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La Plata Applebee’s celebrates 10th with party

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Applebee’s La Plata is celebratin­g two major milestones — its 10th anniversar­y and a head-to-toe renovation — and is hosting an all-day party from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, April 2.

Guests will enjoy half price appetizers along with $2 Bud Light, Coors Light and Miller Lite pints, $3 Long Island iced teas and $4 craft beer bottles all day. One lucky guest will win free appetizers for a year.

La Plata Mayor Roy Hale and local council members will kick off the celebratio­n with a ribbon cutting at 11:30 a.m. The day will feature family-friendly entertainm­ent with a moon bounce onsite from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. A Sam Adam’s beer tasting will be held from noon to 2 p.m. with a wine tasting from 5 to 7 p.m.

The restaurant will also host an all-youcan-eat boneless wings competitio­n for charity between the La Plata Police, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office and La Plata Fire Department at 3 p.m.

The Applebee’s location first opened in 2006 and was remodeled for the first time earlier this year. As part of the restaurant’s remodel, staff members auctioned off all the décor from the original design and raised $1,400 for breast cancer awareness. The restaurant is located at 10 Shining Willow Way, La Plata.

Cheryl Bare of Century 21 Real Estate received the CENTURY 21 Grand Centurion producer and quality service producer awards recently for her sales work last year.

The producer award is presented to sales affiliates of Century 21 who earn $675,000 in sales production or 195 closed transactio­ns within a calendar year.

In addition to production and service awards, Bare was also honored as the 2015 top producing agent for CENTURY 21 New Millennium and the number two agent in the Mid-Atlantic region. She has remained in the top 25 nationally for the last ten years.”Receiving the Grand Centurion producer award is a tremendous accomplish­ment for Cheryl Bare and is testament to her unwavering commitment to profession­al excellence and customer satisfacti­on,” Mary Lynn Stone, president of CENTURY 21 New Millennium, said in a press release.

Bare has over 25 years of experience in the real estate industry, averaging 100 units a year with approximat­ely 89 percent of her business repeat or referral customers.

Maryland Internatio­nal Raceway (MDIR) announced recently that Haltech Engine Management Systems is the title sponsor for the eighth annual Door Wars racing event scheduled for April 15-17.

“We are thrilled and thankful to have a cutting edge industry leader like Haltech throw in their support behind our Door Wars event that features the best in headsup door slammer classes,” Rick Lindner, director of marketing at MDIR, said in a press release. “It has been an honor to work alongside Mark Bevan, Eric Gash and all the fine folks at Hatech with our World Cup Finals event in the fall and we look forward to extending this partnershi­p to include our first major event of the spring schedule”.

The eighth annual Door Wars at the Mechanicsv­ille raceway will feature the NEOPMA Pro Mods, Outlaw 10.5, Radial vs. The World, Limited Drag Radial, X275, Nitrous X, Ultra Street as well as 8.50, 10.00, and 11.40 Index Classes.

The race season kick-off event has more than $60,000 in prize money up for grabs, according to the press release.

Haltech manufactur­es automotive engine management systems and provides products for the performanc­e and racing industry with locations in both Lexington, Ky., as well as Sydney, Australia.

For more informatio­n, go to www.RaceMDIR.com.

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