Events Calendar for the Town of Highfill

The Highfill Town Hall will be closed Nov. 26 and 27 for Thanksgiving.
City-wide clean up will be the week of Dec. 9, with curbside pickup only.
The Highfill Community Christmas Potluck Dinner, sponsored by the Highfill Hay Daze Committee will be at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11, in the Highfill Community Building. Meat and Drinks will [...]

GYO Football Photos that Wouldn’t Fit

Not all the photos we take at the Gentry Courier-Journal make their way into the print edition of the paper, though we do try to include a good sampling of our best photos of news and events. The following photos didn’t make the print edition but show the action during last Saturday’s Gentry Youth Organization [...]

Trick or Treat on Main Street on Saturday

Trick or Treat on Main Street will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Local businesses will be open and providing treats for the young ghosts and gobblins along Gentry’s Main Street.
More than a thousand youngsters participated last year.
The event is sponsored by the Gentry Chamber of Commerce.

First Pioneer Pride Party to benefit bands

The Band Booster Club would like to invite the local and surrounding community to share in an evening of entertainment and fun for all ages. The fall-themed event will include a chili cook-off, pumpkin decorating contest, games, activities, food, beverages and music.

Arts and Crafts Fair being held in Gentry

While arts and crafts fairs are being held across the region, a new fair is being held right here in Gentry. Numerous crafters and vendors are showing and selling their work in the large barn-shaped pavilion next door to the Chicken Coop Flea Market in Gentry.
The local fair, which will continue through Sunday, was started [...]

Seniors prepare for homecoming next week

Training drills scheduled for Saturday at XNA

Emergency personnel from numerous area departments in Benton and Washington Counties will be training at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Saturday morning, and what could appear to passers-by as a major emergency because of all the people and equipment is only a training exercise to handle such an emergency should it occur. The training will begin [...]

Self-defense class for women offered

A women’s self-defense class will be held from 10 a.m. until 12 noon, Saturday, Oct. 17, at the family activity center of the First Baptist Church in Gentry.
The classes are for women of any age and will not require strenuous physical activity. Basic and easy skills will be taught and demonstrated. Women attending should wear [...]

Highfill Fire Department to celebrate its 30th anniversary in December

The Highfill Fire Department is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary with a special catered dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5.
All Highfill fire department personnel, past and present, along with their families, are invited to the event. Those planning to attend are asked to R.S.V.P. by Nov. 25 so that arrangements for the dinner can be [...]

Tons of activities planned for Fall Festival

People in the Gentry area will have no excuse on Saturday to say, “I’ve nothing to do,” because the annual Fall Festival plans include a multitude of activities.