• Celebrate Recover, 6:30 pm each Tuesday at the Advent Christian Church .  Includes a light supper, music, lessons and small group discussion.  For more information, contact Pastor Jeff Eason, program coordinator at the Villisca Advent Christian Church
• Red Oak Eagles BINGO every Tuesday, early bird at 6:30, regular at 7:00
• Red Oak Rotary Club meets every Tuesday at noon to 1pm for lunch and program at Pizza Ranch in Red Oak.  Guests always welcome.
• The Red Oak American Legion meets the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 pm at the Red Oak American Legion in Red Oak.  Everyone is invited.  712-542-8452
• The Montgomery County Crime Stoppers meet the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm. at the Red Oak American Legion.  Everyone is invited. 712-542-8452
• The Red Oak VFW meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Red Oak American Legion.  Everyone is invited. 712-542-8452.

• The Shenandoah Eagles Club ( 709 West Thomas) is serving $7.00 meals.  Menu varies weekly, check their Facebook page for weekly menu.
• Montgomery County Shooting Sports Club ~ Monthly Meeting ~ 2nd Wednesday of each month, 6:30 pm, Anderson Conservation Building
• CHRIST’S CUPBOARD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY is now open for service…..Open Wednesdays 1:30- 5pm, and open for donations only on Fridays from 10 – noon
• Overeaters Anonymous…….is food a problem for you?  Are you suffering from anorexia, bulimia, obesity, and, or compulsive overeating>.  Meetings held weekly on Wednesdays from 5-6 pm at the United Methodist Church in Shenandoah (200 Church Street).  For more information contact Sara at 712-215-1500.

The Elliott Food Pantry is open on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month from 6-8.  The pantry is located at 305 1st Street at the SW door of the former elementary building.  For more information e-mail elliottfoodpantry@gmail.com

• Over Eaters Anonymous meets every Thursday at 5:30 pm at the 1st Methodist Church in Red Oak.
• BINGO every Thursday at the American Legion Post #88 in Shenandoah (603 Lowell Street) from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm.

  The Shenandoah Eagles Club (709 West Thomas) serves dinner starting at 6:00 p.m., Steak dinner $15.00, 1 pc fish dinner $10.00, 2 pc. fish dinner $15.00

• Alcohlic Anonymous meetings, every Saturday morning, 10 am to 11 am at the First United Methodist Church in Clarinda, Room 108.  Questions, call 712-589-3531.  24 hour hotline, 402-553-5033

*  The Shenandoah Eagles Club (709 West Thomas) will have Bingo in January, Early Bird Bingo starts at 2:00 p.m., Regular Bingo starts at 3:00 p.m.

September 15

The Grant UM Church Annual Fall Bazaar, 10 am worship with music by Sweet Harmony, Lunch 11:30 – 1, $10.00 for adults and $5.00 kids 12 and under.  Lunch is homemade beef & noodles, harvard beets and buttered corn, salads, pies, desserts, drink.  Auction will begin around 1:30 and includes hand made crafts including a quilt, rugs, garden produce, baked goods and more.

Red Oak FFA Tractor Show, Montgomery County Fairgrounds 12 – 3, Cookout with the Mills – Montgomery County Cattlemen from 11:30 – 1:30,50 / 50 raffle, tractor rides, unloading can begin after 9 am.  NO ENTRY FEE

The Corning Fire Department Fundraiser, 5-7 pm, serving park chops, hashbrown casserole and corn.  The meal will be served at the Corning Fire Station at 905 Davis Ave. Curbside pickup and delivery will also be available.  For more info, call Toby Hardisty at 712-621-8061 or Shane Haffner 712-621-0056

September 18

Fremont Lutheran Church Hosts Annual Harvest Celebration
Nyman, Iowa, 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM.
The event will be held at the Fremont Lutheran Church premises, located at 1147 Ironwood Ave, Red
Oak, Iowa which is north of Essex and South of Red Oak.  The evening will also
provide live worship music in the sanctuary by Devon Taylor and friends. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.  This year’s menu includes ham balls, Swedish potato sausage (Korv), an array of side dishes, and a variety of desserts including homemade pies. The dinner is a freewill donation meal. Funds raised will support a range of vital outreach ministries.
To place a carry-out order, call or text either:
Amy Rydberg at 712-370-1990 after 4:00 pm.
Bethann Tillman at 712-438-0948 after 4:00 pm

