The Beech Community Center is hosting a number of events on Saturday, October 18, to raise funds to benefit the family of Cameron Martin.  Martin is a 3-year old boy who has been at Duke Hospital since June, undergoing treatment for a brain tumor.  All proceeds will go to his family for expenses while he is in treatment.  Here’s what they’ll be doing on Saturday:

Yard Sale:  8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fall Festival: 10 a.m.  The festival includes booths, games, face painting, pumpkin decorating, and other fall activities.  A small concession stand will also be open during the festival.
Spaghetti Dinner: 5:30 p.m.  $5 gets you a plate of spaghetti, salad, and a drink.  A dessert table will also be available.
Bingo: 6:30 p.m.  There will be bingo games set up for both adults and kids.

Beech Community Center is located at the corner of Reems Creek and Sugar Cove Roads, across the street from the Reems Creek-Beech Presbyterian Church .

The 8th Annual Pig Picking at Reems Creek-Beech Presbyterian Church (4 Sugar Cove Road ) takes place 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, October 4.  More info:

An adult plate costs $9; a child plate costs $5. Each meal includes chopped barbeque with sauce, slaw, baked beans, potato salad, rolls, hushpuppies, dessert and drink. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance by calling the church at 658-3568. Take-out will also be available.

Music will be provided by Mark Clevenger, Harold Hollifield, and Jerry Sutton. The event will also include a silent auction featuring locally hand-crafted items.

Proceeds will benefit the Weaverville Senior Meal Site, and the new education building campaign for the Reems Creek-Beech Presbyterian Church.  The meal site, sponsored by Buncombe County’s Council on Aging, offers independence to seniors in Buncombe County through a free lunch service, exercise and activities. The program is free.

The Beech Community Center is hosting their annual yard sale Saturday, September 20.  The sale will run from 8 a.m. until Noon.  Beech Community Center is located at the corner of Reems Creek and Sugar Cove Roads, across the street from the Reems Creek-Beech Presbyterian Church ().  For more information contact Susan Wilson at 645-6588.

The Beech Community hosts their 124th consecutive July 4th celebration starting at 10 a.m.  Although it hasn’t been officially confirmed, this celebration is thought to be the oldest in Western North Carolina. The festivities include a parade, speaker, live music and old-time games. They take place at the Beech Community Center. To get there, follow Reems Creek until it ends, then turn right.

Parade, 10 a.m.
Anyone can be a part of the parade, whether you’ve put together an official float or have dressed up your dog in red, white and blue. Cars, bicycles, 4-wheelers, walkers, horses, dogs, cats — all are welcome. If you want to join in, you’ll need to line up on Roberts Cove Road at 9:45 a.m. Just want to watch? The parade officially starts at 10 a.m.

Program, 11 a.m.
Following the parade will be speaker Al Harrell, who will be talking about freedom. After that it’s time for some live music and a picnic lunch (please bring your own to share). Wrapping up the festivities will be some old-time games: sack races, 3-legged races, and more.

Sights and sounds of the 17-year Cicadas in the Beech Community. Warning: if you don’t like bugs, you probably don’t want to watch this video. You also probably don’t want to stand still around them with a video camera for any period of time, or you’ll be forced to edit the section of video where you scream because you realize one of them has landed on your shoulder.