QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s a daunting task. In the Great Smoky Mountains, they’ve been working on their hog problem for 50 years, and they’re just breaking even.”
Ray Wiggs, wildlife management supervisor with the
Natural Resources Conservation Service, on the state’s effort to eradicate feral hogs Article, 1BToday’s meetings Fayetteville Planning Commission agenda session and tour, 4 p.m. Fayetteville School Board, 5 p.m.
Bella Vista Study Committee, 6 p.m.
Benton County Quorum Court, 6 p.m.
Centerton Planning Commission, 6 p.m.
Fayetteville Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m.
Lowell Planning Commission, 6 p.m.
Tontitown City Council, 6 p.m.
Tontitown Committee of the Whole, 7 p.m.
Today’s happenings
Arkansas Clarinet Day, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
11th annual Martin Luther King Jr. presentation featuring Bishop John L. Benford, noon, Northwest Arkansas Community College Student Center, Bentonville
Burns Night, 5:30 p.m., Boone County Library, Harrison
Reception for Northwest Arkansas artist Tom Van Horn, 6 p.m., Springdale Public Library
Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable, 7 p.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale
Art Night Out: IMMERSION - Celebrating Light and Architecture, 7:30-10:30 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, BentonvilleLooking ahead
Astonishing crows, 4 p.m. Friday, Lake Fort Smith State Park, Mountainburg
Eagle watch tour, 9 a.m. Saturday, Mount Magazine State Park, near Paris
Ozark Wireless Society, 10 a.m. Saturday, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale
Classes, show part of TrumpetFEST
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is inviting all high school and college trumpet players to participate in this year’s TrumpetFEST, set for Friday at the university.
The event will include an afternoon of classes and rehearsal from 4-7 p.m., followed by a free concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Reynolds Room of the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center.
Band directors are also invited to the event. There is no fee to participate and no registration deadline.
More information is available by calling (479) 788-7538 .
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Writers’ Colony hosts Fantasy Fest
The Crescent Hotel and the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs are partnering for the Otherworlds Fantasy Fest Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The festival is a fundraiser for the Writers’ Colony.
The festival is designed for the general public and for writers who want to learn how to write fantasy, horror or graphic novels. The workshop will feature New York agent Cherry Weiner; Lou Turner, owner of High Press and Publishing; and nationally recognized science-fiction writers Gini Koch and Ruth Weeks.
Other authors in attendance include Kevin Brown of Fayetteville; graphic novelist Sean Fitzgibbons; 10-year-old author Lincoln J. Wear of Tulsa; 16-year-old Lexi Brady, author of Death’s Apprentice: Death of Dreams; and local favorites Alison-Taylor Brown and Keith Scales.
Conference sessions will be held at the Crescent Hotel Conservatory, while a writers’ workshop will be held at the Writers’ Colony.
More information is available by calling (479) 253-9766 or online at writerscolony.org .
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 01/24/2013