River Valley & Ozark Edition
this week’s EVENTS
posted: 05/24/2012 2:53 a.m. Discuss
ONGOING FAST Registration CONWAY — Registration is under way for Conway Regional Therapy Centers’ Functional Athletic Speed Training sports-performance program. FAST is designed to enhance the performance of young athletes in almost every sport, including basketball, football, baseball, soccer, track, volleyball, tennis, cheerleading, wrestling, cross country, softball, swimming and golf. Athletes are divided into groups based on their grades, with the divisions including grades 7-9, grades 10-12 and college.
Final roll call ...: Monument to honor fallen sheriff’s officers
posted: 05/24/2012 2:52 a.m. Discuss
Three Faulkner County sheriff ’s deputies have died in the line of duty in the past almost 100 years, and they’re finally getting a memorial.
Chicken-dance marathon
posted: 05/24/2012 2:49 a.m. Discuss
About 5,000 Conway elementary school students flapped their arms and performed in chicken-dance marathons on Friday and Monday to celebrate how they’ve helped orphans in Kenya, plus needy fellow classmates.
Faulkner County Library to premiere documentary film
posted: 05/24/2012 2:48 a.m. Discuss
The Faulkner C ounty Librar y will premiere the documentary film Faulkner County at Work at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Leadership Russellville graduation is June 1
posted: 05/24/2012 2:48 a.m. Discuss
The Leadership Russellville Class 2012 will graduate at the First Friday Luncheon at noon June 1 at Lake Point Conference Center at Arkansas Tech University. The class will unveil its community project, and the Leader of the Year will be announced.
School district’s open meetings to include board rezoning options, public input
posted: 05/24/2012 2:47 a.m. Discuss
The Pulaski County Special School District will hold two more public meetings, scheduled per legislation to rezone the school district’s population as measured by the most recent (2010) U.S. census, and to take any actions required by law regarding board zoning, said Deborah Roush, the district’s executive director of communications.
Ahh! A richly flavored vegetarian chili
posted: 05/24/2012 2:46 a.m. Discuss
When it comes to vegetarian chili recipes, the choices are endless — some as simple as pouring a can of beans and tomatoes in a pot and adding a bit of spice, while others are an all-day simmering affair.
Pork dish provides perfect combination of simple and elegant
posted: 05/24/2012 2:45 a.m. Discuss
Defined as thin cuts of meat, sauteed and cooked in a rich sauce, the scaloppini technique for cooking pork, chicken and veal is simple and elegant. Lemon, garlic, thyme, rosemary, parsley and white wine all meld together to form a succulent sauce with the renderings of the thinly sliced pork cutlets.
Consider trying an Asian approach to your grilling
posted: 05/24/2012 2:44 a.m. Discuss
With Memorial Day weekend approaching, we are officially entering the start of the summer outdoor cooking season.
Hendrix team glides into Ultimate tournament
posted: 05/20/2012 2:20 a.m. Discuss
Green Bay, Wis., has been the site of many historic professional football games played at the legendary Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers.
that’s life: Leaving son in Texas on Mother’s Day
posted: 05/20/2012 2:19 a.m. Discuss
We did it. We drove 300 miles and left our son.
Insect explosion
posted: 05/20/2012 2:18 a.m. Discuss
It’s the Chinese Year of the Dragon, but in Arkansas, it seems to be the Year of the Insects. Because of the mild winter, bugs are booming all over the state, said Kami Marsh, agriculture agent for the Faulkner County Cooperative Extension Office in Conway.
Mayflower gifted-and-talented students form club, plant garden
posted: 05/20/2012 2:14 a.m. Discuss
Fourth-grade gifted-and-talented students at Mayflower Elementary School gathered around teacher Sally Stuart as she doled out sunscreen before they started digging in the dirt.
Benefit planned today for Greenbrier family
posted: 05/20/2012 2:14 a.m. Discuss
A benefit luncheon and old-fashioned pie and cake auction will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in the Greenbrier Middle School cafeteria, 13 School Drive, for the family of Rue Garrett, who has cancer.
front & center: David Langston
posted: 05/20/2012 2:13 a.m. Discuss
Retiring Conway High School-West choral director David Langston almost quit teaching 27 years ago, and he has a whole lot of students who are glad he changed his mind.
