QUOTE OF THE DAY “I want to do more than stop the hemorrhaging.” Rep. Betty Pickett, D-Conway, on a proposal that the state spend $ 25. 4 million a year more on health insurance premiums for teachers
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Today’s meetings Fayetteville technical plat review, 9 a. m. Washington County Rural Development Authority, 9: 30 a. m. Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority, 11 a. m. Springdale Public Facilities Board, noon Rogers Parks and Recreation, 1 p. m. 4 th Judicial District Drug Task Force, 1: 30 p. m. Rogers Historic District Commission, 4 p. m. Springdale Library Board, 4 p. m. Benton County Planning Board, 5: 30 p. m. Today’s happenings
22 nd annual Ole Applegate Place Arts and Crafts Festival, all day, Mulberry Mountain, near Ozark
Billy Higgins: “Life and Times in the Ozarks,” noon, Ivey Hall, First United Methodist Church, Springdale
Northwest Arkansas Healthy Marriages Engaged Couples Workshop, 6-10 p. m., Embassy Suites, Rogers Looking ahead Larry Porter: “The Widow Logan Site: An Antebellum Farmstead in Logan County,” 7 p. m. Thursday, Echols Conference Center, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith “3 Mo ’ Divas,” 7: 30 p. m. Thursday, Fort Smith Convention Center Breast Cancer Awareness Event and Pink Lid Drive, 10 a. m.-2 p. m. Friday, Wal-Mart Supercenter, 4208 Pleasant Crossing Blvd., Rogers Panel to discuss transportation funding University of Arkansas Community Design Center director Steve Luoni, Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission director Jeff Hawkins and Northwest Arkansas Council executive director Mike Malone will lead a panel discussion on transportation funding in Northwest Arkansas at 11: 30 p. m. today at the Fayetteville Public Library. The forum is sponsored by the Washington County League of Women Voters. Panelists will be asked how they would spend transportation dollars in Northwest Arkansas and why. More information is available by calling Karen Minkel at (479 ) 444-8348.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Canned food drive set for Thursday The Arkansas World Trade Center and the University of Arkansas will hold a canned food drive Thursday in conjunction with World Food Day. Donations of nonperishable food items such as peanut butter, dry beans and canned goods are needed. Tyson Foods Inc. will match food drive donations on a 10-to-1 basis up to 6, 000 pounds of food. Drop-off locations include the Arkansas World Trade Center in Rogers, the University of Arkansas Global Campuses in Fayetteville and Rogers, the University of Arkansas Study Abroad Program office, the Fayetteville city administration building and the University of Arkansas Facilities Management offices. More information is available by calling Scott Van Asche at (479 ) 418-4824.
— ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Rogers schools seeking interpreters
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