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THREE RIVERS AREA — To submit an item for the Calendar of Events, mail information to Calendar of Events, Three Rivers Edition, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, AR, 72203; send faxes to (501) 378-3500;

or email trnews@arkansasonline.com. Deadlines for calendar-item submissions are noon Friday for Thursday editions and noon Tuesday for Sunday editions.

ONGOING Mission 5,000 Free Meal JACKSONVILLE - First United Methodist Church in Jacksonville provides a free meal to the community twice a week. Mission 5,000 is open from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday at the church’s Family Life Center, 308 W. Main St. Everyone is invited for food and fellowship.

For more information, call the church at (501) 982-8176.

TODAY Civil War Exhibit Opening BATESVILLE - An expansion of the Civil War exhibit “Occupied Territory, 1862” at the Old Independence Regional Museum will open at 2 p.m. today. The exhibit focuses on the two-month period when the Federal Army of the Southwest took possession of Batesville.

George Lankford will present a program on the subject at 2 p.m. The free program is open to the public. The museum is at 380 S. Ninth St., between Boswell and Vine streets in Batesville.

TODAY AND MONDAY Daylily Garden PA N G B U R N - B l u e b i rd Hill Farm, on Cardinal Road off Arkansas 124, east of Pangburn, invites visitors to the daylily garden of Harry and Dorothy Roland today and Monday. More than 1,000 varieties of daylilies will be featured from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Admission is free.

Other dates are by appointment only. For more information, call (501) 728-3557 or email dhroland@windstream.net.

TUESDAY School Rezoning Meeting JACKSONVILLE - An open forum regarding the Pulaski County Special School District’s rezoning to reflect the results of the 2010 U.S. census will be at 6 p.m. at Jacksonville High School, 2400 Linda Lane.

For more information, call (501) 490-2000.

THURSDAY Care Caps Sew-In DAMASCUS - Care Cap Connections will hold a sew in from 9 : 30 a.m. to 2: 30 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Damascus. This project, under the direction of founder Mary Philips, will introduce new volunteers to the “Care Cap Way” of cutting, pinning, sewing and packaging comfortable kerchiefs for those who have gone through or are going through cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy. For more information, call (501) 884-3046.

FRIDAY Scholarship Application Deadline SEARCY - Friday is the deadline for applying for the White County Single Parent Scholarship Fund Inc.’s summer scholarships.

For information on how to apply, contact Dan Newsom, executive director, at (501) 230-2414, or visit www.aspsf.org/county_white.html.

SATURDAY Fishing Derby RUSSELL - The sixth annual Hope Outdoors Fishing Derby will begin at 8 a.m. in Russell.

Directions to the location are available to all participants and volunteers. Volunteers will be expected to assist anglers by baiting hooks and getting fish off hooks. Fishing will last until around noon. Lunch will be provided. Then, guest speaker Chuck Farneth, a world-renowned fly fisherman, will serve as guest speaker. For more information or to confirm attendance at the event, call (501) 278-4856 or (501) 593-2258. Participants need to bring their own lawn chairs and fishing tackle.

Civil War in Arkansas Program FAIRFIELD BAY - The Log Cabin Museum will present a program on Civil War in Arkansas at 11 a.m. Mary Hall will talk about the burial sites in Van Buren County, and at 1:30 p.m., Harmony, a band from Mountain View, will perform several Civil War songs. Those attending are asked to bring chairs. For more information, call (501) 884-3945.

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., for anyone in the community who would like a free warm meal.

For June and July, the SAME Café will be open only on the first Saturday of the month.

For more information, email d.dawson@cablelynx.com.

Beginning Crochet Workshop POWHATAN - Powhatan Historic State Park will offer a beginning crochet workshop from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The registration fee is $10 and includes all tools and materials.

Class size is limited. For more information, call (870) 878-6765 or email powhatan@arkansas.com.

UPCOMING Church Homecoming BEEBE - Antioch Community Church will hold Homecoming in Beebe on June 3. Worship will start at 10:30 a.m., with a potluck to follow, and singing will begin at 1:30 p.m.

Donations will be accepted on behalf of the Antioch Cemetery.

Everyone is invited. For more information, call Debi Brewer at (501) 944-8296.

Searcy AARP Driver Safety Course SEARCY - The Prime Times of White County Medical Center will offer an AARP Driver Safety Course from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 4 in the Hubach Center. The cost of the course is $12 for A ARP members and $14 for nonmembers. The Instructor for the class will be Rollo Kirchgatter. To register for the class, call (501) 380-1057.

Retired Teachers Meeting CABOT - Lonoke County Retired Teachers will meet at 11:30 a.m. June 4 at Mount Tabor Methodist Church on Arkansas 89 for a finger-food luncheon, installation of officers and a planning meeting. All retired school employees are invited. Participants are asked to bring nonperishable food items for local food pantries.

Cabot AARP Driving Course CABOT - An AARP driving course will be taught by Phil Ross from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 6 at Cabot United Methodist Church. The cost of the course is $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers. To register for the course, call Jean Davenport at ( 5 01) 8 4 3 - 5694.

CHS Class of 1972 Reunion CABOT - The Cabot High School Class of 1972 will hold its 40th-year reunion from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 9 in the Cabot Junior High North cafeteria. A catered lunch will be served from noon to 1 p.m. Anyone who graduated or taught in 1972 is invited to attend. The event will be a casual occasion.

For more information, contact Helen Graham Schroeder at (501) 831-1829 or helengrahamschroedeer@yahoo.com, or Daryl Isaac at (501) 259-8404 or dkisaac@gmail.com.

Understanding Depression Seminar SEARCY - The Dr. Robert E. Elliott Foundation will host an Understanding Depression seminar from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

June 15 in the Henry and Grace Farrar Building at Harding University. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. The free seminar is open to the public, and lunch will be provided.

Continuing Education Credits are available for a fee of $50.

For more information, call (501) 278-4357 or visit www.robertelliottfdn.com.