 in advance and $25 at the door.
Filled baskets and door prizes will be available. All proceeds benefit animals. Call (302) 750-6228 to pre-register.
• Main Street Middletown merchants will host a Ladies Night Out from 6 to 8 p.m. for ladies in the Middletown-Odessa-Townsend area to relax and enjoy what local merchants have to offer.
Participating merchants are La Dolce Vita Spa for Wellness with mini faciles, mini manicures and mini massages for $20 each, The Cat’s Meow Jewelry, Empowered Life International, Immediato’s Bistro, Jazzercise, Middletown Seafood, Pampered Chef Consultant Julie Woods, Purple Sage Herbs & Gifts and Tracy Roberts Salon with mini styles.
The event will be held at La Dolce Vita Spa for Wellness on Cochran square and The Everett Theatre Annex at 43 W. Main St.
Please RSVP by Thursday, April 16, by calling 449-1496.
• An all-you-can-eat Spaghetti dinner will be held at the Blackbird Community Center from 4 to 7 p.m.
The cost for adults in $9 and $5 for children younger than 12. Take outs will be available. Tickets will be available at the door.
• Drop off your push lawn mower for a tune-up service from 2 to 8 p.m. in the parking lot behind Worrilow and Townsend halls at 531 S. College Ave., across from the Chrysler Plant, just north of the Fred Rust Ice Arena.
The tune-up, provided by trained University of Delaware students and alumni members of the clubs, includes an oil change, spark plug replacement, air filter check and cleaning, blade sharpening and power washing. The cost is $35.
The tune-ups are offered by the University of Delaware’s Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity for agriculture, the Society of Automotive Engineers Club and the Engineering Technology Club.
The first 200 Friday customers can pick up their mowers Saturday, from 1 to 6 p.m. Remaining mowers can be picked up from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
Drop offs will also be held Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information, call the AGR Fraternity at (302) 837-3379 or email yost@udel.edu.
• The 2009 Blue Danube Gala, sponsored by The Austrian-American Society of Wilmington, will be at 6:30 p.m. at The Gold Ballroom in Hotel DuPont, Wilmington.
The gala will have cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dinner and dancing, plus music and ballet performances. Proceeds benefit a scholarship for a six weeks study program at the Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria.
Gentlemen are to wear black or white ties and women should wear floor-length ball gowns or Austrian Dirndl.
Tickets are $145 per person.
For tickets, call Gerit Alexander at (302) 239-4606 or Harriett Mueller at (302) 429-6201.
• Dr. Gregory S. Hammer will be the featured speaker at the Friends of Agriculture Breakfast to be held at the Modern Maturity Center, 1121 Forrest Ave., in Dover, beginning at 7:15 a.m. Registration is $20. For more information, or to register, call Alice Moore at (302) 831-2504. Hammer is the immediate past president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), and is a small animal and equine practitioner based in Dover.
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Friday, April 17
• Middletown Main Street Inc. will open its second Designer Show House from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This highly-anticipated home design extravaganza raises funds for its historic preservation work by offering visitors a dazzling tour of elegantly decorated rooms, gardens and facades. The Designer Show House will be open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Sunday, May 10.
Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased by calling Elana’s Broad Street Florist at (302) 285-0800, at Purple Sage Herbs & Gifts at 378-2123, DelCor Home Interiors at (302) 449-0015 or Tracy Skrobot at 378-2977, or email at tskrobot@middletownde.org.
• Children ages 3 and up are invited to the Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library, in Odessa, on Friday, April 17 at 1 p.m. to celebrate Earth Day, Life Cycles and Composting with Worms.
Master Gardener, Hetty Francke, will visit and bring a worm box for children to explore, as well as a hands-on demonstration of composting. For more information, call the library at 378-8838.
• Friends for Responsible Pet Care is holding a Basket Bingo at Aetna Fire Hall in Newark, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.
The night will feature 20 games plus three specials.
The cost is $20 in advance and $25 at the door.
Filled baskets and door prizes will be available. All proceeds benefit animals. Call (302) 750-6228 to pre-register.
• Main Street Middletown merchants will host a Ladies Night Out from 6 to 8 p.m. for ladies in the Middletown-Odessa-Townsend area to relax and enjoy what local merchants have to offer.
Participating merchants are La Dolce Vita Spa for Wellness with mini faciles, mini manicures and mini massages for $20 each, The Cat’s Meow Jewelry, Empowered Life International, Immediato’s Bistro, Jazzercise, Middletown Seafood, Pampered Chef Consultant Julie Woods, Purple Sage Herbs & Gifts and Tracy Roberts Salon with mini styles.
The event will be held at La Dolce Vita Spa for Wellness on Cochran square and The Everett Theatre Annex at 43 W. Main St.
Please RSVP by Thursday, April 16, by calling 449-1496.
• An all-you-can-eat Spaghetti dinner will be held at the Blackbird Community Center from 4 to 7 p.m.
The cost for adults in $9 and $5 for children younger than 12. Take outs will be available. Tickets will be available at the door.
• Drop off your push lawn mower for a tune-up service from 2 to 8 p.m. in the parking lot behind Worrilow and Townsend halls at 531 S. College Ave., across from the Chrysler Plant, just north of the Fred Rust Ice Arena.
The tune-up, provided by trained University of Delaware students and alumni members of the clubs, includes an oil change, spark plug replacement, air filter check and cleaning, blade sharpening and power washing. The cost is $35.
The tune-ups are offered by the University of Delaware’s Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity for agriculture, the Society of Automotive Engineers Club and the Engineering Technology Club.
The first 200 Friday customers can pick up their mowers Saturday, from 1 to 6 p.m. Remaining mowers can be picked up from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
Drop offs will also be held Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information, call the AGR Fraternity at (302) 837-3379 or email yost@udel.edu.
