NW Arkansas today
Posted on Saturday, February 9, 2008
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We have had leprosy in Arkansas since forever. Some people get the idea that leprosy just came with the Marshallese. That’s not true.” Dr. James R. Phillips, the Arkansas Department of Health’s branch chief of infectious diseases, denying claims in a TV news report that there is an outbreak of leprosy in Springdale
Article, 1 B Today’s happenings Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, 8-10 a. m., Applebee’s, Fayetteville
Looking ahead Watercolor Technique Workshop, 10 a. m.-noon Sunday, Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center, Barling Susan Young: “No more pencils, no more books: Vanished schools of Washington County,” 2 p. m. Sunday, Headquarters House, 118 E. Dickson St., Fayetteville University of Arkansas Heifer Folk Meeting, 6: 30-8 p. m. Monday, Arkansas Union, Room 504, Fayetteville NAACP Founders Day Celebration, 6-8: 30 p. m. Tuesday, Multicultural Center, University of Arkansas Union, Fayetteville The World is My Home: The Life and Times of Paul Robeson, 6 p. m. Wednesday, Arkansas Union Theater, Fayetteville Brown-bag Seminar: “Be Mine !,” 11: 30 a. m.-1 p. m. Thursday, College at the Crossings, Bella Vista “Bubbles: Simple Questions With Surprisingly Hard Answers,” 7 p. m. Thursday, Fort Smith Public Library Disaster aid sought for tornado victims The Northwest Arkansas chapter of the American Red Cross is taking monetary donations for the victims of Tuesday’s tornados in Pope, Baxter, Stone, Van Buren and Conway counties. Checks may be sent to Northwest Arkansas Red Cross, P. O. Box 789, Tontitown, Ark. 72770. Donations also may be deposited at Arvest Bank, First State Bank, U. S. Bank or First Security Bank. Online donations may be made at www. nwarkansasredcross. org / donation. htm.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Fayetteville teens to show off fashions The sixth annual Fayetteville High School DECA Fashion Show will be 7 p. m. Tuesday at the Fayetteville Town Center. Tickets are $ 10 for adults and $ 5 for children and may be purchased at the door. A silent auction also will be held, with proceeds benefiting Arkansas Children’s Hospital. DECA is a national business-management organization for students and teachers.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Run benefits Eureka Springs free clinic The Eureka Springs Rotary Club will host the 26 th annual Victorian Classic at 9 a. m. March 8 at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks. Registration for the event, which includes a 10 K run, a 2-mile run and a 2-mile walk, begins at 7 a. m. Proceeds benefit ECHO, a free health clinic in Eureka Springs. More information is available at www. eurekarotary. org.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Project Playhouse aids child advocates
The Northwest Arkansas Mall will host Project Playhouse from March 28 to April 12.
Child-friendly playhouses will be displayed and sold at silent auction.
One playhouse will be raffled off. Tickets cost $ 5 each or $ 20 for five. Open houses will be held March 29 through April 5.
The auction and raffle benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children. More information is available at www. nwacasa. org.
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