Calendar of Events

THURSDAY Lions Club Golf membership drive

The Lions Club Golf Course is holding a membership drive through May 31. Yearly memberships are 10 percent off for regular and senior green fees. A Friday Special is also being offered. For more information, call 870-639-3916.

Arkansas Master’Singers in concert

First Baptist Church of El Dorado will sponsoring the Arkansas Master’Singers at 7 p.m. on April 20 at the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium, located at 100 W. Eighth St. The public is invited to attend this free concert. The Arkansas Master’Singers, with over 200 voices in the group, consists of ministers of music/worship leaders, directors, accompanists, choir leaders, pastors, staff members and staff spouses from Arkansas Baptist Churches in every corner of the state and all places in between. For more information about the concert, please contact First Baptist Church at 870-863-7177, or visit the Arkansas Master’Singers website, arkansasmastersingers.com.

• Stitch & Share Quilters will meet from 9:30 a.m. until noon each Thursday at 826 Camp St., El Dorado. The contact is Ruth Matocha, 862-8088.

• Liberty Association Food Pantry, 901 S. Washington, will be open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday. For more information, call 862-3063.

• Marrable Hill Chapel Clothes Closet is open from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the first Thursday of each month. Free clothing and household items are available. Directions: Turn left off old Strong Highway onto Marrable Hill Road; take the fourth right at Marrable Hill Chapel entrance.

• The El Dorado Lions Club meets at 6 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of each month at Simmons Bank, second floor conference room.

• S.H.I.F.T. (Seeking Holiness, Intimacy, Freedom and Transformation), a Christ-centered recovery meeting, will be held at 6 p.m. each Thursday at Cross Life Church, located at 1010 Combs St. The public is invited to attend. For more information, contact Pastor Cleje Blackwell at 870-866-9461.

• Order of the Eastern Star No. 280 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Thursday in the Masonic Temple.

• Open Door Recovery Fellowship will have a speaker at 7 p.m. on Thursday at 806 E. Park.

• The El Dorado Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday at 100 Hargett.

• The Liberty Ministry Center Thrift Store will be open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday at 504 N. College. For more information, call 862-3063.

• The South Arkansas Administrative Professionals meet from noon until 1 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month in the Parish Hall at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. For more information, contact Wendy Brown at wendyl.brown@yahoo.com.

• The Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Chapter in El Dorado meets at 4:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at St. Mary’s Parish Hall September through April. The group does not meet during the month of January.

The Newell Homemakers Extension Club will meet the first Thursday of each month 1:30 p.m. at the extension office.

FRIDAY RSVP dance features L&N Express

The Retired & Senior Volunteer Program will hold its RSVP Dance from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, April 21, in the Champagnolle Landing Senior Center, 910 E. 4th St. in El Dorado. The dance is for ages 55 and older and will feature the music of Lewis & Nutter. Admission is $6 per person. No smoking, no alcohol.

Southern Koast plays Club 10

The local duo Southern Koast with members Susan Tolin and Keith Owens, will play from 8 to midnight on Friday, April 14, at the American Legion Club 10, located in the American Legion at 105 Christian drive in El Dorado. Everyone over 21 is invited. Cover charge is $8. Remember, American Legion Bingo is held every Thursday at 5 p.m.

• St. James Village Outreach Facility, 1308 E. Hillsboro, will give away clothing only each Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Please place clothing only in blue containers in front of building. They do not accept furniture. For more information, contact Dr. George Calloway at 870-639-8007.

• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) will meet at 8:45 a.m. each Friday at the First Baptist Church. Visitors are welcome and those attending are asked to enter through the Elm Street entrance. For more information, call Terri Simpson at (870) 918-2593.

• The El Dorado Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. on Friday at 100 Hargett.

SATURDAY

• Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary will meet at 10 a.m. the second Saturday at Grace Bible Baptist Church, 1502 Champagnolle. Anyone who is a disabled veteran is welcome to attend and join the activities.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the small house next door to College Avenue Church of Christ.

• Liberty Ministry Center Thrift Store will be open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on the last Saturday of each month. For more information, call 862-3063.

SUNDAY

• Open Door Recovery Fellowship Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon Monday through Sunday at 806 E. Park.

• Union County Genealogical Society meets the second Sunday of each month. Meetings begin at 2 p.m. at Barton Library. For more information, call Jan Fournier at 862-3049.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. on Sunday at the small house next door to College Avenue Church of Christ.

MONDAY Arkansas Connections Academy to hold information session

Arkansas Connections Academy will hold an information session for the 2017-18 school year at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 17 at Hampton Inn, located at 2312 Junction City Rd. Arkansas Connections Academy, a virtual public school for students in K through 10th grades, is offering parents throughout Arkansas the opportunity to learn more about this highly accountable, high-quality virtual public school during local information sessions. During the session, participants will discuss the family’s role in the education process through topics such as organizing the home for the most effective schooling environment and balancing time when more than one child is enrolled in the program. For more information, call 800-3826010 or visit www.ArkansasConnectionsAcademy.com.

