LITTLE ROCK — University offers
job hunting help
The University of Phoenix Northwest Arkansas Campus is providing a series of career-building events to help job seekers set themselves apart.
The next event is 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Rogers campus, 903 N. 47th St., Barrington Centre 2, in Rogers. It is about resume building and dressing appropriately for an interview.
Information: (404) 836-2305.
Workshop helps
nonprofit staffs
People working for nonprofit organizations can attend a free workshop Thursday through the Center for Nonprofit Communication at Drury University at the university’s new site in Bentonville.
The workshop is designed for executives, staff, volunteers and board members of nonprofit organizations in Northwest Arkansas. Participants will learn how to form clear and concise key messages, develop a message platform, collaborate through community connections and media management.
The workshop is set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1404 S.E.
Eagle Way, Suite 8, in Bentonville.
Information: (417) 873-7443.
Writer teaches art of mystery
Mystery writers and readers alike have an opportunity to take an eight-week course on how to write a mystery.
The course will feature a step-by-step look at the process of writing a mystery, from the idea to the possibility of publication.
The class will explore issues of good writing, particular to dialogue and mystery fiction. It will teach techniques and strategies for elaborating the back-story, developing interesting characters, creating clues and red herrings, adopting point-ofview and authentic voice and plotting.
E.A. Allen, a NorthWest Arkansas Community College history professor, former CIA intelligence officer and mystery writer, will be teaching the course.
The course will meet from 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. on Thursdays, beginning March 7, at the Bella Vista Center. The cost is $66.
Information: (479) 855-1903.
Volunteers sought to serve lunch
The Samaritan Community Center Cafe in Springdale will begin serving lunch on Mondays, starting March 4.
Currently, the cafe is serving a meal to Northwest Arkansas residents in need from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
There is a chef on staff that does most of the work, but volunteers are needed to help prep the meal at 9 a.m.
and to serve the meal.
Information: Elisa Pulido at (479) 636-4198.
Cyclists ready
to ride March 3
Cyclists in Northwest Arkansas and surrounding regions will be participating in the eighth annual Highway 71 Classic. The classic is also a fundraiser for the Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks, a nonprofit promoting a bicycle-friendly community.
There are three options for the bike ride: A 32-mile, mainly flat route.
A 71-mile, hilly route.
A 56-mile, off-road comprised of dirt mainly dirt roads route.
The event starts at 8 a.m.
March 3 at the Greenhouse Grille, 481 S. School in Fayetteville. The entry fee is $20 in advance; $15 for students;
and $25 on the morning of the classic.
Information: (479) 200-1679 or bconwa.com.
Habitat seeking sponsors
There are families in Washington County that are in need of affordable housing.
These families turn to Habitatfor Humanity for assistance.
Habitat for Humanity has land and needy families but is in need of funding to be able to build. In an effort to raise the funds, the organization has started an online campaign for donors to sponsor square feet. An individual has the option of becoming a fundraiser in the campaign and can recruit donors, making it a fun competition.
Information: (479) 575-9696.
Bentonville seeks
gifted students
The Think, Research, Explore, Create Center for Gifted Education will host an informational meeting about the Gifted and Talented Program in Bentonville Public Schools at 6 p.m. Monday.
Referrals for testing to determine a need for gifted and talented services will be accepted until Friday.
The meeting will be at 900 Bella Vista Road in Bentonville.
Information: (479) 418-7390.
Hobbs celebrates Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold, a man who helped shape conservation, the modern environmental movement and authored the “Sand County Almanac,” will be celebrated at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area on Saturday.
The day will begin at 10 a.m. with a dutch oven demonstration. There will be a reading from Leopold’s book, an outdoor journaling experience and a showing of “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time.”
The activities offered throughout the day are free.
Information: (479) 789-5000.
Red Cross seeks blood
The American Red Cross is celebrating Black History Month by remembering Dr.
Charles Drew, a black surgeon and blood specialist who become the first medical director of an American Red Cross blood bank in 1941.
Blood collections will take place at:BENTONVILLE 1-5 p.m. Friday at General Electric, 1801 Phyllis St.
FAYETTEVILLE 1-6 p.m. Friday at Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St.
ROGERS 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday at Fellowship Northwest Arkansas, 1051 W. Pleasant Grove Road.
Information: (501) 614-4420.
NWACC remembers
nuclear testing
On March 1, 1954, the U.S.
military detonated a thermonuclear weapon over Bikini Atoll in what was called the Castle Bravo test.
NorthWest Arkansas Community College is holding an event to commemorate the victims of the test on Thursday. The event will feature remarks from Carmen Chong Gum, the Republic of the Marshall Islands consul general, a candlelight service and a presentation by Columbia University Fellow Jessica A.
Schwartz.
From noon to 1:15 p.m., there will be Marshallesemusic and Schwartz’s presentation. At 1:30 p.m. there will be a documentary viewing, the candlelight service and a reading of the names of the victims of the test.
The event will be in Student Center Room 108 at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville.
Information: (479) 619-2231.
Siloam Springs
ready for relay
Relay For Life team captains and community members are invited to the monthly team rally at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the First Bank community room.
Fundraising ideas and questions are welcome.
The Siloam Springs Relay For Life will be 6 p.m. June 14 at the Siloam Springs High School track.
Information: (479) 366-4262.
Community Center honors Richardson
The Yvonne Richardson Community Center will present Coach Nolan Richardson and his family with a painting in memory of his daughter Yvonne Richardson at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at 240 E.
Rock St. in Fayetteville.
The event will also showcase some of the renovations done to the center. The public is invited to attend.
Information: (479) 442-5536.
Blood Center seeks donors
The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks is always in need of blood donations to meet the needs of the 38 area hospitals that it supplies.
BELLA VISTA 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday at Harps, 404 Town Center 9 a.m.-noon Monday at Bella Vista Police Department, 105 Town Center 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday at Highlands United Methodist Church, 371 Glasgow Road BENTONVILLE Noon-4 p.m. Friday at PRGX, 211 S.E. 34th St.
BERRYVILLE 2:30-5:30 p.m. Friday at Wal-Mart Supercenter, 1000 W. Trimble Ave.
9 a.m.-noon Friday at Tyson of Berryville, 110 W.
Freeman Ave.
FAYETTEVILLE 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday at Washington County Sheriff’s Office, 1155 Clydesdale Drive 2-5 p.m. Tuesday at Washington County Department of Human Services, 4044 Frontage Road HUNTSVILLE 8:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Ducommun LaBarge Technologies, 403 Labarge Ave.
1:30-4:30 p.m.
Wednesday at Arvest Bank, 104 S.
Hughes St.
ROGERS 2:30-4:30 p.m. Monday at Coldwell Banker Harris McHaney and Faucette, 809 S. 52nd 9-11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Cooper Communities, Inc., 903 N. 47th St.
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday at Arvest Bank, 201 W. Walnut St.
Information: (479) 957-5290.
Restaurant hosts health fair
Lean Green Gourmet will celebrate the third anniversary of its weekly healthy meals pick-up/delivery service with a health fair from noon to 7 p.m. Monday at its Rolling Hills location in Fayetteville.
Information: Judy Paynesmith at (479) 443-2327.
Carroll County
kicks off relay
All past Relay For Life participants, cancer survivors in Carroll County and anyone interested in forming or joining a Relay For Life team is invited to join the 2013 event kickofff at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Berryville Fire Department.
Information: (479) 246-0002.
Send news about local events, charity fundraisers and family or class reunions to [email protected]. Deadline is 4 p.m. Tuesday for Sunday publication.
Northwest Profile, Pages 37 on 02/24/2013