WESTSIDE — Decatur Trash Schedule

The City of Decatur will be closed on Nov. 25 and 26 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Roll Off Inc. will be picking up trash on Friday, Nov. 26.

Sulphur Springs Christmas Celebration

The Sulphur Springs 24th annual Christmas Celebration, with a progressive dinner, caroling and candlelight Christmas program is set for Saturday, Dec. 4, beginning with a Christmas Parade at the city park at 5 p.m. Following the parade, there will be caroling through town with stops at local churches to enjoy a progressive dinner. The evening will conclude with a Christmas program, candlelight service and delicious desserts at the Shiloh Auditorium at 8 p.m. Anyone wishing to donate food or money for Christmas baskets for the needy, may drop off donations at the Sulphur Springs City Hall. For more information, contact Abigail Rogers, Christmas program chairperson, at 298-3750.

Sulphur Springs Dessert Auction

The Sulphur Springs Special Events Committee is holding a dessert auction at 3 p.m., Nov. 24, in the old school gym. All proceeds will go toward providing for needy children during Christmas. This is the fifth year the auction has been held. Dwayne Craig will serve as the autioneer. For more information, call 298-3033.

Blood drive in Gentry

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks will hold a blood drive from 5 to 9 p.m., Monday, Nov. 29, at the Church Of God in Christ Mennonite, 10770 N. Bloomfield Road, Gentry. Eligibility requirements include weighing at least 110 pounds, being in general good health and presenting the required identification.

Maysville Church Food Baskets

Maysville Missionary Baptist Church is preparing food baskets available for the holidays. To reserve one, please call 787-6510 by Friday, Dec. 3. If no answer, leave message. The baskets willbe available for pick up at the church, located north of Maysville on Highway 43, on Sunday, Dec. 19, between the hours of 1 and 3 p.m.

Christmas Bazaar

The Decatur United Methodist Church will host its annual Christmas Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 3. Soup and sandwiches will be served. Canned food items may be brought to support the church’s food pantry and to receive a free dessert. There will be craft booths, a gift galore area and bake sale. All proceeds go to local charities. For more information, contact Timmie Owens at 752-8166.

Community Christmas Dinner

The town of Highfill will be holding its annual Community Christmas Dinner at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Highfill Community Building. The dinner will be pot-luck. Items are being collected for the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter. For more information, call the town hall at 736-5711.

Piano concert

Jerry Lange, piano artist, will be in concert at the Gentry Seventhday Adventist Church at 3 p.m. on Dec. 4. The concert is blended with an orchestra sound track, and DVD projection featuring old-time favorite hymns and gospel arrangements in a new contemporary setting, titled “Christ and Creation.” Gravette Christmas Parade

The Gravette Christmas Parade will be held at noon on Dec. 11. The parade line up starts at 11:30 a.m. on Charlotte Street. There will be free pictures with Santa and sweet treats following the parade at the Bank of Gravett. Parents are encouraged to bring their cameras.

Decatur Christmas Parade

The Decatur Christmas Parade will be held at 6 p.m., Dec. 10, with a theme of “A Country Christmas.” Lineup will begin at 5:15 p.m. at the city hall. School or nonprofit organizations willbe awarded $200 for the best float and $100 for second place. After the parade, children can visit Santa and Mrs. Santa in the Decatur Fire Station for free pictures. The Decatur General Store will be open late to provide shelter from the cold and refreshments as part of a customer appreciation night.

Gentry Christmas Parade

The Gentry Christmas Parade will be held at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 11, with a theme of “A Storybook Christmas.” The parade will begin at Curran Feed Store and travel west down Main Street. Santa will be visiting with children from 3 to 6 p.m., on Dec. 11, in the Gentry Chamber of Commerce lobby. Photos with Santa are encouraged if parents wish to bring their own cameras.

Decatur Home Decorating Contest

The Decatur Chamber of Commerce is holding a Christmas light decorating contest and will be awarding prize money to the top two homes. Homes within Decatur city limits will be judged the week of Dec. 10. The first-place home will be awarded $50 in “Decatur dollars” to be spent at any Decatur business. The second-place home will be awarded $25 in “Decatur dollars.” Auxiliary seeking recipes for cookbook

Siloam Springs Hospital Auxiliary, Inc., wants your best recipes to include in an upcoming cookbook which will be published as a fundraiser in 2011. The deadline for recipe submission is Nov. 30. If you have a recipe you’d like to share, you can submit one online or pick up a form at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital’s information desk. To submit a recipe online, go to the web site at gandrpublishing.com. The username is SSMH and the password is Siloam. Follow instructions to submit your recipe from there. For more information, contact the Auxiliary at 549-2448.

Old Computers Needed

The Gentry Lions Clubis collecting and refurbishing older computers and laptops and giving them to students in need of a computer. Older computers and laptops - up to about 10 years old - are being accepted. Hard drives are reformatted and a lighter Linux-based operating system and programs are installed. For more information or to donate a used computer to the Lions Club, contact Randy Moll at 233-0081.

Gentry Limb Pickup Day

A curbside limb pickup with Gentry’s city limits has been set for one day only on Dec. 6. Limbs must be placed curbside and not left in the alley. The contracted service will make one pass only, so limbs must be curbside prior to the pickup.

Gentry Lions Club

The Gentry Lions Club meets from 6:30 until 7:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. The club is now meeting in the Gentry Public Library’s community room. Visitors are always welcome.

VFW Meetings

The Gentry/Decatur VFW Post meets on the first Tuesday of each month - at 7:00 p.m. New members and guests are welcome. The facility is 3 miles east of Decatur on Arkansas Highway 102, right on Tilly’s Hill Road, and the first building on the right.

Gentry Senior Activity Center

Gentry Senior Activity Center, at 121 East Main Street (just east of the Gentry Public Library) is open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Meals and rides to the center and activities are available Monday through Friday by calling Jackie Bader, the center’s manager, at 736-0378. Van routes are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday - Gentry, Highfill and Springtown; and Tuesday and Friday - Gentry and Decatur.

Gravette Senior Activity Center

The Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center, at 1870 Limekiln Road, is openfrom 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Center is one of seven operated by the Office of Human Concern, Inc. in partnership with the Area Agency on Aging of NW Arkansas and United Way of NW Arkansas. Many activities are scheduled and lunch is served every weekday. For information on hot home-delivered meals for Gravette, Decatur and Sulphur Springs, frozen home-delivered meals for Maysville homebound seniors or other services the center offers, call Mary Kay Kelley, director, at 787-5950.

Singing Services

Monthly singing services at Falling Springs Church are held at 7 p.m., the first Friday of each month. The church is located northwest of Gentry and west of Decatur on Falling Springs Road.

Address Markers

Gentry Fire Department has reflective address markers available to help responders locate a home or apartment quickly in the event of an emergency. The reflective address markers are only $10 and are made to last for years. For more information, call 228-0694. The signs are also available from the Highfill Volunteer Fire Department. Those in the Highfill Fire District may obtain the signs for $10 by calling 736-5711 or stopping at the Highfill City Hall.

Decatur Assembly of God Van Service

Van service is available to children and adults who need transportation to Sunday morning and evening church services and Wednesday evening services at the Assembly of God Church in Decatur. For more information, contact Stacy Brooks at 790-7171.

Community, Pages 3 on 11/24/2010