THE TIMES COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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Thursday, Sept. 9

3 - 6 p.m. - Pea Ridge Farmers’ Market, Emergency Services Building entrance off Slack Street.

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 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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Friday, Sept. 10

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 SquareDance Club, regular dance, Pea Ridge Elementary School. For information, call Gaye Smallwood at 659-4733.

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Saturday, Sept. 11

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 Book Study, Brightwater Methodist Church. Open meeting and no smoking. For information, call 359-3734.

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Monday, Sept. 13

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.

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Tuesday, Sept. 14

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.

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Wednesday, Sept. 15

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Seligman, Mo., Senior Center, free lunch program. For information, call Becky Warner at 359-3764.

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AREA EVENTS

John Scott presents program

BENTONVILLE - John Scott, superintendent of Pea Ridge National Military Park, will present the program at the Benton County Historical Society meeting at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 12, in the Conference Center at Compton Gardens, 312 N. Main in Bentonville.

Refreshments will be available after the program. For more information, call 273-3890 and leave a message.

Concordia open house

BELLA VISTA - Concordia Retirement Community will host an open house from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22.

Feast on brats and all the fixin’s, plus enjoy live entertainment.

Opinion, Pages 5 on 09/08/2010