Local Notes

Last updated Saturday, August 16, 2008 5:09 PM CDT in Our Town

By THE MORNING NEWS

Lions Club

Slates Programs

Fayetteville Lions Club members have announced upcoming programs for August and September.

Speakers include

• Aug. 20 - Paula Marinoni discussing "Visual Impact of Our Local History"

• Aug. 27 - Crystal Rowell, Leverett Elementary School, discussing use of audiometer donated by Lions Club

• Sept. 3 - the Rev. Edward Magumba, Jinja, talking about the Uganda Center for widows and orphans

• Sept. 10 - Murray Smart, emeritus dean, University of Arkansas School of Architecture, discussing architecture of the Olympics

Sept. 17 - Duane Woltjen, talking about Mount Rushmore

Sept. 24 - Carol Maxwell, director of the Pat Walker Center for Exercise.

The Fayetteville Lions Club meets at noon every Wednesday at the Clarion Inn, Interstate 540 and U.S. 62 in Fayetteville.

Information: Kelly Ellis, president, at 236-2566.

Artists Will Hear

Parker On Thursday

SPRINGDALE - The Artists of Northwest Arkansas will host guest speaker Rick Parker for the organization's meeting on Thursday.

Rick Parker, owner of Parker Conservation, Inc. of Gentry, a sixth-generation Arkansan, has been in both fine and decorative art conservation more than 30 years.

The group will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in rooms 8 and 9 at the Jones Health & Wellness Center, 610 E. Emma St. in Springdale. Social begins at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free.

Parker did his graduate work at the Smithsonian Institution's Furniture Conservation Training Program in Suitland, Md., and then became a staff member in that program.

Parker has lectured at the Smithsonian, the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Colonial Williamsburg and the Canadian Conservation Institute. Parker has worked on objects from the White House, Mount Vernon, Monticello, The Hermitage, Biltmore, Beauvoir and many individual presidential collections. Parker, a published author, has also lectured and taught at numerous colleges and universities and regularly lectures state and regional historical associations.

This meeting is open to the public.

Information: Lisa Bauer, publicity and marketing chairwoman for Artists of Northwest Arkansas, at 738-1117 or www.artistsnwarkansas.org

Auxiliary Meets

On Thursday

BELLA VISTA - The ladies auxiliary of the Bella Vista Robert M. Sterrett Veterans of Foreign Wars Post will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at the post, 103 Veterans Way, adjacent to Lake Bella Vista and the Veterans Wall of Honor.

A program on cancer research and detection will be presented. The women also will plan their participation in the Bella Vista Health Fair to be held Sept. 25. The event is sponsored by the Schmieding Center.

Members and guest may bring their lunch for fellowship prior to the meeting. Drinks will be provided.

Information: 855-7757 or 855-0719.

Brandon Speaks

To Archeologists

FAYETTEVILLE - Jamie Brandon, an archeologist with the Arkansas Archeological Survey, will discuss "Why Do We Dig Up The Recent Past?: Historical Archeology in the Arkansas Ozarks" during a meeting Aug. 24 at the Fayetteville Public Library.

The meeting is free and begins at 2 p.m. The session will be in the Walker Community Room of the library, 401 W. Mountain St.

Information: 575-3556.

Calico Cut-Ups

Convene Aug. 25

BELLA VISTA - Calico Cut-Ups Quilt Guild will hold its August meeting at 1 p.m. Aug. 25 at First United Methodist Church, 20 Boyce Drive in Bella Vista.

This month's program is "Red and Green Quilts" given by Nancy Hornbeck of Wichita, Kan. A short business meeting will follow the program, and the meeting will conclude with "show and tell." The vendor will be Bittersweet Quilt Shop, owned by Donna Hill and Robbi Triplett and located in Joplin, Mo.

Information: 855-1816 or www.calicocutups.org.

Dining Out

Aids Program

FAYETTEVILLE - Several restaurants are participating in the Eat Out for Scholarships program, which benefits the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Washington County.

Restaurant partners donate 15 percent of the cost of the meal for those who dine at the establishments on Tuesday nights.

Partners include Penguin Ed's Bar-B-Que, Mermaids Restaurant and Hugo's. Greenhouse Grille has been a part of the August program, but has delayed additional participation because of construction surrounding the restaurant. Additional dates for Greenhouse Grille will be announced later.

Plaza Sets

Aug. 25 Event

BELLA VISTA - The Plaza at Highlands Crossing, Arkansas' first senior housing cooperative, will host a "Dog Days of Summer" program from 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 25.

The public is invited to come and enjoy ice cold watermelon.

The Plaza, a 59-suite residence for independent seniors, is at 1 Highlands Crossing Drive in Bella Vista.

Information: 876-1877.

Book Club

Meets Tuesday

BELLA VISTA - The Bella Vista Book Club will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church in Bella Vista, 20 Boyce Drive.

"Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston will be discussed. Visitors are welcome. Those attending are asked to wear name tags.

Men's Club

Plans Benefit

The Highland Church men's club, The Hummers, will host the third annual Arnie's Army Battles Prostate Cancer Golf Tournament on Sept. 27 at the Kingsdale complex in Bella Vista.

The event is a four-person scramble. Proceeds from the event will sponsor, at no charge, prostate exams by the Arkansas Prostate Foundation mobile unity and Benton County Urology staff on Sept. 29.

Information: 855-1755 or jrnvi@cox.net.

Computer Club

Slates Meeting

The Bella Vista Computer Club Inc. invites members and nonmembers to sign up for computer classes being offered in August and September. Registrations and class descriptions are also available at www.bvcompclub.org or by calling 273-2558. The club e-mail address is jrc@bvcc.arcoxmail.com.

Topics include:

• E-mail (XP) - 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday

• Internet (XP) - 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 25 and 27

• Basic Computing for Vista - 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 8, 10, 15 and 17

• Getting Started With Computers (XP) - 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 10. Fee is $6 for members and $25 for nonmembers.

Fees for eight-hour classes are $24 for members and $40 for nonmembers. Four-hour classes are $12 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Classes are held at the Computer Club's Classroom, and there also will be free Open House Computer Help Clinics from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday and Sept. 6 at the Computer Club's Classroom. The classroom is also located in the Highlands Crossing Center.

Iota Chapter

Plans Event

BELLA VISTA - Iota Alpha chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will hold its first social event of the 2008-09 year on Monday.

Spouses are invited to attend the 6 p.m. social at Tanyard Creek Pavilion. Each member is asked to bring a heavy hors d'ourves. Beverages will be provided.

- The Morning News

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