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THREE RIVERS AREA — ONGOING Museum Schedule CABOT - The Museum of American History at 401 S. Second St. will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and on Nov. 18, Dec. 2 and Dec. 16.

Gallery Exhibition BATESVILLE - An art exhibit featuring works by Margaret LeJeune and Dustyn Bork, assistant professors of art at Lyon College, will be on display through Friday at the Kresge Gallery at Lyon College.

TODAY Legend of the White RIver Monster NEWPORT - Hear the legend of the White River Monster from 3:30-4 p.m. at the Jacksonport State Park picnic area. The legend of “Whitey” goes back to the 1800s and resurfaced again in the 1930s and ’70s. For more information, contact the park interpreter at (870) 523-2143 or donna. bentley@arkansas.gov.

Outdoor Movie BATESVILLE - The Batesville Area Arts Council will show an outdoor movie at 7 p.m. Hocus Pocus will be shown at Couch Garden on the Lyon College campus just behind Brown Chapel.

Fall Carnival CABOT - Christ Church of Cabot will hold its annual Fall Carnival from 3-6 p.m. at the church’s new location, 100 Gateway Drive. This year’s carnival will feature games, bouncy houses, live music, a trunk-and-treat car show and more. All proceeds will go to Crossroad House for Girls in Cabot. For more information, call (501) 843-2302 or email children@ChristUMC-Cabot.com.

MONDAY Harvest Share Celebration JACKSONVILLE - Second Baptist Church will hold its annual Harvest Share Celebration from 5-8 p.m. There will be a hayride, food, games and music. The church is at 1117 N. James St. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (501) 985-2502.

Trick-or-Treat On the Square SEARCY - The Downtown Searcy Association will hold Trick-or Treat on the Square from 5 to 7 p.m. Businesses and organizations will hand out candy. Trick-or-treat activities, games and a costume contest will be held. For more information, call (501) 268-3434 or (501) 279-9007.

FRIDAY Driver Safety Course SEARCY - Primes Times of the White County Medical Center will offer an AARP Driver Safety Course from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hubach Center at WRMC. Participants should park in the back of the hospital off Moore Street and take the elevator to the first floor. All veterans and their spouses can take the course free with proper identification. The cost of the course is $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers. Bring an AARP card for the discount. To register, call Anna Overbay at (501) 380-1057.

Fall Festival CHARLOTTE - The Cord-Charlotte

Elementary School Parent Teacher

Organization will hold its annual fall festival

from 6-8:30 p.m. Food and pageants will be

in the school’s cafeteria, and games will be

in the gym. Pageants will begin at 6, and

entry forms can be picked up at the school’s

office or at A Formal Affair in Batesville. For

more information, call (870) 799-3051.

SATURDAY

Jingle Jangle

Christmas Expo

MELBOURNE - The third annual Jingle

Jangle Christmas Expo will be held from 9

a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Izard County

Fairgrounds Exhibit Building in Melbourne.

Local independent consultants and vendors

will offer a day of stress-free holiday shop

ping. Christmas-card pictures with Santa will

also be available. For more information, call

(870) 291-7973.

Craft Fair

HEBER SPRINGS - The Cleburne County

Extension Homemakers Council will hold

its eighth annual Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to

3 p.m. at the Cleburne County Fairgrounds

Commercial Building, 880 Bittle Road. Ad

mission and parking are free, and food will

be available for purchase. For more informa

tion, call (501) 556-4311.

Chili Challenge

GREERS FERRY - The Greers Ferry Area

Chamber of Commerce will hold the 29th

annual Chili Challenge from 4:30-7 p.m.

at the West Side School Cafeteria. KTHV

meteorologist Tom Brannon will emcee the

event. For an entry form, call Norma at (501)

825-7224 or Sharon at (501) 825-6616.

Rummage Sale

BEEBE - Beebe Methodist Church will hold

a rummage sale and bazaar from 7 a.m. to

1:30 p.m. There will be a craft and bake

sale, as well as a silent auction. There will

also be a soup luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1

p.m. For booth rental, call (501) 882-6427.

Bunko Bash

CABOT - The Junior Auxiliary of Cabot

will hold its bunko bash. Doors will open at

5:30 p.m., and bunko will begin at 6:30 at

the National Guard Armory, 103 Commerce

Park Drive. Admission is $25 in advance or

$30 at the door. Proceeds will benefit the

children of Cabot. For more information, call

Stephanie May at (501) 259-2967.

SAME Café

SEARCY - The SAME Café will be open

from 4-6 p.m. at the West Side Church of

Christ, 709 W. Arch St. in Searcy. The SAME

Café is open the first and third Saturdays of

each month to anyone in the community who

would like a free warm meal.

Prettiest Man Contest

MOUNTAIN VIEW - The Stone County Of

ficer Santa Program will hold a Prettiest Man

Contest and pie and cake auction at 6:30

p.m. at the Stone County Fairgrounds. The

contestant fee is $25, and admission to the

event is a nonperishable holiday food item,

such as cans of green beans, cranberry

sauce or corn. Cash donations will also be

accepted, and all proceeds will go to the

Officer Santa Program that assists in mak

ing the Christmases of Stone County’s un-derprivileged children better. For more information, call Glen Crymes at (870) 615-4486, Donald Crispell at (870) 213-6319 or Mike Rodgers at (870) 615-3043.

Gourds Workshop POWHATTAN - A beginners workshop, Gourds, the Versatile Plant, will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Powhattan State Park, 31 S. Second St. in Powhattan. Participants will learn to decorate and shape gourds. There is a $20 registration fee, which includes materials and supplies. Those attending are asked to wear protective clothing because some of the materials used may stain. Class size is limited. To register, contact the park at (870) 878-6765 or email powhatan@arkansas.com.

SATURDAY AND NOV. 6 Pioneer Village Open House SEARCY - Pioneer Village will hold its fall open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 1-4 p.m. Nov. 6. Costumed guides will be on thegrounds and in the buildings. There will be live music, food, homemade aprons and bonnets, historic toys, coon-skin caps, cookbooks, kettle corn and a bake sale. There will be demonstrations of Dutch-oven cooking, quilting and yarn spinning, and a display on cotton farming, sorghum making and the new strawberry shed. Pioneer Village is at 1166 Higginson St. For more information, call (501) 580-6633 or (501) 278-5010.

UPCOMING White County Iris Society Meeting SEARCY - The regular monthly meeting of the White County Iris Society will be at 2 p.m. Nov. 6, the first Sunday of the month, rather than the usual second-Sunday date. The meeting will be at The Lightle House, 605 E. Race. The program will be presented by Dennis Organ, who will show pictures of his recent trip to Israel. The public is invited.

Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon BATESVILLE - The Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon Benefit for the Ozark Foothills FilmFest will feature RodneyBlock and the Real Music Lovers at 3 p.m. Nov. 6 at Elizabeth’s Restaurant in downtown Batesville. Tickets are $25 and include appetizers, beer and wine. For tickets, call (870) 251-1189 or email ozarkfilm@wildblue.net.

Holiday Bazaar CHEROKEE VILLAGE - The United Methodist Women of Cherokee Village United Methodist Church will hold their annual Holiday Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 12 at the church, at the cor ner of Keno and Otter Drive in Cherokee Village. The bazaar will feature baked goods and candies, craft items, a silent auction, personalized Christmas ornaments and pictures with Santa. Coffee, coffeecakes and donuts will be available from 8:30-10 a.m. Lunch will be served from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for $5.

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