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By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Posted: August 4, 2009 at 6:28 a.m.

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LITTLE ROCK — QUOTE OF THE DAY "Rule No. 1 in a gun fight - have a gun." Lt. Matt Mills, of the University of Arkansas Police Department, suggesting officers carry a weapon when off duty so they can respond to a worst-case scenario Article, 1BToday's meetings

Rogers Planning Commission, 4:30 p.m.

Washington County Jail/Law Enforcement/Courts Committee, 4:45 p.m.

Bentonville Planning Commission, 5 p.m.

Springdale Planning Commission, 5 p.m.

Fayetteville City Council, 6 p.m.

Centerton Parks and Recreation, 6:30 p.m.

Siloam Springs Board of Directors, 6:30 p.m.

Gravette Planning Commission, 7 p.m.

Pea Ridge Planning Commission, 7 p.m.

Tontitown City Council, 7 p.m.

Today's happenings

111th annual Tontitown Grape Festival, 4:30 p.m.-midnight, downtown Tontitown

Northwest Arkansas Naturals Youth Baseball Camp, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Arvest Ballpark, Springdale Looking ahead

Spin-A-Round Meeting, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park

First Thursday Fayetteville, 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Fayetteville square

Gulley Park Summer Concert Series: Oreo Blue, 7 p.m. Thursday, Gulley Park, Fayetteville

Shakespeare in the Garden: Much Ado About Nothing, 7 p.m. Thursday, Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, Fayetteville Historic tours planned in region

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Commission will host three historic tours in Northwest Arkansas this fall.

The first is planned in Waldron on Saturday. Guests will tour the Waldron Commerical Historic District beginning at Memorial Hall, 96 S. Main St. The tour will focus on the commercial development of Waldron from early settlements through the arrival of the railroads to the economic diversification of the 1950s. Buildings include many early 20th century commercial structures ranging in style from Italianate to Art Deco.

A tour of the Queen Anne House in the May-Lecta-Sweet Historic District in Fort Smith is set for Sept. 12. The residential district typifies suburban development in the city from 1890 to 1958. Architectural styles in the neighborhood include Queen Anne, various Period Revivals, Neoclassical, Craftsman and Minimal Traditional. The tour group will meet behind the Central Presbyterian Church located at 2901 Rogers Ave.

The final tour, slated for Oct. 24, will begin at Carnall Hall on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville and will include several historic buildings on campus. The tour will focus on the history of the UA as well as the architecture of campus buildings featured on the National Register. Tour stops include Old Main, Vol Walker Hall, the Chemistry Building and the Chi Omega Greek Theater.

All tours begin at 11 a.m.

More information is available at arkansaspreservation.org. - ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Baby-sitting instruction offered

The Northwest Arkansas chapter of the American Red Cross will offer a baby-sitter training course from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at the chapter office, 250 Industrial Circle East, in Tontitown.

The class, intended for 11-15 year olds, will teach skills such as how to supervise children and infants; how to perform basic child-care skills such as diapering, feeding and dressing; how to choose safe, age-appropriate games and toys; and how to care for common injuries such as burns, cuts and stings.

Registration costs $60, which includes training materials, an emergency reference guide and a CD-ROM with tools including a printable activity book, songs and recipes.

More information is available by calling Jeff Patrick at (479) 306-4688, ext. 215.

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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 08/04/2009

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