Arkansas Visit To Prairie Grove Great

I, my dad and two cousins traveled to Arkansas from Washington, Oregon and California to view the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Prairie Grove reenactment (Dec. 1-2).

It was a great experience to see where our ancestors (11th Kansas Infantry) fought and bled.

The re-enactors gave me a sense of what it must have been like if one could add desperate fear to a struggle such as this was.

We did the driving tours of Prairie Grove and Cane Hill battles inaddition to spending all day Saturday at the event.

The rural landscape of Northwest Arkansas was very interesting to see and drive through. I was very impressed with the folks, hospitality, prices and infrastructure of the area.

Thanks for a great visit.

PRESTON DREW

Carnation, Wash.

THANK YOU

TO FESTIVAL Thanks to BBBQ Fayetteville-Sequoyah Kiwanis thanksthe board of directors and staft of Bikes, Blues and BBQ for the opportunity to help with the rally.

The rally has become our largest fundraiser of the year and allowed us to reach out and help more of the youth in our community. The Kiwanis organization is a worldwide group of professionals that raises money for primarily children’s charities. The money we raise goes to everything from to Children’s Hospital, our annual Youth Excellence Awards, Trikes forTikes, the Single Parent Scholarship program, NWA Children’s Shelter and many, many more.

Our participation in BBBQ has allowed us to help even more and for the opportunity we want to thank the family at Bikes, Blues and BBQ.

If you are interested in joining us we meet at The Clarion Inn on Martin Luther King Boulevard every Wednesday morning at 7 am.

DANNY SPEARS

Past president

Farmington