The Anderson Public Library is offering a free seminar on federal government contracting, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

Presenter Ronda Crouch of the Small Business Administration will cover where to find contracting opportunities; how to register your business to sell to the government; how to market your products and services; why you may need to obtain a surety bond and how to do so. Registration is required. Register online at www.andersonlibrary.net or by calling (765) 641-2456.

Back-to-school party planned Friday

A Back to School Neighborhood Party will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Gospel Light Church, 219 Gilmore Road, Anderson.

There will be music, games, prizes and free food including hot dogs with coney sauce, cookies and lemonade. Cans of pop will be sold for 50 cents with proceeds going to the missions, organizers said in a press release.

All-you-can-eat breakfast Saturday

The Christian Men’s Fellowship East Christian Church, 124 E. Main St., Markleville, will have its monthly all-you-can-eat breakfast on Saturday from 8 to 10 a.m. in the church basement.

The menu includes pancakes, sausage patties, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee, with a freewill offering taken.

The public is invited and the church is handicap accessible.

For more information, call John McKee at (765) 642-6190, Brad Ormes at (765) 533-4567 or Wayne Fox at (765) 533-9012.

Historical program set at Pendleton

The Rev. Father Hardin will present his play “An Anti-Slavery Meeting in Pendleton, Indiana” at 10 a.m. Saturday in Falls Park. The play re-enacts a historic incident that took place in Pendleton almost 165 years ago on Sept. 15, 1843.