QUOTE OF THE DAY
“For the first time since the 1940s,Arkansas has a majority of wet counties.”
Michael Langley,
director of the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, on Tuesday’s election results Article, 1BToday’s meetings
Washington County Election Commission, 9 a.m.
Fayetteville Forward Inclusion Group, noon.
Fayetteville Airport Board, 1:30 p.m..
Fayetteville Planning Commission agenda session and tour, 4 p.m.
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority Board, 4 p.m.
Siloam Springs School Board, 5:30 p.m.
Washington County Budget Committee, 5:30 p.m.
Fayetteville City Council, 6 p.m.
Fayetteville Forward Creative Economy Group, 6 p.m.
Gravette Committee of the Whole, 6 p.m.
Sulphur Springs City Council, 7 p.m.
Today’s happenings
After-school workshop: Thaumatropes, stereoscopes and magic lanterns, 4 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library.
California Uncorked food and wine tasting fundraiser, 4:30-6:30 p.m., The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, Eureka Springs.
10th annual 5x5 Auction and Jazz Soiree, 5:55 p.m., Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency total maximum daily load update on the Illinois River, 6 p.m., Jones Center, Springdale.
Photo Society of Northwest Arkansas with special guest Victor Chalfant, 6:30 p.m., Whole Hog Cafe, Bentonville.
Concert: University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Chamber Ensembles, 7:30 p.m., UA Fort Smith at Second Street, 101 N. Second St.
Concert: University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum, 7:30 p.m., Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville.
Looking ahead
Veterans Day Assembly, 9 a.m. Friday, Central Junior High gymnasium, Springdale
Grant proposal writing class, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Fayetteville Public Library.
Veterans Day reception, 11 a.m. Friday, Fort Smith Museum of History
Veterans Day Ceremony, 11 a.m. Friday, Veterans Medical Center, 1100 N. College, Fayetteville.
Veterans Day program, 11:30 a.m. Friday, Northwest Arkansas Community College Student Center, Bentonville.
Authors in the Afternoon with Tommy B. Smith, 2-4 p.m. Friday, Fort Smith Public Library, 3201 Rogers Ave.
Homeschool Friday Fun: Artful Architecture, 3:30 p.m. Friday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville.
Beaver Watershed Alliance Fall Friendraiser, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, Rogers.
Razorvets: Celebrating Veterans, 6 p.m. Friday, Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House, Fayetteville.
Pathfinder’s Art Works 2012: Creating Confidence with Canvas, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Shewmaker Center, Northwest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville.
Documentary premiere: The Art of Crystal Bridges, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville.
Shoes needed for children’s shelter
Transfer students at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith are collecting shoes for the Fort Smith Children’s Emergency Shelter as part of the Shoes 4 a Cause event. The drive runs through Nov. 30.
Collection boxes have been placed around the UA-Fort Smith campus. Sneakers, flip-flops, running shoes, slippers and allweather shoes are needed for children ages six to 17.
The Transfer Student Organization collected more than 200 pairs of shoes for the shelter in 2011. More information is available by calling (479) 788-7106 .
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTEWatershed Alliance hosts event
The Beaver Watershed Alliance will host its Fall Friendraiser from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area near Rogers.
The alliance is a nonprofit group founded in 2010 to maintain high-quality drinking water from Beaver Lake and to improve the overall water quality in the Beaver Lake Watershed.
Reservations are requested. More information is available by calling (479) 966-9391.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 11 on 11/08/2012