QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It’s always good to know the community and the clientele are behind you.”
Scott Blair,
co-owner of Calico County in Fort Smith,
whose patrons began contacting the restaurant owners Monday after a fire heavily damaged its interior Article, 1BToday’s meetings Tontitown Water and Sewer Commission, 3 p.m.
Siloam Springs Board of Adjustments, 4 p.m.
Fayetteville City Council agenda session, 4:30 p.m.
Bentonville Planning Commission Technical Review, 5 p.m.
Fayetteville Equipment Committee, 5:15 p.m.
Rogers Public Safety Committee, 5:45 p.m.
Rogers Public Works Committee, 5:45 p.m.
Bentonville City Council, 6 p.m.
Centerton Planning Commission, 6 p.m.
Rogers Community Environment and Welfare Committee, 6 p.m. Springdale City Council, 6 p.m.
Rogers Finance Committee, 6:15 p.m.
Rogers Transportation Committee, 6:15 p.m.
Rogers City Council, 6:30 p.m.
Tontitown Planning Commission, 7 p.m.
Today’s happenings
TheatreSquared artists’ forum: Period of Adjustment, 6:30 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library
Season’s Greetings Concert, 7 p.m., Stubblefield Center, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
Concert: University of Arkansas Jazz Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Arkansas Union Theater, FayettevilleLooking ahead
Exhibit: The Van Winkle Legacy - The Story of Northwest Arkansas’ First Great Entrepreneur, 2-6 p.m. Wednesday, Bentonville Public Library
Film screening: The Art of Crystal Bridges, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Fayetteville Public Library
College preview night for nontraditional students, 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Weidman Center, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
Vocal Performance Workshop presents Opera Favorites, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Breedlove Auditorium, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
Stretch-N-Grow preschool story time, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Bentonville Public Library
Afterschool workshop: Woodworking demonstration with Michael Langford, 4 p.m. Thursday, Fayetteville Public Library
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Academy of the Arts presents Beauty and the Beast Jr., 4 p.m. Thursday, Fort Smith Main LibraryShoe drive kickoff is Wednesday
The Ozark Guidance Foundation will host a kickoff event for the third annual Walk a Mile in My Shoes sale from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday at the Springdale Country Club. The luncheon will highlight mental health challenges in Northwest Arkansas.
Attendees are asked to bring a new or good condition pair of shoes or a handbag to donate to the sale. The group is trying to collect 3,000 pairs of shoes or handbags for the event.
The sale will begin at 8 a.m. Jan. 26 at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale. Shoes and handbags will be sold for $10 with proceeds going to help Ozark Guidance centers.
Donations will be accepted until Jan. 16; community groups are invited to host shoe drives to help gather donations.
More information is available by calling (479) 750-2020.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTEOpera workshop planned at the UA
The University of Arkansas music department will host an opera workshop, “How Do I Love Thee?,” at 7:30 p.m.
Friday in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall at the UA Fine Arts Center in Fayetteville.
Opera scenes will be presented during the workshop.
The public is invited to attend.
Admission is $5 for the public or $1 for students with student identification. More information is available by calling (479) 575-4701.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 11/27/2012