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Courtesy photo Plants are being prepared for the Benton County Master Gardeners fourth annual Lawn & Garden Expo that will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday (rain or shine) at First United Methodist Church, 201 NW Second St. in Bentonville. Members have been potting plants from their gardens to share at the spring plant sale, which will include native plants, perennials, trees, herbs, annuals and vegetables. Discover bargains and treasures at the Lawn & Garden Expo offering new and gently used and experienced tools. There is also the opportunity to “Ask a Master” for advice on plants, take in presentations on organic gardening and composting, tool sharpening, learn about bee keeping, raising chickens, pest identification and more. Admission is free. All proceeds from sales go to support local community and garden projects in Benton County. Information: home.bentoncountygardening.org.
Courtesy photo Plants are being prepared for the Benton County Master Gardeners fourth annual Lawn & Garden Expo that will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday (rain or shine) at First United Methodist Church, 201 NW Second St. in Bentonville. Members have been potting plants from their gardens to share at the spring plant sale, which will include native plants, perennials, trees, herbs, annuals and vegetables. Discover bargains and treasures at the Lawn & Garden Expo offering new and gently used and experienced tools. There is also the opportunity to “Ask a Master” for advice on plants, take in presentations on organic gardening and composting, tool sharpening, learn about bee keeping, raising chickens, pest identification and more. Admission is free. All proceeds from sales go to support local community and garden projects in Benton County. Information: home.bentoncountygardening.org.

Osteomates

The Northwest Arkansas Ostomy Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. today at Hope Cancer Resources, 5835 W. Sunset Ave. in Springdale. There will be an educational meeting beginning at 1 p.m. The topic for the month will be hydration.

Information: nwaostomy.weebly.com.

Glade Community

The second quarter general meeting of the Glade Community Historical Society will be at 3 p.m. today at the Glade Post Office/Store, 20659 Slate Gap Road in Garfield. In addition to the regular meeting agenda, storyteller and blacksmith Jody Roller will bring history alive with a blacksmithing demonstration, and there will be an opportunity to see the progress to date on the Glade Post Office/Store restoration project.

Information: email dbatwb@msn.com.

Library Friends

Bella Vista Friends of the Library will hold a half-price book sale from Monday through Saturday at the library's used book store. Every book in the store will be on sale. Categories include fiction, nonfiction, rare books, classics, cookbooks, health, religion and paperback. Encore! Books is sponsored by the Friends of the Library, and all proceeds go to the expansion project.

Information: bvpl.org/friends-of-the-library.

Art Guild

The Rogers Art Guild will meet at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Peace Lutheran Church, 805 W. Olrich St. in Rogers. Connie Edris will present a program about making tea envelopes. Visitors are welcome.

Information: (479) 799-7060.

Historians

The South Madison County Historical Society will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at the St. Paul City Hall.

Information: curtyates@cox.net.

Democrats

The Benton County Democrats will meet Monday at Golden Corral, 2605 W. Pleasant Crossing in Rogers. Lunch will begin at 11 a.m. with the meeting at noon. The featured speaker will be State Sen. Uvalde Lindsey. He will summarize some of the actions of this last legislative session.

Information: (479) 721-2747.

Chorus

The Perfect Harmony Women's Barbershop Chorus will meet from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday in the choir room of the United Lutheran Church of Bella Vista. The chorus meets each Monday.

Information: (479) 876-7204 or perfectharmonybv.org.

Garden Club

The Bentonville Garden Club will meet at 12:30 p.m.Tuesday at Compton Gardens, 312 N. Main St. in Bentonville. April is Arkansas Native Plant month, and Corrin Troutman, executive director of the Peel Compton Foundation, will be speaking on Arkansas native plants.

Information: (479) 619-9600.

