Bethany Meadows (left), owner of French with Bethany, reads a children's book in French to families, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, at a weekly story time event at Bookish: An Indie Shop for Folks Who Read in downtown Fort Smith. Meadows recently opened her French language business based in Fort Smith, where she offers one-on-one virtual French lessons. Visit rivervalleydemocratgazette.com/photo for today's photo gallery.
(River Valley Democrat-Gazette/Hank Layton)
FORT SMITH -- A former educator is teaching people of all ages how to speak French.
Bethany Meadows didn't grow up speaking another language until she took a French class in high school.
