Creston, BC events

August 30 – Paint Along with Melissa – Summer Theme, 5:30-7 p.m., Creston Arts Center, $25 each, register online.

August 30 – Live Pro Wrestling, Doors open 6 p.m., Creston Eagles, 300 E. Montgomery, Tickets start at $8.

August 30 – Top Notch Fireworks Show, 8:45 p.m., @Jim Sanitation, 1680 E. Adams in Creston (spectators must park on Commerce Road, Osage Street or on East Adams Street between Commerce Rd. and Osage).

August 31 – 1966 to Now, See How We Grew, 2 p.m., Union County Historical Village.

August 31 – Back 2 School BBQ and Silent Auction, 5-7 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Preschool.

September 4 – MATURA 60th Anniversary Celebration, 4-7 p.m., 207 B N Elm, Creston.

September 5 – Nancy Drew: Iowa’s Heroine by B. Lounsberry, First Friday Friends, 1 p.m., Corning Opera House.

September 11 – Paranormal Presentation w/Iowa City Ghost Hunters, 4:30 p.m., Genealogy Room, Gibson Memorial Library.

September 13 – Creston Fire Dept. Golf Tournament, 18-hole 4-person, best ball, 8:30 a.m. check-in, Crestmoor Golf Club.

September 13 – Uptown Tailgate Shop Hop, 9 a.m., uptown Creston.

September 13 – 2nd Annual All Wheels & Street Dance w/live music, 6 p.m., Old Fashioned Bar & Grill, 213 N Pine, Creston.

September 13, 20, 27 – High School Fall Basketball League, SWCC Student Center Gym, contact dfletcher@swcciowa.edu.

September 13 – Lorimor Watermelon Day Fall Festival

September 13-14 – Cromwell Harvest Festival

September 13 – Uptown Tailgate Shop Hop, begins 9 a.m.

September 14 – Darci Lynne & Friends, ventriloquist, 7 :30 p.m., Corning Opera House

September 17 – Halloween Wooden Spoon Craft, 5-7 p.m., Genealogy Room, Gibson Memorial Library

September 18-21 – 47th Annual Creston/SW Iowa Hot Air Balloon Days – visit the Chamber Website at www.crestoniowachamber.com for a Schedule of Events.

September 18 – Friends of the Library Used Book Sale, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., 503 W. Adams

September 18 – Creston Service Clubs Pork Chop Fundraiser, 4:30 – 7:00 p.m., McKinley Park, $10 each.

September 19 – Chalk the Town, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Uptown, 411 W. Adams

September 19 – Friends of the Library Used Book Sale, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., 503 W. Adams

September 19 – 125 Year Celebration, 5 – 10 p.m., Family Friendly, Creston Elks Lodge

September 20 – Balloon Days 5K, 7:30 a.m., $30 entry, Creston High School

September 20 – Friends of the Library Used Book Sale, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m., 503 W. Adams

September 20 – Whiskey Bizkit Rocks the Dock of the Bay, 8 p.m., Creston Eagles

September 20 – East Union class of 2000 25 year reunion, 5:30 p.m., Spencer’s Chop House, Creston

September 25 – Bingo, 7 p.m., Afton Community Center

September 26 – Library Weeded Book Sale, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Gibson Memorial Library Outdoor Pavilion

September 26 – Art of Brenda Scott, September Exhibit, 6-8 p.m., Creston Arts Depot Gallery, 411 W. Adams