Here's your chance, Triangle parents, to dress you kids for less this fall and winter.

Coming up this weekend, at least four children's consignment sales are scheduled in the Triangle, with more planned for later this month and into October:

You may notice a lot of girls softball players in the Triangle this weekend and next week.

The PONY Softball Fastpitch National Championships are returning to the Wake County for the fifth year in a row.

The Triangle Volleyball Club will send seven teams to Atlanta this summer to compete in the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships.

The first of the Morrisville-based club’s teams to qualify was Triangle 18 Black, which qualified in the 18 Open division by finishing third at the Big South National Qualifier in early April.

The remaining six bids were earned at Carolina Region bid tournaments held in Greensboro on April 30.

The sound of the first footsteps on the course will be heard about 6 a.m. Saturday on a big day of running in the Triangle.

The early start on an April morning comes because the runners have a long way to go in the Umstead 100-Mile Endurance Run at Umstead Park. The field is full, but you can always cheer on the competitors.

Below is a look at some of the area's other runing events this weekend and next. Find more events in a variety of sports in the Play! Recreational Sports Calendar.

Morrisville's Red Storm Entertainment, known for the console Ghost Recon titles, is serious about authentic gun sounds in their games. UNC-TV profiled the company and followed their process, which starts on a gun range and ends, well, when you pick up the game at your friendly local game store. Check out the video.

Big-time badminton is returning to the Triangle after almost 70 years.

The U.S. Senior National Championships will be played March 24-27 in Morrisville, hosted by the Triangle-based N.C. Badminton Club in conjunction with USA Badminton and the Southern Badminton Association.

TyraTech, a Florida company that develops food to fight internal parasites in people and animals, is relocating its headquarters to Morrisville.

The move will bring 105 jobs to Wake County.

The company cited the Triangle's high-quality universities as the main reason for the move.

“One of the key drivers to make the move to the Triangle area are the educational institutions and universities, especially N.C. State which has very strong programs in entomology and veterinary sciences which we hope to draw upon as we expand,” said Alan Reade, executive chairman for TyraTech, in a release.

Today, work began on a new $4.5 million campus for The Chef's Academy at 2001 Carrington Mill Blvd. in Morrisville.

This is a second campus for The Chef's Academy, which is part of the Culinary Division of Harrison College in Indianapolis.  Students there will study culinary arts, pastry arts and hospitality and restaurant management.

College officials looked at 20 different markets all over the country before settling on the Triangle. The 4.37 acre campus is expected to open in August 2011.

The weather is turning colder, but around the Triangle fall - and even winter - will provide great days for running in road races and cross country events.

Two of the Triangle’s bigger events on a very full fall schedule (a list is below) take place over the next two weeks, with the City of Oaks Marathon and Rex Healthcare Half Marathon on Nov. 7 and the Old Reliable Run on Nov. 14.

Nov. 7 also is World Run Day.

If you haven't noticed, cleanup events are sweeping across North Carolina, and the biggest chunk of them are happening this weekend in Wake County. This Saturday, Oct. 2, is designated as North Carolina Big Sweep Day, so step outside and help keep our county beautiful by volunteering at one of the following locations near you. (Events listed are on Saturday unless otherwise noted.)