THURSDAY
Bankers Blood Drive planned
forThursday
El Dorado Bankers will have a blood drive from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. today at the South Arkansas Arts Center, 110 E. Fifth St., El Dorado.
Banks that will be participating in the event include BancorpSouth, First Financial Bank, Simmons Bank, Smackover State Bank and Southern Bancorp.
Pizza, spudnuts and drinks will be provided to donors and door prizes will be given away every hour including tickets to the South Arkansas Arts Center production of “The Addams Family.” A grand prize of a $500 Walmart gift card from the banks, will be given away at the end of the day.
The event will be conducted by the American Red Cross and those planning to donate are reminded to have plenty to eat and drink before giving blood.
On the day of the event, donors will complete the health history on-line with the RAPID PASS app at redcrossblood.org/rapidpass. All donations will benefit local patients in need and photo identification is required to donate.
Free UAMS Family
Caregiver workshop
The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop on Feb. 23 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
The workshop will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the South Arkansas Center on Aging located at 106 West Main, Suite 310 in El Dorado. For more information or to register, please call 870-881-8969, or visit www.uamscaregiving.org.
It will present an overview of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and provide caregiving tips that maintain respect, dignity and quality of life for the person living with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Information will also be presented on nutrition, behavior, communication techniques and activities.
• Stitch & Share Quilters will meet from 9:30 a.m. until noon each Thursday at 826 Camp St., El Dorado. The contact is Ruth Matocha, 862-8088.
• Liberty Association Food Pantry, 901 S. Washington, will be open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday. For more information, call 862-3063.
• Marrable Hill Chapel Clothes Closet is open from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the first Thursday of each month. Free clothing and household items are available. Directions: Turn left off old Strong Highway onto Marrable Hill Road; take the fourth right at Marrable Hill Chapel entrance.
• The El Dorado Lions Club meets at 6 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of each month at Simmons Bank, second floor conference room.
• S.H.I.F.T. (Seeking Holiness, Intimacy, Freedom and Transformation), a Christ-centered recovery meeting, will be held at 6 p.m. each Thursday at Cross Life Church, located at 1010 Combs St. The public is invited to attend. For more information, contact Pastor Cleje Blackwell at 870-866-9461.
• Order of the Eastern Star No. 280 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Thursday in the Masonic Temple.
• Open Door Recovery Fellowship will have a speaker at 7 p.m. on Thursday at 806 E. Park.
• The El Dorado Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday at 100 Hargett.
• The Liberty Ministry Center Thrift Store will be open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Thursday at 504 N. College. For more information, call 862-3063.
• The South Arkansas Administrative Professionals meet from noon until 1 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month in the Parish Hall at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. For more information, contact Wendy Brown at [email protected].
• The Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Chapter in El Dorado meets at 4:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of each mo istry Center Thrift Store will be open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on the last Saturday of each month. For more information, call 862-3063.
SUNDAY
• Open Door Recovery Fellowship Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon Monday through Sunday at 806 E. Park.
• Union County Genealogical Society meets the second Sunday of each month. Meetings begin at 2 p.m. at Barton Library. For more information, call Jan Fournier at 862-3049.
• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. on Sunday at the small house next door to College Avenue Church of Christ.
MONDAY
• The St. James Village Outreach Facility, 1308 E. Hillsboro, will give away clothing only from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. If you have clothing to donate to the cause, please place clothes in the blue containers in front of the building. Furniture will not accepted. For more information, contact Dr. George Calloway at 870-639-8007.
• Open Door Recovery Fellowship Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon Monday through Sunday at 806 E. Park. Open Door Recovery Fellowship will have a meeting at 7 today.
• Breast Friends Breast Cancer Support Group meets the third Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall on Madison Avenue. For more information, call Pat Rackow at 310-6920.
• Alcoholics Anonymous will have a closed discussion at 5:30 p.m. at First Christian Church, 420 N. Madison, (use back door). This is not a Glum Lot group.
• El Dorado Group of Al-Anon meets at 7 p.m. each Monday at 801 E. Sixth St.
• Open Door Recovery Fellowship Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday for an open discussion at East Sixth and North Park Street.
