Pre-kindergarten registration scheduled

and 1970s had a profound influence on cities like Eureka Springs as well as Northwest Arkansas in general. According to professor Phillips, “Counterculture flourished nationwide in the 1960s and 1970s, and while the hippies of

the public eye, a faction of back to the landers were quietly creating their own haven off the beaten path in

its population of country beatniks into the national narrative, showing how the back to the landers engaged in ‘deep revolution’ by sharing their ideas on rural development, small farm economy, and education with the locals — and how they became a fascinating part of a traditional region’s coming to terms with the modern world in the process.”

One of the very interesting aspects of the Back to the Land Movement involved how it complicated

is the theory that environment, as opposed to heredity, has the primary influence on the development of a person or group.

During the 1960s and

found itself host to an evolving conversation on environmental stewardship as National Forest and other development interests clashed with young members of the back to the land movement and local

was the result of contested forestry and agriculture practices in the hills, but in reality the back to the land movement offered a uniquely American rebuke to the emerging environmentalist discourse of the day. While agreeing that wild spaces were indeed important — after all, bioregions like the Buffalo River were (and are) central in countercultural efforts at ecological preservation — hipbillies argued that wild spaces made sense only in the context of working agricultural land.

visitor center located on

intersection.

When: Sunday, March 10 Time: 2 p.m.

Cost: Free; the public is invited

Pea Ridge Pre-K registration for the 2019-2020 school year will be held beginning at 7 a.m. on Friday, March 15, at the Pea Ridge School District Administration office located at 979 Weston St.

A grant through the Endeavor Foundation will provide funding for 20 children to attend at no cost. Children who attend through the grant

8 a.m. Chambers Networking meeting, open to the public, Pea Ridge Community Library

11 a.m. Story time, Pea Ridge Community Library

1 p.m. Hobbits, Lost Bridge Community Center on Whitney Mountain; for information, call Roberta Heaton at 359-2139.

4 - 6 p.m. Loaves ’n Fishes food pantry, The Ridge Community Church, 836 N. Curtis Ave.; for information, call Bonnie Austin at 451-9333 or email bonnie. austin.nlc@gmail.com.

5 p.m. Adult Book Club, Pea Ridge Community Library

6 -8 p.m. Crochet & Knitters Club, Pea Ridge Community Library

Monday, March 11 Breakfast:

French toast sticks with syrup, applesauce or fresh fruit, apple or orange juice, milk

Chicken tenders, macaroni & cheese, steamed broccoli, cherry tomatoes, diced pears or fresh fruit, milk Or popcorn

Lunch: Grades 9-12 option:

chicken

Wednesday, March 6 Thursday, March 7 Tuesday, March 12 Breakfast:

Breakfast burrito & salsa, strawberry cup or fresh fruit, apple or orange juice, milk must meet Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) criteria to qualify for these spots. Twenty tuition-based spots will also be available and have no restrictions to apply.

Students must be 4 years old on or before Aug. 1, 2019, in order to be eligible for enrollment. A student will not be enrolled until all of the following documents have been submitted (with a complete application) and have received a phone call from the Pre-K staff confirming that the application process is complete:

OR an official hospital record with date of birth listed

Screening (if your child has not had his/her 4 year old screening yet, bring in his/her 3 year old screening) Card

ABC applicants must

(W2s, tax returns, thirty days of current pay check

of no earned income) for each caregiver listed

Applications will be accepted upon a first come, first serve basis. Any questions, call Katie Rhine, Pea Ridge Pre-K Director, at 800-451-0608.