Volunteers Needed
The Gentry Senior Center is in need of a couple of volunteers looking to give back to the community by helping with home-delivered meals. This will be one day a week for three hours. Please call 736-0378 for more details.
Community Dinner
Living Water Ministries of Decatur, located on Arkansas Highway 102 just across from the FNA plant, will be hosting a free community dinner from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 21. The dinner will feature gospel music, with all singers welcome. Games, including volleyball, horseshoes and wagon rides, are planned. Community members are invited to bring their lawn chairs and come and enjoy the free meal and events. All are welcome. For more information, call Pastor David Long at 479-212-0571.
Yard and Craft Sale
Gentry Masonic Lodge 222 will be hosting an indoor community yard and craft sale on May 20 and 21, from 7 a.m. till 6 p.m. each day, at its lodge building on Arkansas Highway 59. The event will allow the Masons and the public to bring their yard-sale or crafted items to be sold. Several big items are already committed -- televisions and other electronics, a four wheeler, a nice king-size bed, quilts of all sizes, new stuffed toys, hand-crafted leather items, table runners, embroidered towel sets, embroidered dish towels, children's and baby clothes and lots of other items not yet listed. The lodge will keep a precise record kept of what is sold, at what price and who consigned the item. The only thing the lodge is asking for this service is that no one brings junk and that a minimum 10 percent donation on the gross of each item sold be given to the lodge. To include items or crafts, contact the lodge secretary at 479-228-2317.
Gravette Farmers' Market
Gravette farmers' market is open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. in Old Town Park. Offerings include locally-grown fruits and vegetables, beef and pork, eggs, a variety of plants, baked goods, jams and jellies. Local crafts will also be featured. Market vendors set up booths in the covered pavilion at the park. The market accepts WIC vouchers and senior market produce coupons issued by the Area Agency on Aging.
Gentry Farmers' Market
The farmers' market in Gentry will be open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at the south-side (Arkansas Highway 12) parking area of Gentry City Park. Farmers may set up between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursdays, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.
Letter Carriers' Food Drive
The National Association of Letter Carriers will hold its annual letter carriers' food drive Saturday, May 14. Postal patrons are asked to place nonperishable food items in a bag beside their mailbox for pickup by their carrier on that day. A bin will also be available in the lobby of the Gravette post office where food may be placed. All donations will be delivered to the local food bank.
Indoor Garage Sale
An indoor garage sale will be held Friday and Saturday, May 13 and 14, at the Maysville community center. The sale will open at 8 a.m. both days and continue to 6 or 7 p.m. on Friday. Sellers will start packing up earlier on Saturday. Buyers are invited to come check things out. The gym will be full of merchandise. A concession stand will be open with coffee, cold drinks, hot dogs and other snacks. Booth space is available for $10. For information on booth space, call Robin at 479-822-3052.
NWA Riding Club
NWA Riding Club will be holding bi-weekly play days at a new arena located at 16949 Highway 102 West in Decatur. Play days will begin with exhibition rides at 2:30 p.m., followed by regular events at 3 p.m. Events will include pole bending, keyhole, barrel racing, goat tying (tentative) and flag racing (tentative). The deadline to sign up for events is 2:30 p.m. Upcoming dates include May 21, June 11 and June 18. Regular play-day events are $5 each and exhibition rides are $4. Family memberships are $25 per year. NWA Riding Club is a family-oriented, non-profit organization that offers trail rides, fun events and camp outs throughout the year in addition to play days. For more information and a complete schedule, visit www.nwaridingclub.org or call Tom Graves at 712-266-6327.
Yard Waste Pickup
Bagged yard waste will be picked up in Gentry on Wednesday, May 18. Yard waste must be bagged and placed curbside by 7 a.m. to be picked up. The pickup event is one day only.
Free Shoe Distribution
Samaritan's Feet, in cooperation with local United Methodist Churches from Gravette, Sulphur Springs and Bella Vista, will host a shoe distribution event on Saturday, July 30, at the Gravette United Methodist Church. Samaritan's Feet is a nonprofit organization that shares a message of hope and love through washing the feet of children locally and around the world with a gift of free new socks and shoes for back to school. Children in the Gravette School District, grades K-5, are invited to sign up and attend this event. They may stop by the Gravette Public Library, 119 Main Street, S.E., to get their registration form (child's shoe size must be provided.)
Men's Breakfast
First Baptist Church of Highfill will hold a men's fellowship breakfast on the first Saturday of each quarter at 8 a.m. All adult and youth men are welcome. For more information, call 479 233 0242.
Gentry Story Time
Gentry Public Library holds Story Time with Grandma Betty each Friday. Grandma Betty will read aloud children's favorite books at 10:30 a.m. in the children's area of the library. For more information, call 479-736-2054.
Highfill Food Pantry
The Highfill United Methodist food pantry is open from 6 to 8 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. For more information, call the church at 479-736-1275.
Maysville Food Giveaway
A free food distribution is held the first Saturday of each month at the Maysville Bible Church, Arkansas Hwy. 72 and Cunningham, in Maysville. Anyone who is in need of food is welcome to attend.
Decatur Food Pantry
Decatur United Methodist Church has a community food pantry open the first and third Thursday of each month. The only requirement for the pantry is that one live in the 72722 zip code area. An identification and a piece of mail showing one's residence in the Decatur area are required. There is also a USDA commodity program available which is income-based. Those wishing to do so can fill out an application to see if they qualify.
Lions Club
Gravette Lions Club meets at noon on the first Tuesday of every month at the In-Zone Restaurant on Arkansas Hwy. 59 N. in Gravette and at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of every month at Imagine Before and After School Care, 206 Birmingham St., S.E. The Gentry Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Monday of the month at the McKee Community Room in Gentry Public Library. New members are welcome and invited.
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.
Gravette Legion
Gravette American Legion Post 25 meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month at the Civic Center. All veterans are encouraged to attend.
Singing Services
Monthly singing services at Mason Valley Baptist Church Activity Center are held at 7 p.m. the second Friday of each month. The church is located on Arkansas Hwy. 12, between Highfill and Vaughn. Everyone is invited.
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 VFW Meetings
VFW Post 9834 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. New members and guests are welcome.
Submissions
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Community on 05/11/2016