Thursday, Oct. 22 Cherokee Life Ways Classes registration will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Muldrow Cherokee Community Center. Sponsored by the Cherokee Nation and the Muldrow Cherokee Community Organization (MCCO), the free classes will begin in January and will include basket weaving, beading, Indian marbles, stickball, Cherokee language and other topics. The target audience is students in the fourth through eighth grades and elders age 55 and over. Angela Strozier is the MCCO Cherokee Heritage director. Thursday, Oct. 22 Sallisaw Public Schools will hold a public meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday in the Eastside School Media Center at 1206 E. Creek in Sallisaw. The following federal programs will be discussed — Title I, Title I ARRA, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Title VII and Title VIII. All parents are invited to attend. For more information contact Scott Farmer, Federal Programs director, at (918) 775-6141. Thursday, Oct. 22 Marble City School will have the annual Title I meeting in the elementary library from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. School compacts will be signed and an update on academic progress will be discussed. Refreshments will be served and a silent auction held following the meeting. For more information contact Judy Bolin at the school. Thursday, Oct. 22 The Muldrow School Johnson O’Malley (JOM) Parent Committee will meet at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the board conference room at the school superintendent’s office. All parents of JOM students are invited to attend. Thursday, Oct. 22 Calebs Call from Wister will be holding a gospel singing at 7 p.m. Thursday at Revival Fires Church at 822 S. Elm in Sallisaw. For information contact Margaret Wood at (918) 775-7917, or the church at (918) 776-0377 or (918) 315-5661. Thursday, Oct. 22 Sequoyah County Historical Society members will make their annual trip to historical sites on Thursday. This year’s trip will be through Southeast Sequoyah County. Members will gather at the society’s museum at 200 E. Creek in Sallisaw at 8:30 a.m. then go by caravan to several communities. Everyone is invited to join members on the trip. Friday, Oct. 23 A Couples Conference will be held at New Beginnings Church in Sallisaw at 7 p.m. Friday and at 10 a.m. Saturday. A lunch will be served at noon. The Rev. Charles and Kristy Phillips of Victory Temple in Roland will be the guest speakers. For more information contact the Rev. Mike Glass at (918) 696-2822, Joey Potts at (918) 208-2990 or Mary Duvall at (918) 775-4930. Friday, Oct. 23 Country Gospel Express will be singing at 7 p.m. Friday at the County Gospel Express Music Barn at 2710 W. Cherokee, one mile west of the Cherokee and Kerr Boulevard intersection in Sallisaw, behind the old Synergy Gas building. Admission is free, door prizes will be given away and free coffee will be available. Saturday, Oct. 24 A gospel singing will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Pine Tree Church for Leon and Wanda Rosin. Saturday, Oct. 24 A music show will be held at the Poindexter Family Music Barn at 7 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. The barn is 12 miles north of Sallisaw on U.S. Highway 59, and three miles east at Rocky Point. Performances will include country, cowboy, bluegrass and gospel music. For more information contact Donnie Poindexter at (918) 315-1276. Saturday, Oct. 24 Maple Free Will Baptist Church will host the annual Fall Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the church. The event will include free food, music, candy, games, bounce-arounds and $50 gift card door prizes for adults and children. A clown troupe will provide the evening’s devotional program to end the festival. Saturday, Oct. 24 Gans Baptist Church will sponsor a gospel music studio live at 7 p.m. Saturday at Gans Baptist Church. This is an opportunity for local singers to make demo-quality recordings at no cost to them. The event is open to public and is for gospel music of various styles. The singer must call and book a session. Refreshments will be available. For more information call (918) 775-2405 and ask for Jim. Saturday, Oct. 24 Blackgum Harvestime Church will hold a Gospel Hee Haw Dinner and Show, beginning at 6 pm. Saturday. The cost is $10 for adults which will include an all-you-can-eat dinner of beans, cornbread, slaw, dessert and drink, along with admission to the show. The cost for children ages 5 to 10 is $5. Children 5 and under will be admitted free. To get to the church from Interstate 40 take the Vian-Tahlequah exit. The church is eight miles north on State Highway 82. All proceeds will go toward the church’s building fund. For more information call (918) 773-8594 or (918) 773-8757. Saturday, Oct. 24 Riding for Treats will be the Sallisaw Shodeo 2009 Halloween Bash, a fundraiser for the shodeos, and will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Sallisaw Rodeo Arena. Special fun events will include a costume contest for the children and their horses, riding for apples, the egg race, a stick horse race, roll the hay, dummy roping, a balloon pop, and more. Horses are not needed for some events and everyone is invited. The $15 entry fee is for all events. Participating parents will be handing out safe treats for the participating shodeo kids from their trucks and trailers. A concession stand will be offering a bean or chili supper for $5, which will include a choice of beans or chili, with cornbread, toppings and a drink. For more information call (918) 