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The Camp Hervida Chicken BBQ and country store will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. May 4 at 1260 Camp Hervida Road in Waterford. The menu includes a half chicken or a quarter chicken, a baked potato, green beans, coleslaw, applesauce, dessert and beverages. Tickets available at the door for $10 or $7. All proceeds benefit camp improvements.

The Pink Museum at Marietta College will present the life story of Frances Dana Barker Gage at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Thomas Hall, room 103. Born in 1808, Fanny Gage led the charge for equal rights for women as an abolitionist fighting against slavery and a suffragette fighting for the right to vote.

The Frontier High School Alumni Association Committee from the classes of 1969-1990 will host a golf scramble at 9 a.m. May 4. The entry fee is $200. The event includes 18 holes of golf, a golf cart, lunch, cash payout, door prizes and more. The association is seeking sponsors for each of the 18 holes; a sign with the sponsor name will be placed at a designated hole. Fee for sponsorship is $100 per sign. All proceeds go to the Frontier Alumni Association Scholarship fund.

• For information: Jeff Beaver, 740-374-4026.

Oak Grove Recreation Center will have an annual plant and bake sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at 535 BF Goodrich Road. The sale will feature a variety of hanging baskets, annual plants and vegetables.

The required annual meeting of the Washington County Engineer and the Township Trustees pertaining to the maintenance and repair of roads and bridges will be held at 7:30 p.m. May 2 in the church hall of Our Lady of Mercy Church at 5001 Lowell Hill Road (CR 60).

• For information: 740-376-7430.

The Marietta City Schools Board of Education will have a special meeting at 10 a.m. May 2 at the Board of Education office, 111 Academy Drive. The purpose of meeting is a discussion of an OFCC building project and placement of a levy on ballot.

Little Muskingum Watershed Association will hold a BBQ chicken dinner Sunday at the Watershed building, 22 mile marker on Ohio 26. Serving begins at 11 a.m.

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