QUOTE OF THE DAY “This has been a four-year decision — we thought about it and thought about and thought about it.” John Gladden, board president of Springdale’s Rodeo of the Ozarks, on seeking a beer permit for the event Article, 1 B Today’s happenings Eureka Springs Kite Festival, 10 a. m.-4 p. m., Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a. m., Crossbow Pavilion, Huntsville KISR Radio Egg Hunt, 11 a. m.-1 p. m., Creekmore Park, Fort Smith Mayor’s Easter Egg Hunt, 11 a. m., Lake Atalanta Park, Rogers Mayor’s Easter Egg Hunt, 11: 30 a. m., Tilles Park, Fort Smith Looking ahead Easter Egg Hunt, 1 p.m. Sunday, Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs 32 nd annual War Eagle Mill Easter Egg Hunt, 2 p.m. Sunday, Rogers American Cancer Society Extravaganza: A Concert of Physicians, 7: 30 p.m. Tuesday, Fayetteville Town Center “Web Sites: Why Some Work and Others Don’t,” 7: 30-9 a.m. Wednesday, Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith UAFS invites 11 th-graders to ‘den day’ Junior Den Day, an event for high school juniors, their parents and high school counselors, is set for 8: 30 a.m. April 10 at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith’s Stubblefield Center. The event is designed to provide students with information on preparing for their senior year. Representatives from university admissions, financial aid, student activities and student advisement departments will give brief presentations to parents and counselors. The event is free. Preregistration is requested. More information is available at www. uafortsmith. edu / Future / DenDay.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Pettigrew Day planned for April 12 The Pettigrew community and the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale will present Pettigrew Day, a reunion for friends and residents of Madison County, at 1 p.m. April 12 at the Pettigrew community building. The theme for this year’s event focuses on the experiences of those who left the Ozarks to live and work in other parts of the country from the Great Depression through the 1960 s. Shiloh Museum staff will be on hand to copy photographs and paper items, and representatives from the Madison County Genealogical and Historical Society will answer local history questions. A benefit supper to help finance the upkeep of the community building will be held 5: 30-6: 30 p.m. Cost is $ 5 for adults and $ 2 for children under 12. At 6: 30 p.m. storyteller Arthur Haught will speak, followed by a program on Ozark migration by Brooks Blevins, professor of history at Lyon College in Batesville. More information is available by calling the Shiloh Museum at (479 ) 750-8165.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Abuse prevention rally set April 25 The Children’s Advocacy Center of Benton County will sponsor the Benton County Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Rally from 11: 30 a. m.-12: 30 p.m. April 25 at Dave Peel Park in Bentonville. Students from Baker Elementary School in Bentonville will perform, and the center will have guests speak on child abuse in Benton County. Hot dogs will be served at 11: 30 a.m. The rally will begin at noon. More information is available by calling (479 ) 621-0385.
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