September 20 – 22

The Southwest Iowa Art Tour is preparing for its eleventh year connecting rural communities through art. Mark your calendars for Friday, September 20th, Saturday, September 21st and Sunday, September 22nd this year! In 2014, a group of southwest Iowa artists came together to pull off a regional event to connect their rural communities – a self-guided ‘Art Tour’ that would showcase their artworks, studios, galleries, and hometowns. The first year included nine participating communities and thirty artists. The success of the
Southwest Iowa Art Tour has grown the eleventh annual event to include thirteen communities, twenty Gathering Places, and more than ninety local artists.  This self-guided tour allows participants to begin and end where they would like, come and go from location to location at their leisure, and explore diverse art forms – including fiber art, sculpture, pottery, painting, metal works, jewelry, glassware and much more from over seventy artists. The twenty unique stops this year include many familiar locations, plus four additions and two familiar artist groups in different locations. Gathering Places will be located in the following Southwest Iowa towns: Avoca, rural Clarinda, Council Bluffs, rural Essex, Glenwood, Harlan, Macedonia, Malvern, rural Malvern, Neola, Red
Oak, Shenandoah, Sidney, and rural Thurman. Gathering Places that are new to the Southwest Iowa Art Tour this year include The Furniture Girl – Inside the Market at 100 Power Drive in Council Bluffs, The Mill in Downtown Shenandoah, 8 Seconds on the southwest corner of the square in Sidney, and Knox Art Studios south of Thurman/west of Sidney. The Harlan Gathering Place has moved just around the corner, still on the square, to their new location at Market Street Gifts. Mary Sneed’s Fine Art has moved from her
Glenwood location to her new studio and gallery at the former Methodist Church in Malvern, conveniently located just up the block from Fine Arts on Fifth, The Art Church, The Art House, and the Art Alley; adding to the walkability of Malvern’s downtown art scene.

1th Annual Southwest Iowa Art Tour – Zanzibarn Creations – Rural Clarinda.The Southwest Iowa Art Tour is now celebrating its 11th year connecting Southwest Iowa communities through art! We encourage participants and attendees to chart their own course and visit some of the great businesses and eateries along the way, while discovering phenomenal art and artists in Southwest Iowa! Visit www.swiarttour.com for more information.

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September 22

•  Southwest Iowa Heat 4 person Scramble golf tournament at the Villisca Country Club.  1:30 pm, $120.00 per team, to register or questions, contact, Susan Gray at 712-789-0750 or Jessica DeMArce at 712-370-6686
• REVIVAL – Corning Opera House, 3 nights, 6:30 pm, hosted by Faithful Community Church in Corning, Villisca Advent Christian Church, Clarinda Methodist Church and the Arising Methodist Church in Lenox. Enjoy Worship, Music, and speaker Joshua Hostetler.  Light Concessions available.

September 23

• REVIVAL – Corning Opera House, 3 nights, 6:30 pm, hosted by Faithful Community Church in Corning, Villisca Advent Christian Church, Clarinda Methodist Church and the Arising Methodist Church in Lenox. Enjoy Worship, Music, and speaker Joshua Hostetler.  Light Concessions available.

September 24

• REVIVAL – Corning Opera House, 3 nights, 6:30 pm, hosted by Faithful Community Church in Corning, Villisca Advent Christian Church, Clarinda Methodist Church and the Arising Methodist Church in Lenox. Enjoy Worship, Music, and speaker Joshua Hostetler.  Light Concessions available.

September 25

Live Well Montgomery County Mobile Food Pantry, distribution at 3:30 pm at the ROCSD football field parking lot.  no cost, all are welcome

September 27

Red Oak Rotary Chili Cook Off and Polio Fundraiser, 5-7 @ the Red Oak Fire Station. This is a fundraiser for polio and every dollar donated is matched. TEAMS – $20 to enter and free will donations to taste and vote.  For more information or to register a team call Liz Goddard at 712-201-8405.

September 28

SHENFEST!!

September 29

The Lala Project, Pumpkin Sale, 1-4 NEW LOCATION…..Montgomery County Fair Grounds Show Barn at 1809 North 4th Street in Red Oak.  All donations are u sed for cancer care packages.

Saturday October 5

69th Annual Southwest Iowa Band Jamboree, 5, 9am – 6pm.   Every year it draws over 50 High School and Middle School bands from Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska which are judged in both parade & field marching in the daylong competition. The free parade starts at 9:00 a.m. around the downtown square. The afternoon field shows begin at 12:45 p.m. 

October 11-13 and 18-20

DRACULA, A Comedy of Terrors on stage at the Wilson Performing Arts Center n Red Oak.  Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 and Sundays at 2:30, Tickets at Wilsonartscenter.org or call 712-623-3183

October 19

65th Annual Clarinda Craft Carnival, 8am – 4pm. Various building locations around Clarinda (map) This craft show draws 225 craft exhibitors from Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, and all parts of Iowa. More than 475 craft booths are expected to fill the Page County Fairgrounds-Wibholm Hall and Cow Palace, Clarinda Academy Gymnasium, Clarinda High School Gymnasium, and Clarinda Lied Center Gymnasium. Free shuttle services and parking available. Admission is $5 per person which includes entrance at all five building locations. Children ages 10 and under are free.