Community Events

Granny's Quilts of Love auction

The 11th annual Granny's Quilts of Love Auction and pulled pork dinner will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, in the Pea Ridge High School cafeteria. Dinner will be served from 5-7 p.m. The auction, with auctioneer Jerry Fitzner, will be 6:30-9 p.m. Dinner is $6 for adults and $4 for children. Children 2 years of age and younger eat free.

Granny's Quilts of Love is a non-profit organization. All proceeds go to buy materials to make quilts for children in the Arkansas Children's Hospital.

Club members have made and donated more than 18,000 quilts for critically ill patients.

For more information, call 451-8640 or 855-0308.

Pea Ridge Rockers

A special Pea Ridge Rockers Square Dance Club dance will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Pea Ridge Middle School, 1391 Weston Street. The fee is $7 per person. There will be a potluck dinner. National caller Jerry Junck along with Grant Roth will be calling.

The Ridge Rockers eighth annual Rumble will be held 7:30-10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Pea Ridge Middle School, featuring national callers Deborah Caroll Jones and Jon Jones. Enjoy a great meal and fellowship at 6 p.m. of rotisserie chicken and all the fixings. The dinner and dance is $10 per person. A 50/50 pot-silent auction will also be held.

Pea Ridge Rockers Square Dance Club beginning square dance lessons will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Pea Ridge Middle School cafeteria. Come and see what you've been missing; it's great exercise, a fun social activity and they eat good, too.

On Sept. 28, the Pea Ridge Rockers Square Dance Club is hosting a 10th anniversary "free" square dance from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Pea Ridge Middle School. They will have cake and punch. Callers will be Grant Roth, Jay Wright and Van Greenwood. All callers are welcome to come and call.

On the second and fourth Fridays of each month, the Pea Ridge Rockers Square Dance Club holds dances. Fee is $5 per person and the dance begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Pea Ridge Middle School, with a potluck dinner. Grant Roth is the caller.

For information, contact Grant Roth at (479) 531-2043.

Truck and Tractor pull Saturday

SELIGMAN, Mo. -- Truck and Tractor Pull, Seligman Chamber of Commerce, is getting ready for a Truck and Tractor Pull at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at Ruby's Event Park south on Highway 37. Spring River Association rules apply.

For information, call 417-662-3612 and watch for more advertisements.

Community on 08/13/2014