QUOTE OF THE DAY
“He’s done so many incredible things for Arkansas, conservation being one of them.” Scott Simon, director of the Arkansas Nature Conservancy, on Cooper Communities Inc. Chairman John Cooper Jr., who died Sunday Article, 1BToday’s meetings Siloam Springs Planning Commission, 4 p.m.
Fayetteville City Council agenda session, 4:30 p.m.
Bentonville Planning Commission Technical Review, 5 p.m. Springdale School Board, 5 p.m.
Fayetteville Water and Sewer Committee, 5:15 p.m.
Gravette Library Commission, 5:30 p.m.
Benton County Committee of 13, 6 p.m.
Bentonville City Council, 6 p.m.
Centerton City Council, 6 p.m.
Rogers Community Services Committee, 6 p.m.
Rogers Internal Affairs 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.
West Fork City Council, 6:30 p.m.
Looking ahead
Mother Nature Reads: Hibernation, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, near Rogers
Eagle cruise, 3 p.m. Wednesday, Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, near Rogers
Drop-in drawing, 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Studio Studies Series: Figure Drawing from a Thomas Eakins Perspective, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Preschool Playdate: Let’s Build, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Devil’s Den guided trail hike, 2 p.m. Friday, Devil’s Den State Park, West Fork
American eagle, 4 p.m. Friday, Lake Fort Smith State Park, Mountainburg
Teacher Corps applications sought
The University of Arkansas is accepting applications for a new teacher-preparation program designed to help districts around the state fill teaching positions. The Arkansas Teacher Corps will provide an accelerated learning path to help fill positions in poor communities.
Applicants must have bachelor’s degrees in any major, demonstrate academic success and be service-oriented, according to a UA news release. Arkansas Teacher Corps Fellowship recipients will receive $5,000 stipends per year in addition to their salaries from the school districts that hire them.
The program’s goal is to have 100 fellows teaching around the state by 2015. Early decision applications are due Jan. 18, and the final application deadline is March 15.
More information is available at arkansasteachercorps.
org or by calling Benton Brown at (479) 575-6418.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTEBlues group hosts fundraising gigs
The Ozark Blues Society will host two Road to Memphis Send-off Parties on Friday and Saturday to help defray the cost of sending local Blues Challenge winners to the 2013 International Blues Challenge in Memphis Jan. 29 through Feb. 2.
The shows are set for 6-9 p.m. Friday at George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville and 7-11 p.m. Saturday at Metro Italiano, 3607 S.E. Metro Parkway in Bentonville. Entertainment at both shows will be provided by winning acts Buddy Shute and Leah & the Mojo Doctors.
Cover cost is $5 for the Fayetteville show and $7 for the Bentonville show.
More information is available at ozarkbluessociety.org .
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 01/08/2013