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A benefit for Belfonte resident Sonny Denny, recently hospitalized for heart problems, will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Belfonte Community Center. The event will include gospel music, food and a pie auction for donations. Mrs. Smith's Pies of Stilwell is donating the pies for the auction, Roland Miller, event coordinator, said.

A donkey basketball game will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Gans Grizzly gym. The Gans seniors will play members of the Gans Volunteer Fire Department. Advance tickets are $5 per person. At the door admission is $6 per person.

The Waters and Deatherage family reunion will begin at 10:30 a.m. April 24 at the Muldrow High School cafeteria. Those planning to attend are reminded to bring a covered dish. For more information call (918) 427-3343 or 427-4757.

Better Breathers, a program to help smokers quit, will be held at 7 p.m. each day, April 19, 21, 23, 26, 28 and 30 in room 101 at Sequoyah Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw. For more information call (918) 774-1154.

Gore Public Schools will be hold a summer meals program at the high school cafeteria on Mondays through Thursdays from June 1 through 24. Breakfast will be served from 8 to 9 a.m. and lunch will be served from noon until 1 p.m. Children 18 years old and younger may eat free. Breakfasts will be $1.50 and lunches will be $2.50 for adults.

All flowers remaining at Muldrow Memory Gardens should be removed as soon as possible in order that mowing and clean up may begin.

A rib sale is planned for April 27 to raise money for the Blackgum Fire Department Community Building and Training Center. James Simmons will be cooking the ribs, which will sell for $15 a rack. To place orders contact Carol Armstrong at (918) 489-5367, Freda Davis at (918) 773-8547, or Kathy Rolston at (918) 774-0775. Ribs may be picked up at the community center or at Armstrong Bank on April 27. The rib sale is being held in conjunction with the center's bean dinner on April 27.

A pancake breakfast will be held by the Blackgum Fire Department from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Blackgum Community Building, two and a half miles west of McQuick's on State Highway 100 north of Vian. The menu includes pancakes, bacon, sausage, orange juice, coffee and milk for $4 for adults and $3 for children.

The Garrison Creek Riders will hold barrel racing at 7 p.m. Thursday; team penning at 7 p.m. Friday; a shodeo at 2 p.m. Saturday; and team roping at 7 p.m. Monday. For more information call (918) 427-1794.

The Gans Johnson O'Malley program is holding a special meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday due to the cancellation of the regular March meeting. The meeting is being held in the Gans High School home economics room.

Gore Public School will hold a special Johnson O'Malley (JOM) Parent Advisory meeting at 6 p.m. April 19 in the Gore High School Federal Programs office, 1200 Northway 10. All parent advisory committee members and parents of JOM students may attend.

A birthday reception for Fannie Floyd will be held from 2 until 4 p.m. Saturday at Victory Baptist Church, north of Muldrow on State Highway 64B. Mrs. Floyd will be celebrating her 90th birthday, and requests no gifts please.

The Ruckmans will hold a gospel concert at 6 p.m. Sunday at Way of the Cross Free Will Baptist Church in Sallisaw.

Gore High School library is holding a book fair Wednesday, Thursday and Monday during school and the Learning Enrichment Afterschool Program (LEAP) hours. Drop by to shop or call Vicki Dotson for more information at (918) 489-5587, ext. 232.

A Marble City Community Building meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the new community building.

Members of the Sequoyah County Community Theatre group will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday to elect officers. The meeting will be held in the Sallisaw Multi-Purpose Room at Carl Albert State College Sequoyah County Campus in Sallisaw.

The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) will hold a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Sallisaw Nutrition Center. Bill Baker, new Sallisaw city manager, will be the guest speaker.

Sallisaw Masonic Lodge No. 120 will hold an Entered Apprentice Degree at 6 p.m. Monday. All members are urged to attend.

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