Here are three things to know for Monday, October 2:
1. Middle School Soccer: Today, 4 p.m. Bladen County rivals meet when Bladenboro hosts Clarkton School of Discovery and Elizabethtown is home against Tar Heel. Girls games are first followed by the boys games. This is the final week of the middle school soccer season.
2. Blood Drive: Tuesday, Noon-5 p.m., Hickory Grove Baptist Church Family Life Center, 6414 Center Road, Bladenboro. Appointments: Call Carolyn Hester at 910-874-4179 or visit redcrossblood.org.
3. All About Bears: Saturday, 2 p.m., Jones Lake State Park, 4117 NC 242 North, Elizabethtown. Join a park ranger for a discussion on the park’s largest mammal. Free. Information: 910-588-4550.
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