BENTON COUNTY — Thursday, April 22
11:30 a.m. - Women’s Business Association of Pea Ridge, Arvest Bank conference room.
2 p.m. - Northwest Family Medicine of Pea Ridge open house, 189 Townsend Way. For more info, call 451-2022.
5:30 p.m. - TOPS meeting weigh-in; 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 23
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 24
8 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Town of Garfield cleanup
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Pea Ridge Historical Society Museum open.
7 p.m. - Music at Old Coal Gap School, Slate Gap Road in Garfield. Open-mic. For more information, call Dee Barry at 359-3799.
7:30 p.m. - Garfield AA, Big Book Study, Brightwater Methodist Church. Open meeting and no smoking. For information, call 359-3734.
Monday, April 26
5 p.m. - TOPS Club of Pea Ridge, Mt.Vernon Presbyterian Church. For information, call Jane Cooley at 451-8820.
Tuesday, April 27
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 Historical Society, Pea Ridge Museum (former EH building) at 1451 N. Curtis Ave.
7 p.m. - Seligman, Mo., Lions Club, City Hall.
Wednesday, April 28
10 a.m. - The New Meadowbrook E.H. Club of Garfield, First Baptist Church of Garfield.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Open House
Northwest Family Medicine of Pea Ridge will hold an open house to welcome Dr. Rhonda Higgins, D.O., to the clinic from 2 to 4 p.m., Thursday, April 22, at 189 Townsend Way in Pea Ridge. For more information, call 451-2022.
Town of Garfield cleanup
GARFIELD - The Town of Garfield’s cleanup will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 24. There will be three dumpsters available and a fourth if necessary.
Remembering the ’80s Blackhawk Reunion
Remembering the ’80s Blackhawk Reunion will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 8. A catered dinner will be served in the Intermediate School cafeteria. Immediately following the dinner, participants are invited to gather in the old gym for an evening of memories and laughter.
Admission is $20 per person. Please RSVP with your money to Sherri Dean at 18350 Marshall St., Garfield, AR 72732, by April 17. This will help achieve an accurate head count for the meal. If you choose to pay at the door, the charge will be $25 per person.
For questions, contact Karen (Light) Skeets at 459-4943 or Ray Herron at 417-489-4038.
AREA EVENTS
Vegas Night fundraiser
ROGERS - The Kyler Kasper Foundation presents Vegas Night, a fundraiser to benefit Pea Ridge resident Kyler Kasper suffering from Diamond Blackfan Anemia, a blood condition present at birth.
The event will be from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers. Cost is $50 per ticket in advance, tickets will not be sold at the door.
Dinner will be provided to all ticket holders as well as poker chips to start off a night of fun. There will also be a cash bar and high roller table. Grand prize is two roundtrip tickets to Las Vegas, Nev.
For tickets or more information, contact [email protected], or call Sarah Kasper at 366-3606.
Spring train ride
SELIGMAN, Mo. - There are still tickets available for the annual spring train ride Saturday, May. 8. The train will go from Seligman to Van Buren, Ark. This will be spring arts and crafts week end in Van Buren. See the beautiful Boston Mountains, cross rivers 15 times, go though Winslow tunnel, cross three high trestles that are at the top of the trees. Shop beautiful Van Buren.
The train will leave Seligman approximately 7 a.m. and arrive in Van Buren, approximately 11 a.m., then depart Van Buren approximately 2 p.m. and arrive back in Seligman approximately 6:30 p.m. This is an all day trip. Snacks will be available on the way there and back.
First class, $70 each, seniors $63 each, children 4-12 $35 each, under 4 is free. Vintage cars, $60 each, senior $54 each, children 4-12 $35 each, under 4 free. Caboose $80 each, senior $72 each, children 4-12 $35 each, under 4 is free.
Sponsored by the Seligman Greater Area Chamber of Commerce and Arkansas and Missouri railroad. For more information, call 417-662-3611 or 417-662-3450.
Community, Pages 5 on 04/21/2010