PAGEANT SIGN-UP DEADLINE FRIDAY
The Miss Greater Jacksonville Scholarship Pageant and the Miss Greater Jacksonville’s Outstanding Teen Pageant will be held Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Jacksonville Community Center. The pageants are preliminaries for the Miss Arkansas and Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen Pageants to be held in Hot Springs in July.
The deadline to enter is Friday.
Participants must be residents, students or full-time employees in Faulkner, Grant, Lonoke, Jefferson, Perry, Pulaski or Saline counties for at least the last six months.
Miss contestants must be 17-24 years old. Entry forms are available online at www.missarkansas.org and at www.missamericaforkids.org.
Outstanding Teen contestants must be at least 12-17 years old. Outstanding Teen entry forms are online at www.missarkansasot.org.
The Miss Greater Jacksonville Junior Pageant will also be held on Feb. 27. Contestants will compete in beauty, with optional areas of competition in talent or photogenic.
Junior age groups are Baby Miss, 18 months and under; Toddler Miss, 19-35 months; Wee Miss, 3-4; Tiny Miss, 5-6; Little Miss, 7-9, and Petite Miss, 10-12. Entry forms for junior categories are available by contacting Sharon Boyd.
For more information, call Boyd at 501-982-3898 or email mgjp.director@gmail.com.
MOUNTAIN SPRINGS CEMETERY MEETING THURSDAY
The Mountain Springs Cemetery will hold its annual meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the fellowship hall of the Mountain Springs Baptist Church, 15669 Hwy. 5 in Cabot. The agenda includes electing a new board member and determining next year’s business.
For more information, call 501-843-8348.
AUSTIN CHILI SUPPER SATURDAY AT FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Austin Community Auxiliary will hold an all-you-can-eat chili supper from 5 until 7 p.m. Saturday at the Austin Fire Department. Firefighters will have a chili cookoff that will start at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults, children 10 and under are $3 and kids under 2 are free with a paying adult.
Proceeds will go to the Austin Volunteer Fire Department.
LONOKE CHAMBER DINNER SET FOR SATURDAY
The Lonoke Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its 47th annual banquet at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Gina Cox Center. The theme is “Building a Foundation,” and David Bazzel will speak.
Tickets are $35 each or $250 for a table of eight.
VERANDAH GARDEN CLUB MEETING ON SATURDAY
The Verandah Garden Club will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Harper-Alexander House, 18 Olen Lane at Hwy. 70 East in North Little Rock. For more information, call 501-533-7708.
CABOT AARP CANDIDATES FORUM SET FOR MONDAY
The Cabot AARP will hold a candidates forum during its monthly meeting and potluck at 6 p.m. Monday at the Cabot Senior Center, 600 N. Grant St.
All Cabot-area candidates who are on the March 1 ballot are invited to briefly address the audience.
For more information, call 501-492-1456.
HOPE BAPTIST IN SHERWOOD TO MARK ANNIVERSARY
Hope Baptist Church in Sherwood will hold special services at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 to celebrate its sixth anniversary.
David Sorenson, an author and pastor of North Star Baptist Church in Duluth, Minn., will speak.
Special music will be provided by the church choir and orchestra, and a film about the church’s history will be shown. There will also be a luncheon after the morning service.
The public is invited to attend. The church is at 139 Shadow Oaks Drive.
For more information, call Pastor Terry Coomer at 501-983-4403 or visit www.hopebaptistlittlerock.com.
BUTLERVILLE FUNDRAISER CATFISH DINNER FEB. 27
The Butlerville Volunteer Fire Department will hold an all-you-can-eat fundraiser catfish dinner from 5 until 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids, and it’s free for children under 10. Tax-deductible donations will also be accepted.
BRIDGE, CANASTA PLAYERS NEEDED IN BEEBE
Bridge and canasta players are needed Wednesdays at the Sheperd’s Center at Beebe Methodist Church. Canasta games start at 10 a.m. and bridge is at 1 p.m. Beginners are welcome.
For more information, call 501-843-2930.
NAACP MEETS FEB. 28
The Jacksonville NAACP will hold its monthly meeting at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 in the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church’s Johnson Education Center at 1013 Ray Road.
