Local Events
Rocky Top Campground, off Highway 160 at the top of the Tecumseh curves, welcomes area residents and visitors to its drive-through Christmas lights display. Owners Joe and Diane Easterday say the drive-through is open to everyone and will continue nightly from dark until about 10 p.m. through the New Year’s. Photo submitted.
Christmas events are continuing this week throughout the area.
The Ozark County Community Choir, which includes members from five area churches, will present this year’s Christmas cantata, “Glory in the Highest,” at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at Clear Springs General Baptist Church at PP Highway...
Theodosia United Methodist Church is hosting Caroling in the Ozarks at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at the church on Highway 160 in Theodosia. Cookies, hot cocoa and hot apple cider will be served afterward. Everyone is invited.
The Douglas/Ozark County unit of Missouri Retired Teachers and School Personnel will meet Tuesday, Dec. 12, at The Center in Gainesville, located off Highway 5 just north of the Gainesville city limits. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. with the meeting and program to follow.
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The next meeting of the Amateur Radio Club of the Ozarks will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, at Cookie’s Restaurant overlooking Bull Shoals Lake in Theodosia. The club will meet in the back room from 11 a.m. to noon, and members may choose to order lunch after the meeting.
Members and friends...
Pontiac / Price Place Volunteer Fire Department will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12 at station 1 on W Highway next to the Pontiac post office.
This meeting will be the fire department’s appreciation dinner. Everyone is invited to bring their family and a dish to share.
The next monthly meeting of the Ozark County Chamber of Commerce will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, in the Century Bank training room on the northeast corner of the square in Gainesville. All Chamber members or those interesting in becoming members are invited. For more...
The next Gainesville-area community blood drive will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, in the First Baptist Church fellowship hall, 119 Second Street in Gainesville.
Donors can just show up on the day of the drive or make an appointment by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS or visiting...
The Mruk Family Education Center on Aging, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, will host a Christmas carol sing-along from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, in the Baxter Regional Medical Center Lagerborg Dining Room.
The event is being promoted as “a free, fun time of refreshments, fellowship and traditional...
A craft boutique will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at the community center in Oakland, Arkansas. Several former Sister Creek Crafters are participating, and coffee, hot cider and cookies will be served.
The Ozark County Long-Term Recovery Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4, at the Lions Club building on Third Street in Gainesville.
Committee members are hoping representatives from area churches will join the committee as well as any other residents who are interested in working together...