NEBCO

COMMUNITY CALENDAR & NEWS

Thursday, Sept. 1

6:45 a.m. breakfast and 7 a.m. meeting - The Pea Ridge Optimist Club, Pea Ridge High School High School media room/library. For information, call Sandy Lasater at 903-6795.

6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Jr. Girl Scout Troop No. 5780, Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church.

7 p.m. - Seligman Community Dance, Community Building, sponsored by Seligman Lions Club. For information, call 417-846-5355.

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

Friday, Sept. 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 Halsey 359-3425.

Saturday, Sept. 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, Sept. 5

5:00 p.m. - TOPS Club of Pea Ridge, Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church. For information, call Jane Cooley at 451-8820.

Tuesday, Sept. 6

7:30 - 10 a.m. - Country breakfast, sausage, bacon, ham, eggs, hash browns, pancakes, NEBCO community Center, Garfield.

9-11 a.m. - Loaves ’n Fishes food pantry, New Life Church, 836 N. Curtis Ave. For information, call Greg or Pam Cecil at 451-9333.

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

Wednesday, Sept. 7

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Seligman, Mo., Senior Center, free lunch program. For information, call Johnny Corn at 662-3749.

1 p.m. - Hobbits, Lost Bridge Community Center on Whitney Mountain.

For information, call Roberta Heaton at 359-2139.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

City-wide yard sale

The Pea Ridge city-wide Yard Sale is 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 10. Add Pea Ridge City Wide Sale on Facebook.

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 need to bring proof of identification and proof of city residency (i.e. current paid water bill).

There will be a maximum of three trips per household.

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

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

AREA EVENTS

Country breakfast set

GARFIELD - The Labor Day “Country Breakfast” will be 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 proceedsgo 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 11a.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 or662-3450.

Seligman community dance

SELIGMAN, Mo. - Community dance will be 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

1, at at the Seligman Community Center. The band will be Frosty Garland and the Road Hogs. Admission is $4 for adults. Snacks are optional. No smoking or alcohol allowed. Come and enjoy the family fun. Sponsored by the Seligman Lions Club. For information, call 417-846-5355.

Community, Pages 5 on 08/31/2011