QUOTE OF THE DAY “There’s no way that it can get any better than doing what we did this morning: putting a ‘recovered’ sticker on a child’s picture.” Clarksville Police Chief Greg Donaldson, on the recovery of a missing child whose picture was on a police cruiser Article, 1 B Today’s happenings Fourth annual Habitat for Humanity Hammer and Nail Golf Classic, 8 a. m., Lost Springs Golf Course, Rogers American Legion Post 100 Fish Fry, 11 a. m.-7 p. m., 711 Persimmon St., Rogers Third Friday Twilight Walk, 4-8 p. m., downtown Rogers 18 th annual White Street Studio Walk, 4-10 p. m., White Street, Eureka Springs Looking ahead Adult Development Center Spring Fling Poker Run, 8-10 a.m. Saturday, Rogers-Bentonville Elks Lodge, 501 S. 40 th St., Rogers Discover Dragonflies, 9 a. m.-noon Saturday, Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, Fayetteville Tellers of Tales, 10: 30 a.m. Saturday, Shiloh Museum, Springdale Northwest Arkansas Personal Computer User Group, 1 p.m. Saturday, Education and Computer Center suites 217, 219 and 221, Jones Center for Families, Springdale Gardening by the Yard Host Paul James, 1 p.m. Saturday, Bentonville Public Library Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter Spring Art Fling, 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Interiors Galleria, 4301 Pleasant Crossing Parkway, Rogers Adult Development Center Spring Fling Luau, 7-10: 30 p.m. Saturday, Clarion Hotel, Bentonville Fear Factor comes to Jones Center The Community LIFE Department at the Jones Center for Families of Springdale will host Fear Factor for families and teens at 6 p.m. today and Saturday. Family Fear Factor will be today with room for 12 family teams of four. Teen Fear Factor is geared toward ’tweens and teens ages 9-17 and will accommodate 15 participants. Contestants will be chosen at random via drawing. Contestants will receive a gift card for participating, and a grand prize will be awarded for first-place finishers. More information is available at www. jonesnet. org.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Celebration follows West Fork cleanup The third annual West Fork Watershed Celebration and Cleanup will begin at noon Saturday at Riverside Park in West Fork. Volunteers are needed to help with the cleanup. Volunteers should bring gloves. The cleanup will be followed at 2 p.m. by kayaking, fly fishing, canoeing and water ecology classes. The West Fork Fire Department also will be selling food. Live music begins at 6 p.m. More information is available at www. wfepa. org.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Lunch, Red Cross tips through summer The Bank of the Ozarks and the Northwest Arkansas chapter of the American Red Cross will cosponsor nine Community Appreciation Days throughout Northwest Arkansas.
Red Cross volunteers will provide information on safety and disaster preparedness, register residents for cardiopulmonary resuscitation classes and be on hand to answer questions about family emergency preparations. The Bank of the Ozarks will provide free lunch during the sessions.
Community Appreciation Days will be from 11 a. m.-1: 30 p.m. Dates and locations for the events are May 23 at 7154 W. Sunset Ave. in Springdale; June 6 at 800 N. 47 th St. in Rogers; June 20 at 1010 S. E. Walton Blvd. in Bentonville; July 3 at 2060 N. Crossover Road in Fayetteville; July 18 at 2501 W. Pleasant Grove Road in Rogers; Aug. 1 at 405 S. W. 14 th St. in Bentonville; Aug. 15 at 791 W. Lancashire Blvd. in Bella Vista; Aug. 29 at 3474 W. Wedington Drive in Fayetteville; and Sept. 12 at 3567 W. New Hope Road in Rogers.
More information is available at www. bankozarks. com.
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