Fundraiser for Solberg family
A fundraiser to benefit the family of 14-month-old Harper Belle Solberg will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Gravette Civic Center, 401 Charlotte Street S.E. Meals of chili, crackers, drink and a homemade dessert will be sold for $10 each. All proceeds go to Tyler Bruce Dolberg and EmmaBeth Eden Solberg. The fundraiser was organized by the Christian Women's Fellowship at Gravette First Christian Church.
Gentry band selling Blue and Gold Sausage products
Gentry's band program is selling Blue and Gold Sausage products as a fundraiser. Orders will be taken through Oct. 11. Delivery will be Oct. 24 at the First Baptist Church Activities Center, 221 W. Main Street, Gentry. Text 479-228-2853 for additional information or with questions.
Miss Octoberfest Pageant
The Miss Octoberfest Pageant will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Gentry High School Auditorium. It is sponsored by the Gentry junior-high cheerleaders. The pageant is open to any and all participants with age divisions from 0 months to 18 years of age, including divisions for boys from 0 months to 6 years of age. It is not required that participants be a resident of Gentry. Applications will be available online at gentrypioneers.com website and contain information regarding times and fees as well as the Facebook page Miss Octoberfest Pageant-Gentry. Deadline for applications is Oct. 14. For more information, contact Tiffanie Jones at [email protected].
Coffee with a Cop
Coffee with a Cop will be held in Gentry at the Arvest Bank Conference Room, 320 E. Main Street in Gentry, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2. The event is to allow members of the community to get to know their police officers, ask questions and voice concerns.
Members of the Piecemakers Quilt Guild in Gravette, in cooperation with the Gravette Historical Museum, will hold a quilt show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, and Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Gravette Civic Center, 401 Charlotte Street S.E. Admission is free. Quilts will not be judged but quilt show visitors will be asked to vote for their favorites and ribbons will be given for first place and second place People's Choice awards. Some quilts and craft items will also be offered for sale.
Falling Springs Singing
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.
First Baptist Pantry
First Baptist Church, located at 213 E. Roller Avenue in Decatur, holds a community food pantry on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. For more information, contact the church at 479-282-6658.
TOPS in Gentry
Gentry TOPS AR113, a nonprofit group which promotes healthy weight loss, meets every Monday at the First Christian Church Fellowship Room, Second and Giles, with a weigh-in at 2:15 p.m. and the meeting at 3 p.m. There is a small fee to join but the first meeting is free.
Decatur UMC Pantry
The Decatur United Methodist Church Food Pantry is open the first and third Thursday evening of each month from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and offers food boxes to Decatur residents. All that is needed is a valid identification, a utility bill or piece of mail showing an address in the 72722 ZIP code area. Also available is a USDA commodity program to residents of Decatur and other communities without a commodity program. The commodity program requires income information. For more information, stop by the church during food pantry hours.
GFA Food Pantry
The GFA food pantry at the First Assembly of God in Gentry is open from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. The church partners with the NWA Food Bank and Rural Compassion to receive food to be given away, including canned goods, fresh vegetables, bread, milk and dairy products, eggs and meats. Other items such as toilet paper, shampoo, cleaning products and baby supplies are also available as supplies last. Clients are asked to call for an appointment. For more information, call 479-736-8415.
Mobile Food Bank
The Northwest Arkansas Food Bank has added a stop in Gravette, at 10 a.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Billy V. Hall Complex. The stop is the 11th mobile pantry in Northwest Arkansas. Food boxes, as well as fruits, vegetables and protein, are distributed to up to 90 households.
Tired Iron Club
Tired Iron of the Ozarks antique engine and tractor club meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the club's show grounds, located at 13344 Taylor Orchard Road in Gentry. For more information, visit the club's website at tiredironoftheozarks.org.
Decatur VFW Post
VFW Post 9834 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. Guests are welcome.
Lions Meetings
The Gravette Lions Club meets at 12:15 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the month at the Billy V. Hall Senior Activity and Wellness Center, 1870 Limekiln Road, in Gravette. 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.
Kiwanis Club
The Gravette Kiwanis Club holds breakfast meetings at 7 a.m. each Friday at the cafeteria inside Ozarks Community Hospital. Guests are welcome.
Legion Meetings
Gravette American Legion, Post 25, meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month at the Civic Center. All veterans are welcome. Those interested in joining the American Legion, and especially Post 25, may contact the Gravette post at P.O. Box 476, Gravette, AR 72736.
Submissions
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Community on 10/02/2019