315-2690. Monday, Oct. 26 The Cherokee Nation will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the Brent Fire Station for a preliminary discussion on establishing and building a community center for the Brent community, south of Sallisaw. Anyone interested is invited to attend. Tuesday, Oct. 27 A senior potluck dinner and Halloween party will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Muldrow Cherokee Community Organization Center. For more information call Pat Vaughn at (479) 719-0557. Tuesday, Oct. 27 Garrison Creek Riders’ regular business meeting will be held at the clubhouse on U.S. Highway 64 between Muldrow and Roland at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Everyone interested is welcome to attend. Wednesday, Oct. 28 Senior Game Day will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Muldrow Cherokee Community Organization Center. For more information call Pat Vaughn at (479) 719-0557. Wednesday, Oct. 28 Garrison Creek Riders will hold barrel racing at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the arena on U.S. Highway 64 between Muldrow and Roland. The buckle series is still running. For more information call (918) 208-3769. Thursday, Oct. 29 Roland Public School will hold parent-teachers conferences from 3:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, and from 8 to 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. Parents are invited to eat at the school on Thursday, when both cafeterias will be serving from 5 to 6:30 p.m. In addition a special education advisory meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the administration building, and open meetings on federal programs will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday and at 9 a.m. Friday, also in the administration building. Thursday, Oct. 29 Roland Public School’s Title VII Indian Education Parent Committee will meet at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at the administration office. All parents of Title VII students are invited to attend. Friday, Oct. 30 The Sequoyah Memorial Hospital Women’s Health Fair will be held from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at the hospital in Sallisaw. Friday, Oct. 30 Country Gospel Express will be singing at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at the County Gospel Express Music Barn at 2710 W. Cherokee, one mile west of the Cherokee and Kerr Boulevard intersection in Sallisaw, behind the old Synergy Gas building. Admission is free, door prizes will be given away and free coffee will be available. Senior Line Exercise will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at the Muldrow Community Center Organization Center. For more information call Pat Vaughn at (479) 719-0557. Saturday, Oct. 31 Members of the Central Fire Department will hand out candy at Akins Baptist Church beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Saturday, Oct. 31 Lakeview Baptist Church, one mile west of the Fin & Feather Resort on Lake Tenkiller, will host their second annual Fall Festival from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Children of all ages are invited to attend the event, which will include games and prizes, a petting zoo, cake walk, face painting, paper pumpkin decorating, bouncy house, Pie-in-the-Pastor’s-Face fundraiser, and free popcorn, pop and candy. Saturday, Oct. 31 Members of the Roland Fire Department will hold their annual chili and bean supper from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Roland Fire Station. Meals will be $5 per person. Saturday, Oct. 31 The Lighthouse Tabernacle Church, at 9th and Campbell streets in Gore, will hold a Halloween event from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31 in the church parking lot. Free hot dogs and drinks will be served, games will be available and candy give away. The event will also include a silent auction from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 Vian’s annual Red Fern Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 31. The festival will begin at 10 a.m. downtown in the Vian City Park, and includes a tractor show, quilt show, art show, car show, chili cookoff, live music and other activities. For information contact Suzanne Sullivan at (918) 773-8930 or 773-7362. Booth spaces for the festival are still available at a cost of $25 without electric, $35 with electric and $50 for trailer spaces with electric. Reservations may be made by contacting Linda Walters at (918) 773-8798 or Verlita Meade, Vian vice mayor, at (918) 773-8228. Sunday, Nov. 1 The Muskogee County Gospel Singing Convention will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at Greenleaf Apartments at 715 S. York in Muskogee. Fore more information contact Zane and Linda Harding at (918) 733-4259 or Charles and Fay Learned at 9918) 683-4230. Sunday, Nov. 1 Special services with the Rev. Charles Shaver will be held at 10:45 a.m. and at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, and at 7 p.m. each day, Saturday, Oct. 31, to Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Church of the Nazarene at 1200 N. Wheeler in Sallisaw. Sounds of Hope will be in charge of the music each night. Thursday, Nov. 5 A green tomato pie cooking class will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Muldrow Cherokee Community Center. The class is free and participants will be able to taste the pies. All supplies will be provided by the community center, and the instructor will demonstrate how to make a regular sweetened pie and a pie using Splenda. Those attending are asked to bring a garage sale item