DHS Senior Night

Decatur High School senior football players, cheerleaders and their parents will be honored before the Sept. 23 home football game against Hackett. Festivities will begin at 6:45 p.m.

Sulphur Springs Ice Cream Social

The Sulphur Springs Community Museum will host its first annual ice cream social from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 24, under the pavilion in Sulphur Springs City Park. The event, sponsored by Hiland Dairy, offers fun for all. Everyone is invited. Bring your lawn chair. The museum will be open and all proceeds of the day’s events will go to fund the museum. Sulphur Springs Fire Department will be on hand for fire safety information.

Annual Quilt Show

The Gentry Chamber of Commerce will hold its fifth annual quilt show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oct. 7-14, at the McKee Community Room in the Gentry Public Library. The deadline to enter quilts is Sept. 29. Entry applications may be picked up at Parks Lumber, Gentry City Hall or the Gentry Chamber of Commerce office on Main Street. For more information or to ask questions, contact Janie Parks at 936-1498 or on Facebook at Janie Morris Parks or by e-mail at [email protected].

Girl Scout Hat Drive

Girl Scout Troop 5497 in Gravette is knitting hats and collecting new hats for Hats Off For Cancer and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. If any of you knitters or crocheters would like to make a hat to send to Arkansas Children’s Hospital, please give them to Nancy Jones, Meredith Bramel or First Christian Church by Oct. 10.

Gravette UMC Children’s Activities

Gravette United Methodist Church invites all children in grades K-5 to special activities each Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the church educational building. The evening will start with food, such as pizza or sandwiches, followed by fun activities and Bible stories. All children in thearea are invited. For information, call the church, 787-5000.

Springtown Cemetery Association Meeting

The Springtown Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the Springtown Community Building. All interested persons are invited.

Gentry Fall Festival Activities

The main events of the Chamber-sponsored Fall Festival will begin in the park at 12:00 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9. Activities include: Christian music by Tiffany Donohew Fisher at 12 noon; Talent competition on the stage at 12:30 p.m.; Mutton Bustin’ on the ball diamond in the park at 2 p.m.; Flint Hill Ramblers bluegrass music at 2:30 p.m. on the stage; Dale Johnston gospel music at 4 p.m. on the stage; Food, games, rides, tractor and hay-rack rides, craft booths, pumpkin painting, petting zoo and more all afternoon in the Gentry City Park. For more information on the Fall Festival, contact the Gentry Chamber of Commerce office at 736-2358.

Moms in Touch

The Gentry Moms In Touch International community prayer group meets at 8 a.m. Wednesdays at the Gentry Christian Church, located at Third and Giles. This group prays for the children and the schools they attend. All women are invited to attend. For more information, contact Dani Cypert, 736-1213.

Kingdom Kids Resume

Kingdom Kids started back up on Wednesday, Sept. 7. All children in grades K-5 are welcome to attend. Meeting time is from 6:30 to 7:45 at Heritage Baptist Church, 307 Fourth Ave., S.W., in Gravette. The Kingdom Kids program has a time for music, Bible, memorization, games and snacks.

Cruise Night/Car Show

In connection to the annual “Show Your Ride” car show, sponsored by the Gentry Fire Department at the Gentry Fall Festival, a cruise night is being planned for 6 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8. Everyone is welcome to come out and cruise Gentry’s Main Street. Those who wish tohave their cars and trucks judged on cruise night must enter and pay a $5 entry fee. The car show itself will be held in the park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9. For more information on the car show or cruise night, contact Jeff Trammell at 957-3415.

Gravette Library “Stuff-A-Sack Sale”

Gravette Public Library is having a September $1 “Stuff-A-Sack Sale.” Fill a regular-size plastic shopping bag with items from the book sale (including hardback and paperback books, videos, music and audio books) and pay only $1 per bag. The Library will provide bags or patrons may bring their own. There is no limit and the sale runs through Sept. 30.

GED Classes Resume

GED classes have resumed at the Gravette Public Library, 407 Charlotte Street SE. Classes will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. each Tuesday. Class members must be at least 18 years old and seeking a GED. No pre-registration is required.

Gravette Kiwanis

The Gravette Kiwanis Club holds breakfast meetings at 7 a.m. each Friday at the cafeteria in Ozarks Community Hospital. Guests are welcome.

Computers Needed

The Gentry Lions Club is again accepting used computers and laptops to refurbish and give to students who cannot afford one. Machines - up to about 10 years old - are being accepted. Hard drives are reformatted and a lighter Linux OS is installed to replace the existing OS and software. For more information, call Randy Moll at 233-0081.

Decatur Food Bank

Living Water Ministries in Decatur opens its food bank each Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 1148 Highway 102 West in Decatur. Anyone who needs assistance is welcome. All that is required is an identification (a photo ID is preferred) and current address. For information, contact Larry Long, 549-5645, or Janet Long, 524-2848.

Area Men’s Breakfast

The Decatur United Methodist Church has a men’s breakfast the second Saturday of each month, beginning at 8 a.m., at the Gallery Cafe in Decatur. All area men are invited to join the group for good food and Christian fellowship.

Emergency Help

Families in Gravette School District wishing to apply for emergency help with food or utilities may make application from 9 to 11 a.m., Tuesday through Friday, at the Main Street Care and Share store in Gravette.

Mt. Zion Singing

Regular singing will be held at Mt. Zion Church at 6:30 p.m. the fourth Saturday of each month.

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.

Decatur Food Pantry

The Decatur United Methodist Church offers a food pantry program and a commodity food program for residents in Decatur on the first and third Thursday of every month, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Men's Fellowship

First Baptist Church of Gentry has a monthly Men's Fellowship Gathering on the third Saturday of each month at 8 a.m. All men are encouraged to come for the food and fellowship. Guests are welcome. For more information, contact Madden Waits at 736-5009.

VFW Meetings

Decatur VFW Post 9834 meets on the first Tuesday of each month - at 7:30 p.m. New members andguests are welcome. The facility is three miles east of Decatur on Arkansas Highway 102, right on Tilly’s Hill Road, and the first building on the right.

Gentry Senior 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 Center

The Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center, at 1870 Limekiln Road, isopen from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. 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 home-bound seniors or other services the center offers, call Mary Kay Kelley, director, at 787-5950.

Job Fair/Workshop

A job fair and workshop will be held at the Gravette Public Library through Sept. 21. Classes will be held on resume writing and job interviews. Sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is open and free to those from Gravette, Decatur, Gentry and Sulphur Springs. For more information, call the library at 787-6955.

Community, Pages 3 on 09/21/2011