CALENDAR

Thursday, Aug. 25

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

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, call359-3734.

Friday, Aug. 26

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, Aug. 27

7 p.m. - Music at Old Coal GapSchool, Slate Gap Road in Garfield.

Open mic. For information, call Dee Barry at 359-3799.

7 p.m. -10 p.m. - Shell Knob Lions Club community dance. Doors open at 6 p.m., $4 cover charge. Concessions available, no alcohol or smoking. For information, call Evelyn Lock at 417-858-6648.(every fourth saturday)

7:30 p.m. - Garfield AA, Big Book Study, Brightwater Methodist Church.

Open meeting and no smoking. For information, call 359-3734.

AREA EVENTS

Creepy, crawly critters program set

Austin Jones, entomology instructor at NorthWest Arkansas Community College, and his students, have collected a surplus of insects at Hobbs State Park, and will share with the public many interesting certainties of these creepy-crawly critters. This program is sure to be captivating for insect lovers as well as just plain family fun.

The free program will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at Hobbs State Park, Conservation Area visitor center located on Arkansas Highway 12, just east of the State Hwy.

12/War Eagle Road intersection.

This program is a continuation of the Friends of Hobbs Speaker Series. For more information call the park office at 789-5000.

Dance slated

SHELL KNOB, Mo. - The Shell Knob community dance is set for 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, in the community building. The dance is sponsored by the Lions Club. Tickets are $4 each, youngsters 15 and under are free accompanied by an adult.

Country breakfast set

GARFIELD - The Labor Day “Country Breakfast” willbe from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 5, sponsored by the Northeast 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 daysin 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 EVENTS

Meet the Pharmacist

Meet the new pharmacist, Sheryl Rose, from 3-5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, at Collier’s.

There will be free blood glucose and blood pressure screenings and a free medication review, so bring all medications. Refreshments will be provided by Gourmet at Home.

Collier’s Drug Store is located at 885 N. Curtis Ave.

Fall clean-up

The annual Fall Clean-Up is scheduled for 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

Tuesday-Friday, Sept. 13-16, and 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17.

Dumpsters will be located at the city property behind the former Pea Ridge Flea Market. All participants will need to bring proof of identification and proof of city residency (i.e. current paid water bill).

The following items will be accepted for disposal:

◊Furniture, stoves, dishwashers, bicycles, compressed gas cylinders, car batteries, fire extinguishers, washers and dryers, leaves and brush, air conditioners and refrigerators (if freon has been removed by certified technician), compressors (accepted as separate items), fluorescent bulbs, cleaners (water based), paints, chemicals, oil, oil filters, car tires (four per household), anti-freeze, aerosols, flammable liquids and solids, pesticides, etc.

The following will not be accepted for disposal:

◊Household trash, construction material, anything containing freon or items too large to fit in the dumpster.

There will be a maximum of three trips per household.

Brush needs to be checked at location stated above and taken to the Fire Department substation. Items should be separated into three categories, metal, refuse and brush.

For information, call 451-8654 or 451-1122.

Community, Pages 5 on 08/24/2011