COMMUNITY CALENDAR in THE TIMES

Thursday, April 8

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

6:30 p.m. - Pea Ridge Lions Club, Pea Ridge High School media center.

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

Friday, April 9

7 p.m. - The Ozark Classic Country Band at Riordan Hall in Bella Vista. Admission is $10 and children under 12 are free. Concession stand will be open.

7:30 - 10 p.m. - Ridge Rockers Square Dance Club, regular dance, Pea Ridge Elementary School. For information, call Gaye Smallwood at 659-4733.

Saturday, April 10

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

7 p.m. - Music at Old Coal Gap School, Slate Gap Road, Garfield. For more information, call Dee Barry at 359-3799.

7:30 p.m. - Garfield AA, Big BookStudy, Brightwater Methodist Church.

Open meeting and no smoking. For information, call 359-3734.

Monday, April 12

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, April 13

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’s West Conference Room.

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

Wednesday, April 14

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

COMMUNITY EVENTS

BBQ dinner and pie auction

The BBQ Dinner and Pie Auction fund-raiser for the Pea Ridge High School Alumni Association will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 10, at the Pea Ridge Middle School cafeteria. The menu will feature BBQ sandwiches, baked beans and other fixins. The pie auction will begin at 6 p.m.

Proceeds of the fundraiser will benefit the Alumni Scholarship Fund, which provides first-year college scholarships to graduating seniors from Pea Ridge High School.

Pancake breakfast

The Pea Ridge Optimist Club will hold an all-you-caneat pancake breakfast from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 17. All proceeds will go towards the Pea Ridge High School After-Prom event. Pea Ridge juniors and seniors will help serve breakfast.

Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children 3-12; children 3 and under are free.

Spaghetti dinner for NEBCO

GARFIELD - The NEBCO Volunteer Fire Department will hold their all-you-can-eat Spaghetti Feed fundraiser from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at the NEBCO Community Center, 17823 Marshall St.

The all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner includes a drink, salad, bread and dessert, withspaghetti refills. Tickets are $7 for adults, $4 for children 5-12 and free for children under 5 years of age.

All proceeds go to the building fund for the new NEBCO VFD fire station No. 2 on Posey Mountain.

Free electronic recycling event

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, along with Benton County Solid Waste District and others, will sponsor a free electronic recycling event to give the area the opportunity to dispose of electronic waste by reusing or recycling all unwanted electronic materials.

The event will be April 15-17 at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale. For more information, call 479-444-1725.

Community, Pages 5 on 04/07/2010