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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“It’s no secret that districts need students to come into the schools as beginning teachers with boots on the ground.”

June Haynie,

state Department of Education director of Education Renewal Zones and scholastic audit Article, 1B

Today’s meetings

Fayetteville Planning Commission, 5:30 p.m.

Washington County Budget Committee, 5:30 p.m.

Bentonville Committee of the Whole, 6 p.m.

Farmington Planning Commission, 6 p.m.

Farmington School Board, 6 p.m.

Fayetteville Ward 4 meeting, 6 p.m.

Today’s happenings

Exhibit: The Van Winkle Legacy - The Story of Northwest Arkansas’ First Great Entrepreneur, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Bentonville Public Library

Women’s Money Matters, 1-3 p.m., Van Buren Public Library

Film screening: Up Among the Hills, 6 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library

Looking ahead

TheatreSquared artists’ forum: Period of Adjustment, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Fayetteville Public Library

Season’s Greetings Concert, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Stubblefield Center, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith

Concert: University of Arkansas Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Arkansas Union Theater, Fayetteville

Exhibit: The Van Winkle Legacy - The Story of Northwest Arkansas’ First Great Entrepreneur, 2-6 p.m. Wednesday, Bentonville Public LibraryChristmas play set for Fayetteville

Cantus and Theater Latte Da will present All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 as part of the Walton Arts Center’s 10x10 Arts Series. The performance is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Thursday at the arts center.

The musical tells the story of the World War I truce between Allied Forces and German soldiers in “No Man’s Land” on Christmas 1914 through new arrangements of European carols and war songs. The play is the work of playwright and director Peter Rothstein, who co-founded Theater Latte Da.

Tickets cost $10-$25. More information is available by calling (479) 443-5600 or online at waltonartscenter.org.

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Art auction benefits women’s shelter

The Northwest Arkansas Women’s Shelter will host its annual Fresh StART art auction from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday at Serendipity in downtown Rogers.

The auction will feature works by local, professional artists and artisans as well as art from the shelter’s art programs. Cost to attend is $40.

More information is available by calling (479) 246-9999 or online at nwaws.org.

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Suicide prevention forum Thursday

Faculty and students at the University of Arkansas School of Social Work and the Northwest Arkansas Suicide Prevention Coalition will host “Suicide Prevention: Everyone Has a Role” from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville.

The community forum will begin with a presentation of statistics, warning signs, action steps and prevention options in Northwest Arkansas. A panel discussion featuring Michael Collie, clinical assistant professor in the School of Social Work; Jared Sparks, director of clinical practices at Ozark Guidance; Carol Jackson, the coordinator for the veterans justice outreach program at the Veterans Healthcare System of the Ozarks; Julie Moore of the Arkansas Crisis Center; and detective David Williams of the Fayetteville Police Department will follow.

A free dinner will be served for those who attend at 5 p.m. Continuing education units are available for social work and mental health practitioners.

The event is free and open to the public. More information is available by calling Mary Katherine McKinley at (870) 830-3895.

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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 11/26/2012

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