Sunflower Club
The Kansas Sunflower Club will meet at 11 a.m.
Monday at the Acropolis Restaurant in Bentonville. Bring a white elephant or other prize for playing bingo.
All former Kansas residents are invited. There are no dues.
Information: (479) 855-2028.
Kingsdale Squares
The Kingsdale Squares will dance from 7 to 9 p.m.
Monday at Riordan Hall in Bella Vista. Caller will be Mike Huddleston.
Information: (479) 876-8432 or (479) 855-9525.
Nyte Tyme Quilters
Bella Vista Nyte Tyme Quilters will meet at 7 p.m.
Monday. This month’s program will be presented by June Hansen about “Fun in My Sewing Room.”
The group usually meets the third Monday of every month except December.
New and experienced quilters are welcome.
The group meets at the United Lutheran Church on the corner of Cooper and Forest Hills Boulevard.
Information: (479) 268-4891.
Democrats
Columnist John Brummett will speak at the Benton County Democrats’ monthly meeting and luncheon, to be held at 11:30 a.m. April 22 at the Elks Lodge at 501 S. 40th St. in Rogers.
Brummett, a longtime journalist and observer of Arkansas politics, is the author of “High Wire,” an account of the first year of the Clinton administration. Currently he writes a column for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
He will speak on how actions of the current Arkansas Legislature may impact the 2014 election.
Lunch is $12 payable at the door.
Reservations by April 17: (760) 716-3870 or email [email protected].
Book Club
The Bella Vista Book Club will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church of Bella Vista, 20 Boyce Drive, to discuss John Steinbeck’s novel “Tortilla Flat.”
Information: (479) 986-0541.
McKissick Chapter
The Col. Daniel McKissick Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, will meet from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church of Bella Vista, 20 Boyce Drive. Members as well as prospective members are invited to attend.
Information: (479) 855-4990 or (479) 876-5116.
Fleet Reserve
The Fleet Reserve Association and Auxiliary will meet at 2:30 p.m. April 21 at the Western Sizzlin in Springdale.
Information: (479) 841-4856 or (479) 640-7912.
Nebraska Club
The Nebraska Club will hold a post-income tax day party and potluck dinner Saturday at the Veterans of Foreign Affairs Bella Vista Post. Social hour is from 4 to 5 p.m. with dinner served at 5 p.m.
Those attending are asked to remit $5 per person to cover snacks and beverages for the social hour. Reservations for dinner should be sent to K.B. Smith, 9 Windsor Lane, Bella Vista 72715.
Those attending are asked to bring salad if their last name begins with A-G, a main dish if last name is H-O and dessert if last name is P-Z.
Information: (479) 876-2009.
Lions Club
The Bella Vista Lions Club will meet at 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday for a dinner buffet at Concordia Retirement Center’s main building, 1 Concordia Drive. Guest speaker Susan Young will introduce the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. All guests are welcome to attend.
Reservations: (479) 633-3881.
Daylily Club
The Ozark Hills Daylily Club will hold spring plant sales from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday and April 27 at the Bella Vista Wasterwater Co., U.S. 71 South, near the Missouri border, 380 Bella Vista Way. The club grows, divides and pots numerous named varieties of daylilies, which will be offered for sale to the public at reasonable prices.
This year, in addition to the already potted plants, daylilies will also be freshly dug from the garden by club members for those customers who request them. Pictures of all daylilies in bloom will be available at the sale.
Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions.
Proceeds go toward scholarships for University of Arkansas horticulture students.
Information: (479) 855-1279.
Genealogists
The Northwest Arkansas Genealogical Society will meet at 6 p.m. April 22 at the Bentonville Public Library, 405 S. Main St.
Bill Smith, blogger and writer, will present “13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor’s Story.” He has been actively involved in family history research since 1995 and is retired from Emporia (Kan.) State University.
The public is welcome.
Information: (479) 271-6820.
