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Weekend Outlook October 1-3, 2010

Article | | By Michele Skalicky
  • Watch a college football, softball or volleyball game
  • Learn about disability rights and history
  • Visita pumpkin patch and corn maze
  • Attend a craft show
  • Stop by a Springfield fire station
  • See short films
  • Run or walk for a cause
  • Learn primitive skills
  • Hike
  • Watch birds
  • The Missouri State women’s soccer team will host Indiana State tonight (10/1) at 7 at Plaster Sports Complex. For ticket information, 836-7678.
  • Freedom Fest is today (10/1) from 4 to 7 at the Southwest Center for Independent Living, 2864 S. Nettleton, in Springfield. Learn more about disability rights and history and find out about community resources. There will also be games, door prizes, and more. A civil rights presentation starts at 5 and dinner will be served at 5:30. If you’d like more information, www.swcil.org.
  • Rutledge-Wilson Farm Park features a corn maze, a pumpkin patch and hayrides each weekend in October. Hours are Friday, 5 to 10, and Saturday and Sunday, noon to 10. For more information, www.parkboard.org.
  • The city of Ozark will hold its Arts and Crafts Show today thru Sunday (10/1-10/3) in Finley River Park. For details, ozarkcraftfair.com.
  • Stop by any Springfield fire station tomorrow (10/2) between 9 and noon to meet firefighters, see their apparatus and equipment and test your fire safety knowledge. Cookies and punch will be served. For more information about the Open House, call 864-1500 or visit www.springfieldmo.gov/fire.
  • The Manhattan Short Film Festival will be held tomorrow night (10/2) at 7:30 in the Plaster Student Union Theatre on the MO State Campus. Admission is $10 for the general public and $7 for students. 12 short films will be shown, and the audience will vote for the winner. For more information, http://missouristate.edu.
  • Pregnancy Care Center will host a 5K Run/Walk for Life fundraising event tomorrow (10/2) at Jordan Valley Park. Registration starts at 8 am. For details, 877-0800.
  • The Springfield Conservation Nature Center will offer the Discover Nature Families program “Nature Journaling” tomorrow morning (10/2) from 9:30 to noon. To register, 888-4237.
  • The 1st annual Hound Dog Homecoming fundraiser for the Humane Society of Southwest Missouri is tomorrow (10/2) from 11 to 3. Enter your dog to be king or queen of the event. The person who raises the most donations for the Humane Society on behalf of their dog will have their furry friend crowned. For more information, 833-2526.
  • Step Forward for Life, AIDS Walk 2010, is tomorrow (10/2) in Phelps Grove Park. Registration is at 9, and the walk starts at 10. A costumed dog parade will begin at 11:15. To learn more, www.aidsprojectoftheozarks.org.
  • The Missouri State softball bears will face Drury tomorrow (10/2) at noon and SIU Edwardsville Sunday afternoon (10/3) at 1 at Killian Sports Complex.
  • The Missouri State football team will host Youngstown State tomorrow afternoon (10/2) at 1 at Plaster Sports Complex, and the volleyball bears take on Wichita State tomorrow night (10/2) at 7 at Hammons Student Center. For ticket information, 836-7678.
  • Joplin will host a Memory Walk for the Southwest Missouri Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association tomorrow (10/2) at Northpark Mall. To find out more, www.memorywalk2010.kintera.org/joplin.
  • Join the Ozark Mountain Trailblazers on a challenging hike tomorrow (10/2) at the Eye of the Needle trail. If you’d like to go along, meet at the McDonald’s in Ozark at 7 am. For more information, 844-5834.
  • The 7th annual Benefit Auction/Dinner to benefit the Wright County Children’s Home in Norwood will be held tomorrow afternoon (10/2) at the Norwood High School Gymnasium. Doors open at 4, a pulled pork dinner starts at 5 and the auction at 6.
  • A Trap and Skeet Shoot to benefit Missouri State University-West Plains Athletics will be held tomorrow (10/2). For details, 255-7255 or wpstudentservices [at] missouristate [dot] edu.
  • The Ozark Spring Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution and the West Plains Library will host a genealogy workshop tomorrow. “Documenting Your Family History from the Present to a Revolutionary War Patriot” is from 1 to 5. To register, 256-4775.
  • Learn how to find information on important health topics tomorrow afternoon (10/2) at 2 at the Library Station. A Health and Wellness Information Booth will also be open at the library from 2 to 5. To learn more, 865-1340.
  • The Greater Ozarks Audubon Society invites you to go on a birdwatching trip tomorrow (10/2) to the Busiek State Forest. Meet in the commuter lot at the southwest corner of Highway 65 and Evans Road at 8 am. Everyone is welcome to go along, regardless of birdwatching experience.
  • See demonstrations of flint knapping, making cordage out of plant fibers, beadwork and fire making Sunday from 1 at 5 during Primitive Skills Day at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. Drop by anytime.
  • A benefit for the American Diabetes Association is Sunday morning (10/3) from 8 to noon at Dancing Mule Coffee, 1945 S. Glenstone. Cash and Cakes will feature all-you-can-eat pancakes and Johnny Cash music. The cost is $5. Wearing black is encouraged but not required.