Community First Banking Company is $500 sponsor of the West Plains Noon Rotary Club Boots and Barbecue fundraiser for the Rotary Backpack Program. Tickets to the fundraiser are $40 in advance and $50 at the door. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Rubydoo’s Event Center, 9240 County Road 9190. Festivities will include a barbecue dinner, cash bar, music, live auction, hay rides and a “cash bubble house” game. Proceeds go toward Rotary efforts to ensure children at risk of going hungry have food to eat over weekends and school breaks. To purchase tickets, go online to eventbrite.com and search for “Boots & BBQ” hosted by the West Plains Noon Rotary Club, or visit Ozark Marketing Company, 983 E. U.S. 160, or State Farm-Ramona Heiney, 1024 Porter Wagoner Blvd., both in West Plains. Front row, from left: Nita Judd, Ronda Barry, Carrie Siegman, Kelly Marsh, Nicole Woffard and Stephanie Minge. Back row: Gus Ramseur, Mark Sloan, Ambrosia Brege and Jarred Wright.