CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

BENTONVILLE — USS Snook Base of the U.S. Submarine Veterans

The group will host a decommissioning ceremony of the Diamond Chapter of Arkansas' World War II submarine veterans at 6 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Clarion Hotel and Convention Center in Bentonville. Call Terry Fallatt at 986-9180 or Sharleen Rathmell at 644-4440.

Order of the Purple Heart

Rogers Chapter 633 will meet at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 10 at Foxfire Meadows in Rogers. Call 619-8246.

Bentonville Noon Lions Club

The club will meet at noon Thursday at the Acropolis Restaurant in Bentonville.

Bentonville Kiwanis Young Professional Leaders Club

The group will meet for the first time at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Panera Bread in Bentonville. The meeting will be an informational meeting.

Kingsdale Squares

The group will give "Plus Lessons" from 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at Riordan Hall in Bella Vista. Dancing will be from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. with caller Johnny Eubanks.

For more information, call 855-9525 or 855-4349.

Preceptor Alpha Upsilon

The last meeting was held Sept. 14 at the home of Kathy Spila with 11 members present.

President Wilma Fizer called for the opening ritual. Minutes and the treasurer's report were approved as read. Service Chairwoman Vicki Lunsford reported that the donations of Children's Advocacy Center treats will continue to be collected at the first meeting of each month.

Marilyn Glenn will collect oatmeal for the food bank at the second meeting of each month. The phone committee reported all were contacted. Marilyn Glenn read from the Yard Stick. The mystery package was won by Callie Ockerman. The 2009-2010 budget was approved. The next meeting will be Monday at Marilyn Glenn's home. The Christmas social will be at the Prairie Creek Steakhouse on Dec. 4.

Benton County Democratic Central Committee

The committee will meet Oct. 12 in Bentonville. The meeting is planned for 90 minutes and will get under way at 6 p.m. at the Bentonville Public Library.The library is at 405 S. Main St.

Siloam Springs Republican Women

The group will welcome Joyce Phillips, a past president of the Arkansas Federation of Republican Women, at their Monday meeting. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Signature Bank Community Room, 200 Progress Ave. in Siloam Springs. Coffee will be served at 6:30 p.m. The program will get under way at 7 p.m.

Phillips is also a former membership chairperson of the National Federation of Republican Women.

NWACC Art Club

In recognition of National Arts and Humanities Month, the club is hosting "Art Rocks," a concert benefiting the club and Benton County School of the Arts High School.

The concert will be held at the Benton County Fairgrounds Arena on Saturday. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the show will start at 7 p.m. The lineup includes Taylor Clayborne, Disasterful, Sucker Punch Railroad and the Great Scotts. Concessions will be available.

Advance tickets only are available for $10 at the Barnes & Noble Campus Bookstore at Northwest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville, Freedom Powersports in Rogers, Take 2 Video in Bentonville and Benton County School of the Arts High School in Rogers.

Bella Vista Fly Tyers Club

The club will hold its regular monthly business meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday at Riordan Hall in Bella Vista.

Ozark Hills Daylily Club

The club will participate in the fall plant sale at the Northwest Arkansas Garden Co-Op, just inside the Village Wastewater Co. plant on U.S. Highway 71, near the Missouri border, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Theclub will offer numerous varieties of potted daylily plants for sale to the public, and members will be on hand to answer questions. For more information, call John Harris at 631-1113.

Bella Vista Republican Women

Two GOP candidates in the 2010 election - Buddy Rogers and Bernie Skoch - will be guest speakers Monday.

The meetingwill begin at 9 a.m. at Concordia Retirement Village, 1 Concordia Drive in Bella Vista.

Rogers, a candidate for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate, announced his candidacy last Tuesday.

Rogers faces numerous GOP rivals in the race for the Republican nomination.

The winner of the GOP primary will face the Democratic candidate.

U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., is seeking a third term and may face a challenge from state Sen. Bob Johnson, D-Bigelow.

Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen.

Bernie Skoch will be the other speaker at the club meeting.

He is seeking the GOP nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives from northwest Arkansas' 3rd Congressional District.

The other candidate in the race for the GOP U.S. House nomination isincumbent U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Ark. Elected in a special election in 2001, Boozman is seeking a sixth term in the U.S. House.

Welcome Club Ladies Day Out

On Oct. 20, the group will go to the Peel Mansion in Bentonville for a private tour of the Peel Mansion Museum and Heritage Gardens. Members will have lunch in the conservatory. The cost is $20. After lunch, members will tour Compton Gardens.

Members will meet for carpooling at 9:15 a.m. in the parking lot across from the Town Center, just to the right of the Village Bible Evangelical Free Church in Bella Vista.

For reservations and luncheon choice, contact Donna Griffiths at 876-2725 or [email protected] or Marie Barnak at 876-5355 or [email protected].

Money should be sent to Marie Barnak at 45 Headley Drive, Bella Vista, AR 72714 by Oct. 16.

Christian Women's Club

"Fashions for Fall" is the theme for the Oct. 13 meeting. Fashions from Dillard's will be featured. The meeting and brunch will be from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 20 Boyce Drive in Bella Vista. The cost is $10.

For reservations, call 855-9220 or 715-6134.

