Rotary
The Rotary Club of Fayetteville will meet in person at noon Aug. 26 at Mermaids Restaurant, 2217 N. College Ave. in Fayetteville. The program will involve special celebrations. The meeting will still be offered via Zoom, for those not comfortable coming in person. Please email the club for a link.
Information: [email protected].
Nebraskans
The Nebraska Club is holding a Tailgate Party at 5 p.m. Aug. 27 at the Kingsdale Pavilion in Bella Vista. The event will be catered by Papa Mike's and will include pulled pork sandwiches, chips, beans, coleslaw, watermelon and beverages. The cost is $12.50 per person.
There will be a short general meeting. The club will also be auctioning off two football tickets for the Sept. 18 Nebraska versus Buffalo game.
To attend and join the club please contact one of the following: Marcia Gerdes at (605) 870-1880 or Dave Oelkers at (402) 317-8385.
Nurses
The Retired Nurses of Northwest Arkansas will meet at noon Aug. 31 at Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville in Classroom A. An optional lunch can be purchased across the hall at the Allspice Cafe beginning at 11:15 a.m. The noon presentation by Lisa Kelley, attorney, will be about estate planning and spend-down.
Information: (479) 715-6352.
Hill N Dale
The Hill N Dale Hiking Club will be hiking Sept. 2 on a section of the Tunnel Vision Trail in Bella Vista. This is a 6.2 mile out-and-back hike. This trail crosses Forest Hills Road (279) and continues to bluff trails and Little Sugar Creek, with an option to hike a shorter 3.5 mile loop.
Participants will meet at 9 a.m. at the Scotsdale Golf Course parking lot, 10 Scotsdale Lane in Bella Vista.
Interested hikers may contact Bev Munstermann at (479) 721-2193 or [email protected].
Information: bvhikingclub.com.
Andante
Andante Music Club of Bella Vista begins their 2021-22 season of musical programs Sept. 7. Meetings are held at Highland Christian Church, 1500 Forest Hills Blvd. in Bella Vista. A light luncheon will be provided at 12:30 p.m. The program will be at 1:30 p.m. Yvonne Washer-Carson, pianist and Sarah Benzinger, soprano, will perform.
Andante's programs are always free and open to the public.
Information: andantemusicclub.org or email [email protected].
Bowling
The Bella Vista Senior Coffee League is looking for ladies over the age of 50 who would like to have some fun on Tuesday mornings at Rogers Bowling Center from September to March.
If interested, please contact either Ilene Mereweather at (479) 366-0265 or Bonnie Martineck at (479) 855-2638.
Astronomy
Sugar Creek Astronomical Society is an amateur astronomy club based in Northwest Arkansas. It was founded in Bella Vista and currently serves amateur astronomers and their families from southern Missouri to Fayetteville.
Monthly club meetings of the SCAS are held the second Tuesday each month at the Waterway Christian Church in Bentonville. "Astronomy Fundamentals" starts at 6:30 p.m. followed by the general meeting at 7 p.m. The next meeting will be Sept. 14 featuring a member Astro Show & Tell, a featured speaker and constellation of the month, with viewing afterwards, weather permitting. All ages are welcome!
Information: Paul Anderson at (928) 651-0334.