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COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE TRI-LAKES AREA

TODAY

Bridge Tournament

HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE — The Village Card Club will continue its Silver Lode Sectional bridge tournament today at Casa de Carta with stratified Swiss Team games at 9:30 a.m. The fee is $120 per team and includes a hot lunch. For more information, call Bubba Raxsdale at (501) 915-0898 or Annette Bono at (501) 922-0989, or visit www.villagecardclub.org.

MONDAY

Celebrity Waiter Event

BRYANT — Relay for Life of Saline County will host its fifth annual Celebrity Waiter fundraiser from 5-8 p.m. at Larry’s Pizza. Donations and tips given to waiters throughout the evening will benefit the 2014 Relay for Life, the American Cancer Society’s largest annual fundraiser. For more information, call (501) 412-4239.

TUESDAY

Spotlight on Arkadelphia

ARKADELPHIA — Ouachita Baptist University’s annual Spotlight on Arkadelphia community and service fair will be held from 8-9:30 a.m. on Heflin Plaza and the Student Village circle. The event will feature booths offering free samples, coupons, brochures and other giveaways. For more information, visit obu.edu/spot

light or call (870) 245-5208.

WEDNESDAY

Mystery-Writing Course

HOT SPRINGS — The Garland County Library Writers College will continue a course focused on the basics of mystery writing from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The class, Twisting a Mystery, is taught by Sylvia Dickey Smith. Topics include creating an intriguing premise, a crime scenario, a plot, clues, red herrings, misdirection and other basics of the mystery-writer’s craft. For more information, call (501) 623-4161 or visit gclibrary.com.

WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY

Movie Nights

ARKADELPHIA — The Henderson State University Student Activities Board will show the films X-Men: Days of Future Past at 6:30 p.m. and Neighbors at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Friday in the Garrison Center Lecture Hall. The double features are free and open to the public. For more information, call (870) 230-5178.

THURSDAY Henderson State University Blood Drive

ARKADELPHIA — A blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Garrison Center Banquet Room at Henderson State University. Anyone who

is healthy and at least 16 years old may donate blood. A summer zoo-themed T-shirt will be presented to each donor. Health screenings and donor reward points, redeemable in the Arkansas Blood Institute’s online store, will also be provided to donors. Appointments are not necessary but can be made by calling (877) 340-8777 or visiting www.arkbi.org.

Gangster Museum Speaker Presentation

HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE — Robert Raines, director of The Gangster Museum of America, will speak at the Friends of the Coronado Center Library meeting at 4 p.m. in Room 6 of the Coronado Community Center. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served, and books will be available for purchase. For more information, call (501) 922-3555.

To submit a school or community event for the Tri-Lakes Calendar of Events, mail information to Calendar of Events, Tri-Lakes Edition, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, AR, 72203; fax (501) 378-3500; or email tlnews@arkansasonline.com. Deadlines for calendar-item submissions are noon Friday for Thursday editions and noon Tuesday for Sunday editions.