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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/WILLIAM MOORE
***NOTE TO EDITOR:  These guys where from Jonesboro, but where not affiliated with any particular high school in Jonesboro.  Just a bunch of kids that wanted to form a team.***
Alexander Laffoon (L) and Trey Bolzer, both 14 of Jonesboro, navigate their robot during the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology robotics competition Friday, June 15, 2012 at Springdale High School.  The competition pitted teams of high school states from five states against each other.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/WILLIAM MOORE ***NOTE TO EDITOR: These guys where from Jonesboro, but where not affiliated with any particular high school in Jonesboro. Just a bunch of kids that wanted to form a team.*** Alexander Laffoon (L) and Trey Bolzer, both 14 of Jonesboro, navigate their robot during the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology robotics competition Friday, June 15, 2012 at Springdale High School. The competition pitted teams of high school states from five states against each other.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“You’re going to come across several different answers to the same question. I

don’t think there’s a definite answer.”

Gene Norris,

senior genealogist at the Cherokee Family

Research Center in Tahlequah, Okla., on the criteria to determine if a person is a Cherokee

Today’s happenings

Sassafras Is Where It’s At, 10 a.m., Withrow Springs State Park, near Huntsville

Family Sunday: Celebrating Art and Nature, noon-5 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

For Weal or Woe: Women’s Influences on the War Between the States, 2 p.m., Springdale Public Library

Comic monlogue by do-it-yourself expert and preservationist Ron Tanner, 2 p.m., Writer’s Colony at Dairy Hollow, Eureka Springs

Concert: Artosphere Festival Orchestra, 7 p.m., Berry Performing Arts Center, Siloam Springs

Concert: Gavin DeGraw and Colbie Caillat, 7:30 p.m., Arkansas Music Pavilion at the Washington County Fairgrounds, Fayetteville

Looking ahead

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

Celebration of the acquisition of playwright Laurence Luckinbill’s papers, 10:30 a.m. Monday, Mullins Library, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Outdoor spotlight talk: Preserving a Natural Spring’s Beauty, noon Monday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

Family concert with Leonardo, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Fayetteville Public Library

Telling a Story in Stills: Photography for Visual Storytelling, 6:30-8 p.m.

Monday, Fayetteville Television Center, 101 W. Rock St.

2012 Cancer Challenge Volunteer Appreciation Dinner, 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Riordan Hall, Bella Vista

Health education

Al-Anon, 8:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 224 N. East Ave., Fayetteville; 6 p.m.Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, First United Methodist Church, 206 W. Johnson St., Springdale; 7 p.m.Tuesday and 10:15 a.m. Friday, Bella Vista Community Church, 75 E. Lancashire Blvd.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday, 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.Thursday and 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, St. Bernard Catholic Church, 1 St.

Bernard’s Lane, Bella Vista; noon Monday, St.Thomas Episcopal Church, 2898 S. 48th St., Springdale; 5:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, St.

Paul’s Episcopal Church, 224 N. East Ave., Fayetteville; noon and 7 p.m.

Friday, Bella Vista Community Church, 75 Lancashire Blvd.

Men’s cancer support group, 5 p.m. Monday, Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 S. M St., Fort Smith

Breast cancer support group, 5 p.m. Monday and 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.Tuesday, Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 S. M St., Fort Smith

Adult Children of Alcoholics, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Mount Comfort Presbyterian Church, 3816 W. Mount Comfort Road, Fayetteville

Women’s cancer support group, 5:30 p.m. Monday and 4:30 p.m.Tuesday, Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support Home, 3324 S. M St., Fort Smith

Family-centered caregivers support group, 6 p.m. Monday, Schmieding CARES, 3880 Willowood Drive, Springdale

Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 6 p.m. Monday, Elm Springs United Methodist Church, 118 N. Elm St.; 5:15 p.m.Tuesday, Fayetteville City Hospital, 221 S.

School Ave.

Cancer caregivers support group, 5:30 p.m.Tuesday, Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 S. M St., Fort Smith

Medicare info for new recipients and families, 6 p.m.Tuesday, Schmieding Health Resource Center, Bella Vista

Dementia caregivers support group, 6 p.m.Tuesday, The Meadows, 2300 S.E. 28th St., Bentonville; 2 p.m.Thursday, Pointer Trail Health and Rehab, Van Buren; 2 p.m.Thursday, Memory Lane at Legacy Heights, 1012 Fayetteville Road, Van Buren; 5 p.m.Thursday, Johnson Regional Medical Center, 1100 E. Poplar St., Clarksville

Blood pressure clinic, 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, Schmieding Health Resource Center, Bella Vista; 9 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Bella Vista Community Church, 75 E. Lancashire Blvd.

Coping and Conversation, noon Wednesday, Washington Regional Cancer Support Home, 1101 N. Woolsey Ave., Fayetteville

Parkinson’s disease support group, noon Wednesday, Washington Regional Senior Health, 12 E. Appleby Road, Fayetteville

Prostate cancer PEER Network group, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Donald W.

Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 S. M St., Fort Smith

Hearing tests, 1-3 p.m.Thursday, Schmieding Health Resource Center, Bella Vista

Lung cancer group, 5 p.m.Thursday, Highlands Oncology Group, Fayetteville

PEER Network prostate cancer support group, 6 p.m.Thursday, Washington Regional Cancer Support Home, 1101 N. Woolsey Ave., Fayetteville

Celebrate Recovery, a 12-step program, 6 p.m. Friday, Elm Springs United Methodist Church, 118 N. Elm St.; 6 p.m. Friday, Fellowship Bible Church, 1051 Pleasant Grove Road, Rogers

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