Calendar of Events

MONDAY Arkansas Connections Academy to hold information session

Arkansas Connections

Academy will hold an information session for the 2017-18 school year at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 17 at Hampton Inn, located at 2312 Junction City Rd. Arkansas Connections Academy, a virtual public school for students in K through 10th grades, is offering parents throughout Arkansas the opportunity to learn more about this highly accountable, high-quality virtual public school during local information sessions. During the session, participants will discuss the family’s role in the education process through topics such as organizing the home for the most effective schooling environment and balancing time when more than one child is enrolled in the program. For more information, call 800-382-6010 or visit ww.ArkansasConnectionsAcademy.com.

• 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 3106920.

• 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 870-863-7437.

The Strong-Huttig School

Board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Apr. 17 in the Strong High School library.

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 8626631, 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 814-8567.

• 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

Chamber sets Administrative Professionals luncheon

The El Dorado/Union County Chamber of Commerce will host an Administrative Professionals Appreciation luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 26, in the El Dorado Conference Center. The Administrative Professional of the Year will be honored. Tickets are $18 each or $125 for a table of eight. RSVP by April 24. For more information, call 870863-6113 or email chamber@ goeldorado.com.

• 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.

• Open Door Recovery

Fellowship Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon for an open discussion at East Sixth and North Park Street.

• The Turning Point board meets at noon on the fourth Wednesday of each month in the second floor conference room of Regions Bank, located at 100 E. Peach St. For more information, call 8623672 or 862-0929.

• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. at Strong City Hall. Everyone needing assistance is welcome. This is a non-smoking meeting.

• The El Dorado Group of

Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at 100 Hargett.

THURSDAY

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, 8628088.

• 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 Christ-centered 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 870-866-9461.

• 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 870639-8007.

• 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.