NRA BANQUET SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 9

The second annual Friends of the NRA Banquet will be held Thursday, March 9 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Cape Girardeau.

Tickets to the banquet are $25 per person or $40 per couple and available at Phegley's Shooting Supply (335-1007) and Beards Sporting Goods (334-2266) in Cape Girardeau and Hartlein Archery & Sporting Goods (243-5384) in Jackson. All proceeds go to the National Rifle Association.

Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. with dinner following at 7 p.m. The Holiday Inn convention Center is located at Route K and Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau.