QUOTE OF THE DAY “It seems disingenuous to say she wasn’t involved. I certainly understand the idea of leniency for cooperation, but not to this degree.” Louis Lim, an attorney for Serafin Sandoval-Vega, who pleaded guilty to murder, on the decision Tuesday to drop charges against Roxana Hernandez, who was in the car at the time of the shooting Article, 1 B Today’s meetings Fayetteville technical plat review, 9 a.m. Washington County Rural Development Authority, 9: 30 a.m. Springdale Public Facilities Board, noon 4 th Judicial District drug task force control board, 1: 30 p.m. Rogers Parks and Recreation Commission, 1: 30 p.m. Walton Arts Center Council, 3: 30 p.m. Rogers Historic District Commission, 4 p.m. Springdale Library Board, 4 p.m. Bethel Heights City Council, 7 p.m. Today’s happenings “Early Madison County, 1830-1865,” noon, Shiloh Museum, Springdale Looking ahead Once Upon Dickson Reading and Reception, 6: 30 p.m. Thursday, Nightbird Books, Fayetteville Boston Mountain chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, 7 p.m. Thursday, Shiloh Museum, Springdale Third Friday Twilight Walk, 4-8 p.m. Friday, downtown Rogers 37 th annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, 6: 15 a.m. Friday, Holiday Inn Convention Center, Fort Smith Children’s Shelter Golf Classic, 8 a.m. Saturday, Kingswood / Berksdale Golf Courses, Bella Vista Saturday Studio Hours, 10 a. m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Community Imagination Studio, 818 N. Sang Ave., Fayetteville Indy driver to visit Boys and Girls Club Indy car driver Sarah Fisher will visit the Donald W. Reynolds Boys and Girls Club in Fayetteville at 7 p.m. Thursday. Dinner and refreshments will be served. Fisher will speak for Boys and Girls Club youth and their families. The event is part of a week-long special-events schedule for Boys and Girls Club members, which includes attending a Northwest Arkansas Naturals game at noon today, ice skating at the Jones Center for Families at 2 p.m. Thursday and a teen lock-in at 8 p.m. Friday. More information is available at www. fayettevillekids. org.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Civil War Heritage Group to meet The Northwest Arkansas Civil War Heritage Group will meet at noon Friday at 112 U. S. 62 East in Yellville. Residents with an interest in preserving Arkansas’s Civil War sites are encouraged to attend. More information is available by calling Alan Thompson at (479 ) 846-2990.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Events benefit dystrophy group The Razorback chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association will host a motorcycle fun run beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pig Trail Harley-Davidson in Rogers. Registration is $ 25 per rider and includes lunch, music and door prizes. The group will also benefit from three “Fill the Boot” fundraising events Friday and Saturday. The Pea Ridge Fire Department will host its fundraising drive from 3-7 p.m. Friday at South Curtis Avenue and Lee Town. The Farmington Fire Department will collect money from 8 a. m.-noon Saturday at intersections throughout Farmington. The Ozark Fire Department will collect money from 9 a. m.-2 p.m. Saturday at CV’s Grocery and Wal-Mart. More information is available by calling Melissa Wood at (479 ) 646-0022.
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