Democrats

The Washington County Democratic Women will meet from 5:30 to 7 p.m.Tuesday at Mermaids Seafood Restaurant in Fayetteville. Political strategist Jessica Deloach Sabin will be the guest speaker. She provides strategic consulting for clients and is senior director of policy and media for the Center for a Better South, based in Charleston, S.C.

Sabin was recently appointed by the Democratic Party of Arkansas to lead the newly established Committee of the Future, which is tasked with gathering information, formulating a plan of action and providing tools and resources for county committees.

The program is free and open to the public. Dinner is optional and is $16. Please make reservations by noon Monday.

Information: (479) 251-1835 or demwomwashcoar@gmail.com.

Sunrise Rotary

The Bella Vista Sunrise Rotary Club will hold a breakfast meeting at 7 a.m. Wednesday at the Concordia Main Building, 1 Concordia Drive. Guests are welcome.

Information: (479) 866-7438.

Cancer Support

Hope Cancer Resources and Highlands Oncology Group offers a support group for patients affected by lymphedema from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Highlands Oncology Group in Rogers. This group is co-facilitated by lymphedema professionals and an oncology social worker.

Information: (479) 361-5847.

Civil War

The Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the General Store at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, 118 W. Johnson Ave. in Springdale. The program will be on "Death and Burial Customs of the Ozarks during the Civil War," presented by author Abby Burnett of Kingston. The meeting is open to anyone with an interest in Civil War history.

Information: (479) 936-4663.

Stage IV

Hope Cancer Resources offers a support group for women living with any type of stage IV cancer from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Hope Cancer Resources, 5835 W. Sunset Ave. in Springdale.

Information: (479) 361-5847.

Hill 'N Dale

Hill 'N Dale Hiking Club of Bella Vista will travel to Madison County Friday to hike King's River Overlook and Tea Kettle Falls in the Wildlife Management Area. This will be two hikes, easy and moderate, 21/2 to 3 miles combined.

Depart at 8 a.m. from the upper level parking area of Harps in Bella Vista and carpool to McIlroy/Madison Wildlife Management Area. Nonmembers are welcome.

Information: (913) 669-4967, (417) 501-4535, bvhikingclub.com, or email geo1rig@aol.com or dora16@gmail.com.

Naturalists

Northwest Arkansas Master Naturalists will hold their public annual plant sale from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks. The native plant special interest group will be one of many different vendors at the event, selling numerous perennial plants propagated by the group. The Master Naturalist plantings are native to Arkansas, with an emphasis on host and pollinator plants for butterflies.

The sale for BGO members only is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. There is no admission fee for either event, and cash and checks will be accepted for purchases.

Information: (479) 644-4294.

Cemetery Group

The Washington County Cemetery Preservation Group will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Elm Springs Heritage Museum, 106 Water St. in Elm Springs. The guest speaker will be Allison Raymer, from Emerson Monument, to speak on tombstone symbols.

Information: judyfaulkner@att.net.

Nebraskans

The Nebraska Club is planning a Golf 'n Burgers, a four-person scramble, with a shotgun start at 3:30 p.m. April 30 at Scotsdale Golf Course, 10 Scotsdale Lane in Bella Vista. Reservations should be made with Ron Krolikowski, 2 Wendron Lane, Bella Vista, AR 72714.

Burgers will follow at 6:30 p.m. at Loch Lomond Pavilion. The cost is $12 per person. Reservations are due today.

Information: (479) 876-2009.

Trails

The Ozarks Highlands Trail Association will be hiking to Hawksbill Crag, an iconic prominent stone bluff outcropping that resembles a hawk's head and bill, on April 30. This much photographed landmark attracts thousands of visitors each year.

For carpooling, meet at 8:30 a.m. at Harps Grocery in Elkins near the gas pumps. All hikers are welcome, but no pets are allowed.

Information: (479) 466-5214 or email miker.lemaster@gmail.com.

Send Club News to ourtown@nwadg.com. Deadline is 4 p.m. Tuesday for Sunday publication.

NAN Profiles on 04/23/2017

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