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By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 5:18 a.m.

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LITTLE ROCK — QUOTE OF THE DAY "It's all coming together the way it was supposed to.This opens up the whole south end." Springdale Municipal Airport Director James Smith, on the facility's expansion Article, 1BToday's happenings

Free Music in Basin Spring Park, noon-6 p.m., Eureka Springs

KUAF Summer Jazz Series: Tony Baker and the Summer Jazz Rhythm Section, 8 p.m., Stella Boyle Smith Fine Arts Concert Hall, Fayetteville Looking ahead

American Diabetes Association Health and Wellness Expo, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Northwest Arkansas Convention Center, Springdale

"A Vintage Affair ... Making Cancer a Part of History," a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, 8 p.m. Saturday, John Q. Hammons Center, Rogers

PE4Life training scholarships available

PE4Life, a national nonprofit that advocates physical activity for all, is offering scholarships through the Blue and You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas for local schools that wish to attend PE4Life Academy Training during the 2009-10 school year.

PE4Life maintains that physical education should be directed toward all students, offer a variety of fitness, sport and leisure activities, provide a safe and encouraging learning environment, utilize individual assessments; extend beyond the walls of the gymnasium, and be offered daily. The group also believes children should be graded on effort, not athletic ability.

The PE4Life Academy includes a two-day training session for school or district teams that focuses on how to implement PE4Life principles. Teams should consist of a school administrator, a school board member, community leaders, physical education teachers or school nurses. Teams can include up to 10 people.

Scholarships will cover the cost of training, which is about $4,000, and up to $1,000 in travel reimbursements per team. Application deadline is Aug. 15.

More information is available by calling Sherry Lloyd at (479) 621-8878 or online at pe4life.org.

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Author to conduct Saturday workshop

Author Radine Trees Nehring of Gravette will host "The Birth of Your Creative Self," a writing workshop, at 3 p.m. Saturday at Nightbird Books, 215 W. Dickson St., in Fayetteville. The workshop is based on chapters from the how-to book The Writers Journey Journal.

Tickets are $9.95 and include a copy of the book.

Nehring will discuss creative techniques useful in daily life and writing tips for authors in the audience.

More information is available by calling (479) 443-2080.

- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Benefit water sports show is Sunday

Cedar Creek Ski Park in Elkins will have the second Fayetteville Night Jam starting at dusk Sunday.

The water sports show and exhibition will include wake skating, wake surfing, wake boarding, short boarding and head-tohead slalom skiing.

Admission is $15 per carload. Proceeds benefit Restore Humanity, a local charity dedicated to improving the lives of the less fortunate.

More information is available by calling (479) 841-3768 or online at restorehumanity.org.

- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE 116th annual Gravette Day is Aug. 8

The 116th annual Gravette Day will be 6 a.m.-midnight Aug. 8 at Kindley City Park.

The day will begin with a Kiwanis pancake breakfast. Events include a classic car show, carnival rides, a motorcycle poker run for charity, a performance by the Hendren Aviation skydivers, a parade on Main Street and a chili and salsa cook off.

More information is available at gravettearkansas.com.

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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 13 on 07/31/2009

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