Wal-Mart Retired Women's Group

The group will meet at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 6 at the No. 1 Chinese Buffet in Rogers. For more information, call 359-3479.

Bella Vista Kiwanis Club

The club's annual poinsettia sale is under way.

The plants, in red, white or salmon, are $10 each and stand 16 to 20 inches tall. Each will have six to nine blooms.

Plants are being sold by all club members and will be delivered on Dec. 3. Special delivery options are available.

Proceeds will go toward the club's many community projects.

To order, call 855-9553 or 855-6349.

The club, responding to interest shown for an evening club, will hold an informational meeting beginning with dinner at 6 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Bella Vista Country Club.

Anyone who wants to learn more about the organization or is interested in joining is invited to attend.

Bella Vista American Legion Post 341

There will be a ranch-style steak dinner from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Post, 1889 Bella Vista Way.

The dinner will include steak, all the trimmings and coffee or tea for $10.

All proceeds will go to the Legion's building fund.

Tickets are available from any Legion member.

For more information, call 899-3267.

Siloam Springs Writers

The group held its annual fall prose and poetry workshop at the Siloam Springs Senior Activity Center. Linda Fulkerson, chairwoman of the Arkansas Branch of American Christian Fiction Writers, judged prose entries and spoke to the writers on "Perking Up Your Prose."

Andy Trevathan, a doctoral candidate in poetry at the University of Arkansas, judged poetry entries and gave those present a summary of poetry styles from the earliest recorded to the present. She also gave hints for writing contemporary poetry.

Contest winners in various categories were as follows: Prose winners

Adult Short Story: First place, Marcia Camp, "Dear Falsehood"; second place, Wanda F. Jones, "After the Whispers"; third place, Sylvia Alderton, "His Exit"; and Honorable Mention, Billie Hammers, "Shadow Over Mountain Trail."

An Unforgettable Person I Know: First place, Rachel Kulp, "Great Aunt Bunn"; second place, Wanda F. Jones, "Because She Lives With Cancer"; third place, Pam Long, "An Unforgettable Person I Know"; and Honorable Mention, Georgia Bateman, "Margaret Alberta Phalen."

Children's Story: First place, Georgia Alderink, "Faith"; second place, Georgia Bateman, "Birds of a Feather"; Billie Hammers, "Randy and the Pinkie Promise"; and Honorable Mention, Rachel Kulp, "Home Sweet Home."

Story From Another Culture: First place, Vivian Barcroft, "Anita the Artist"; second place, Rachel Kulp, "Ride the Big Gray"; third place, Georgia Bateman, "The Nanny"; and Honorable Mention, Billie Hammers, "Rub Board, Sore Knuckles and White Clothes."

Childhood Revisited: First place, Rachel Kulp, "Rats and Feathers"; second place, Joyce Burchfield, "Fishing for Crawdads"; Houston Cooper, "Miss Ruby's Gone"; and Honorable Mention, Sylvia Alderton, "Our Neighbor Burlie."

Pet Peeve: First place, Wanda F. Jones, "Television Noise Pollution"; second place, Rachel Kulp, "Grouchy About Grammar"; third place, Billie Hammers, "Condescending and Crude Commercials"; and Honorable Mention, Georgia Bateman, "The Social Issue that Bugs Me."Poetry winners

Japanese Haiku: First-place tie, Wanda F. Jones, "Sultry Summer Days"; Cathy Moran, "Sudden Rain"; Georgia Bateman, "Oh How Bright the Moon"; and Suzanne Stubblefield, "Coats Hung on Tree Bark."

Etheree: First place, Cathy Moran, "In a Dark Space"; second place, Jessica Hathaway, "Doubt"; third place, Wanda F. Jones, "Petal by Petal"; and Honorable Mention, Billie Hammers, "What's That Noise?"

Cinquain: First place, Cathy Moran, "Evening Composition"; second place, Rachel Kulp, "Volcano"; third place, Wanda F. Jones, "In the Church Yard"; and Honorable Mention, Billie Hammers, "Visionary."

Couplet: First place, Cathy Moran, "Weight of Justice"; second place, Wanda F. Jones, "To Our Eternal Love"; third place, Sylvia Alderton, "Summer Resident"; and Honorable Mention, Suzanne Stubblefield, "Choose Hue."

Narrative Poem: First place, Wanda F.Jones, "After A Decade"; second place, Cathy Moran, "Reaching Through the Water"; third place, Rachel Kulp, "When Flossie Died"; and Honorable Mention, Vivian Barcroft, "Sarah Jane."

Blank Verse: First place, Cathy Moran, "An Autumn Artist"; second place, Rachel Kulp, "Mama's Hankie"; third place, Wanda F. Jones, "A Mother Attends a Memorial Service for This Year's Victims of Drunk Drivers"; and Honorable Mention, Sylvia Alderton, "Bad Judgment."

The winning inspirational poem, "Nature's Family," presented at the door, was written by Sylvia Alderton of Bella Vista.

The October meeting of the Siloam Springs Writers will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Books on Broadway. Rachel Kulp will bring information and writing tips from the ACFW convention in September. Writing assignments to be brought to the meeting are a sonnet from the graveyard and a pioneer story. Visitors are welcome.