MARK YOUR CALENDAR
March 31
• Republic Services will offer a spring appliance pickup free of charge to Bella Vista residents with accounts in good standing during the week of April 4-8. Residents must sign up by March 31 for this service at appliance@bellavistaar.gov. To sign up by phone call 479-876-1255, opt. 7. No signups will be accepted after noon on March 31.
Refrigerators or other items that use Freon will NOT be picked up. The Benton County Solid Waste District does collect items containing or manufactured to contain refrigerant through a special waste dropoff program for a fee.
A list of other items that are not allowed can be found online at bellavistaar.gov/residents/appliancepickup.php.
Items should be placed at the curb by 6 a.m. Monday, April 4, regardless of individual pickup days. Depending on the number of participants, pickup could take a few days.
April 1
• The Calico Cut-Ups quilt guild will host a country store from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, April 1, and from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, April 2, at the Bella Vista Assembly of God Church, 1771 Forest Hills Blvd. in Bella Vista. Shop various items such as quilting notions, quilting patterns/books, quilting fabric, handmade boutique items, raffle quilts and other collectables. With a $10 fee, guild member Alice McElwain, a certified quilt appraiser, will be available to look at a quilt you may have to tell you things about your quilt like how old it is, the block pattern, what the material is and if it has a value. Based on that information she will advise if it should be appraised.
April 4
• Dug Hill Through the Years will be presented by Dale Phillips and Xyta Lucas, co-presidents of the Bella Vista Historical Museum, at 5:30 p.m. at the Bella Vista Library.
April 5
• Andante Music Club of Bella Vista will host a program of “20th Century Composers” at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at Highland Christian Church, 1500 Forest Hills Blvd., Bella Vista. Compositions of Jean Sibelius, Fritz Kreisler, Aaron Copland and others will be featured. Pianist Gloria Febro Grilk and violinist Karen Grilk Noorani will present the program. Admission is free.
April 6
• The Bella Vista Historical Museum returns effective this date to its regular pre-covid hours of Wednesday through Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Exhibits represent over 100 years of Bella Vista plus a gift shop featuring Bella Vista souvenirs and other merchandise. Admission is free. The museum is located at 1885 Bella Vista Way near the corner of Highway 71 and Kingsland. For more information call 479-855-2335 or visit online at bellavistamuseum.org.
April 7
• The Bella Vista Civil War Round Table has announced the April 7 program to be presented by Maylon Rice and will be titled “the Post-War Political and Economic Aftermath of the Civil War in Arkansas State Government.
Maylon Rice of Fayetteville, is a native of Arkansas. Raised in Warren, he gained a journalism and history background at Henderson State in Arkadelphia. He has been involved in newspaper jobs and dabbling in Arkansas history for the last half century. He is a life member of the Arkansas Historical Association, former AHA Board member, Past President of the Washington County Historical Society, a Life member of the Pulaski County Historical Society and reviews books occasionally for the Fort Smith Historical Journal.
He has been in Northwest Arkansas since 1980 in both Benton and Washington Counties. He writes a weekly political column for newspapers in Bella Vista, Prairie Grove, Farmington, Lincoln and Siloam Springs.
Rice will discuss nine pivotal governors of Arkansas from Henry Massie Rector, 1860, to Simon P. Hughes, 1885, and how that 25-year span during and following the War Between the States affected Arkansas’ economy, politics and landscape.
The program will be presented at the Bella Vista Museum at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 7. The meeting is free and open to the public. Donations are accepted to help with the speaker expenses.
The purpose of the Bella Vista CWRT is to educate and stimulate interest in the period of history of the United States known as the “The Civil War”, to promote historical, educational, and literary study and activities related to the Civil War, including events and circumstances related to the cause and effects of the War. The Round Table normally meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the Bella Vista Museum, 1885 Bella Vista Way, Bella Vista, AR. The Museum is located at the intersection of Highway 71 and Kingsland Road.
For further information please contact BVCWRT President Dale Phillips at 812-899-2049 or email at dkp55@ymail.com.
April 8
• St. Bernard Catholic Church’s third Lenten Fish Fry will be Friday, April 6. The Bella Vista Strings will add entertainment.
The menu includes: catfish, potato salad, coleslaw, hush puppies, dessert and coffee, tea and water. The cost is $15 per person. Tickets are required and may be purchased at the church office at 1 Saint Bernard Lane in Bella Vista, Monday through Thursday 8 a.m.-3 p.m. The phone number to contact is 479-855-9069. Tickets will also be available for purchase before weekend Mass, 4:30-5 p.m. on Saturday and 8:30-9 a.m. Sunday.
The social hall opens at 5 p.m. with serving to begin at 6 p.m.