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Partiers Paint the Town Red

Musuem launches exibition

Chuck and Suzy Fehlig, from left, and Biffy Fletcher and Luke Briggs help support the American Heart Association at Paint the Town Red on Jan. 24 at the Fayetteville Town Center.
Chuck and Suzy Fehlig, from left, and Biffy Fletcher and Luke Briggs help support the American Heart Association at Paint the Town Red on Jan. 24 at the Fayetteville Town Center.

The evening of Jan. 24 started in Rogers with the Northwest Arkansas Hunter Jumper Association annual awards dinner at the John Q. Hammons Center.

Riders compete in eight shows annually and the year end awards are presented at the organization's annual dinner.

At a Glance

Annual banquet

Who: Northwest Arkansas Hunter Jumper Association

What: Winning riders were presented their competition awards at the year-end banquet.

When: Jan. 24

Where: John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers

Information: nwahja.com

Paint the Town Red

Who: Northwest Arkansas American Heart Association

What: The event for young professionals netted more than $215,000.

When: Jan. 24

Where: Fayetteville Town Center

Next: Go Red for Women, Feb. 10

Information: (479) 442-6540

Out of the Darkroom reception

Who: Shiloh Museum of Ozark History

What: A reception to launch the exhibit featuring images from the museum’s collection, selected by Don House.

When: Thursday

Where: Shiloh Museum in Springdale

Information: (479) 750-8165 or shilohmuseum.org

Those honoring the outstanding hunter jumpers included Jennifer and Nelson Jackson, Heather Swope, Jamie and Michael Banks, Gretchen and Mark Castleman, Kim and Paul Crawford, Ceri and Rolf Wilkin, Fanny and Jeff Long, Melissa Banks, Linda and Greg Goggans and Nancy and Ben Israel.

Paint the Town Red at the Fayetteville Town Center that same night drew a sold-out crowd of 1,000 guests who helped the nonprofit group surpass its fundraising goal of netting $205,000, bringing in a net total of more than $215,000.

Decor at the event incorporated the works of local artists Sasha Rayevskiy, Beckett Byars, Eli Mathis, Matt Miller and Tolik Rayevskiy.

Guests had the opportunity to sample tastes from a number of area restaurants that included Flying Burrito, Noodles, The Hive, Hog Haus, IDK? Cafe, JJs Grille, Marley's Pizzeria, Taziki's, Rick's Bakery, Mimi's Cafe and Mojo's Pints and Pies.

A silent, mobile auction allowed guests to be notified via cellphone when they had been outbid, an alternative to the table stalking seen at many a silent auction.

The event designed for philanthropic young professionals kicks off a series of spring fundraisers for the nonprofit organization who's mission is "building healthier lives free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke." Heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 and No. 5 killers in the United States.

Next up for the group is Go Red for Women on Feb. 10, featuring Kelley Earnhardt Miller; Northwest Arkansas Heart Walk on April 11; and the 2015 Northwest Arkansas Heart Ball on May 9.

Among those painting the town red were Megan Crozier and Richard Appleton, Lindsey and Mark Stavely, Sean Corbin, Laura Berger, Josh Saffron, Roy Wright, Leah Bach, Huey Couch, Phyllis Brady, Mandy Macke, Carrie DeBriyn, Toni and Chris Bahn, Jamie Davis, Carrie Moore and Suzy and Chuck Fehlig.

Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale welcomed visitors Thursday evening to mark the beginning of "Out of the Darkroom."

The exhibition is the product of a five-year effort of Don House, noted Northwest Arkansas photographer, who selected the images in the show from the more than 500,000 in the museum's archive. The images span decades and give museum visitors a glimpse into life in Northwest Arkansas through the years.

House told those gathered for the reception, "The photos are random. I tried to represent all the periods in the archives" and assured us, "You're going to fall in love with people from the past."

Among those attending the reception were Sabine Schmidt, Mary Vaughn, Cindy Arsaga, Allyn Lord, Susan Young, Marie Demeroukas, Marty Powers, David Beauchamp, April Rusch, Sally Walker and Jonathan Perrodin.

For more event photos -- nwadg.com/photos/society.

Columnist Carin Schoppmeyer can be reached by email at [email protected].

NAN Profiles on 02/01/2015

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