Finding focus : PHOTOGRAPHER’S ‘ACCIDENTAL’ IMAGES RESULT IN NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTION, PROJECT

BY KEVIN KINDER Northwest Arkansas Times

There are no shortage of words that can be used to describe a human face. The hurts and happiness of lives reflect in blue eyes, in taut lips, in wrinkles, in furrowed brows. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

AT HOME : Excuse me, do you have an artistic license?

Marni Jameson marnij@comcast.net

Who hasn’t opened a home magazine, lusted after some gorgeous décor and yearned: “I want that” ? The fantasy lasts until we think of the cost zapping the kids’ college fund, the hassles of tracking down the coveted item or of having an artist re-create it, the shipping nuisance and the risk it will turn out uglier than Shrek. We remind ourselves that this lovely furnishing has been shot at just the right angle in just the right light, then digitally enhanced. Reality rains down like an ice shower until we slap ourselves into cognition and turn the page. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Northwest Arkansas FACES

Compiled by Brandi Guthrie

Slamons honored for volunteer service Bernadette Slamons of Fayetteville was recently honored by the We Care Foundation, sponsors of Camp Dream Street, for her 18 years of volunteer service to children. She was awarded the Foundation’s Flower of Hope pin, which symbolizes Slamons’s dedication to the Foundation’s mission: “The We Care Foundation is dedicated to enriching and improving the lives of children with cancer, hemophilia, sickle cell anemia and AIDS through a variety of therapeutic programs, including Camp Dream Street.” Big Brothers, Big Sisters needed Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas, along with the Donald W. Reynolds Boys & Girls Club of Fayetteville, was awarded a federal grant last year to provide mentors to children with an incarcerated parent. Funds from this grant assist in providing mentors (Bigs) to children (Littles) in Washington County. As a requirement of the grant, 33 youth between the ages of 6 and 14 will be matched in Washington County this year. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

FROM THE GARDEN : Great easy roses for gardeners who think they can’t grow them

Lynn Rogers lbr845@cox.net

Roses have charmed gardeners for centuries. Fossil remains found in a slate deposit in Colorado show that roses grew in North America an estimated 40 million years ago. There are about 200 species of roses worldwide: 35 are indigenous to the United States, and 15 or so are native to the Ozark Plateau. Roses were cultivated by the Chinese more than 5,000 years ago and have been used as confetti, medicine, food, money and to make perfume. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Stink bug nasty critter on tomato plants

Question: What causes the white pithy tissue under the skin of tomatoes? - Sunday, July 20, 2008

THE ROCKWOOD FILES : When feeling burned out, make that ‘other to do’ list

Gwen Rockwood rockwoodfiles@cox.net

Ilove a list. I write out a new “to do” list at least four or five times a week because it keeps me focused. Plus I get that little wave of control freak satisfaction when I mark through a task. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Library Checkout

Springdale Public Library The Springdale Public Library is located at 405 S. Pleasant St. All events are free unless otherwise noted. For details, call 750-8180 or visit www.springdalelibrary.org. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Kelley-Reeves

Shelby Lauren Reeves and Breck Harold Kelley, both of Palmetto, Fla., were married June 21, 2008, at the home of the bride’s grandmother in Rogers. The Rev. Casey Hinagan officiated the double ring ceremony. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Rubin-Poore

Shannon Leigh Poore of Fayetteville and Andrew Judd Rubin of Chicago were married June 21, 2008, at the Inn at Carnall Hall in Fayetteville. William Kyle Gibson officiated the double ring ceremony. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Ozark Album : A summer treat

Some well-dressed folks gathered at Bud Thompson’s house in the Harmon community west of Fayetteville circa 1907 to enjoy a watermelon party. Thompson is second from left; his son Arch is seated on the ground pulling on his cap. Courtesy of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History’s Georgia Thompson Collection. &#″; &#″; Ozark Album is published every Sunday in the Northwest Arkansas Times. If you have a historically interesting photo to share, bring it to the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, 118 W. Johnson Ave. in Springdale. Pictures will be copied and returned. Be sure to include the date the picture was taken, names of the people photographed and any historical information available, as well as your name and phone number. For more information, call 750-8165. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Hart-Gustin

Jade Adele Hart of Fayetteville and Scott Joseph Gustin of Springdale plan to marry at 6 p.m. July 26, 2008, at Teatro Scarpino in Fayetteville. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Gay-Meyer

Sara Gay of Cave Springs and Sam Meyer of Lowell plan to marry at sunset Aug. 2, 2008, at Lowdermilk Park Beach, Naples, Fla. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Robbins-Davis

Kathryn Anne Robbins of Little Rock and Drew Parker Davis Jr. of Fayetteville plan to marry at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 2, 2008, at St. Edward Catholic Church in Little Rock. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Haigh-Stanfill

Abby Elizabeth Haigh of North Little Rock and Joshua Charles Stanfill of Springdale plan to marry at 6 p.m. July 26, 2008, at Cornerstone Bible Fellowship in North Little Rock. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Borden-Cowen

Beth Ann Borden and Richard Ray Cowen, both of Fayetteville, plan to marry at 6 p.m. Aug. 2, 2008, at the Darby Center in Fort Smith. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Bertrand-Leslie

Nikki Bertrand and Randy Leslie, both of Fayetteville, plan to marry at 2 p.m. July 26, 2008, at Chapel on the Creeks in Rogers. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Meek-McKenzie

Ashley Christine Meek of Gravette and Scott Andrew McKenzie of Tulsa, Okla., plan to marry at 7 p.m. Aug. 1, 2008, at Gravette Church of Christ in Gravette. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Rice-Wandrey

Amy Ellen Rice and Christopher Glenn Wandrey, both of Fayetteville, plan to marry at 2 p.m. Sept. 6, 2008, at First Baptist Church in Fort Smith. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Library Checkout

Fayetteville Public Library The Fayetteville Public Library is located at 401 W. Mountain St. All events are free unless otherwise noted. For details, call 571-2222 or visit www.faylib.org. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Upcoming Events

Boar’s Head stages play “Man Without A Country,” an adaptation of the short story by Edward Everett Hale will be staged by the Boar’s Head Players at 8 p.m. July 31 through Aug. 2 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Nadine Baum Studios, 505 W. Spring St. in Fayetteville. Ticket are $14/ adults; $12/faculty, staff and seniors; $5/children and non-UA students; $3/ UA students on Friday and Saturday; free/UA students on Wednesdays and Thursdays. For tickets and details, call 575-4752. KUAF series offers showcase The KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series will present “The Composer’s Showcase” with a performance of “Cada Nota — A Suite for Jazz Nonet” composed and arranged by guitarist Ben Harris at 8 p.m. Friday at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall at the University of Arkansas’ Fine Arts Center in Fayetteville. - Sunday, July 20, 2008

Library Checkout

Washington County Library System Washington County Library Systems provides services for local libraries in Elkins, Farmington, Greenland, Lincoln, Prairie Grove, West Fork and Winslow. For program details, call 442-6253. - Sunday, July 20, 2008