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COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE THREE RIVERS AREA
TODAY Candle-Making Demonstrations
POCAHONTAS — Davidsonville Historic State Park, 8047 Arkansas 166 S., will offer Candle Making Demonstrations from 1-4 p.m. The cost is $5 to make a pair of candles to take home. Participants will learn about waxes and wicks and how to make candles as people did during the time of Davidsonville. For more information, call the park at (870) 892-4708.
THURSDAY SATURDAY Spring Sing
SEARCY — Harding University will present its 45th annual Spring Sing, Heroes and Villains. The shows will be at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday in Harding’s Benson Auditorium. Tickets are available for $15 or $18 at www.hardingtickets.com.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Rodeo
EL PASO — The Central Arkansas Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s 10th annual rodeo will take place both days in the Two Bar Two Arena at Crossroads Cowboy Church, 3071 Arkansas 5. The show, at 6:30 both nights, will feature funnyman Lecile Harris, trick-roper Ketch Weaver and the Crossroads Angels. Free events will include mutton bustin for kids 6 and younger (sign up by 6:30) and a boot scramble and calf scramble for different ages each night; and a mini bronc riders competition at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Miss Rodeo Arkansas Pageant will crown the winner Saturday night. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for kids 7 to 12 years and free for kids 6 and younger. Vendors will provide tack, clothing and other items. Tickets will be sold for chances to win a 2018 Delta 24-foot Cattleman Gooseneck Stock Trailer. For more information, call Becky at (501) 230-7872.
SATURDAY Children’s Theater Troupe
SEARCY — The Pied Pipers, Harding University’s improvisational children’s theater troupe, will perform at 11 a.m. in Harding’s Ulrey Performing Arts Center. Admission is free, and all ages are welcome.
Chorus Concert
SEARCY — The Harding University Chorus will present its annual spring concert at 11 a.m. in Harding’s Administration Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.
ONGOING Painting With Jim
FAIRFIELD BAY — Painting With Jim will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon every Tuesday at the Fairfield Bay Community Education Center, 130 Village Lane, Suite 5E. The cost is $40 per session, and all materials will be provided. Students will learn the value of color and composition with a new subject each week, starting and completing an acrylic painting in the two-hour class. For more information, contact the Fairfield Bay Education Center at (501) 884-4440 or ffbcec@artelco.com.
Living Well With Diabetes Series
SEARCY — Unity Health Family Practice Associates and the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extensive Service provide an education series, Living Well With Diabetes, from 1-3 p.m. Tuesdays in the Unity Health Annex (the former Carder Buick Building) at the corner of Hawkins and Hartsfield drives. The sessions will include a cooking demonstration, simple meal planning strategies, tips for diabetes management and hands-on activities and discussions. To register for upcoming sessions, call (501) 268-3232, ext. 41416.
First Electric Cooperative Scholarship
JACKSONVILLE — First Electric Cooperative is accepting applications for its scholarship program. High school seniors whose parents or guardians are First Electric members may apply for one of five $2,000 awards. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average through their senior year of high school and, upon graduation, be a full-time student at an accredited institute of higher learning in Arkansas. Applications, due April 2, are available under the “Community” tab at www.firstelectric.coop and at any First Electric office. For more information, call (800) 4897405 or visit www.facebook.com/FirstElectric.
Free Tax-Preparation Services
JACKSONVILLE — Residents in the Three Rivers Edition coverage area can receive free tax-preparation assistance from the Central Arkansas Development Council. Help is available at the city of Jacksonville, 109 S. Second St., by appointment. Call (501) 982-0026. Assistance is also provided at the Esther D. Nixon Library, 703 W. Main St. in Jacksonville. Walk-ins are welcome from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 7. For more information, call the CADC at (501) 315-1121. People who make under $54,000 may also self-prepare their taxes at myfreetaxes.com.
Photography Exhibit
SEARCY — The Stevens Art Gallery at Harding University is featuring photographs by Eleanor Hamby in an exhibit titled Seven: Continents, Wonders, Faces and Places through April 18. The exhibit documents Hamby’s journey across the globe spanning 105 countries and all seven continents, capturing the expressions of people and the beauty of the wonders of the world. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and admission is free.
Cabot Lions Club Meetings
CABOT — The Cabot Lions Club now meets at noon the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at Colton’s Steak House & Grill, 195 Northport Drive. Lions are also actively involved in service for hunger relief, youth outreach, the environment, pediatric cancer, diabetes awareness and disaster relief. All are invited to the meetings.
Free Brown-Bag Lunch
CABOT — The Mount Tabor United Methodist Church Women of Cabot serve a free brown-bag lunch at 11 a.m. each Thursday at the church, 4100 Arkansas 89 S. Nearly 8,600 meals were served in 2017. More volunteers are needed. For more information or to volunteer, call (501) 843-3797.
Friday Night Bingo
HEBER SPRINGS — Friday Night Bingo takes place each week at the American Legion Hall, 49 Park Road. Doors open at 5:30 for bonanzas, and regular play starts at 6:30 p.m. Food is available. For more information, call (501) 362-9979. To submit an item for the Calendar of Events, mail information to Calendar of Events,
Three Rivers Edition, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, AR, 72203; send faxes to (501) 378-3500; or email trnews@arkansasonline.com.
The deadline for calendar-item submissions is noon Tuesday.