FRIENDS OF NRA TO MEET APRIL 21

Friends of the National Rifle Association will hold a fund-raising banquet April 21 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Cape Girardeau.

The event will open with a social hour at 6 p.m., followed by a meal and an auction at 7:30. Speakers include Missouri Sen. Peter Kinder and Rep. Mary Kasten and U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson. All gun owners, enthusiasts, shooters and hunters are urged to attend and support the NRA.

Tickets are $25 per person or $40 per couple and are available at Phegley's Shooting Supply and Beard Sporting Goods or by calling (314) 335-1007, 243-1511 or 334-8342.