BENTON COUNTY — Thursday, Oct. 28

11:30 a.m. - Women’s Business Association of Pea Ridge, Arvest Bank conference room.

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 United Methodist Fellowship Hall.

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

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Saturday, Oct. 30

5 p.m. Chili cook-off and singing, NEBCO community room, Garfield, fundraiser for Freedom Freewill Baptist Church. Call Adam Ash, 721-0725, or Brenda Ramsey, 633-1631, for more information.

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Monday, Nov. 1

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 St., Cassville, Mo.

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Tuesday, Nov. 2

Election Day, polls open 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Emergency Services Building, Pea Ridge.

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 Hwy. 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.

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Wednesday, Nov. 3

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 on Whitney Mountain. For information, call Roberta Heaton at 359-2139.

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AREA EVENTS

Spaghetti dinner

GARFIELD - Northeast Benton County Volunteer Fire/EMS Department’s all-you-can-eat spaghetti feed fundraiser is set for 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, in the community room at NEBCO Station No. 1.

All-you-can-eat spaghetti, plus drink and dessert is $6 for adults, $3 for children 5-12 and free for children under 5 years of age.

All proceeds go to the general fund for NEBCO Fire/EMS.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

Cannonball 4-H meeting

The Cannonball 4-H meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, atCamps Auction House.

For more information, contact Calvin Isgrigg at 451-8683.

Opinion, Pages 5 on 10/27/2010