• The St. James Village Outreach Facility, 1308 E. Hillsboro, will give away clothing only from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. If you have clothing to donate to the cause, please place clothes in the blue containers in front of the building. Furniture will not accepted. For more information, contact Dr. George Calloway at 870639-8007.

• Open Door Recovery Fellowship Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon Monday through Sunday at 806 E. Park. Open Door Recovery Fellowship will have a meeting at 7 today.

• Breast Friends Breast Cancer Support Group meets the third Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall on Madison Avenue. For more information, call Pat Rackow at 310-6920.

• Alcoholics Anonymous will have a closed discussion at 5:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 420 N. Madison, (use back door). This is not a Glum Lot group.

• El Dorado Group of Al-Anon meets at 7 p.m. each Monday at 801 E. Sixth St.

• Open Door Recovery Fellowship Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday for an open discussion at East Sixth and North Park Street.

• The Union County Republican Committee will meet at 6 p.m. the first Monday at Simmons Bank, located at 100 W. Grove, in El Dorado.

• Sons of Confederate Veterans meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Monday of each month at Barton Library in El Dorado, 200 E. Fifth St. The public is invited to attend. For more information, call Mark Williams at 870-862-4917.

• The El Dorado Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m. on Monday at 100 Hargett.

• The NAACP will meet at 6:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month in Simmons Bank Community Room. For more information, call Janice Bush at 870-863-7437.

The Strong-Huttig School Board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Apr. 17 in the Strong High School library.

TUESDAY

• Liberty Association Food Pantry, 901 S. Washington, will give out food from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. today. For more information, call 862-3063.

• Union County Quilt Guild will meet at 10 a.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Hillsboro Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, 1322 W. Hillsboro. The contact person is Ruth Matocha, 862-8088.

• Union County Night Quilt Guild, “The Night Owls,” meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Hillsboro Street Church of Christ, 1322 W. Hillsboro in El Dorado. For more information, call (870) 862-6705 or (870) 864-7084.

• Union County DHS will hold a recruitment meeting for new foster/adoptive parents from 5 to 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the DHS office. For more information, call Quita Harris at 862-6631, extension 157.

• Open Door Recovery Fellowship Group of Alcoholics

Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. at 806 E. Park.

• Open Door Group of Al-Anon will meet at 7 p.m. at East Sixth and North Park.

• Turning Point Support Group meets from noon to 1 p.m. each Tuesday at 900 E. First. For more information, call Donna Beck at 862-3672 or Rosie Greer at 814-8567.

• Liberty Ministry Center Thrift Store will be open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Tuesday at 504 N. College. For more information, call 862-3063.

• Frieda’s Closet is open from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the Artesian Cancer Center of South Arkansas, 503 Thompson, in El Dorado. One free wig or head covering will be given per patient who has hair loss due to chemotherapy. For more information, call Pat Rackow at 870-310-6920.

WEDNESDAY

Chamber sets Administrative Professionals Appreciation luncheon

The El Dorado/Union County Chamber of Commerce will host an Administrative Professionals Appreciation luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 26, in the El Dorado Conference Center. The Administrative Professional of the Year will be honored. Tickets are $18 each or $125 for a table of eight. RSVP by April 24. For more information, call 870-863-6113 or email chamber@goeldorado.com.

• St. James Village Outreach Facility, 1308 E. Hillsboro, will give away clothing only from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Please place clothing only in blue containers in front of building. They do not accept furniture. For more information, contact Dr. George Calloway at 870-639-8007.

• Boomtown Toastmasters Club meets at noon each Wednesday at Murphy USA, 422 N. Washington. The community is welcome. Bring your own lunch and learn to communicate more effectively through speeches, conversations and leadership roles.

• Open Door Recovery Fellowship Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon for an open discussion at East Sixth and North Park Street.

• The Turning Point board meets at noon on the fourth Wednesday of each month in the second floor conference room of Regions Bank, located at 100 E. Peach St. For more information, call 862-3672 or 862-0929.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. at Strong City Hall. Everyone needing assistance is welcome. This is a non-smoking meeting.

• The El Dorado Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at 100 Hargett.

UPCOMING EVENTS

APRIL 28

Northwest Elementary hosts Disney World raffle, prized valued at $5,000

Northwest Elementary is hosting a raffle fundraiser through April 28 with a Disney World vacation as the winning prize. A winner will be drawn during Field Day activities on May 5 at Northwest. The winner will work with a pre-specified travel agent to customize a trip for a value of $5,000 that meets the winning family’s needs. Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased at Northwest Elementary office, from teachers to students or at Parks and Company, located at 441 N. Washington. Proceeds from the raffle will be used for the construction of a covered pavilion at the school. For more information, contact Renee Parks at 870-862-3401. MAY 6

Turn Your Lights Blue kicks off May 6

May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and Union County will mark the event with a Turn Your Lights Blue event, held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 6, on the Union County Courthouse steps. The event is sponsored by CASA, The Call in Union County, Agape House and the Arkansas Department of Human Services.