Photos for April 9, 2011
Photos
Claudio Sanchez, education correspondent for National Public Radio, speaks Saturday during the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the...
HEARTFELT ENCOURAGEMENT Strike the Sasquatch, Northwest Arkansas Naturals mascot, encourages walkers Saturday during the American ...
Eddie Allred of Rogers launches his boat at Prairie Creek park on Beaver Lake. The Beaver Watershed Alliance aims to preserve the ...
Water operator James Erskin takes a sample from a clarifying tank Thursday while performing an hourly water quality test at the Be...
LOOKING AND LEAPING Daniel Tennison of Fayetteville makes his second attempt in the men’s long jump Saturday during the Special Ol...
FINISH-LINE HIGH-FIVES Samantha Delancey, 13, of Bentonville is congratulated after crossing the finish line in first place in the...
Iris Roller, left, of Rogers watches on Saturday as inmates from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Work Program unload her...
Cy Matulis from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Work Program tosses an electric scooter into a bin Saturday during the c...
SPRING CLEANING Volunteers Jim Ecker, left, and brother John Ecker unload paint cans Saturday at the hazardous household waste dro...
FATAL WRECK Emergency personnel look over a Hyundai Sonata involved in an accident Saturday on Interstate 540 in Fayetteville. Two...
Koei Nakanishi of Fayetteville has ran in more than 30 marathons, including three Boston marathons, since he took up the sport at ...
Stacy Lewis hits from a bunker on the 17th hole during the final round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship golf tournament in R...
Former Olympic runner Jeff Galloway of Atlanta speaks to a group of running enthusiasts Saturday at the University of Arkansas Glo...
Arkansas pitcher Brandon Moore delivers a pitch Saturday night against LSU. A Baum Stadium record crowd of 11,103 was on-hand for ...
Nanoparticles are produced and harvested Monday in a reactor at Nanomech. Copper wire is fed into the reactor to make the nanopart...
Daniel and Alma Moreno shop for furniture Wednesday at Hanks and More Fine Furniture in Rogers. Hanks recently closed stores in Be...
Bob McPherson sits for a portrait in his furniture store, McPherson’s Home Furnishings, on Wednesday in Springdale. McPherson has ...
PEO INDUCTS NEW BOARD Philanthropic Educational Organization Chapter A 2011 officers were recently installed at the home of Suzann...
Holt Middle School student Maddie Douthit watches the campfire burn March 31 at the Ozark Natural Science Center.
Sixth-graders Levani Damuni, left, and Justin Rollins search for aquatic creatures during the Creek Critters class at the Ozark Na...
Seal prepares to apply diluted acid to two stones as Holt Middle School students Eric Blevins, from left, James Baker and Payton J...
Ozark Natural Science Center teacher naturalist Rob Seal, center, leads Holt Middle School students on March 31 in an exploration ...
ALL-STATE CHOIR Fayetteville High School 2011 All-State Choir members are, from left, front row: Aricka Lewis, Jeric Bautista, Rac...
Lynne Walton, from left, joins fellow foundation board members Jeff Snyder, Alan Dranow and Wanda Williams at a Peel Compton Found...
Bob Norwood, from left, joins Lynne Walton and Galen Havner at the conclusion of an inaugural staff-board luncheon hosted by the P...
Northwest Health volunteers Keisha Newberry, from left, Becky Pratt, Pam Adams, Bryon Taylor, Pam Frachiseur and Vickie and Aaron ...
Washington Regional volunteers Kelly Alexander, from left, Shirley Wulf, Verna Schulte, Kendra Owens, Natasha Marlow and Nancy Vol...
St. Jude Signature Bash Chairwoman Christine Howard, center, is joined by committee members Elissa Bennett, from left, Courtney Ba...
St. Vincent de Paul School principal Joe Sines, center, and Tapas and Tinis committee members Celia Millis, from left, co-chairwom...
Monsignor David LeSieur, from right, and St. Vincent de Paul School board members Karen Peters, Laura Marks, George Spear, Alfred ...
Ben and Danah Redmond, and their children, Courtney, from left, Schyllor, Christopher, Aubryn and Robert stand for a photo with Br...
Bryan and Monica Bacon, from left, Carol and Ron Brophy, Nicole and Scott Tassani and Meredith and Matt Malone help support St. Vi...
Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, from left, AR SAVES’ Dr. Margaret Tramwel and Northwest Arkansas Naturals General Manager Eric Edelst...
Authorities comb through the wreckage of a Hyundai Sonata after a collision claimed one life and slowed traffic on I-540 Saturday ...
John Threet, left, Washington County prosecutor, gives Detective Robert Hendrix of the Springdale Police Department, the Washingto...
Officer Gene Johnson, right, with the Springdale Police Department, chats with Chief Kathy O’Kelley after Johnson accepted the Cra...
PROM PREPARATIONS Micah Sizemore, left, helps Jessica Anderson staple tulle to decorate for the Springdale Har-Ber High School pro...
BOOSTER SALE Daylon Goodine, 2, looks at several toys on display Friday during the Springdale High School Football Booster Club’s ...
Sarah Merrifield of Prairie Creek dumps aluminum cans into their appropriate bin Thursday while dropping off her recyclables at th...
FINAL DESTINATION A 38-foot sailboat hangs suspended from a crane Friday at Beaver Lake while workers launched the vessel at the A...
HOUSE FIRE Firefighters from Wheeler, Farmington, Wedington, Prairie Grove and Tontitown battle a blaze Friday at an empty house a...
Capt. Rick McCurdy, left, holds on as firefighter Lance Selph drives an all-terrain vehicle through a series of turns Friday on a ...
GOING GREEN Jason Quail of Bentonville hands out special gifts Friday to members of the Root Elementary School’s Green Team Leader...
A sculpture by artist Nic Noblique graces the entrance to White Auditorium at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville....
CIRCLE SQUARED “Circle Squared Again,” a sculpture by artist Nic Noblique graces the entrance to White Auditorium at NorthWest Ark...
BEST OF SHOW Dolly Cowan, left, and Cecilia Feroe, both of Harrison, look over Nancy Gruenewald’s quilt “The 10 Years of Christmas...
Springdale Har-Ber’s Eric Landeros, left, sends the ball past Fayetteville’s Tyler Ho during the first half Friday.
Fayetteville’s Anthony Euculano, left, redirects the ball as Springdale Har-Ber’s Miguel Gomez applies pressure Friday during the ...
Springdale Har-Ber’s Miguel Gomez, center, pushes the ball past Fayetteville’s Anthony Euculano, left, and Jonathan Lott on Friday...
Shiloh Christian students from left, Mason Richards, Jessica Schneider, Tracey Mardis, and Lucas Peiser signed college scholarship...
Rogers High’s Payton Jimison, right, beats the tag by Tulsa (Okla.) Bishop Kelley’s Jack Fischer at third base on a two-run triple...
PICK OFF ATTEMPT Rogers High’s Jake Rylee, top, pulls down the throw from the plate while attempting to pick off Tulsa (Okla.) Bis...
CLOTHES DONATION Elizabeth Chaney, 16, steps out on Sunday to model a handmade dress at Grace United Methodist Church in Rogers. T...
Creation, Donald Jackson with contribution by Chris Tomlin, Copyright 2003, The Saint John’s Bible, Order of Saint Benedict, Coll...
John Brown University students look April 1 over some of the framed pieces of The Saint John’s Bible on display at the university ...

















