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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“It’s been great training just getting a different perspective because we have our way of

doing it. It’s not like we’re doing everything

wrong ... but it’s nice to get their perspective on how they do it and how it works for them.”

Terry Bigler,

Fort Smith assistant fire chief, on the department bringing in firefighters from New York City and Washington, D.C., for ladder truck training Article, 1B

Today’s meetings

Rogers Board of Adjustments, 9:30 a.m.

Rogers Firemen’s Pension Board, 1 p.m.

Fayetteville Board of Adjustments, 3:45 p.m.

Fayetteville Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, 5:30 p.m.

Springdale City Council committee meeting, 5:30 p.m.

Washington County Services and Public Works committees, 5:30 p.m. Greenland Planning Commission, 6 p.m.

Little Flock Planning Commission, 6 p.m.

Lowell Technical Plat Review work session, 6 p.m.

Gentry City Council, 6:30 p.m.

Elkins Planning Commission, 7 p.m.

Fayetteville Mayor’s Town Hall, 7 p.m., Boys and Girls Club

Today’s happenings

Scholastic book fair, 9-11:30 a.m., Fayetteville Public Library

LifeWriters, 10 a.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale

Exhibit: The Van Winkle Legacy - The Story of Northwest Arkansas’ First Great Entrepreneur, 2-6 p.m., Bentonville Public Library

Rogers Christmas Parade, 7 p.m., First and Walnut Streets, Rogers

Fayetteville Mayor’s town hall meeting, 7 p.m., Donald W. Reynolds Boys and Girls Club, Fayetteville

University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Academy of the Arts choral performance, 7 p.m., Breedlove Auditorium, UA Fort Smith

Joyce Hale discusses fracking, 7:30 p.m., St. Scholastica Monastery, 1301 S. Albert Pike, Fort Smith

Looking ahead

Holiday Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Center for Art and Education, Van Buren

Dramatic Book Club with Trike Theatre, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Fayetteville Public Library

Friends of the Bentonville Library Christmas Book Sale, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Bentonville Public Library

Holiday Open House, 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, Kendrick Fincher Hydration Foundation, 812 W. Cypress St., Rogers

Arkansas River Tours: Wildlife After Dark, 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center, Fort Smith

Music on the Mountain: Jori Costello, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Mount Sequoyah Retreat and Conference Center, Fayetteville

The University Symphony Orchestra presents Flights of Fantasy, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Springdale Har-Ber High SchoolBilly Elliot musical opens Tuesday

The Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville will host performances of Billy Elliot the Musical Tuesday through Sunday.

Tickets cost $49-$73.

The musical is based on the hit 2000 film and features music by Elton John. The story follows a young, small-town boy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into ballet class.

The musical is set in a coal-mining village in northern England during the 1984 coal miners’ strike.

More information is available by calling (479) 443-5600 or online at waltonartscenter.org.

  • ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTELittle library workshop planned

Todd Bol, co-founder of the Little Free Library program, will host a workshop on how to start your own library at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Walker Community Room at the Fayetteville Public Library.

Little Free Library is a community program that promotes reading by constructing book exchange boxes where bibliophiles can share books. There are four little libraries in Fayetteville.

Readers can choose a book from the box and leave another one for the next reader who comes along. The workshop is free and open to the public.

More information is available by calling (479) 856-7000.

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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 12/03/2012

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