Toastmasters
The Deihl Toastmasters Club will meet at 7 p.m.
Thursday at Village Insurance community room, 2838 Bella Vista Way in Bella Vista.
Meetings are held the first and third Thursday of every month to improve public speaking and leadership skills. Visitors are welcome.
Information: s_baker@ cox.net or (479) 271-2343.
Quilts of Love
The Granny’s Quilts of Love will meet at 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church in Pea Ridge.
They have made 15,000 quilts donated to the Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
Information: (479) 451-8640.
Ladies Day Out
The Bella Vista Ladies Day Out group will meet at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. The group will have lunch at the Wooden Spoon in Gentry, with afternoon shopping in Siloam Springs and Gentry.
Meet at the Village Bible Free Evangelical Church across from Bella Vista Town Center Arvest Bank to carpool.
Information: (479) 925-7504 or (479) 855-0937.
Bella Vista Singles
The Bella Vista Singles will have their monthly dinner at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Abuelo’s in Rogers.
Reservations by Wednesday: (479) 268-4282.
Rogers Art Guild
The Rogers Art Guild Spring Exhibit and Juried Show will be held from Friday through May 12 at theRogers Public Library. Stop by and see fine art paintings and photography by club members during library hours in the community room. A reception will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. May 12.
The club meets on the fourth Monday of the month at Peace Lutheran Church, Eighth and Olive streets in Rogers.
Information: (479)-254-0029 or (479) 936-1173.
Pieces ’N Patches
Pieces ’N Patches will meet Monday at Peace Lutheran Church, 805 W.
Olrich St. in Rogers. ThereseRamsey will teach a quilting class. The meeting starts at 10 a.m., and lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. Visitors are welcome.
Information: (972) 978-4488 or (479) 657-6643.
Trail Association
The Ozark Highlands Trail Association will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Washington County Extension Office at 2536 McConnell Road inFayetteville. Bring snacks to share and bring a friend for an evening of informal trail conversation, news, a short business meeting and program.
Norma Senyard, OHTA secretary and world traveler, will show photographs from Beijing, the Great Wall, pandas at Chengdu, terra cotta warriors at Xian, yaks in Tibet, lovely Lijiang, plus Macao and Hong Kong.
Information: jdwarnock@ cox.net.
Senior Democrats
The Senior Democrats of Northwest Arkansas will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Western Sizzlin, 3492 Sunset Ave. in Springdale.
Mary Dillard will talk about “AARP Policy Advocacy at the State and National Level.”
Information: [email protected].
Breakfast Lions
The Bentonville Breakfast Lions will meet with city leaders Mayor Bob McCaslin and Director of Community Development Troy Galloway at 6:30 a.m. Friday at Acropolis Restaurant on North Walton Boulevard next to the new Harps location.
Information: marciaron@ cox.net.
Bipolar Support
The Bipolar Support Group will meet from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at Acoustic Mud, 1721 Forest Hills Blvd. in Bella Vista.
Information: (479) 657-6376.
Quilters United
A celebration of the conclusion of the 2013 quilt show will be among the events at the April 25 meeting of Quilters United in Learning Together. The quilt show was April 12 and 13.
QUILT meets at 7 p.m.
at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2898 S. 48th St. in Springdale.
Information: quiltguild nwa.edublogs.org or search QUILT Guild of NWA on Facebook.
Quilt Guild
The recently formed Modern Quilt Guild of Northwest Arkansas will welcome quilter Jenifer Dick to their May 2 meeting. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. upstairs at The Rabbit’s Lair, 116 S. First St. in Rogers.
Dick will speak on her transition from traditional to modern quilter. She will also teach a workshop on invisible machine applique, details of which will be announced by The Rabbit’s Lair.
More information on the guild can be found on Facebook by searching for Modern Quilt Guild of NWA.
Send Club News to ourtown@ nwaonline.com. Deadline is 4 p.m. Tuesday for Sunday publication.
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