McDonald County Briefs
Historical Society Scholarship Offer
The McDonald County Historical Society is offering a $1,000 scholarship, and interested applicants may access the application by visiting https:// mcdonaldcountyhistory. org/events. The deadline for submitting scholarship applications is April 18. Application forms are also available at McDonald County High School.
Stella Senior Center
The Stella Senior Center has a dinner and a dance every Friday night. The doors open at 5:30 p.m., with a potluck buffet-style meal at 6 p.m. The dance begins at 7 p.m. This week, Timberline Country will begin playing at 7 p.m. The cover charge is $5, and refreshments are always available.
Call 417-628-3314 or 417489-3661 for more information. The center is located at 719 Carter Street in Stella.
McDonald County Senior Center Noel
Business hours are from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a lunch hour from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Louine Gardner, who heads up the Blessings Cupboard Food Pantry, opens the food pantry from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the senior center. It is open to all who need food. The center is located at 624 Johnson Drive in Noel.
Goodman Spring Citywide Yard Sale and Spring City
Cleanup
Goodman board members set dates for the upcoming spring yard sale and cleanup days for the year. The spring citywide yard sale will be held from Friday, April 12, through Sunday, April 14.
Residents can then discard their trash during the spring city cleanup, on the following weekend, from Friday, April 19, to Sunday, April 21. There will be dumpsters at city hall for citizens to dump anything that they need to throw away.
Springfield Friends
of the Library
Find the perfect book to read at the lake this summer or in the air conditioning on a hot day. The sale features new and used hardback and paperback books, CDs, movies, vinyl records, audiobooks, games, and puzzles — and now, artwork. Adult, young adult and children’s books and most audiovisuals are $1 or less; better books are priced $2 and up.
The sale is Wednesday, April 24, through Sunday, April 28, at the E-Plex, Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, 3001 N. Grant Avenue in Springfield.
Hours are Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, Half-Price Day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, Bag Day, 1 to 5 p.m., when everything you can jam in a sack is only $1, or $5 from better books. The Friends accept cash or check only, and parking is free.
For more sale information, call 417-850-1999 or email friends@thelibrary.org.
Bella Vista Citywide
Garage Sale
The city of Bella Vista’s annual citywide garage sale is set for the last weekend in April — starting at 8 a.m. each day, Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27.
Perfect Harmony Women’s
Barbershop Chorus
In celebration of 25 years, Perfect Harmony Women’s Barbershop Chorus will be in concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 28, at Highland Christian Church, 1500 Forest Hills Blvd. Directed by Karen Frankenfeld, the barbershop chorus has been supporting the community with live, harmonized entertainment since 1999. A celebratory reception will follow the event.