MOTORCYCLISTS RALLYING FOR POW/MIA TODAY
The seventh annual POW/MIA Awareness Poker Run is from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today. The motorcycle run will begin at the Jacksonville Museum of Military History and end at VFW Post 4548. The cost is $20 per rider or $30 per couple.
A motorcycle show will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at the VFW Post. The entry fee for the competition is $10.
For more information, call 501-413-772 or 501-590-6980.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLS IN JACKSONVILLE, WARD
First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Ward will hold its vacation Bible school 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday.
Bible stories, crafts, music and refreshments are planned. All age groups are welcome. For more information, call 501-941-5994. The church is located at Markham and Church streets.
First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, 401 North First St., will host its vacation Bible school from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday. The program offers Bible study, memory verses, game time and missions study. Call 501-982-1519 to register or for more information.
CABOT BARBEQUE TO BENEFIT AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
Grandpa’s Bar-B-Que will host a fundraiser for American Cancer Society from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 26 at Cabot High School Champs Hall’s parking lot.
Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
Admission includes barbeque, drinks and live music of PLU and Fenix.
Kids 10 and under get in free and will get a free hot dog.
There will also be a raffle drawing for a 40” flat screen Samsung TV.
There will be bouncy houses and games for the kids.
The event will also include an amateur cookoff for a cash prize, trophy, and bragging rights for the best recipe in Lonoke County.
Call 501-413-7055 for more information.
SMALL-BUSINESS LUNCHEON TUESDAY IN JACKSONVILLE
The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce will hold a free small-business roundtable luncheon at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at Foxwood Golf Club.
Sean Cresswell of Centennial Bank will speak.
The event is open to small business owners or managers. You do not have to be a chamber member to attend.
The deadline to register is today; call 501-982-1511.
CHURCH WILL FEED LUNCH TO CHILDREN THROUGH AUG. 2
Emmanuel Bible Fellowship Church will provide free meals to Jacksonville children weekdays until Aug. 2 at the Jacksonville Boys and Girls Club, 1 Boys Club Drive from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Max Howell Place from 10:30 a.m. to noon, and Willow Bend Apartments, 300 Marshall Road, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. No lunch will be provided on Monday, July 5. The program is funded by the USDA.
JACKSONVILLE AND CABOT TO HOLD JOINT-CHAMBER LUNCH
The Jacksonville and Cabot chambers of commerce will hold a joint-general membership lunch at 11:30 a.m Tuesday, June 29 at the Jacksonville Community Center. The guest speakers will be Cabot Mayor Eddie Joe Williams and Jacksonville Mayor Gary Fletcher.
The cost of the lunch is $12 per member and $15 for nonmembers. If reservations are not made before June 22, the cost is $15.
CHORIS FORMING FOR PATRIOTIC SPECTACULAR ON JULY 2
The Jacksonville Patriotic Spectacular is set for Friday, July 2.
Talented adults and children are needed for the patriotic adult and children’s choirs.
Adult and children’s choirs will perform “Because They Gave” with a spectacular firework finale. Anyone interested in joining the choirs should attend a rehearsal at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church, 220 W. Main St.
Call 501-680-3094 for more information.
CABOT POLICEMAN, FIREFIGHTERS HELP SPECIAL OLYMPICS
The Cabot Police and Fire departments will conduct a “Boots and Badges” fundraiser to benefit the Special Olympics from 1 to 8 p.m. today at the Cabot Walmart.
The state’s Arkansas law-enforcement community still needs to raise about $20,000 to meet its goal of $500,000.
HELP FORM A GOLD STAR MOTHERS CHAPTER IN ARKANSAS
Gold Star Mothers, an organization of mothers who have lost a child in combat, does not have an Arkansas chapter.
For more information about how to create one, e-mail Kei Torres at imtheirtexanmom@yahoo.com. Torres’ son, Corporal Jason K. LaFleur, was killed in action in Hawr Rajab, Iraq.
ALZHEIMER'S SUPPORT GROUP MEETS IN JACKSONVILLE
The Alzheimer’s Association offers an Alzheimer’s Support Group at 10 a.m. on the third Saturday of each month at Evangelistic Ministries Church, 101 N. Elm St. in Jacksonville. Call 501-265-0027 or 501-940-5271 for details.
NLR MOVIE SERIES CONTINUES THURSDAY WITH 'CORALINE'
North Little Rock’s River Flicks continues at 7 p.m. Thursday with “Coraline” at the River Walk Park. Admission is free. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. “The Lovely Bones” will be shown on Thursday, July 1.