PANCAKE SUPPER AT BEEBE KIWANIS
The Beebe Kiwanis Club will hold its annual pancake supper Friday in the Beebe High School 9-10 cafeteria from 5 until 7 p.m. in conjunction with the last basketball game. The new cafeteria is behind the arena.
Tickets are $5, and children 4 and under are free for the all-you-can-eat meal of pancakes, sausage and a drink.
Tickets may be purchased from any Kiwanis member, Beebe High School Key Club members, at the Beebe Schools Central Office, Simmons First Bank, First Security Bank in Beebe or at the door.
Proceeds will help fund scholarships to Beebe High School seniors, donations to a local food pantry, Angel Tree and also the Key Club. Most recently, the Kiwanis donated funds to the Beebe High School Key Club to help with expenses to the MO-ARK Key Club District Leadership Convention, which will be in Springfield, Mo. this spring.
The Beebe Kiwanis Club meets at noon each Thursday in the ASU-Beebe Student Center’s Stephens Room.
The Kiwanis Club is a volunteer organization that helps the community’s young people. For more information, call 501-230-2890 or 501-288-2446.
CABOT LEGION TO HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE
The Cabot American Legion Post 71 will hold a Four Chaplains Memorial Service at 2 p.m. Sunday at 116 N. First St.
The event is open to the public.
The ceremony honors the “four Army chaplains who gave up their life jackets and prayed together when their transport ship, the U.S.A.T Dorchester, was torpedoed 80 miles south of Greenland on Feb. 3, 1943. The chaplains came from different faiths and backgrounds.
“John P. Washington was a Catholic Priest from Kearny, N.J. Rabbi Alexander D. Goode was a native of York, Penn. Clark V. Poling was a minister in the Reformed Church in America at the First Reformed Church in Schenectady, N.Y. George L. Fox, a decorated World War I veteran, was a Methodist minister in Gilman, Vt.,” according to an announcement from the Cabot American Legion.
CABOT TEACHERS GROUP TO HONOR TOP EDUCATORS
The Cabot Classroom Teacher Association has begun its annual effort to honor the district’s outstanding educators.
Through March 2, parents, colleagues, principals, students and members of the public can nominate the community’s teachers for the annual Cabot CTA Teachers with Heart Award.
This year, 14 teachers (seven elementary school finalists at pre-K through sixth-grade campuses and seven secondary finalists at seventh- through 12th-grade campuses) will be selected as finalists. All finalists will be recognized at the end-of-year district meeting in May. Two outstanding teachers (one elementary school teacher and one secondary school teacher) will be presented the award and $300.
Nomination forms are available online through the district’s website at http://www.cabotschools.org/.
They can be dropped off at any school campus in a sealed envelope or mailed to Pam Sowell at Eastside Elementary School, 17 Bellamy St., Cabot, Ark. 72023.
BLOOD DRIVE AT FIRST ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
First Electric Cooperative will host an American Red Cross blood drive from noon until 4 p.m. Tuesday at 1000 S. J.P. Wright Loop Road in Jacksonville. To schedule an appointment, visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter code FECJ. Walk-ins are also welcome.
CANDIDATES FORUM AT SOUTH BEND FIRE DEPT.
South Bend Fire and Rescue will hold a meet-the-candidates forum from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26 at the fire station, 4414 Hwy. 294.
BEEBE HIGH SCHOOL TO HOST RUN/WALK FUNDRAISER
Beebe High School’s Project Graduation, which offers a chaperoned, drug-free and alcohol-free party on the night of graduation, will hold a fundraiser Color Run on Saturday, March 19.
The run, which has no time limit and is open to runners, joggers and walkers, will start at the high school and will offer a 5K and one-mile route. During the race, participants will be doused with colored powder at various points, including at the finish line.
Check-in will be from 7:30 until 8 a.m. with race start time at 8:30 a.m. Registration is $40 until March 4.
The fee for the competitive 5K is $40. T-shirts for the event will cost $20.
Registration and donations can be submitted online at http://BeebeColorRun.EventBrite.com.
People who register before March 4 will receive an individual color packet, a race bib and a T-shirt. But registrations will be accepted until 8 a.m. on the day of the event. Extra color packets can be purchased for $4 each.
Volunteers are needed to work the registration table, water and refreshment stations, color stations, the finish line and vendor area.
