QUOTE OF THE DAY “When we fill positions, we try to fill them with someone who costs less than the one who left.” Hartford Superintendent Teresa Ragsdale, commenting on how the district has cut costs after being designated by the state as being in fiscal distress Article, 1B
Today’s meetings
Fayetteville City Council tour, 5:30 p.m., Tri-Cycle Farms Fayetteville Planning Commission, 5:30 p.m.
Fayetteville Public Library Board, 5:30 p.m.
Farmington Planning Commission, 6 p.m.
Farmington School Board, 6 p.m.
Bella Vista City Council, 6:30 p.m.
Today’s happenings
LifeWriters, 10 a.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale
Beginning birdwatching, 11 a.m., Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, near Rogers
Drawing Exploration: The Fashion in Paintings, 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Monday Movie Mania: Journey to the Center of the Earth, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., Rogers Public Library
Stream study, 3 p.m., Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, near Rogers
Howl at the moon boat tour, 8 p.m., Lake Fort Smith State Park, MountainburgLooking ahead
Children’s Summer Series: Traveling with the Deputies, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Fort Smith National Historic Site
7Ups present preschool story time, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Fayetteville Public Library
Sinking stream hike, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, near Rogers
Buck-toothed buddies, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Lake Fort Smith State Park, Mountainburg
Frog serenade, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Lake Fort Smith State Park, Mountainburg
Art camp with the Northwest Arkansas Community Creative Center, grades K-2, 1 p.m. Tuesday; grades 3-5, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Fayetteville Public Library
Rural Ozark churches subject of talk
Susan Young, outreach coordinator for the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale, will offer a program on “Churches in the Wildwood” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Boone County Library in Harrison.
Young will discuss a selection of country churches located in the Arkansas Ozarks. She will also present information on the role churches have played in rural communities.
The program is presented by the Buffalo National River Partners and is free and open to the public. More information is available by calling (870) 741-5913.
Nature center to host teachers’ workshops
The Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center in Fort Smith will host two workshops for teachers in late July.
From 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, the center will host a Project WILD workshop for teachers who are interested in learning about wildlife education. The program was developed for use at any grade level and complies with recommendations by the National Council for the Social Studies and the National Science Teachers Association.
Teachers will be given lesson plans, suggested activities, information about Arkansas’s wildlife resources and posters of Arkansas wildlife. Educators can also receive six hours of Arkansas Department of Education professional development credit by attending.
Educators can also participate in a bird investigations workshop from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Friday at the nature center.
The workshop will focus on three main groups of birds found in Arkansas - waterfowl, song birds and birds of prey.
Teachers will learn the basics about birds as well as investigative techniques to use in the classroom. The workshop also carries six hours of professional development credit.
Both workshops are free, but registration is required.
More information is available by calling (479) 452-3993.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 07/22/2013