QUOTE OF THE DAY “Today feels like Valentine’s Day and the Academy Awards all rolled into one.” Sandi Sanders, project director for the U. S Marshals Museum in Fort Smith, on $ 2 million in state money the museum received Thursday
Article, 1 B Today’s happenings Benton County Civic Symphony Wine Tasting Fundraiser, 5: 30 p. m., Legacy Village, Bentonville Arkansas Winds Winter Concert, 7 p. m., Central United Methodist Church, Fayetteville Mr. UA Fort Smith Pageant, 7 p. m., Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Looking ahead United Cerebral Palsy Pancake Breakfast, 7-10 a. m. Saturday, Siloam Springs Fire Station No. 2, 100 S. Mount Olive St., Siloam Springs Omni Center Pancake Breakfast, 8: 30-11 a. m. Saturday, United Campus Ministries, 902 W. Maple St., Fayetteville Poets Northwest: Michael Heffernan, 1 p. m. Saturday, Jones Center for Families, Springdale Black Heritage Celebration, 2 p. m. Saturday, Fort Smith Public Library Reading of nature book set for Rogers A public reading of naturalist Aldo Leopold’s book A Sand County Almanac will be 9 a. m.-5 p. m. Saturday in the community room of the Rogers Public Library. Community leaders, educators, students and outdoor enthusiasts will serve as readers. Readings will be accompanied by a continuous slide show of Ozark landscape photos. Children’s activities are planned from 10 a. m.-3 p. m. in the children’s library. More information is available from Tom McClure or Ellen Turner at (479 ) 633-8405 or by e-mail at turner _ ellen@hotmail. com.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Read Across America is Monday Holcomb Elementary School in Fayetteville will celebrate the National Education Association’s 10 th annual Read Across America on Monday. Community leaders including Fayetteville Mayor Dan Coody and state Sen. Sue Madison, D-Fayetteville, will be on hand to celebrate the event. Read Across America falls on what would have been Dr. Seuss’s 104 th birthday and the Cat in the Hat will be on hand. The Cat in the Hat will also be present for a celebration of Dr. Seuss’s birthday at 4 p. m. Monday at the Fayetteville Public Library, which will include readings of Dr. Seuss books, facepainting and birthday cake. Both events are intended to show children the importance and joy of reading.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Iraq War protest planned Thursday The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville chapter of the Omni Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology will host a student protest of the Iraq War, “Drop Books, Not Bombs,” 10 a. m.-3 p. m. Thursday on the mall outside the Arkansas Union. Students and faculty members will voice their opinions about the war, and local musicians and speakers will be on hand. Omni student members will participate in a visual display of the war’s effects and costs. The public is invited to speak, sing or perform at the open mic event. Also planned is a demonstration, “Five Years Too Many: Bring Home the Troops Now,” to be held March 8 along College Avenue from Township Street to Dickson Street in Fayetteville. Protesters will meet in the Evelyn Hills Shopping Center parking lot at 12: 30 p. m. More information on both events is available at www. omnicenter. org.
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