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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We’re creating learning environments that

are for the benefit of everyone.And if those learning environments are too homogeneous,

we limit the opportunities of all students to learn.” Charles Robinson, vice provost for diversity at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Article, 1BToday’s meetings Fayetteville Subdivision Commitee, 9 a.m.

Fayetteville School Board, 5 p.m.

Washington County Planning Board, 5 p.m.

Benton County Quorum Court, 6 p.m.

Fayetteville Housing Authority Board, 6 p.m.

Gravette City Council, 7 p.m.

Today’s happenings

Gustafer Yellowgold, 10 a.m., Springdale Public Library

Art talk: Views on Preserving 100-year-old Works on Paper, 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

Gustafer Yellowgold, 2 p.m., Bentonville Public Library

Movie matinee: Paranorman, 2 p.m., Fort Smith Public Library Main Branch

Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable, 7 p.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, SpringdaleLooking ahead

16th annual Buffalo River Elk Festival, all day Friday and Saturday, downtown Jasper

Members’ preview of Angels & Tomboys: Girlhood in 19th-century American Art and Surveying George Washington, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and 9-11 a.m.

Saturday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

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

InDesign and Photoshop workshops: Design The Wanderer, 2 p.m. Friday, Fayetteville Public LibraryPrescribed burns subject of state park talk

McRee Anderson, fire restoration manager for The Nature Conservancy, will discuss the benefits of prescribed burns at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area near Rogers.

Prescribed burns were first implemented by American Indians to burn off dead, dry vegetation and destroy places where wild game could hide. The burnings also destroyed germs and sprouts and prevented the growth of young timber.

Today, the land in areas like state parks and forests is overburdened with about 300 trees per acre, each fighting for sunlight and nutrients. Prescribed burns help thin out the trees and keep native species blooming as well as preventing forest fires.

Anderson will discuss these and other benefits of burning.

The talk is free and open to the public.

More information is available by calling (479) 789-5000.

  • ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTECrystal Bridges plans two summer camps

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville will host two summer camps for kids in July.

Children ages 10-12 can take part in Angels and Tomboys Week from July 8-12. Campers will spend time creating in the museum’s studios, visiting the galleries and enjoying the trails that surround the museum.

The camp will focus on “fab fibers” with activities to include spinning, felting, yarn and thread.

The museum will also host a summer drama camp July 22-26. Educators from the museum and from Trike Theatre in Bentonville will combine art and drama during this day camp.

Students will bring artwork showcased at the museum to life during the week-long camp. A special performance is planned at the end of the week.

Cost to attend each camp is $150. Camps run 9 a.m.-noon Monday through Friday.

Registration information and a complete list of camps and classes offered by the museum is available at crystalbridges.

org or by calling (479) 418-5700.

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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 06/27/2013

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