Local notes

WATERSHED

The Beaver Watershed Alliance is partnering with city of Fayetteville Parks and Rec and seeking volunteers to help remove invasive vegetation like Amur Honeysuckle and Chinese Privet from Mount Sequoyah Woods from 3 to 5 p.m. May 6.

Volunteers will be taught how to identify these highly invasive plant species, as well as removal methods, and tips on how to replace them with native species. This event will help improve Mount Sequoyah Woods, a 97-acre open greenspace in south Fayetteville.

Check-in for this event will be the Mount Sequoyah Woods trailhead, located at 5 S. Happy Hollow Road in Fayetteville. The Alliance will provide gloves, tools, snacks, and water for workers. Long-sleeve shirts, pants and closed-toe shoes are recommended.

Information: (479) 7508007, email info@beaverwatershedalliance.org or beaverwatershedalliance.org.

PAAC

The city of Bentonville Public Art Advisory Committee is seeking proposals for permanent artwork to be installed adjacent to the state’s first regulation-size cricket pitch. The objective of the installment is to enrich and energize this public space with an original work that becomes a landmark and physical recognition of the establishment of cricket in the area.

The new, 25-acre Creekside Park is currently being built and is adjacent to an elementary school, a Hindu temple and two apartment complexes. Little Osage Creek runs through the park.

Deadline for proposals is midnight July 6.

Information: (479) 2713122, bentonvillear.com or skerr@bentonvillear.com.

FPL

Fayetteville Public Library is now accepting applications for the third cohort of the From Maker to Market entrepreneurship program. The 12-week program will run from June through September. Online applications are open until May 9 at faylib.org/maker.

The From Maker to Market program is open to entrepreneurs with a viable product idea, such as jewelry, an app or custom prototype that uses Fayetteville Public Library’s Center for Innovation tools and equipment. The goal of the program is to show entrepreneurs how to build their own product prototypes, and to develop micromanufacturing runs of their products with the resources available at the Center for Innovation.

All participants are asked to participate for the full 12-week period. Applications and accompanying materials are due by May 9.

Information: faylib.org/ maker or email centerforinnovation@faylib.org.

OLLI

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute has announced these upcoming classes:

• April 25: The Geology of I-49. Join geology professor Chris Moyer to explore the natural features (hills, valleys, rock bluffs, rivers) visible along I-49 from Bella Vista south into the Boston Mountains. 10 a.m. to noon, Drake Airfield, $25 members, $40 nonmembers; Fayetteville Trails. Fayetteville’s Trails Coordinator, Mike Mihalevich, offers an overview of the trails system: funding, design, construction, future trails. Class concludes with a walking tour of the Clabber Creek Trail, 1 to 3:30 p.m. Grand Village and Clabber Creek Trail, $19 members, $34 nonmembers.

• April 26 and May 3: The

Plight of Big Cats in Captivity. More tigers are in captivity in the U.S than in the world. What happens when that cute kitty grows into a 700 pound tiger? In Session II, visit Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge to witness rescued animals in a safe environment. April 26, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Drake Field; May 3, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Turpentine Creek. $35 member commuter rate, $55 member ride OLLI van, $50 nonmember commuter rate, $70 nonmember transportation rate.

• April 27: The Conversations. Learn how to have “that conversation” about your final wishes. 1 to 3 p.m. OLLI Office. $19 for all.

• April 29 and May 6: Native Plant Ecology. 10 a.m. to noon. Drake Airfield, $25 members, $40 nonmembers.

Information: (479) 5754545.

FREE BREAST EXAMS

The Washington Regional J.B. Hunt Transport Services

Cancer Support home, 488 E. Longview St. in Fayetteville, will offer free clinical breast exams during a breast health clinic from 5 to 7:30 p.m. April 26.

The clinical breast examinations are offered at no cost and will be performed by physicians from Washington Regional HerHealth Clinic. Appointments are required, and space is limited.

Referrals for additional follow-up mammography and imaging services as well as financial assistance will be available for those who qualify through the Cancer Support Home’s No Excuses program and other financial assistance programs.

Information: (479) 4042162 or email bblackmon@wregional.com.

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