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Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008
QUOTE OF THE DAY “There is a certain amount of resentment that comes with being left behind in Mexico. The boy has some issues to work out, and his mother had recognized this and had just started him in therapy.” Jim Miranda, a lawyer and Hispanic rights advocate in Bella Vista, on a Rogers High School student accused of attempted kidnapping and trying to rob his employer
Article, 1 B Today’s meetings Fayetteville technical plat review, 9 a. m. Springdale Water and Sewer Commission, 9 a. m. Springdale Housing Authority, noon Looking ahead “Continuing Significance of Race in the 21 st Century,” 7 p. m. Thursday, Boreham Conference Center, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Benton County Civic Symphony Wine Tasting fundraiser, 5: 30 p. m. Friday, Legacy Village, Bentonville Arkansas Winds Winter Concert, 7 p. m. Friday, Central United Methodist Church, Fayetteville United Cerebral Palsy pancake breakfast, 7-10 a. m. Saturday, Siloam Springs Fire Station No. 2, 100 S. Mount Olive St., Siloam Springs Black Heritage Celebration, 2 p. m. Saturday, Fort Smith Public Library Fort Smith Ballet Company’s ninth annual New Works Performance, 7 p. m. Saturday, King Opera House, Van Buren ‘Agritourism’ seminar set for Petit Jean The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Petit Jean Mountain near Morrilton will host “Agritourism 101: Make Your First Steps the Right Steps” from 8: 30 a. m.-3 p. m. Thursday. Jane Eckert, president and founder of Eckert AgriMarketing in St. Louis, will discuss evaluating a farm’s potential, understanding levels of agritourism development and developing a business model. More information is available at www. uawri. org.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE College recitals planned Thursday The music department at Northwest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville will host student studio recitals beginning at 7: 30 p. m. Thursday. Voice, piano, organ and guitar students will perform. The concert is free and open to the public. More information is available at www. nwacc. edu.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Archeology activities planned in March The Arkansas Archeological Survey will sponsor activities at libraries, museums and parks statewide throughout March as part of Arkansas Archeology Month. The theme of this year’s Archeology Month is “Patterns of the Past;” exhibits and activities focus on features of American Indian and pioneer life in the early 19 th century. The exhibits “Patterns of the Past: Tours of the Hawkins House” and “Discovering the Bluff Dwellers” will be on display at the Rogers Historical Museum throughout March. The Bella Vista Historical Museum will show the film The Expanding Nation at 2 p. m. each Sunday in March. Archeologist Jamie Brandon will discuss “Why Do We Dig Up the Recent Past ? Historical Archeology in Arkansas” at 7: 30 p. m. Monday at the Jones Center for Families in Springdale. The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale will host an artifact identification program at noon March 8 and the lecture “Myths, Legends and the Nitty Gritty: How Archeology and History Are Solving Questions at the Drennen-Scott House” at noon March 19. An artifact identification show and tell will be at 7 p. m. March 13 at the UAFS’s Echols Conference Center. A complete schedule of events throughout Arkansas is available at www. uark. edu / campus-resources / archinfo / archmonth. html.
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