Cornerstone Baptist Church Services

Cornerstone Baptist Church of West Memphis is “Making Hope Contagious” in Crittenden County. Children, Youth, and Adult Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning worship 10:45 a.m. Wednesday Evening Prayer Meeting/Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Anchor Point Youth & Young Adults Night 6 p.m. All services and studies available on Facebook – CornerstoneWM Services and Studies Private Group – Ask to Join! Billy Oyler, Pastor – “All are welcome!”

The Old St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church will havespecial “Month of Empowerment” services every Wednesday evening in September, beginning at 6:30 p.m., featuring guest speakers and musical guests. In-person and Zoom Sunday School and Facebook Live Sunday School services at 8:45 a.m., and in-person and Facebook Live Sunday services (@oldstpaulchurch), at 10 a.m. Please join us on Wednesday nights for our inperson and Facebook Live Bible Study, at 6:30 p.m. Host Pastor is Frederick and First Lady Eair Anthony: “We are a church that grows people and glorifies God.”

The Crittenden County Extension Office of the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture is inviting everyone ages 5 to 19 to be a part of the 4-H Club. Activities include gardening, fishing, shooting sports, music, outdoors skills, crafts, STEM activities, Archeology, art and more. For more information, contact Extension Agent Ali Salisbury at (870) 335-7185, or by email at asalisbury@ usda.edu.

Civil Air Patrol meets the first, second and third Monday of each month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Cypress Avenue Baptist Church, 1241 Cypress Ave, in Marion. Young people ages 12 and up can join the cadet program. Adults are needed to support the cadet program and emergency service operations. For more information contact Lt. Col. Larry Webster at 870-225-6849 or at hornets 99compsq@aol.com.

Skeletour Extravaganza

The Marion Chamber of Commerce is inviting everyone to adopt a skeleton and support their businesses. Oct. 1-31, dress and display a skeleton at your business to get in on the fun. Adopt a skeleton from the Marion Chamber of Commerce for $100 and see who See BRIEFS, page A13 BRIEFS

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can scare up the most votes on Facebook. The cost includes a sign promoting your business as a participant and a spot on the Skeletour map.

For more information, contact Trisha at trisha@marion archamber. org.

Pumpkin Patch on the Square

The Moms of Marion and the Marion Advertising & Promotion Commission are bringing back the Community Pumpkin Patch this fall. Community members, families and businesses are invited to decorate a pumpkin and add it to the pumpkin patch at the Courthouse Square in Marion. The pumpkins will be on display from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1.

Apple Cider & Pumpkin Painting

Fall is just around the corner, and what better way to usher in autumn than painting pumpkins and sipping cider with your friends and neighbors. Come one, come all to the Marion Courthouse Square, Thursday, Oct. 3, from 5 to 6 p.m. BYOP (that’s bring your own pumpkins), paint will be provided and there will be food trucks on site. Sponsored by Marion A& P and Moms of Marion.

Movie Night on the Square

Get into the holiday spirit with “The Grinch,” the feature presentation at Movie Night on the Square, on Saturday, Nov. 9, beginning at 6 p.m.

Free admission, free popcorn, free hot cocoa and a candy station for everyone. Presented by Moms of Marion in partnership with First Marion, Crye-Leike Real Estate, the Boys & Girls Club of Crittenden County and Marion A& P.

West Memphis Christmas Parade

The 72nd annual West Memphis Christmas Parade will be Tuesday, Dec. 3, beginning at 7 p.m. Presented by the West Memphis Chamber of Commerce. The deadline to enter is Friday, Nov. 29. The Entry Fee is $25. Parade lineup begins at 5 p.m., in the Lehr Arena parking lot, 500 W.

Broadway, and route ends at the West Memphis Christian School parking lot, 1101 N.

Missouri St. For more information, contact the West Memphis Chamber at (870) 735-1134 or info@ westmemphischamber. com.

Mingle & Jingle

The 4th annual Mingle & Jingle Christmas tree lighting festival will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 4 to 6 p.m., at the Courthouse Square in Marion. Christmas music, live Nativity animals, vendors and food trucks, letters to Santa and pictures with Santa, the big Greenway tractor, a kiddie train, a bigger and better snow machine and more. For more information about this event, email Moms of Marion at momsofmarionar @gmail.com.

Tornado Siren Testing

The West Memphis Office of Emergency Management will conduct periodic tests of the city’s tornado siren warning system on Saturdays at noon. These sirens are located at: Tilden Rodgers Park, the J.W. Rich Girls Club, South Avalon at the VFW, 10th Street at Jackson, Goodwin at Garden Drive and MLK Drive at Beatty Street. For questions or concerns, contact the City of West Memphis OEM. at 870-702-5159.

fWest Memphis School Board

The West Memphis School District holds its monthly School Board meetings on the third Tuesday of the month, at 6 p.m., at the Central Office, 301 S. Avalon. St., in West Memphis.

All meetings are open to the public.

211 Resource Hotline

Did you know, you can call 211 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year to get in touch with the United Way’s free community resources hotline? You can receive assistance with housing, employment, health care, utilities, tax service assistance and more. Dial 2-1-1.

or go online to www.arkansas 211.org.

Crittenden County Museum

Displays on history of Crittenden County in Earle in the former Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot, 1112 Main St. Open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. No admission fee; donations accepted.