LITTLE ROCK — QUOTE OF THE DAY "We've got some beautiful pumpkins, but it has been a very expensive crop this year." Ellen Dalton, a Piggott pumpkin farmer, saying powdery mildew has hurt this year's crop Article, 1B
Today's meetings
Fayetteville Technical Plat Review, 9 a.m.
Fayetteville Telecommunications Advisory Board Contract Subcommittee, noon
Springdale Housing Authority, noon
Fourth Judicial District Drug Task Force, 1:30 p.m.
Today's happenings
Arkansas/Oklahoma State Fair, all day, Kay Rodgers Park, Fort Smith
2009 Pink Ribbon Luncheon, 11 a.m., Holiday Inn Convention Center, Springdale
Herencia Brown Bag Series: Felisberto Hernandez and the Discursively Fantastic, noon, Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
Student Poetry Slam featuring Roger Bonair-Agard, 7 p.m., RZ's Coffeehouse, Fayetteville Looking ahead
Student-Faculty Art Exhibit opening reception, 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
First Thursday Fayetteville, 5-8 p.m. Thursday, downtown Fayetteville
Meeting on the future of downtown Springdale, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jones Center for Families, Springdale
Carson and Barnes Circus, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Pinnacle Hills Promenade, Rogers
Disability awareness focus of event
Local businessmen will learn what it's like to be "disabled for a day" Thursday at the Fayetteville Athletic Club, 2920 E. Zion Road.
The event, which pits business professionals against each other in paralympic sports like wheelchair basketball, wheelchair sprints and sit volleyball, is designed to promote the hiring and retention of disabled employees during National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The unemployment rate for people with disabilities between the ages of 16 and 64 is about 68 percent according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Competition is set for 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The group will hear from world champion sit volleyball player Brent Rasmussen before the competition.
More information is available by calling Kelly J. Carter at (860) 843-9420 or John Carideo at (203) 240-5508.
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Bentonville sets city clean-up
The City of Bentonville will hold a citywide clean-up Saturday as part of the Great Arkansas Clean-Up.
Residents are asked to pull weeds and remove brush, plant trees and flowers, clean gutters and pick up trash at their homes, businesses, churches or offices.
The city asks that photos from the clean-up be sent to [email protected] to recognize the efforts of volunteers.
More information is available by calling Danielle Shasteen at (479) 271-6826.
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American Girl fashion shows planned
The Arts Center of the Ozarks will host four American Girl fashion shows this weekend.
The shows offer girls and their parents the opportunity to look at the latest American Girl fashions. Refreshments will be served, and door prizes will be given away.
Cost is $35 with proceeds going to children's programs at the arts center at 214 S. Main St. in Springdale. Shows will be held at 12:30 and 4 p.m. both days.
More information is available online at artscenteroftheozarks.org.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 15 on 09/30/2009