Hughes/Horseshoe Lake News

Hughes/Horseshoe Lake News

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Bunko

The Horseshoe Lake Ladies Bunko hostess this month, was Lethia Jo Cupples. Most big bunkos and high score went to Donna Culver. Pat Walters had low score and the traveler’s pillow at the end of the night. The ladies enjoyed Fried Chicken, Green Beans, Cheese Potatoes, Rolls, Deviled Eggs and Pistachio Cake. The ladies will take a break for the summer and resume playing in September.

Youth Garden

The Horseshoe Lake Youth Group, sponsored by The Hughes Town & Country Garden Club will have their first meeting(s) on May 3rd & 4th at 4:30 p.m. They will meet at the Horseshoe Lake Library to discuss putting in new beds this year.

Hughes United Methodist Church Acknowledgments

April 21st – Happy Anniversary to: Billy & Carey Goacher. In Memory: Elmer Hugueley.

April 22nd – Happy Birthday Wishes to: Raleigh May, Colin Jefferson Able, Will Bernard, Aaron Cupples, Tyler Nelson and Ella McConnell.

April 23rd – Happy Birthday Wishes to: Jamie Lin Cooper, Barbara Chrestman, Kayla Funderburg and Taegun Harshbarger.

April 24th – In Memory: Nick Cox.

April 25th – Happy Birthday Wishes to: Elizabeth West, Mim Range and Chloe Harrison.

April 26th – Happy Birthday Wishes to: Stacey Pitchford. In Memory: Gary Goacher.

April 27th – Happy Birthday Wishes to: Kristy Allison Simmons and Chloe McKinsey Griggs.

Hawaii

Melinda Akins of Horseshoe Lake along with Dianne Ward Daniel of Millington, TN have returned from their trip to Hawaii. They departed on March 29th and returned to the Mid-South on April 9th. They arrived in Honolulu/Wakiki Beach. They spent 4 days on Oahu, while there they toured: North Shore and Polynesian Cultural Center, which is a must see. Also, toured Dole Plantation, Pearl Harbor Memorial & USS Missouri, Kualoa Ranch where Jurassic World, Pearl Harbor, Kong and many other movies have been filmed. Then they boarded the Cruise Ship and started with Maui-On the Road to Hana, where they saw tropical forest, waterfalls, ,Black Sand Beach and Taro Plantation. Big Island (Hilo, Hawaii) Rainbow Falls (waterfall), Mauna Loa volcano and crater, they walked through a lava tube, toured orchid farms and saw the Kileauea volcano lava flow, they thought this was an awesome site. Then on to Kona where the Kona Coffee Plantation is. They finished up with Melinda’s favorite Kauai -Kaola where they saw Spouting Horn Park to see the blowhole and Waimea Canyon which is called the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. Melinda and Dianne attended the Kalamaku Luau where they tasted poi. They also toured the McBryde and Allerton Gardens which had lots of tropical plants and flowers. Then before returning home they sailed along the Napoli Coast which has also been used for several movies.

Clean-Ups

Canal Gardens Property Owners Association will have their annual clean-up this Saturday, Aprill 22nd. You can pick-up your garbage bags, gloves and other items supplied by “Keep Arkansas Beautiful” on Southwood Cove in front of the dumpster at 9:00 a.m. Originally, we had a rain date of April 29th, however since the dome seems to cover Horseshoe Lake when the rain comes through, the dumpster for garbage will arrive on Friday, April 21st and be removed on Monday, April 24th. Please NO tires or batteries. There will be a scrapable metal only trailer at 302 Lakewood Dr. (Bacon’s house). All proceeds from trailer will go to the Horseshoe Lake Volunteer Fire Department. This is a good time to get rid of stuff. Special thanks go out to the County Judge and Quorum Court for providing a container and taking care of the landfill fee and to Greg Davenport for loaning us the trailer for scrap metal.

The Town of Horseshoe Lake will have the dumpsters in place starting on Friday May 5th at City Hall on Highland Dr. and dumpsters will be picked up on Monday, May 8th. Senior Citizens who need assistance should contact City Hall at 870-339-3104.

Calendar of Events April 22nd

Mass, 4:30 p.m., St. Mary’s of the Lake Catholic Church.

April 23rd

Sunday School, 10:00 a.m., Worship Service, 11:00 a.m., Horseshoe Lake Baptist Church.

Worship Service, 11:00 a.m., Hughes United Methodist Church.

April 24th

Hughes Rotary Club meets, 6:30 p.m.

Deadline for weekly news, 8 p.m., contact Holly Bacon at 870-339-3514 or hbacond7@aol.com.

April 25th

Zumba Class, 8:00 a.m., Surf Club Building.

County 76 Meeting, 10:00 a.m., Little Rock, AR.

April 27th

Zumba class, 8:00 a.m., Surf Club Building.

Hughes Fire Dept. meets, 7 p.m., Fire Station on Blackwood.

April 28th

Next weekly column appears.

By Holly Bacon