Calendar of Events

THURSDAY

Masterworks Chorus to perform The Regional Community Masterworks Chorus will join with the combined choirs of LaTech to present “The Seven Last Words of Jesus” by DuBois, and Mozart’s “Coronation Mass” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 11. The combined choirs will be joined by professional soloists and orchestra. The famed LaTech pipe organ also will accompany the vocalists. The concert will be held in Howard Auditorium on the LaTech campus. Tickets are $10 for adults and students from secondary schools and all colleges and universities are free. Tickets will be available at the ticket box office off the Auditorium foyer before the concert. Calion Council meeting rescheduled

The City of Calion has changed the City Council Meeting from 7 p.m. Thursday, May 11, to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 18. 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.

• 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 Christcentered 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 870-8669461.

• 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

• 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

UAPB/AM&N Round-Up planned

The Union County UAPB/AM&N Alumni will sponsor a Spring Round-Up 2017 beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 13, at the Union County Recreation Complex. All UAPB Alumni and guests are invited to attend. You do not have to be a member of the chapter to attend.

For more information, contact Leodis Williams at 870-310-8724, or Joe Berry at 870-315-0001.

• 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

Chicken Express grand opening Chicken Express will hold its Grand Opening at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 15. The El Dorado-Union County Chamber of Commerce will hold a Ribbon Cutting at 2209 N West Avenue at 10 a.m. During this event Chicken Express will be giving away a $100 gift card to a lucky customer for the first five days. A random ticket will be selected daily and a total of $500 in gift cards will be given out the first week.

• 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 870-639-8007.

• 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 870863-7437.

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 8148567.

• 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

• 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.