CALENDAR
Thursday, Aug. 11
11 a.m. Storytime Reading, Pea Ridge Community Library, East Pickens Street.
3 - 6 p.m. - Pea Ridge Farmers’ Market, Emergency Services Building entrance off Slack Street.
6 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.
Friday, Aug. 12
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 RockersAREA EVENTSSquare Dance Club, regular dance, Pea Ridge Intermediate School, 1536 N. Davis St. For information, call 451-8319.
Saturday, Aug. 13
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 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, Aug. 15
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.
Tuesday, Aug. 16
9-11 a.m. - Loaves ’n Fishes food pantry, New Life Church, 836 N. Curtis Ave. For more information, call Greg or Pam Cecil at 451-9333.
9:30 a.m. - Granny’s Quilts of Love, Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church. For information, call Margaret Webb at 451-8640 or Pat Patterson at 451-1500.
10:30 a.m. - 55 and Over Club, EMS community room. For information, call president Bob Hauter at 451-8274.
12 p.m. - Benton County Republican Women meet for lunch.
Wednesday, Aug. 17
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Seligman, Mo., Senior Center, free lunch program. For information, call Johnny Corn at 662-3749.
NEWS
Chuckwagon races slated
JANE, Mo. - The Midwest Chuckwagon Races will be Aug. 12-14 at Rush Springs Ranch, Jane, Mo.
Other activities include a ranch rodeo, extreme cowboy races, moonlight rides, Xtreme mountain obstacle course demonstration, kids games, live music, dancing, horse and mule races, cowboy church, etc. Vendors are welcome. Full schedule on www.rushspringsranch.
com. For information, call 841-0488, 721-2994 or 417-435-2422.
Truck and Tractor pull set
SELIGMAN, Mo. - The Seligman Truck and Tractor pull is set for 7 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 20, the Ruby’s Event Park on Missouri Highway 37. Trucks and Tractors from the four-state areas attend this pull. Spring River Valley Pulling Association rules apply. Concessions available, bring a lawn chair and enjoy the fun. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children 6-12 is $5.00 each and free for children under 5. For information call 417-776-3014 or 417-662-3611. This is sponsored by the Seligman Chamber of Commerce.
Free benefit concert
BELLA VISTA - An evening of Big Band Music is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, presented by the22-piece Terry Big Band for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Northwest Arkansas. The concert will be held at Riordan Hall and is free but a free will offering will be taken with 100 percent of the proceeds going to CASA of Northwest Arkansas.
The Terry Big Band began life in the 1950s as the Doc Sisco Orchestra based in Springdale. When leader Dr. Friedman Siscoretired from both medicine and music, trumpeter Jack Terry assumed leadership until the mid ‘90s when, due to health problems, his musical career ended. At that time, the current director Ramey Herren picked up the reins.
Brice Hopkins is a valuable member of the band and is the featured male singer. “Moonlight in Vermont”, and Frank Sinatra’s “South of the Border” are two of Brice’s most requested songs.
CASA is a committed group of trained community volunteers who speak on behalf of children in Northwest Arkansas who have come to the attention of the juvenile courts as a result of child abuse or neglect.
Country breakfast set
GARFIELD - The Labor Day “Country Breakfast” will be from 7:30 to 10 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 5, sponsored by the Northea community calendar
st Benton County Volunteer Fire/EMS Department at the NEBCO Community Center, 17823 Marshall St.
(U.S. Highway 62). A complete breakfast including sausage, bacon, ham, eggs, hash browns, pancakes, biscuits and gravy and drink is $7 for adults, $4 for children 5-12 and free for children under 5. All proceeds go to NEBCO Emergency Medical Services ALS ambulance service.
Fall train ride planned
SELIGMAN, Mo. - The fall train ride from Seligman to Van Buren, Ark., will be Sunday, Oct. 9.
Arkansas and Missouri railroad and Seligman Chamber of Commerce have this trip twice a year. It will be Arts and Crafts days in Van Buren. This is an all day fun trip. The train will leave Seligman about 7 a.m. and arrive in Van Buren about 11 a.m. It will return to Seligman, Mo., about 6:30 p.m.
Snacks will be served.
The train will travel though the Boston Mountains, cross rivers, cross three high trestles and go though Winslow tunnel.
Passengers will spend about three hours in Van Buren.
Tickets are $80, first class and caboose, $72 for senior 65 and over, $35 for children 12-4, 3 and under is free;
$60 for vintage cars, $54 for senior, $35 for children 12-4.
For information, call 417-662-3611 or 662-3450.
Community, Pages 5 on 08/10/2011