Summerville Main Street is hosting a Taste of the South Festival on June 22nd that will feature a special edition of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Steam Passenger Train.  The train will be rolling in from Chattanooga to the Summerville Depot that afternoon. The public is welcome to come out and enjoy the arrival of the steam passenger train to the Historic Summerville Depot and enjoy live music while they sample Southern food dishes.  The event will also feature local honey and flowers.  The Taste of the South event will take place from 10 AM until 3 PM.  More details about the event will be released in the upcoming days.

Jr. Ranger Camp is returning again this year to Sloppy Floyd State Park in Summerville.  This year, the camp will be offered in two different sessions on June 13-14 and again July 8-9.  For registration or information, you can call the park office at Sloppy Floyd State Park at 706-857-0826.  Campers will have the opportunity to join park rangers for hands-on experience in outdoor skills such as archery, wayfinding and nature craft-making.  Also, they will get the chance to go fishing and discover the diverse wildlife that can be found at Sloppy Floyd State Park. The event is for children ages 6 to 12 and takes place from 8:30 AM until 4 PM daily.

A bake sale and yard sale to benefit the Menlo Veterans Marker Project and Menlo Reading Buddies will be held the first weekend in May.  The sale is scheduled from 8 AM until 3 PM on Friday and Saturday, May 3rd and 4th at the Lawrence Center in Menlo.  Some of the bake sale items include: fried apple pies, banana bread, apple bread, cookies and pies.  The yard sale will feature a lot of household and miscellaneous items.   The public is invited.

Walker County Extension and Cornerstone Veterinarian Services have teamed up to provide low cost rabies clinics again this year. Protect your family from a deadly disease by bringing your dog and/or cat to one of the locations listed below to be vaccinated. The cost is just $15, cash only. Vets will provide a certificate and tag. Here’s the schedule:

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