Lifestyle

MELBOURNE, AR — The Ozarka College Friends of the Paul Weaver Library recently partnered with Melbourne’s Manna House Thrift Store to host their annual book sale. Held on Ozarka’s Melbourne campus, the event offered a variety of good quality used books, including arts & crafts, gardening, children’s books, as well as a large selection of paperback fiction. Proceeds from the Book Sale will go towards funding the Ozarka College Friends of the Library scholarship available for Ozarka students.

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Strawberry River Chapter DAR met Saturday, Oct. 1. Regent Jan Lusk called the meeting to order with 16 members and a prospective member in attendance. Following the opening ritual and approval of minutes and the treasurer’s report, projects for Service to America, Literacy Promotion, Women’s Issues, and Veterans were discussed.

The Cherokee Village Historical Society (CVHS) will meet on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 5 p.m.

The Tri-County Board of Realtors (TCBOR) held its First Annual Glo-Ball Golf Tournament at the Cherokee Village South Golf Course on Saturday, Sept. 24. This was a fundraising event for its scholarship program which gives scholarships to graduating seniors in the tricounty area-Sharp-Izard-Fulton counties.

She will be at the Northwest Arkansas Quilt Congress on Friday, Oct. 14, from 5 to 9 p.m., and all day on Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Baxter County Fairgrounds. Cohosts of the Quilt Congress are Hill 'N Hollow Quilters Guild of Mountain Home and Country Quilters Quilt Guild of Salem.

Hardy Homesteaders Day was held Saturday, Sept. 24 in Hardy. Loberg Park was the site of over 30 demonstrators and a number of music performances throughout the day, while the General Store and other music performances were held along Main Street. Many of the participants were dressed in periodclothing of the 1890s and demonstrated a variety of activities commonly used by early homesteaders.