• The Union County Republican Committee will meet at 6 p.m. the first Monday at Simmons Bank, located at 100 W. Grove, in El Dorado.
• Sons of Confederate Veterans meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Monday of each month at Barton Library in El Dorado, 200 E. Fifth St. The public is invited to attend. For more information, call Mark Williams at 870-862-4917.
• The El Dorado Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 8 p.m. on Monday at 100 Hargett.
• The NAACP will meet at 6:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month in Simmons Bank Community Room. For more information, call Janice Bush at 870-863-7437.
TUESDAY
• Liberty Association Food Pantry, 901 S. Washington, will give out food from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. today. For more information, call 862-3063.
• Union County Quilt Guild will meet at 10 a.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Hillsboro Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, 1322 W. Hillsboro. The contact person is Ruth Matocha, 862-8088.
• Union County Night Quilt Guild, “The Night Owls,” meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Hillsboro Street Church of Christ, 1322 W. Hillsboro in El Dorado. For more information, call (870) 862-6705 or (870) 864-7084.
• Union County DHS will hold a recruitment meeting for new foster/adoptive parents from 5 to 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the DHS office. For more information, call Quita Harris at 862-6631, extension 157.
• Open Door Recovery Fellowship Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. at 806 E. Park.
• Open Door Group of Al-Anon will meet at 7 p.m. at East Sixth and North Park.
• Turning Point Support Group meets from noon to 1 p.m. each Tuesday at 900 E. First. For more information, call Donna Beck at 862-3672 or Rosie Greer at 814-8567.
• Liberty Ministry Center Thrift Store will be open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Tuesday at 504 N. College. For more information, call 862-3063.
• Frieda’s Closet is open from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at the Artesian Cancer Center of South Arkansas, 503 Thompson, in El Dorado. One free wig or head covering will be given per patient who has hair loss due to chemotherapy. For more information, call Pat Rackow at 870-310-6920.
WEDNESDAY
• St. James Village Outreach Facility, 1308 E. Hillsboro, will give away clothing only from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Please place clothing only in blue containers in front of building. They do not accept furniture. For more information, contact Dr. George Calloway at 870-639-8007.
• Boomtown Toastmasters Club meets at noon each Wednesday at Murphy USA, 422 N. Washington. The community is welcome. Bring your own lunch and learn to communicate more effectively through speeches, conversations and leadership roles.
• Open Door Recovery Fellowship Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at noon for an open discussion at East Sixth and North Park Street.
• The Turning Point board meets at noon on the fourth Wednesday of each month in the second floor conference room of Regions Bank, located at 100 E. Peach St. For more information, call 862-3672 or 862-0929.
• Narcotics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. at Strong City Hall. Everyone needing assistance is welcome. This is a non-smoking meeting.
• The El Dorado Group of Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at 100 Hargett.
UPCOMING EVENTS
MARCH 2
Delta Kappa Gamma plans
March meeting
EL DORADO — Members of Delta Kappa Gamma will meet at 4:30 p.m. on March 2 at the South Arkansas Arboretum, next to the old El Dorado High School. Guest speaker will be Barbie Luther, Union County Master Gardener. Hostesses will be Sylvia Thompson, Linda Hollensworth, Mary Evans and Melissa Greer.
MARCH 4
Rehobeth Cemetery
Association meets
The annual meeting of the Rehobeth Cemetery Association Inc. will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, at the Bible Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 2103 Smackover Highway (Highway 7), El Dorado. Everyone with family members buried in the cemetery is urged to attend and participate. For more information, contact Daniel Eric Goodwin, president of the Rehobeth Cemetery Association, at 870-639-3436 or Ronnie Goodwin, association secretary, at 870-444-4043.
MARCH 10
Business development
conference set
The 2017 Southwest Arkansas Business & Enterprise Development Conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, March 10, at the El Dorado Conference Center. The event is hosted by the Arkansas Human Development Corporation, South Arkansas Community College, Southern Arkansas University - Magnolia, Small Business and Technology Development Center, Southern Bancorp and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Topics will include building effective partnerships, securing capital, how to sell goods and services to the government and social media. The event is free to the public but pre-registration is encouraged. To register, call the AHDC at 800-482-7641 or register online at http://bit.ly/SWAR2017