WASHINGTON - Arkansas high school students can submit entries in the 2014 Congressional Art Competition through April 11.
To enter, students submit original paintings, drawings, collages, mixed media, computer-generated art and photographs.
One winning student from each congressional district receives free airfare to attend the national reception in Washington in June, where an overall winner will be selected.
Winning artwork from each district hangs for one year in the Cannon House Office Building tunnel used to travel between the Capitol and congressional office buildings.
Details on how to apply are available online at house.gov/content/educate/art_competition.
COTTON TO MISSISSIPPI
U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton is scheduled to be the keynote speaker Monday at the Madison County Republican Party President’s Day Gala in Jackson, Miss.
Tickets for the event are $80 a person. People who purchase a table’s worth of seats for $800 also receive tickets to a private pre-dinner reception with Cotton.
Gala organizer John Taylor said Cotton is not getting paid for the speech.
A local law firm is holding a Cotton for Senate fundraiser earlier in the day and Cotton is scheduled to attend, Taylor said.
GOVERNORS TO MEET
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe will join governors from across the country in Washington next weekend for the National Governors Association Winter Meeting.
The four-day meeting includes sessions with President Barack Obama as well as members of his Cabinet, business leaders and other experts.
Beebe spokesman Matt DeCample said the governor is to attend all four days of the conference.
VIETNAM TRADE LAUDED
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission met with Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong, U.S. Sen. John McCain and Secretary of State John Kerry at a Washington event Monday evening celebrating 20 years of trade between the U.S. and Vietnam.
Arkansas is the location of the first Vietnamese manufacturing facility to be established in the U.S., Cuong said.
In November, Vinh Long, a home-furnishings manufacturer, announced plans to build its newest facility in Morrilton.
The $5 million facility, known as Vinh Long-Arkansas Ltd., will employ 75 people and manufacture storage furniture and kitchen cabinets for potential North American retailers, according to a news release.
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Front Section, Pages 10 on 02/16/2014