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LAKE WYLIE -- The second annual Lake Wylie Scavenger Hunt & BBQ Fundraiser, hosted by the Charlotte Power Squadron, will be held Aug. 8-9. There will be lots of great prizes, including $300 for first place and $150 for second.

The Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation continues it five-session class on how residents can help enforce erosion and sedimentation control rules. The class continues July 23 and 29. Class times are 7-9 p.m. at the Sherills Ford Volunteer Firehouse, 8073 Sherills Ford Road, Sherills Ford, N.C. One class will follow at a construction site.

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Serving the Bethel and Lake Wylie communities

This column offers a sampling of dining experiences in the area. It is not intended as a review of the restaurant other than to provide the reader with one diner's experience. It also appears in The Herald's Friday entertainment section, "Ticket."

Credit is tight.Food prices keep going up, and the price of gas ... well, we don't even want to think about it. Economic times are tough. If you've taken a trip to Europe lately, you've really been given a crash course in international finance. The U.S. dollar is pretty pitiful right now. Is there anyplace, anywhere, where you can find a bargain these days? Believe it or not there is..

Here it is July Fourth week and the peak of summer at Lake Wylie is here. There will be children having a great time at Camp Thunderbird and making memories that will last a lifetime. The lake will be abuzz with activity from early morning to late night.

Football practice, sign ups under way

This time, the Catawba River got the kind of recognition that makes its admirers proud.

LAKE WYLIE -- A special evangelistic event for residents and neighbors in and surrounding the Oakridge Community in Lake Wylie will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. July 12 in an open field along Oakridge Road.

Auten reels in 23rd seat in Tenn.

Results are in and the South Carolina Freshwater State Record for white perch has been tied. Because of the extreme size of the catch, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources completed genetic certification that the 1 pound, 15.2 ounce white perch caught near the Allison Creek boat ramp on Lake Wylie was not a hybrid of some sort.

• Largemouth Bass: Fair. First thing in the morning fish topwater Pop-Rs over main channel points in about 8 feet of water. After 10 a.m. or so move deeper and fish the drops using Carolina rigs with an extra long leader -- a strong color is watermelon seed dipped in chartreuse glow dye.

Several July 4 safety tips from BoatU.S., the national recreational boating organization with more than 650,000 members:

Who'd have thought a shiny gold-painted brick wall and fireplace could be classy, not tacky?

The Rose Garden Dinner Club will meet Friday at 115 Kings Mountain St., Clover. The menu includes: butternut squash soup, appetizer of baked haddock filet topped with roasted vegetables and an asparagus cream sauce; and entree choice of filet of beef tenderloin wrapped in bacon and topped with blue cheese crumbles or spinach, artichoke and three cheese stuffed chicken breast, both served with rosemary roasted potatoes and seasonal vegetable. Dessert options are oreo blizzard cheesecake, raisin rum bread pudding and toasted coconut cream pie. Cost is $25.95 per person, gratuity not included. Reservations must be made by Wednesday. For more information, call (803) 222-2422. -- staff reports

This column offers a sampling of dining experiences in the area. It is not intended as a review of the restaurant other than to provide the reader with one diner's experience. It also appears in The Herald's Friday entertainment section, "Ticket."

• Largemouth Bass: Fair. After 10 a.m. or so move deeper and fish the drops using Carolina rigs with an extra long leader, a strong color is watermelon seed dipped in chartreuse glow dye. Finesse worms in cotton candy, kudzu and green worked very slowly are also productive.