QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I’m disappointed. I felt they voted yes on what we wanted then they threw our dreams away.” Shelby Barton, a ninth-grader at Fort Smith’s Ramsey Junior High School, on the Sebastian County Quorum Court voting not to put more money into an aquatics center to restore features removed because of cost Article, 1BToday’s meetings
Beaver Water District Board, noon
Springdale Airport Commission, 1 p.m.
Fayetteville Planning Commission agenda session and tour, 4 p.m.
Fayetteville Historic District Commission, 5:30 p.m.
Fayetteville Telecommunications Board, 5:30 p.m.
Benton County Personnel Committee, 6 p.m.
Lowell Planning Commission, 6 p.m.
Washington County Quorum Court, 6 p.m.
Elkins City Council, 7 p.m.
Gentry Planning and Zoning, 7 p.m.
Today’s happenings
Children’s classes: Discover the Artists of Crystal Bridges, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville.
After-school workshop: Beaver Water District, 4 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library.
After-school movie: Enchanted, 4 p.m., Bentonville Public Library.
Free Flix Before 6: Men In Black 3, 5:30 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library.
Kibbles and Books reading sessions for kids, 5:30 p.m., Springdale Public Library.
Boston Mountain chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, 7 p.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale.
Concert: Country blues and jazz musician John Miller, 7:30 p.m., Rowntree Auditorium, University of the Ozarks, Clarksville.
Sons of the Prophet, 7:30 p.m., Nadine Baum Studios, Fayetteville.
9 to 5: The Musical, 8 p.m., Victory Theater, 116 S. Second St., Rogers.
Hickory Dickory Dead, 8 p.m., Fort Smith Little Theatre.
Program set on Civil War chaplain
Volunteer Tom Iverson will offer programs on the life of Civil War-era chaplain the Rev. Francis Springer at 11 a.m.
and 2 p.m. Saturday at the Fort Smith National Historic Site.
Springer served as post chaplain for Fort Smith during the war and the early Reconstruction era.
Springer’s stories tell the plight of the military and civilian residents of the fort as the countryside around the town was being ravaged by guerrilla warfare. A friend of President Abraham Lincoln, Springer was able to help the fort acquire aid from the federal government during the war.
Springer was stationed at Fort Smith from 1863-1867. More information is available by calling (479) 783-3961.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTECenter to host 5x5 arts gala
The Center for Art and Education in Van Buren will host its fourth annual 5x5 Gala starting at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Fort Smith Convention Center.
Guests can enjoy wine, food and music. Local and regional artists will create their own 5x5 creations on site during the event.
Guests can bid on the works of art completed on-site or participate in an exciting dash for their favorite 5x5 painting.
Tickets cost $74 per person. More information is available by calling (479) 474-7767.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTEFort Smith theater plans auditions
The Fort Smith Little Theatre, 401 N. Sixth St., will host performances of Steel Magnolias April 4-13. Auditions for the production are set for 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.
The play is based on the 1989 movie which starred Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Julia Roberts, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis and Daryl Hannah. The cast will include six women ages 20 to 70 along with nonspeaking roles for four men ages 16 to 70.
More information is available by calling (479) 739-4652 or online at fslt.org.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 02/21/2013