BENTON COUNTY — CALENDAR

Thursday, April 1

6:45 a.m. breakfast and 7 a.m. meeting - Pea Ridge Optimist Club, Mt.

Vernon Presbyterian. For information, call Merrill White 586-8406 or Annette Beard at 445-4081.

5:30 p.m. - TOPS meeting weighin; 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;

no smoking. For information, call 359-3734.

Friday, April 2

7 p.m. - Freddie Overstreet Cruise, Sonic, Pea Ridge.

7 p.m. - Coal Gap Music Show, 20651 Slate Gap Rd. For information, call Dee Berry 359-3799 or Don Halsey359-3425.

Saturday, April 3

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, April 5

5 p.m. - TOPS Club of Pea Ridge, Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church. For information, call Jane Cooley at 451-8820.

7-9 p.m. - The Mid-South Writer’s Group, Books-N-More, 83 S. Main Street, Cassville, Mo.

Tuesday, April 6

10:30 a.m. - 55 and Over Club, EMS community room. For information, call President Bob Hauter at 451-8274.

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

For information, call Becky Warner at 359-3764.

3 - 7 p.m. - Lost Bridge Recycle at hotel parking lot on Arkansas Highway 127 across from Dogwood entrance about 100 yards east of Slate Gap Road.

For information, call Wayne Launderville at 330-0092.

5:30 p.m. - P.I.E.S., Pea Ridge Middle School Library Wednesday, April 7

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Seligman, Mo., Senior Center, free lunch program.

For information, call Becky Warner at 359-3764.

1 p.m. - Hobbits, Lost Bridge Community Center,Whitney Mountain. For information, call Roberta Heaton at 359-2139.

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.

Regional Chamber Business Expo

The fourth annual Business Expo for the Regional Chamber of Commerce serving Northwest Arkansas and Southwest Missouri is set for 9 a.m.

until 3 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at the Pea Ridge High School.

Along with the interactive vendor booths, there will be a health and safety theme and an American Red Cross blood drive.

The Expo offers reasonable rates for all businesses and a reduced rate for non-profit groups.

For more information or to register for a booth, visit www.myregionalchamber.com, call the chamber office at 451-0599 or e-mail [email protected].

Remembering the ’80s Blackhawk Reunion

Remembering the ’80s Blackhawk Reunion will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday May 8. A catered dinnerwill 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.

Church, Pages 5 on 03/31/2010