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NAACP SETS ANNUAL BANQUET, HAUNTED HOUSE OPENS
BY THE COMMERCIAL STAFF
Monday, October 22, 2007 10:02 AM CDT
The NAACP plans its annual banquet and a haunted house opens at White Hall.
The Pine Bluff Branch of the NAACP will hold its 16th annual Dove Freedom Fund Banquet at 7 p.m. Friday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center.
The featured speaker will be Andrea Young, an attorney and the daughter of the former mayor of Atlanta, Andrew Young.
The VIP reception will be held at 6 p.m. Friday in the Jefferson Room of the Royal Arkansas hotel. A silent auction begins at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets for the event are on sale through Thursday at the Pine bluff Convention Center. For more information, contact Wanda V. Neal at 536-3141, event coordinator.
At White Hall, the White Hall Lions Club is staging its Haunted House with tours scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Oct. 30 and 31.
A guide at the Haunted House takes a group of participants on a tour of the estate which starts with the trail through the woods, then goes through the maze and into the house itself for a truly frightening experience.
The Haunted House is located on 10009 Dollarway Road, on Highway 365 at the Plainview entrance to the Pine Bluff Arsenal. Admission is $5; $6 on Halloween night.
Another Halloween related event for the family is at the fifth annual Boo on the Bayou, hosted by the Delta Rivers Nature Center in Regional Park, from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
In addition to games, crafts, face painting, animal programs and trick-or-treating out on the Nature Trail, there will be the Trail of Terror for those who need a little more scare in their evening.
The event is free and everyone is encouraged to come in costume. Food and drink will be available and flashlights are encouraged — there are no lights on the trail. Details: Call 534-0011.
The Junior League of Pine Bluff will Spice Up Your Southern Accent from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Saracen Landing as the first chili cook-off sponsored by the group gets under way.
Live entertainment will be provided by Third Degree, presented by Franklin Artists. The $10 admission fee will include chili sampling and a pepper-eating contest. The event is for people 21 and older.
Also this week:
The Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra will begin its 21st season — Musical Passion, Symphonic Beauty — with its first concert entitled Explorations of the Macabre: A Halloween Extravaganza, scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday in the Pine Bluff Convention Center. Ticket information is available by calling 536-7666.
The Mount Olive Youth and Barnes community will have their 17th annual Make a Difference Day and Community Health Fair on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 8523 Princeton Pike Road. Also, scholarships will be presented. Vicki Hooker will be the guest speaker on the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program. Any business or individual wishing to contribute a door prize for the event is asked to call Cleovis or Arwilda Whiteside at 247-3835 or Wendell Willis at 536-7069.
First Lady Ginger Beebe will visit Pine Bluff as one of the 22 cities on her 2008 Arkansas Artists Engagement Calendar book signing tour. She will be at Sissy’s Log Cabin at 5 p.m. today. The engagement calendar contains 88 works of Arkansas art selected from 270 submissions. Arkansas has a multitude of talented artists and the calendar represents some of their best works, according to a spokesman for the event. All proceeds from the calendar will benefit the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion Association. The calendar can be purchased online at www.arkansasgma.com or by calling the Governor’s Mansion at (501) 324-9805.
The Jefferson County Family Support Council, Autism Support Group, will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Services Center, 211 W. Third Ave. This is a joint partnership with the Jenkins Memorial Center & Jenkins Industries Inc. and YouthPartners of Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Inc. Details: Call Pamela Pinkins at 543-4959 or e-mail her at jcfsc1@yahoo.com.
STAR CITY — The Cane Creek State Park at Star City is gearing up for its annual Ghost Roast event, which allows youngsters to go trick or treating through the campground, play carnival- style games and ride though the park on hayrides. The Ghost Roast will be held Saturday, beginning at 5 p.m. There will be a $2 per car charge.
A domestic violence panel discussion will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the School of Business/Henderson-Young Hall auditorium at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Raini Wright, spokeswoman with the Pine Bluff Arsenal, will be the guest speaker at the Pine Bluff Rotary Club Tuesday at noon at the Pine Bluff Country Club.
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