Homesteaders
The Bella Vista Homesteaders will meet at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 at Concordia of Bella Vista. House of Three, a nonprofit agency, will present a personal approach to senior living.
Visitors are welcome.
Information: (479) 876-2460.
Radio Club
The Little Switzerland Amateur Radio Club will meet at 2 p.m. Jan. 11 in the day room at Mercy Hospital, 214 Carter St. in Berryville. Anyone interested in ham radio is welcome to attend.
Information: littleswitzerlandarc.org.
Christians
The Bella Vista Christian Women's Connection will meet at 9 a.m. Jan. 14 at Bella Vista Community Church, 75 Lancashire Blvd. The public is invited.
The feature will be a thrift store fashion show. The guest speaker will be Lisa Nunley. Her presentation is titled "Doing The Impossible."
This brunch is held on the second Tuesday of each month. An all-American breakfast is served for $10. The program is sponsored by Stonecroft Ministries.
Information: (479) 876-5422 or email djlong45@cox.net.
Garden Club
The Bella Vista Garden Club will meet at 10 a.m. Jan. 22, at the Bella Vista Community Church, 75 E. Lancashire Blvd. Water, tea and pastries are served at 9:30 a.m.
Garden club members Geri Hoerner and Beth Kastl will speak about gardens in London. Master Gardener Tony LiCausi will provide one-on-one gardening information immediately following the regular meeting.
Visitors are welcome to attend.
Information: (515) 371-0701.
Wireless
The Ozark Wireless Society will meet at 10 a.m. Jan. 25 at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in downtown Springdale.
Information: (479) 750-8165 or visit shilohmuseum.org.
Ham Radio
Bella Vista radio amateur Glenn Kilpatrick received a "Ham of the Year" award at the December meeting of the Bella Vista Radio Club. Kilpatrick, who is the outgoing president for the club, won the designation from among all licensed "hams" across the four-state region of Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.
The award was presented on Dec. 5 at Highland Christian Church by David Norris of Redfield. Norris is the multi-state Delta Division director of the American Radio Relay League, which is amateur radio's national association.
The citation was for Kilpatrick's years of service to the amateur radio hobby and the local radio club, which has grown to the largest radio and electronics club in Northwest Arkansas and Southwest Missouri under his leadership, numbering more than 125 regional members.
New BVRC officers have been elected for 2020. The incoming president is Tom Northfell of Fayetteville, while Don Banta of Springdale is the new vice president. Bella Vistans Wayne Patton and Marc Whittlesey will continue as secretary and treasurer for the club, respectively.
The group meets on the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at Highland Christian Church, 1500 Forest Hills Blvd. in Bella Vista. Anyone interested in learning more about the amateur radio hobby is invited to attend.
Information: BellaVistaRadioClub.org.
NAN Profiles on 12/29/2019