NW Arkansas today
Posted on Saturday, February 16, 2008
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It will give us a full understanding of our congestion.” Jessie Jones, an Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department planning engineer, on a traffic study planned for Northwest Arkansas
Article, 1 B Today’s happenings Sierra Club Conservation Awards Banquet, 6 p. m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 224 N. East Ave., Fayetteville
Looking ahead “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World” Opening, all day Sunday, Springdale Public Library, Springdale Family Flicks: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, 2 p. m. Sunday, Jones Center for Families, Springdale Program on Daisy Bates, 6 p. m. Monday, Arkansas Union theater, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Brighton Beach Memoirs auditions, 7 p. m. Monday and Tuesday, Rogers Little Theater, 116 S. Second St., Rogers Senior Democrats of Northwest Arkansas, 11: 30 a. m. Tuesday, Western Sizzlin’, Springdale American Heart Association Luncheon for Women, 11: 30 a. m. Tuesday, John Q. Hammons Center, Rogers Free Home Buyers Seminar, 6-7: 15 p. m. Tuesday, Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce, 317 W. Walnut St., Rogers Student Play: Sweet Chariot, 7-9 p. m. Tuesday, Gibson Hall, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Eric Edelstein: “The Evolution of a Baseball Franchise,” noon Wednesday, Shiloh Museum, Springdale Tibetan Film Screening: Wheel of Time, 7 p. m. Wednesday, Giffels Auditorium, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Total Lunar Eclipse View, 7 p. m. Wednesday, JHARV Nature Center, Barling JBU to host annual family weekend John Brown University in Siloam Springs will host its annual family weekend Feb. 22-23. The weekend gives families of students the opportunity to participate in campus activities and to familiarize themselves with the university community. Parents will be able to sit in on classes and have lunch with professors on Feb. 22, and to see a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore and the student variety and talent show on Feb. 23. More information and a detailed schedule of events are available at www. jbu. edu / parents.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Concert to benefit Bella Vista Library Jack Mitchell’s Praise Band will present a benefit concert for the Bella Vista Library from 2: 30-4 p. m. Feb. 24 in the meeting hall at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church in Bella Vista. Tickets are $ 5 each, with reserved tables of eight available upon request. Advance tickets may be purchased at the library, any Arvest Bank in Bella Vista, Delta Bank and Trust, First Western Bank and Allen’s Foods. More information is available by calling (479 ) 855-1753.
— BENTON COUNTY DAILY RECORD
Weather-spotter classes offered The Benton County Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security will host free weather-spotter classes at 7 p. m. Feb. 26 at Northwest Arkansas Community College’s Shewmaker Center and at 7 p. m. Feb. 28 at the Siloam Springs Community Building, 110 S. Mount Olive St. The program is co-sponsored by the National Weather Service. A National Weather Service meteorologist will teach participants how to recognize tornados and understand storm structures. Other topics covered will include updates on National Weather Service technology and procedures and ideas for organizing weather-spotter groups. Classes will last two hours, require no preregistration and are open to the public. Emergency personnel and amateur radio operators also are welcome to attend. More information is available by calling (479 ) 271-1004.
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