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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We are an elderly county - probably 75 percent of our income comes from Medicare and other secondary sources.As our

population gets older, they tend to become our patients.” Betty Fairbanks, director of Logan County Emergency Medical Services Article, 1BToday’s meetings Beaver Water District Board, noon Springdale Airport Commission, 1 p.m.

Fayetteville Planning Commission agenda session and tour, 4:30 p.m. Fayetteville Telecommunications Board, 5:30 p.m.

Washington County Quorum Court, 6 p.m.

Southeast Fayetteville Community Center Board, 6:30 p.m.

Elkins City Council, 7 p.m.

Gentry Planning and Zoning, 7 p.m.

Today’s happenings

Act!vated Storytellers, 10 a.m., Springdale Public Library; 2 p.m., Bentonville Public Library

Boston Store Tea Room fashion show, noon, Fort Smith Museum of History

Library movie matinee: The Secret World of Arietty, 2 p.m., Fort Smith Public Library Main Branch

Boston Mountain chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, 7 p.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale

10-Minute Play Festival, 7 p.m., Arts Live Theatre, Fayetteville

KUAF/Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival, 7:30 p.m., Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleLooking ahead

Mount Magazine Butter◊y Festival XVII, all day Friday and Saturday, Mount Magazine State Park, near Paris

Summer story time: Pottery, 10 a.m. Friday, Rogers Historical Museum

Schmieding Health-care Job Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, Schmieding Center, Springdale

Trike Theatre Summer Youth Production: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Friday, White Auditorium, Northwest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville

23rd annual Fort Smith Riverfront Bluesfest, 6 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Saturday, Harry E. Kelley Park, Fort Smith

Artosphere Festival Orchestra presents An Evening with Beethoven, 7 p.m.

Friday, Walton Arts Center, FayettevilleOpera in the Ozarks opens 63rd season

Opera in the Ozarks in Eureka Springs will host its 63rd season Friday through July 19. The 2013 season will include performances of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love and Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance.

The four-week season will include 26 performances at Inspiration Point, on U.S. 62 just outside Eureka Springs. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. on performance nights with tickets available at a cost of $20-$25.

The troupe also will offer Sunday performances of this season’s operas at 4 p.m. June 30, July 7 and July 4 at the Arend Arts Center in Bentonville. Special performances of Cinderella also are planned as part of the opera’s outreach program on Saturday, June 29, July 6 and July 13 at the Eureka Springs City Auditorium.

Show dates and times are available by calling (479) 253-8595 or online at opera.org.

  • ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTEMilitary benefit ride planned Saturday

Operation Renewal will host its third annual Military Heroes Benefit Ride starting at 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Wallis and Witcher Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3031, 11160 N. Old Wire Road in Rogers.

The motorcycle ride will take riders to the Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce and back. Registration starts at 9 a.m., and lunch will be served at 1:45 p.m.

Registration costs $20 in advance or $25 on the day of the ride. More information is available by calling (479) 935-3986 or online at operationrenewal.org.

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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 06/20/2013

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