this week’s EVENTS Community Outreach Online Classes

Editor’s note: Many events have been canceled or postponed due to concern about the coronavirus.

THURSDAY

Heber Springs Chamber Banquet

QUITMAN — The Heber Springs Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet will take place at The Barn at Fawn Hollow in Quitman. The event will begin with a mix-and-mingle in the Cowboy Chevrolet Hospitality Area at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. and a live auction and raffle. David Bazzel will be the guest speaker. Tickets are $40 each or a table of eight for $300. For more information or tickets, call the chamber office at (501) 362-2444 or visit director@heber-springs.com.

THURSDAY - SATURDAY

ATU Outdoors Spring Commencement

RUSSELLVILLE — Arkansas Tech University will host outdoor, in-person commencement ceremonies for the spring 2021 semester at Thone Stadium at Buerkle Field (the ATU football stadium). In case of inclement weather, alternate plans will be announced. The ATU-Ozark Campus’ ceremony for spring 2021 graduates will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, and spring 2021 graduates from the ATU campus in Russellville will be honored at

9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday. A ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday will recognize any 2020 ATU graduate who wishes to participate in an in-person commencement. For more information, visit www.atu. edu/registrar/graduation.php or www.atu.edu/ozark/registrar/ graduation.php, or call the ATU Office of the Registrar at

(479) 968-0272.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

Free State of Yell Fest

DARDANELLE — The Dardanelle Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 30th annual Free State of Yell Fest on both days. Activities will include the Run Like Yell 4-mile run, live music, a carnival, fireworks and the Lions Club’s annual pancake breakfast. Proceeds will benefit the Dardanelle Chamber, community events and local scholarships. Food and arts-and-crafts vendor applications are available at dardanellechamberofcommerce@gmail.com. To be a festival sponsor or sponsor an event, call Stacey Daughtrey at (479) 229-3328, Montie Sims at (479) 477-0137 or Dusty Bunting at (479) 445-3737.

ONGOING

Baptist Health Community Outreach will offer free online health and wellness classes in May. Access the following courses through Google Meet: Addressing Complications in Breastfeeding at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday; Mother’s Day Brunch Demonstration at 10:30 a.m. Friday; Women’s Health Month Nutrition Presentation at 10 a.m. May 17; Cooking With Community Outreach at 5:30 p.m. May 20; Safety Baby Shower at 5:30 p.m. May 27; and a Diabetes Support Group at 5:30 p.m. May 27. For a complete schedule, visit baptist-health.com/community-outreach.

Neighbor’s Table

RUSSELLVILLE — Neighbor’s Table offers a free meal every Saturday at All Saints’ Episcopal Church,

501 S. Phoenix Ave. The meal is takeout only and can be picked up from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. All are welcome. For more information, call (479) 968-3622.

Veterans Food Pantry

NORTH LITTLE ROCK — The Veterans Villages Helping Hand Program Food Pantry, 8325 MacArthur Drive, serves all veterans, as well as active-duty, Guard and Reserve service members and their families, in Faulkner and Perry counties. The food pantry will be open from 8 a.m. to noon every other Wednesday, including May 5. The Veterans Villages of America Program also helps with unemployment, health care and housing for veterans and service members.

For more information, contact Mark Diggs at (501) 442-1237 or mark@diggsandassociates.com, or visit www. veteransvillagesofamerica.org.

Food Pantry and Thrift Store MORRILTON — The Conway County Care Center’s food pantry, at 108 W. Broadway, is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Residents of Conway County may visit the pantry once a month to take home free supplemental food, regardless of household income. The center also operates a thrift store, where clothes and household items are available at a low cost, or free when there is an immediate need. For more information, to volunteer or to make donations, visit www. conwaycountycarecenter.com.

Women With a Purpose Meetings

FAIRFIELD BAY — Women With a Purpose meets at 4:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at the Cool Pool Cafe, 155 Chelsea Drive. For updates and instructions on how to join the group, visit www.facebook.com/Womenwithpurposeboston.

Cleburne County Cares Food Pantry

HEBER SPRINGS — The Cleburne County Cares Food Pantry, 2016 Arkansas 25 Bypass, is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Those who need food are asked to call ahead at (501) 362-8486 so the pantry can have the items ready for pickup.

Fairfield Bay Rotary Meetings

FAIRFIELD BAY — The Fairfield Bay Rotary meets at noon every Wednesday, with lunch at 11:30 a.m., in the Fireside Room at the Little Red Restaurant at Indian Hills, 337 Snead Drive. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Arkansas Department of Health guidelines will be followed.

UPCOMING Readers Group

FAIRFIELD BAY — The Readers Group meets at 10 a.m. the third Friday of the month at the Fairfield Bay Library. No membership is required, and all are welcome to join the discussion. The book for May 21 is “The Giver of Stars,” by Jojo Moyes. Masks are required. For more information, call the library at (501) 884-4930.

Swap Meet, Car Corral and Car Shows

PETIT JEAN MOUNTAIN — The Museum of Automobiles, 8 Jones Lane, will present its 63rd annual Swap Meet, Car Corral and Car Shows on June 16-19. One car show is for original cars, and one is for everything else, including rat rods. The event will feature 900 auto-related swap-meet spaces, 60 arts-and-crafts spaces, 500 carcorral spaces and 100 RV parking spaces with no hookups. For more information, call the museum at (501) 727-5427.

Arkansas Tech Band Camps

RUSSELLVILLE — The Arkansas Tech University Department of Music will host band camps for students in ninth grade or younger on June 20-24, and for those in ninth grade or older on June 27-July 1. Students in ninth grade are eligible to attend either camp or both. “Daily schedule and rehearsal formats will be similar to the past, with appropriate COVID-19 precautions in place,” said Daniel A. Belongia, director of bands and professor of music at ATU. “Students will have access to residence halls with roommates, as usual, if they choose.” For more information, visit www.atu.edu/bands/bandcamp.