Community calendar, March 26

Friday, March 29

Easter pageant

The Bernie Community Center will host an Easter Fantasy Pageant at 6 p.m. Friday, March 29. The community center is located at 503 S. Walnut St.

Saturday, March 30

Parsley Mini Farm will host Easter Eggs and Fluffy Cows starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 30. It will include an Easter egg hunt and more. The farm is located at 21348 County Road 279.

The Assembly Church, 20034 State Highway E, Bloomfield, will host an Easter egg drop starting at 9:30 a.m. March 30. Drop times will be birth to age 3, 10 a.m.; ages 4-7, 10:30 a.m.; and ages 8-12, 11 a.m. The event will include photos with the Easter bunny, face painting, bounce houses and hot dogs.

Monday, April 8

Eclipse viewing

Events will be held from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, April 8, at Dexter Sports Complex, Dexter Municipal Airport. Partial eclipse phase will start at 12:40 p.m. and totality will start at 12:57 p.m. The duration of totality will be 3 minutes and 50.5 seconds. Mid eclipse will occur at 1:59 p.m.

Fair board

The Stoddard County Fair Board will meet from 7-9 p.m. Monday, April 8 (no location given).

Saturday, April 13

Pinwheel Walk

A community pinwheel walk will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 13, at West Park in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month. The walk is to raise awareness for the Stoddard County Family Resource Center. Please wear blue. There will be free refreshments, face painting, and a chance to win prizes!

For more information, please contact Teresa at 573-820-5770 or Megan at 573-625-2103.

Friday, April 19

Ribbon cutting

A ribbon cutting will be held at noon Friday, April 19, for Cricket Wireless, 1615 W. Business 60.

Tuesday, April 23

eWaste Recycling

eWaste Recycling Day will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the Bootheel Regional Planning Commission, 105 E. N. Main St., Dexter. Acceptable items include anything that runs by a cord or battery. Residents from the six Bootheel counties, Stoddard, Scott, Pemiscot, New Madrid, Mississippi and Dunklin, can drop items off.

Items that are allowed include laptops, modems, speakers, VHS and DVR players, televisions, CD players, printers and more.

Items not allowed include: alkaline batteries, DVDs, CDs, hazardous materials, fluorescent tubes and other items.

For more information, contact Kent Luke at 573-614-5178.