Annual Awards Banquet
Gentry Chamber of Commerce annual awards banquet is Thursday, Feb. 28, with dinner at 6 p.m. and the program at 7:15 p.m. Please contact Chamber director Bev Saunders to reserve tickets at $20 per seat, 736-2358 or [email protected]. Nominations for awards may be sent to the Gentry Chamber of Commerce at P.O. Box 642, Gentry, AR 72734, or by email to [email protected], no later than Feb. 3. Nominations are being accepted for 2012 Citizen(s) of the Year, Business Person(s) of the Year, Outstanding Volunteer of the Year, Outstanding Organization, Silver Award (More than 25 year of community service). Other awards will be considered if nominees don't fit one of these categories. Simply write down the person’s name and contact information and a brief summary of why they are being nominated.
Feed My Sheep Hours
The Feed My Sheep food pantry in Gravette is open each Thursday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Maysville Food Pantry
Maysville Missionary Baptist Church opens its food pantry, Our Healing Hearts, every fourth Sunday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for those in need.
Praise and Worship
Maysville Missionary Baptist Church holds a praise and worship service at 6 p.m. every third Sunday night, with refreshments
Care and Share Vouchers
Care and Share vouchers are only issued on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., at the Care and Share Specialty Shop, 103 Huntington Street S.E., off Hwy. 59 South in Gravette. In an emergency, appointments may be made. Call 344-6114.
Tired Iron of the Ozarks
Regular meetings of the Tired Iron of the Ozarks are held at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Tired Iron clubhouse located at the club’s show grounds on Taylor Orchard Road southwest of Gentry. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, Jan 15.
Gravette American Legion
Gravette American Legion Post 20 meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Civic Center. All veterans are encouraged to attend. The next meeting is Jan. 15.
Gentry Lions Club
Gentry Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in the McKee Community Room at the Gentry Public Library. Guests are welcome.
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. Special speakers on topics of community interest are featured at most meetings.
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. Guests and visitors are welcome and invited to attend and participate.
Men's Fellowship
First Baptist Church of Gentry has a monthly men's fellowship gathering at 8 a.m. on the third Saturday of each month. All men are welcome to come for food and fellowship. Guests are welcome.
VFW Meetings
Decatur VFW Post 9834 meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. New members and guests are welcome. The facility is three miles east of Decatur on Arkansas Highway 102 and right on Tilly’s Hill Road.