QUOTE OF THE DAY “The tips are still out there, but they’re smaller. People are squeezed all over.” Charlie Rusk, a driver with Jim’s Express Shuttle on slow Thanksgiving week activity at Northwest Arkansas Regional
Airport Article, 1 B Today’s happenings Wrapped with Love for the Kids of St. Jude, all day, Malco Theaters, Fort Smith Thanksgiving dinner for the needy and homebound, 10 a. m.-noon, First Baptist Church, Rogers Thanksgiving lunch, 11 a. m., First United Methodist Church, Fort Smith Thanksgiving meal, 1 p. m., First United Methodist Church, Bentonville
Looking ahead Alma Holiday Market, all day Friday and Saturday, Boys and Girls Club, Alma Jim Young pottery demonstration, 10 a. m.-noon and 1-3 p. m. Friday, Wishing Spring Art and Craft Gallery, near Bella Vista Santa in the Park, 6 p. m. Friday, Basin Spring Park, Eureka Springs Eureka Springs Fall Art Show, 9 a. m.-7 p. m. Saturday, 9 a. m.-3 p. m. Sunday, Best Western Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center, Eureka Springs Trail of Tears, Cherokee Legacy, 2-4 p. m. Saturday, Clinton House Museum, Fayetteville Lighting of the Square and Christmas Parade, 5-7 p. m. Saturday, downtown Paris 12 th annual Christmas Parade of the Ozarks, 6 p. m. Saturday, Parsons Stadium, Springdale Holiday Open House, 12: 30-4 p. m. Sunday, Rogers Historical Museum Library events Fort Smith Public Library, 3201 Rogers Ave.: The Perfect Gift Fundraiser, all day Saturday Rogers Public Library, 711 S. Dixieland Road: Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, 2 p. m. Saturday Springdale Public Library, 405 S. Pleasant St.: Teens Decorate the Library, 2 p. m. Saturday Missouri Lottery Lotto: 5-16-20-24-34-42. Next jackpot estimated at $ 1. 1 million. Powerball: 11-26-31-34-52. PB: 14. Jackpot estimated at $ 15 million. 3 UAFS ensembles in concert Tuesday “An Evening of Chamber Music,” a free concert featuring the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith’s Brass Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble and Woodwind Ensemble, will be at 7: 30 p. m. Tuesday at the university’s Breedlove Auditorium. Selections will include holiday songs and music by classical composers. More information is available by calling (479 ) 788-7543.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Lighted boats to parade on Beaver Lake The Christmas Lights Boat Parade will be held at 7 p. m. Dec. 5-6 at Prairie Creek Marina in Rogers. This unusual floating Christmas parade will feature boats decorated with Christmas lights and designed as parade floats. The boats will move through Beaver Lake from the Prairie Creek Boat ramp to Coppermine Lodge and back. The event will be held in conjunction with a canned food and toy drive by the Rogers Fire Department. More information is available by calling (479 ) 280-0104.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Breakfast with Santa set for arts center The Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale will offer children four opportunities to have breakfast with Santa Claus on Dec. 6. Children and their parents can eat with Santa at 8, 8: 45, 9: 30 or 10: 15 a. m. There also will be an opportunity for children to have their picture taken with Santa and tell him their Christmas wishes, as well as create three Christmas craft items, listen to songs performed by the ACO Youth Choir Carolers, watch a short Christmas production by the ACO Youth Acting Class and win a special raffle prize. Cost is $ 15 per child. Parents can have breakfast with their children for $ 5. More information is available by calling (479 ) 751-5441.
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