Wesley Chapel Reunion Oct. 6

RISON - Wesley Chapel Cemetery Association Reunion will be held Oct. 6 at Wesley Chapel Church. The meal starts at 12:30 p.m.Please bring tables and chairs for eating. Annual business meeting will follow the meal. Discussions will include saving the church building.

Center MBC Food Pantry Saturday

CALMER - Center Missionary Baptist Church will hold open its Food Pantry this Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9 to 10 a.m. 

First Baptist Will Host Sister-to-Sister Sunday Afternoon

RISON - First Baptist Church on Mockingbird Lane in Rison near the fairgrounds will be hosting a Sister-to-Sister program entitled “Inviting Brothers” beginning at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29.Everyone is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. Terry Reams, Sr.

Rison Methodist Food Pantry Saturday

RISON - Rison United Methodist Church will be hosting a food pantry from 9 to 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 28.  The church holds its food pantry the fourth Saturday of each month.

Toys for Tots Accepting Donations for Local Counties

PINE BLUFF - Toys for Tots, a 77-year-old National charitable Program with a local touch, provides year-round joy, comfort, and hope to economically disadvantaged children across the Nation through the gift of a new toy, tool, game, or book.

Rison Students of the Month: September 2024

Maycee Johnson, an 8th grader at Rison Middle School was named September Student of the Month for the 7th-9th grades. Maycee is the daughter of Jodie and Steve Johnson.

School Lunches for September 30 - October 4

Rison ElementaryMonday - Pizza pasta bake, garlic bread stick, Chicken tenders, tater tots, Fruit.Tuesday - Macaroni and cheese, roll, hamburger, tater tots, Fruit.Wednesday - chicken alfredo, garlic bread stick, chicken sandwich, tater tots, fruit.

Jones-Sheldon Plan Reunion for Oct. 5

STAVES - The Jones-Sheldon Reunion will be held Saturday, Oct. 5, at the “Y” Community Center at Staves. Friends and family are invited to begin gathering at about 10 a.m. with a potluck lunch served about noon.

Story Time Begins Oct. 1 at Library

RISON - The Roy and Christine Sturgis Library of Cleveland County will begin story time for preschoolers Tuesday, Oct. 1 for children between ages three and five.Call the library at (870) 325-7270 to register your child by Sept. 27.

Canada/Kennedy Cemetery Meeting Oct. 5

KINGSLAND - The Canada/Kennedy Cemetery meeting will be held Saturday, Oct. 5, at the cemetery at 10 a.m.Bring your lawn chairs, pot luck lunch starts at 11 a.m.  Send donation for upkeep or memorial to Ara Burford Yanker, 14108 Willow Beach Road, North Little Rock, AR 72117