Blood Center
seeks donors
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks strives for area blood reserves to be at around a three-day supply for all blood types. O negative blood supplies are currently at less than a one-day reserve level, and O negative blood donors are strongly urged to give as soon as possible at a CBCO blood drive or donor center near you.
Upcoming drives include:
•Berryville: 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, Berryville High School, 215 Ferguson St.; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. May 4, Mercy Hospital, 214 Carter
•Fayetteville: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, City of Fayetteville, 15 W. Mountain St.
•Harrison: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. May 2, Hillcrest Home, 1111 Maplewood Road
•Green Forest: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. May 4, Green Forest High School, 800 Phillips Ave.
•Rogers: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 5, First United Methodist Church, 307 W. Elm St.
Information: (800) 280-5337 or cbco.org.
Trafficking
to be topic
Sen. John Boozman will speak at "A Day of Awareness to End Human Trafficking," set for 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 30 at The Jones Center, 922 E. Emma Ave. in Springdale. The event is presented by Rotary Clubs from Springdale and Fayetteville and hosted by the Jones Center with the goal of creating awareness of the issue of human trafficking in Northwest Arkansas.
Boozman cosponsored the "Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers" bill signed into law earlier this year.
Other speakers include Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, and Kathy Bryan, director of Elevate Academy, who will speak at noon. Topics include protecting children online and in social media.
There is a $20 fee which includes lunch. Registrants may attend any portion or all of the day. Two hours of continuing education credit is available for counselors, and six hours of continuing legal education and CLEST credit has been requested.
Information: (479) 750-4439, (479) 530-6796 or springdalerotary.org.
Lit Fest
scheduled
The Bentonville Youth Literature Festival takes place Friday and Saturday and celebrates reading, writing and creativity. In its fourth year, BYLF is presented by Bentonville Public Library and the Bentonville Library Foundation and features national and regional authors, poets, illustrators and artists of popular youth literature.
BYLF is an "Official Kick-Off Event" for Children's Book Week. Children's Book Week is the longest-running national celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading. This May marks the 99th anniversary of Children's Book Week. The theme for this year's celebration is "One World, Many Stories."
As part of BYLF and Children's Book Week, children will have an opportunity to vote for the Children's and Teen Choice Book Awards, the only national book award voted on solely by kids and teens. Voting ballots and a display of the Book Finalists are located in the Children's Department of Bentonville Public Library. Kids and teens are invited to vote at BPL through May 5.
All kids and teens attending Saturday's festival events at the library will receive a free 2018 Children's Book Week activity poster designed by Jillian Tamaki (while supplies last). They will also have access online at everychildareader.net to original bookmarks created by five of today's most innovative children's book illustrators and an original middle-grade "One World, Many Stories" graphic novel.
BYLF is also celebrating the Charlie May Simon Book Award with a guest appearance by Ellen Airgood. Airgood's most recent book, The Education of Ivy Blake, was on the 2017-18 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award Reading List. Airgood's program, "Ask the Author," will take place in the Walmart Community Room of Bentonville Public Library at 2 p.m. Saturday.
The Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award for children's literature has been presented annually since 1971 to an author whose book has been selected through a vote taken by Arkansas schoolchildren in grades four through six. The purpose of the award is to promote better reading for children and to recognize Mrs. John Gould Fletcher, an outstanding Arkansas author who wrote under the pen name Charlie May Simon. The Charlie May Simon Book Award is managed by the Arkansas Center for the Book at the Arkansas State Library.
All library programs and Festival events are free and open to everyone. Registration is not required.
Information: bylf.org.
OLLI slates
new classes
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Arkansas has scheduled the following classes:
•April 23-25: The Hernando de Soto Expedition in Arkansas -- gain an understanding of the purpose of DeSoto's two-year mission to what is now Arkansas and its effects on the native people. $40 members; $55 nonmembers.
