PEA RIDGE COMMUNITY CALENDAR

— Thursday, Nov. 5

6:45 a.m. breakfast and 7 a.m.

meeting - The Pea Ridge Optimist Club, Mt.Vernon Presbyterian Church. For information, call Merrill White 586-8406, Brian Nave at 619-7639 or Annette Beard at 445-4081.

5:30 p.m. - TOPS meeting weigh-in; 6 p.m. meeting, Autumn Place Village. For information, call Michaela Hewsley at 790-2276.

7:30 p.m. - Garfield AA, Brightwater Methodist Church. Open meeting and no smoking. For information, call 359-3734.

Friday, Nov. 6

4 p.m. - 7 p.m. - NEBCO Spaghetti dinner, NEBCO Community Center.

7 p.m. - Coal Gap Music Show,20651 Slate Gap Road. For information, call Dee Berry 359-3799 or Don Halsey 359-3425.

Saturday, Nov. 7

10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Pea Ridge Historical Society Museum open.

7:30 p.m. - Garfield AA, Big Book Study, Brightwater Methodist Church. Open meeting and no smoking. For information, call 359-3734.

Monday, Nov. 9

2 p.m. - Wood Hall VFW Post 8109 & Auxiliary, Mt.Vernon Presbyterian Church.

5 p.m. - TOPS Club of Pea Ridge, Mt.Vernon Presbyterian Church.

For information, call Jane Cooley at 451-8820.

7 p.m. - Battlefield 4-H Club, Pea Ridge Church of Christ.

7 p.m. - Cannonball 4-H Club, Camps Auction House. For information, call Lea Isgrigg at 451-8683.

Tuesday, Nov. 10

1:45 - 3 p.m. - TOPS Club of Garfield, First Baptist Church, Garfield.

For information, call Becky Warner at 359-3764.

6 p.m. - Pea Ridge High School Alumni Board of Directors, Arvest Bank’sWest Conference Room.

7 p.m. - Seligman, Mo., Lions Club, City Hall.

Wednesday, Nov. 11

10 a.m. - The New Meadowbrook E.H. Club of Garfield, First Baptist Church of Garfield.

10 a.m.Veterans Day Celebration, Pea Ridge High School.

1 p.m. - Dedication of Pea Ridge Primary School and VFW flag ceremony.

COMMUNITY EVENTSNEBCO Spaghetti dinner set

GARFIELD - The Northeast Benton County Volunteer Fire Department will hold an all-you-can-eat Spaghetti Feed fund raiser from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the NEBCO Community Center, 17823 Marshall St. (U.S. Highway 62), in Garfield.

Spaghetti, salad, bread and drink will be served.

Cost is $5 for adults, $3 for children 5-12 and childrenunder 5 eat free. All proceeds go to the building fund for the new NEBCO VFD fire station No. 2 on Posey Mountain.

Primary School dedication

The Pea Ridge Primary School dedication and VFW flag ceremony will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.

11, at the Primary School campus in Pea Ridge. For more information, call the school at 451-8183.

VETERAN OFFERED DIPLOMAS

Qualifying veterans who served in World War II, Korea or Vietnam may be awarded their high school diplomas thanks to an Arkansas law allowing local school districts to award them, even if the veteran received a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) after they were honorably discharged from the military.

Any veteran wishing to receive their diploma should take their documentation to the Pea Ridge School District office, 781 W. PIckens St., Pea Ridge.

Community, Pages 5 on 11/04/2009