• The 2009 Blue Danube Gala, sponsored by The Austrian-American Society of Wilmington, will be at 6:30 p.m. at The Gold Ballroom in Hotel DuPont, Wilmington.
The gala will have cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dinner and dancing, plus music and ballet performances. Proceeds benefit a scholarship for a six weeks study program at the Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria.
Gentlemen are to wear black or white ties and women should wear floor-length ball gowns or Austrian Dirndl.
Tickets are $145 per person.
For tickets, call Gerit Alexander at (302) 239-4606 or Harriett Mueller at (302) 429-6201.
• Dr. Gregory S. Hammer will be the featured speaker at the Friends of Agriculture Breakfast to be held at the Modern Maturity Center, 1121 Forrest Ave., in Dover, beginning at 7:15 a.m. Registration is $20. For more information, or to register, call Alice Moore at (302) 831-2504. Hammer is the immediate past president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), and is a small animal and equine practitioner based in Dover.
Saturday, April 18
• Miles for Melanoma of Delaware will host a Beef-n-Beer fundraiser, from 5 to 10 p.m. at Elks Lodge, 42 Elks Trail, New Castle.
Tickets are $30 per person in advance or $35 at the door.
For more information, call Jeff Farro at 376-3830 or email miles4melanomade@gmail.com.
• The Clayton Fire Company invites the community to rent tables during the town-wide yard sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost per table is $10.
Breakfast and lunch specials along with baked goods will be sold to benefit the fire company.
For more information or to rent a table, call and leave a message at (302) 632-3445.
• Take your kids to Safe Kids Day at Bellevue State Park in Wilmington, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be karate demonstrations, safety and injury prevention booths, child identity kits and cards, bicycle rodeo, car seat check, emergency vehicles, NCC Firefighter’s SmokeHouse, Radio Disney, door prizes and much more.
Kids are encouraged to bring their own bicycle and helmet for the bike rodeo. They will learn the “rules of the road” and see the importance of wearing their helmet correctly.
Parents can have their child passenger safety seats checked for proper installation. The check takes approximately 30 minutes and you would need to bring your car, your child and their car seat. Safety information and giveaways will be available at more than 20 booths, and door prizes will be awarded throughout the day.
The event is rain or shine. For more information, go to www.nemours.org/link/safekids.
• The Middletown Farmers Market will be in the Forest Presbyterian Church parking lot, located at 44 W. Main St., from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The Middletown Farmers Market features Certified Organic vegetables, fresh cut flowers, juicy fruits (including Asian pears), herbal vinegars and soaps, artisan breads and cheese, pond plants, bedding plants, tropical plants, landscape ornamentals and much more.
For more information, go to www.localharvest.org or call Alison Howard at (410) 490-7038.
• Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge will hold Forest Loss and Fragmentation – Implications for Rare Birds and Amphibians at 10 a.m. and a highway clean-up at the Visitor Center at 1 p.m.
The refuge is located at 2591 Whitehall Neck Road, Smyrna.
For more information, call (302) 653-6872.
Sunday, April 19
• Friends of Iron Hill Park will sponsor a free Introduction to Geo-Caching and Orienteering at Iron Hill Park in Newark, from noon to 4 p.m.
Qualified trainers will be on-hand to give basic instruction in these two activities, which are growing in popularity. No equipment is required.
Hotdogs, snacks and drinks will be for sale. This event is rain or shine.
For more information, go to www.friendsofironhillpark.org or call (302) 738-5529.
• The Delaware Renewable Energy Company of Rehoboth Beach will host the Renewable Energy Fair, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bay Center, Dewey Beach. The event is free and open to the public.
The fair will host an assortment of vendors in the categories of renewable energy sources, green builders, eco-friendly home products and services, and eco-friendly associations.
The motto for the event is “Helping Delaware Go Green with Renewable Energy and Eco-Friendly Products and Services.”
For more information, call Megan Spangler at (302) 227-1337.
• The Ride to the Tide to benefit Special Olympics Delaware is a police-escorted motorcycle ride organized by the Delaware Blue Knights Chapter 1, and supported by Delaware’s Law Enforcement for Special Olympics, Jake’s Seafood and WBOC.
Bikers can depart from either the University of Delaware football stadium parking lot at 10:30 a.m. or the Seaford Harley Davidson at 11 a.m. All riders will end at Jake’s Seafood Restaurant in Lewes, where lunch will be provided compliments of Jake’s.
The cost to participate is $20 for riders and $15 for passengers, if registered before April 16. Day-of registration fee will be $25 for riders and $20 for passengers.
For more information, call Special Olympics Delaware at (302) 831-4653 or go to www.sode.org.
• Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge will host Kevin Fleming for a presentation, exhibit and book-signing at 1 p.m.
The refuge is located at 2591 Whitehall Neck Road, Smyrna.
For more information, call (302) 653-6872.
Tuesday, April 21
• The Townsend Fire Company will host a chicken barbeque fundraiser in the fire hall parking lot from noon to 6 p.m.
The menu includes 1/2 chicken for $6 and pulled-pork sandwiches for $5.
The barbeque is sponsored by Oh Phoebe’s BBQ & Caterers featuring Chef Clint Johnson.
Wednesday, April 22
• Benchmark Builders will host a free “Going Green” Seminar and Open House at the 55+ green communities, the Village of Eastridge in Clayton, from noon to 4 p.m.
Visitors will have the opportunity to experience what it’s like to live in a green home and discover the benefits of “eco-logical” living from a certified green home expert.
To reserve a seat, call (302) 659-3783 or go to www.BenchmarkBuilders.com.