•April 23 to May 21 (5 sessions): Fundamentals of French -- learn or refresh your basic conversational skills. $55 members; $70 nonmembers.
•April 23 and 25: Our National Parks: Are They an Endangered Species? -- $30 members; $45 nonmembers.
Information: (479) 575-4545, olli.uark.edu or email [email protected].
Brown leads
workshop
Hobbs State Park will play host to a Fly Casting 101 workshop from noon to 4 p.m. April 29 in the visitor center, located on Arkansas 12, just east of the Arkansas 12 and War Eagle Road intersection. Two hours of instruction will be in the classroom and two hours will be outside. Participants will learn four basic casts, the six basic types of flies, how to cast and play the flies in the water, how to read water, how to wade, how to purchase and assemble equipment, how to store equipment as well as how to tie the four basic knots used by fly fishers. All equipment will be provided.
The workshop will be taught by Sallyann Brown, past recipient of the "Woman of the Year" and the "Federation of Fly Fishers Educator of the Year" awards from the Federation of Fly Fishers Inc.
Minimum age for the workshop is 12 years, and the cost is $35 plus tax. Reservations and pre-payment are required.
Information: (479) 789-5000.
WRMC offers
stroke event
The Washington Regional Medical Center is partnering with several area agencies to provide education and awareness to help end stroke, a leading cause of serious, long-term disability and death. Area residents of all ages are invited to attend this free, family-friendly event from 4:30 to 7 p.m. May 3 at Botanical Garden of the Ozarks.
Those who attend can enjoy free food, games and activities centered around stroke education and awareness. Central EMS will be there with an ambulance that children can explore, and American Heart Association will be there with its friendly costumed mascot, Hearty. There will be health information booths and giveaways.
Education and awareness are key to ending stroke, since about 80 percent of strokes are preventable.
Washington Regional has developed a comprehensive system for rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients admitted to its Emergency Department, and has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers.
Information: (479) 463-3130.
Garfield students
gather May 4-5
The 12th Garfield School Reunion will be held May 4 and 5. At 5 p.m. May 4, the Garfield School Parent Teacher Organization will serve a hamburger supper in front of the school. In case of rain, supper will be served in the gym. Donations are appreciated.
The NEBCO building in Garfield will be open at 11 a.m. May 5 for lunch, photos and visiting. Lunch will be served at noon. Those wishing to attend who have not already notified the reunion committee should contact Dorothy Williams right away so catering arrangements can be finalized. The fee is $15 per person.
Information: (479) 359-3300.
Parenting class
looks at issues
A free seminar concerning the parenting of adult children will be presented from 9:30 a.m. to noon May 9 at Village Baptist Church, 380 Glasgow Road in Bella Vista.
The seminar will be presented by Susan Goss, the co-founder of The Joshua Center of Northwest Arkansas, a faith-based therapy center, and the founder and director of Tangible Truth Ministries, a nonprofit Christian ministry intended to create opportunities to practice and experience truth in everyday life. Goss is a licensed professional counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist. She is a contributing writer at Celebrate, a guest commentator on KLRC Radio, and produces a weekly blog called "Susan Shares." Goss is on the board of trustees for Ouachita Baptist University, and currently on the Endeavor Foundation serving the Northwest Arkansas area as well as on the board at Hark at the center for collaborative care.
Many issues confronting parents of adult children today will be discussed at this seminar plus there will be a question and answer time to ask your own personal questions. A copy of Goss' book Circle Talk will be given away.
Information: (479) 855-7775, vbconline.net or facebook.com/villagebaptistchurchbellavista.
Festival aids
Elkins meals
The Twilight on the White Festival, benefiting the Elkins Senior Center and Meals on Wheels, will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. May 19 at the Elkins City Park. The festival includes horse carriage rides, a silent auction, meal and music by the Danny Mullen Band. Admission is by donation.
Information: (479) 643-2741.
NAN Profiles on 04/22/2018