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“We continue to be encouraged with the reductions in phosphorus.We haven’t crossed the finish line yet, but we’re marching in the direction to get there.”

Derek Smithee,

chief of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board’s water quality division, at a meeting of water conservation officials Thursday in Rogers Article, 1B

Today’s happenings

Washington County Election Commission, 11 a.m.

Today’s happenings

Buck Fest, a benefit for the Mule Deer Foundation, all day, Buck Crossing BBQ, College Avenue and Joyce Boulevard, Fayetteville

Beale, Lee and Associates Golf Tournament benefiting Samaritan’s Feet, 8 a.m., Highlands Golf Course, Bella Vista

Senior Health Fair: Harvesting Good Health, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Riordan Hall, Bella Vista

Noon jazz show, noon, Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith

Members screening of the documentary The Art of Crystal Bridges, 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

Homeschool Friday Fun: The Great ‘Scape, 2-3:30 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

Border Town Coin Club’s 19th annual Fall Coin Show, 3-7 p.m., Columbus Acres, Fort Smith

The Theatre Company presents The Butler Did It, 7 p.m., Twelve Oaks Estate, 7201 Arkansas 7 South, Harrison

Oliver!, 8 p.m., Rogers Little Theater

Looking ahead

County breakfast fundraiser, 6-11 a.m. Saturday, Wedington Volunteer Fire Department, Arkansas 16 West, Fayetteville

Fayetteville Ward 4 bulky waste clean up, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Owl Creek School and Holcomb Elementary School, Fayetteville

Angels Pageant seeks participants

The Northwest Arkansas Angels Pageant, a pageant for children and adults with special needs, is set for Nov. 3 at the Jones Center in Springdale. Any resident with a medically diagnosed physical or intellectual impairment may participate.

Registration is free; deadline is Monday. Participants will get their hair and makeup done free of charge.

Every participant will get a crown, sash, goody bag and Tshirt. The pageant is not competitive.

Pageant organizers are also seeking volunteers and sponsors to help with the pageant. It costs $25 to sponsor one participant; any business sponsoring four participants will be named as a presenting sponsor.

Goody bag donations are also needed. More information is available by calling (870) 703-4928 or online at angelspageantsystem.com.

  • ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTECrystal Bridges hosts silent-film talk

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville will host “Fact Amidst Fiction: Identifying the Real Wild West” from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday.

Guests can learn about the American frontier through silent films, paintings and photographs and discuss artists’ portrayals of the Wild West. The event will feature two panel discussions with Academy Award winner and British silent film historian Kevin Brownlow.

Other panelists include museum Assistant Curator Manuela Well-Off-Man; curatorial assistant Ali Demorotski; University of Arkansas Professor Elliot West; scholar Rober Myers; film preservationist David Shephard; and Steve Gragert, director of the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore, Okla.

Space is limited; reservations are required. The event is free and open to the public.

Brownlow will also present a lecture at 8 p.m. Monday in Giffels Auditorium at Old Main on the UA campus in Fayetteville.

More information is available by calling (479) 418-5700 or online at crystalbridges.org.

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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 11 on 09/28/2012

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