Calico%20Rock4856_lOld Independence Regional Museum will be offering its monthly program for senior citizens on Tuesday, July 28 at 10 a.m.   Laura Reed, Docent Coordinator and Master Gardener, will present a program about vegetables that can still be planted this summer for a fall harvest.  Afterward, Frances Mathis, museum volunteer, will lead a felt flower making craft.

This program is free.  Space is limited to 15 participants and reservations are required.  Please call the museum at 870-793-2121 to reserve your space!

This humanities program is made possible by local support from Independence County and the City of Batesville, as well as by Challenge Grant Endowment funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities.  Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Old Independence serves a 12-county area:  Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Marion, Poinsett, Sharp, Stone, White, and Woodruff.  Parts of these present-day counties comprised the original Independence County in 1820s Arkansas territory. For more information call: :    (870) 793-2121