QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s just not a good time for them to raise rates like this. It’s going to hurt a lot of people.” Peggy Jones of Garfield, on the countywide reappraisal of property values, which means many Benton County property owners will be paying higher property taxes Article, 1 B Today’s meetings Springdale Street and Capital Improvement Committee, noon Fayetteville Tree and Landscape Advisory Committee, 4 p.m. Rogers Planning Commission, 4: 30 p.m. Bentonville Planning Commission, 5 p.m. Benton County Planning Board, 5: 30 p.m. Fayetteville Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, 5: 30 p.m. Elkins School Board, 6 p.m. Fayetteville City Council, 6 p.m. Rogers School Board, 6 p.m. Fayetteville Partners for Better Housing, 6: 30 p.m. Rogers Library Board of Trustees, 6: 30 p.m. Siloam Springs Board of Directors, 6: 30 p.m. Lowell City Council, 7 p.m. Pea Ridge City Council, 7 p.m. Today’s happenings Northwest Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts, 9 a. m., Cadron Creek Catfish House, Harrison Professional Women’s Network Brown Bag Lunch, 11: 30 a. m.-1 p. m., Nightbird Books, Fayetteville Senior Democrats of Northwest Arkansas, 11: 30 a. m., Western Sizzlin, Springdale Seniors Driving Away Hunger, 2-5 p. m., Harps Food, 715 N. Second St., Rogers Frisco Film Night, 7 p. m., Frisco Park stage, Rogers Looking ahead Early Madison County, 1830-1865, noon Wednesday, Shiloh Museum, Springdale Elizabeth Richardson Center recognized The Elizabeth Richardson Center has received international accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Services. The accreditation represents the highest status that can be awarded to an organization that provides services for people with disabilities. Only five other organizations in Arkansas have achieved the award. The center is a nonprofit organization with preschool locations in Fayetteville, Springdale and Siloam Springs and group homes in Springdale. The group also provides employment information and training for the disabled.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Video game extravaganza is Wednesday The Jones Center for Families in Springdale will host a video game extravaganza from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday. The event will feature 15 gaming systems on 15 big screens, including Xbox 360, Playstation 2 and Nintendo Wii. There will be food and prizes throughout the day for all participants. The event is free. More information is available at www. jonesnet. org.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Xtreme Arts Kidfest set for Aug. 2 The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith’s Academy of Arts and the Young Actors Guild will host the Xtreme Arts Kidfest from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 2 in the Reynolds Room of the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center. The event will provide information about programs offered by the Academy of Arts in a carnival atmosphere. The day will include games, prizes, drawings, exhibits by art students, faculty performances, fall registration information and crafts. Summer camp participants also will perform. More information is available at www. uafortsmith. edu / academy.
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