NW Arkansas today
Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We don’t feel it is our obligation to build a high school for the community. We have to do what’s best for the university.” G. David Gearhart, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville chancellor, on the decision not to buy Fayetteville High School
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Today’s happenings Washington County Fair, livestock and horticulture events, 8 a. m.-9 p. m.; carnival rides, 10 a. m.-10 p. m.; midnight madness, midnight-3 a. m., Washington County Fairgrounds, Fayetteville Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival, 11 a. m., Basin Spring Park; 2 p. m., The Auditorium, Eureka Springs 136 th annual Logan County Musical Convention, 6 p. m., First United Methodist Church, Booneville 24 th annual Frisco Festival, 6: 30-11 p. m., Rogers Historic District Newton County Fair and Rodeo, all day, fairgrounds, Jasper Lunchtime Movie: How They Do It — Three Children’s Book Illustrators, noon, Crystal Bridges at the Massey, Bentonville Looking ahead Secchi Day on Beaver Lake, 9 a. m.-1 p. m. Saturday, Grand Shelter at Prairie Creek, Rogers Cannon-Firing Demonstrations with the First Arkansas Light Artillery, 10 a. m.-2 p. m. Saturday, Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park Saturday Studio Hours, 10 a. m.-4 p. m. Saturday, Community Imagination Studio, 818 N. Sang Ave., Fayetteville Hawaiian-Style First Anniversary Celebration, 10 a. m.-5 p. m. Saturday, The Meadows Independent and Assisted Living, Bentonville Pickin ’ in the Park, 6 p. m. Saturday, Frisco Park, Rogers Polo in the Ozarks set for Sept. 6 Polo in the Ozarks, a benefit for Lifestyles Inc., will be 4-11 p. m. Sept. 6 at the Buell Farm on Arkansas 45 near Fayetteville. The event features the area’s only polo match, tailgate parties, a post-match gala, dancing, a children’s tent and silent and live auctions. Lifestyles Inc. provides support for individuals with disabilities. Admission is $ 75 for adults and $ 25 for children. More information is available at www. lifestylesinc. org.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE UA-Fort Smith to host landscape clinic The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will host a fall landscape clinic at 7: 45 a. m. Sept. 6 at the Latture Conference Center. The event includes a campus landscape tour, educational programs, door prizes and refreshments. Steve Dobbs of the university’s plant operations department will present “Landscape Plants for Arklahoma” and Landscape Services Assistant Director Lacey Jennen will discuss “UA Fort Smith Secrets to Landscaping.” More information is available by calling (479 ) 788-7170.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Golf tournament to benefit Boys, Girls Club The 2008 Degree Golf Classic will start at 8 a. m. Sept. 8 at Paradise Valley Country Club in Fayetteville. The four-man scramble, with shotgun starts at 8 a. m. and 1 p. m., will benefit the Donald W. Reynolds Boys and Girls Club. Katfish for Kids, a dinner preceding the tournament, will be 5-9 p. m. Sept. 7 at Elks Lodge No. 1987, 4444 N. Crossover Road, in Fayetteville. More information is available at www. fayettevillekids. org.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Professional women’s luncheon Sept. 9 “The Balancing Act,” a professional women’s development luncheon hosted by the Network of Executive Women, will be 11: 30 a. m. Sept. 9 at the Holiday Inn City Center in Fort Smith. Christine McMahon is the speaker. The goal of the event is to raise $ 5, 500 for educational scholarships for women. Tickets are $ 25. Valet parking will be available. More information is available at www. newfortsmith. com.
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