TODAY
• Fall Festival: North Hamilton County Elementary School, 601 Industrial Blvd., 10 a.m.-2 p.m., school carnival hosted by PTA to purchase new security system for school. nhcepta@gmail.com.
• Tiftonia Fall Festival: Tiftonia Baptist Church, 518 Browns Ferry Road, 2-5 p.m., free games, jump house, cake walk sponsored by church. 423-821-0511.
• United Way's Government Softball Game: McCallie School, 500 Dodds Ave., 4 p.m., $5 per person, $10 family of four, Hamilton County government officials vs. city government officials in United Way benefit. Limited stadium seating, bring lawn chair. 423-209-6128.
• Urban Campout: Renaissance Park on Manufacturer's Road, 5:30-10 p.m. party, afterwards everyone leaves except overnight campers with reservations for the treehouse tents; catered dinner, beverages, music by Packway Handle Band, s'mores, outdoor film from Lookout Wild Film Festival and tethered hot-air balloon rides. Tickets for party are $50 adults, $15 ages 12 and under; additional $100 per tent required to reserve treehouse tent. Reservations for tents must be made in advance. chattanoogapresents.com/whats-next-the-urban-campout.
FRIDAY
• Mark Twain Lecture: Southern Adventist University, McKee Library, Collegedale, Tenn., 2 p.m., free talk by author Ben Tarnoff on "Mark Twain and the Bohemians of the Far Western Frontier." 423-236-2789.
• Prescription Drug Abuse Talk: Chattanooga State Community College, Humanities Theater, 4500 Amnicola Highway, 11 a.m., free talk by Angela McKinney Jones, director of the Tennessee Office of Prevention Services within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. 423-697-2432.
• Prescription Drug Take-Back: Chattanooga State Community College, near CARTA bus stop on main campus drive, 4500 Amnicola Highway, 9-11 a.m. Hamilton County Sheriff's Office sponsors program open to anyone to safely turn in unwanted or unused medications for proper disposal. nancy.watts@chattanoogastate.edu.
OCT. 25
• Camp Juliette Low Open House: Camp Juliette Low, 125 Camp Juliette Low Road, Cloudland, Ga., 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free open house and guided walking tours of former Girl Scout camp now on National Register of Historic Places. 706-862-6643.