Local Events


Mae Johnson peruses local gardner Miriam Schrippe’s selection of plant starts and baked goods at the 2017 Ozark County Homegrown and Homemade Festival. This year’s festival, to be held Saturday on the Gainesville square, will feature vendor booths by local farmers, gardeners, artisans and others.
The fourth annual Ozark County Homegrown and Homemade Festival will fill the west side of the square with creative vendors and a variety of appealing activities from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.Local farmers, artisans and other “merchants” will be peddling their wares, which must be made or grown...
The Douglas/Ozark County Unit of Missouri Retired Teachers and School Personnel will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 8, at Autumn’s Cafe in Ava.The program will be a presentation about Newborns in Need by Debbie Stone. All retired Missouri teachers and school personnel are welcome.
Pontiac Price Place Volunteer Fire Department will honor two long-time community residents and volunteers at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, May 8, which will start early – at 5 p.m. – to include a potluck dinner in honor of Leo and Janice Fischer, who are moving away. Residents are encouraged...
Bakersfield will hold its eighth grade promotion ceremony in the Taylor gymnasium at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10.  The senior awards and scholarship program will be at 9 a.m. Friday, May 11.Bakersfield’s senior graduation  ceremony will be at 7 p.m. Friday, May 11, in the Jerry Taylor gymnasium. A...
The Gainesville High and Junior High School band and choir will present their spring concert at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3, in the high school gym. Everyone is invited.
Area women are invited to attend the 2018 Women’s Health Forum: A Toast to Women being held at the Baxter County Fairgrounds in Mountain Home, Arkansas, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, May 10. The annual event, sponsored by the Schliemann Center for Women’s Health Education, features guest speakers...
Members of Sampson Masonic Lodge #298 in Theodosia will serve their regular first Saturday of the month community breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. on May 5 at the lodge on Highway 160 next to Lutie School in Theodosia.The menu includes scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, waffles, ...
The Center’s first-Sunday fried chicken dinner fundraiser for May will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on May 6. The meal includes a beverage and dessert.  The cost is $8 for adults and $5 for children under 10 years of age. Students from Bakersfield School will be serving the meal and using...
A series of “Back to the Bible” gospel meetings will be held soon at Smith Chapel Church of Christ with Ivie Powell and Jake Long speaking. The sessions start Sunday, May 6, with Bible study at 10:30 a.m., Sunday morning worship at 11:15 a.m. and evening worship at 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday...
The Thornfield Volunteer Fire Department will host a fish fry fundraiser from noon to 2 p.m. Mother’s Day – Sunday, May 13 – at Thornfield School on Highway 95. Organizers say side dishes and desserts will be gratefully accepted. Door prizes will be awarded. Everyone is invited. For more...

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