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QUOTE OF THE DAY “Everything depends upon this tax. I’m not very hopeful it’s going to pass, as badly as we need it.” Pattie Shinn, a Madison County Justice of the Peace from Huntsville, on a 1 percent sales tax needed to fund the county’s general fund, including the building of a new jail Article, 1BToday’s meetings Washington County Election Commission, 10 a.m.

Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority Chairs Committee, 11:30 a.m.Today’s happenings

Free Alzheimer’s caregivers educational workshop, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Schmieding Center, Springdale

Crooked Crow songwriting workshop, 9-11 a.m., Fayetteville Public Library

Live broadcast of KUAF’s Ozarks at Large, noon-2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library

Frisco Festival, 5-11 p.m., downtown Rogers

Fundraiser for the Decision Point Mothers’ Wing, 5:30 p.m., South Walton Suites, 1120 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville

Concert: Ultra Suede, 7 p.m., Orchards Park, Bentonville

Free performance: Something New, 7:30 p.m., Breedlove Auditorium, University of Arkansas at Fort SmithLooking ahead

Fayetteville Roots Festival Children’s Music Stage: Shannon Wurst, 10 a.m.

Saturday, Fayetteville Public Library

Photo identification group, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale

Friends of the Library Used Book Sale: Mostly Non-Fiction, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday, Fort Smith Library Main Branch

Film screening: Ain’t In It For My Health - A Film About Levon Helm, 11 a.m. Saturday, Fayetteville Public Library

Preservation workshop: Photographs, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Fort Smith Museum of History

Drop-in studio, noon-3 p.m. Saturday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

Arts Live Theatre Awards, 7 p.m. Saturday, 818 N. Sang Ave., Fayetteville

Bats and Blues Concert, 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Illinois River Watershed Partnership Sanctuary, Cave Springs

A Night in Tuscany, a fundraiser for the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Crawford and Sebastian Counties, 7 p.m.-midnight Saturday, the Home of Sharon Sicard, 3400 S. O St., Fort Smith

Jazz at Night with Jonathan and Kara Story, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale

62nd Clothesline Fair opens Aug. 31

The 62nd annual Clothesline Fair is set for Aug. 31 to Sept.

2 at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park.

The yearly arts and crafts exhibition began in 1951 and features more than 100 craft booths with vendors demonstrating and selling their work. Living history programs, music and square dancing are also planned.

The arts and crafts show, sponsored by the Arts Center of the Ozarks, will be 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 and 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 2. A parade will kick things off at 9 a.m. Aug.

31, running from the Prairie Grove schools to the park.

Sons of Confederate Veterans will offer living history programs from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. The Rustic Relics farming antiques display will be available to visitors throughout the day all three days as well.

Square dancing exhibitions are set to begin at 2:30 p.m.

Aug. 31 and Sept. 2 for ages 4-11. The square dancing competition is set to begin at 7 p.m. the evenings of Aug. 31 and Sept. 2.

A gospel music show will be from 1-5 p.m. Sept. 1, and musical entertainment is also planned from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 2.

Refeshments will be available through Prairie Grove Lions Club and other nonprofits. Craft vendors can register through the Arts Center of the Ozarks by calling (479) 751-5441.

  • ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

Civil War battle subject of lectures

Fort Smith National Historic Site will host two lectures about the Battle of Devil’s Backbone as part of its Volunteer Speaker Series at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Aug. 31.

Tom Waller, a volunteer and professor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, will discuss the significance of the Civil War battle that took place Sept. 1, 1863. The battle placed Fort Smith back in the hands of U.S. forces.

The lectures are free and open to the public. More information is available by calling (479) 783-3961.

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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 11 on 08/23/2013

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