for an auction to be held while the pies are baking. Friday, Nov. 6 Jerry Bennett will be in concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the Country Gospel Express Music Barn at 2710 W. Cherokee, one mile west of the intersection of U.S. Highways 64 and 59 in Sallisaw, behind the old Synergy Gas building. Admission is free, a love offering will be taken, door prizes will be given away and free coffee will be available. Friday, Nov. 6 Women in the Outdoors, sponsored by the National Wild Turkey Federation, will be held at Tenkiller State Park from Friday, Nov. 6, through Sunday, Nov. 8. For more information or prices contact Leann Bunn at (918) 489-5641, by e-mail at lbunn@oklahomaparks.com, or by fax at (918) 489-2111. Saturday, Nov. 7 The Oklahoma Eastern Half Gospel Singing Convention will be held from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Free Will Baptist Church in Porum. A potluck lunch will be served at noon. For more information telephone (918) 733-4259 or e-mail zaneandlinda@yahoo.com. Saturday, Nov. 7 The annual McKey Cake Walk will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, following a Free Chili Appreciation Supper at 5 p.m. in the McKey Community Building. Saturday, Nov. 7 Members of the Vian Lions Club will sponsor the second annual Strides Walk Diabetes Health Fair from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Vian City Lake. At the walk the Oklahoma Lions Mobile Health Van will be screening for glaucoma, diabetes, visual acuity, high blood pressure, cholesterol, basic pulmonary (lung) functioning and bone density problems. All screenings are free. Flu shots will be available at no charge. The Lions Club will also have information booths open. Saturday, Nov. 7 A chili supper and silent auction to benefit Camp Dream Street, held recently at Dwight Mission northwest of Sallisaw, will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Sacred Heart of Mary Church Parish Center at 1301 Frank St. in Barling, Ark. Advance tickets for the supper, sponsored by the We Care Foundation, are $5 for adults and $3 for children under 10. At the door tickets are 50 cents more. For information call (479) 782-8822. Saturday, Nov. 7 An All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast of biscuits and gravy, sausage and pancakes, orange juice and coffee will be held from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, for $4.50 per person. The breakfast will be held at the Marble City Old Citizen’s State Bank. Friday, Nov. 13 Calebs Call will be in concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at the Country Gospel Express Music Barn at 2710 W. Cherokee, one mile west of the intersection of U.S. Highways 64 and 59 in Sallisaw. Admission is free, a love offering will be taken, door prizes will be given away and free coffee will be available. Friday, Nov. 13 An Arts and Crafts Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Stilwell National Guard Armory at West Pine and 5th Streets in Stilwell to raise money for a children’s wing on the Stilwell library. The sale is sponsored by the Stilwell Public Library Friends Society and Masonic Lodge No. 11. Vendors will have Cherokee baskets, paintings, woodwork, jewelry, wreaths, candles, cards, wind chimes, native art, fabric crafts, homemade soaps, dream catchers and Christmas items. Saturday, Nov. 14 Webbers Falls Masonic Lodge No. 14 will hold a turkey shoot beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, on old Highway 64 west of the baseball field in Webbers Falls. The categories are for stock shotgun and .22-caliber, for which shells will be provided, and bow, for which participants must bring their own arrows. The cost is $2 a shot, with 10 shooters per round, and with open sights. The winner of each round will receive a voucher for a frozen turkey from Harps in Gore. Shooters under 18 must have a parent or guardian present to sign a release form. A concession stand will be open. Saturday, Nov. 14 Sallisaw’s second annual One Stop Christmas Shop will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Sequoyah County Fairgrounds building, at the corner of East Redwood and Shurley in Sallisaw. A fashion show will be presented by Cato’s, and a silent auction will be held for jewelry, purses, and interior decorating items. A food court will be open to dine in or carry out. To reserve a booth space for $30 call (479) 629-9747 or (18) 427-3573 before Nov. 12. Booth rental proceeds will go to Oklahoma Outreach, which helps residents of Sequoyah, Adair and Cherokee Counties get their General Education Degree (GED). Saturday, Dec. 5 An All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast of biscuits and gravy, sausage and pancakes, orange juice and coffee will be held from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, for $4.50 per person. The breakfast will be held at the Marble City Old Citizen’s State Bank. Monday, Dec. 7 The Muldrow Public School Board of Education announces that qualified individuals interested in running as a candidate for the No. 5 seat on the board may file to run as a candidate at the Sequoyah County Election Board in Sallisaw between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Dec. 7 through 9. Monday, Dec. 7 The Gore Public School Board of Education announces that qualified individuals interested n running as a candidate for the No. 3, 4 and 5 seats on the Gore School Board of Education may file to run for these posts at the Sequoyah County Election Board in Sallisaw between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Dec. 7 through 9.