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Aug. 22

▲ Join Congressman Steve Womack for a Town Hall meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Bella Vista District Court, located at 612 West Lancashire Blvd. in Bella Vista. For additional information, please call Congressman Womack’s Rogers office at 479-464-0446.

Aug. 23-26

▲ The Bella Vista NLM Regional and Sectional Bridge Tournament will be held Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 23-26, at Riordan Hall in Bella Vista. Each year this tournament supports a local charity or group, and this year it supports the Bella Vista Veterans Wall of Honor. Contact Robert Gromatka, tournament chair, at johngrom2771@cox.net.

Aug. 25

▲ Bella Vista Animal Shelter’s second annual “Chip & Dip” will held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the north end of Allen’s Foods located in the Sugar Creek Plaza. This micro-chipping and dog bathing event is for dogs only, but cat owners are welcome to stop by for a microchip coupon to have a cat safely chipped at the shelter. Cost for the microchip is $10, the dog bath is $10, and the Chip & Dip Combo is $15. All proceeds benefit the animal shelter.

▲ The Bella Vista Decorative Artists’ Mad Hatter Card and Game Party is from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at St. Bernard Catholic Church, located at 1 St. Bernard Lane in Bella Vista. Reservations only — tables of four-plus. The cost is $12 per person, which includes a lasagna luncheon and door prizes. There will be a basket raffle and an art décor store to purchase hand paintings by members. Please call 479-8556319 or 262-308-4454 for more information and a reservation slip. Proceeds from the event will be used to support service projects and art enhancements of Northwest Arkansas.

▲ The Bella Vista Lions Club, Bella Vista Fire Department and the American Red Cross are teaming up to test existing smoke detectors and installing new smoke detectors. The partners will be canvassing the streets along Hampstead Road, west from 340 and Lancashire Blvd. from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 . If you are not available when the Lions knock on your door, you can call the American Red Cross at 870-918-8935 or 479-633-8330, Ext. 207, for testing and possibly a new smoke detector.

Aug. 27

▲ The Kingsdale Squares will dance at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27, at Riordan Hall in Bella Vista. Jay Wright will be calling. For information, contact Bill Allen at 479-8765066.