HOBBS HAPPENINGS
Kayak tours announced
Spend some time on Beaver Lake while paddling a one-man kayak guided by a park interpreter. You will learn the basics of paddling as we explore a calm area of Beaver Lake. Recreational kayaks, paddles and life jackets will be provided. Bring a bottle of water, bug spray, flashlight and dress for the weather.
Choose the one that fits your schedule.
•Sunset kayak tour 7–10 p.m. Aug. 27 and 29
•Full moon kayak tour 7–10 p.m. Aug. 15 Where: Visitor center Cost: $25 + tax Adults, $12+ tax children (9-12).
Registration and prepayment required.
Secchi Day Science Fair on Beaver Lake
On Secchi Day, Saturday, Aug. 17, volunteers will take readings from all over Beaver Lake to determine the over-all clarity or water quality of the water in the lake. As these readings come back into the Army Corps Prairie Creek Lakeside Amphitheater for posting, family activities and free food will be available.
9 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Activities and Exhibits Kayak Rides
Music and Dance Fun and Games Snacks, Fruit, and Frozen Desserts
11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Free chips, sodas, hot dogs and veggie dogs
Art Awards and Announcements
12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Door prizes — Must be present to win
1 p.m. – Event Ends
Special Guests: Emcee — Dan Skoff, KNWA Chief Meteorologist
Al Lopez “PaPa Rap” — Water Fun facts
Marshallese Neighbors — Culture of Atolls and Islands
Where: U.S. Army Corps Prairie Creek Lakeside Amphitheater, 9300 N. Park Road in Rogers
Cost: Free Information: bwdh2o.org.
Ozarks literature discussed
Phillip Howerton to Discuss his New Book, The Literature of the Ozarks – an Anthology, at Hobbs State Park.
Amazon phrased it well: “The job of regional literature is twofold: to explore and confront the culture from within, and to help define that culture for outsiders. Taken together, the two centuries of Ozarks literature collected in this ambitious anthology do just that. The fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama presented in ‘The Literature of the Ozarks’ complicate assumptions about backwoods ignorance, debunk the pastoral myth, expand on the meaning of wilderness, and position the Ozarks as a crossroads of human experience with meaningful ties to national literary movements.
“Among the authors presented here are an Osage priest, an early explorer from New York, a nativeborn farm wife, African American writers who protested attacks on their communities, a Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, and an art history professor who created a fictional town and a postmodern parody of the region’s stereotypes.” In total, the book presents work from a diverse group of 41 authors.
Howerton said, “I attempt to define the Ozarks as a geographical and cultural place, to define Ozarks literature, and to identify several trends and themes that run through the body of Ozarks literature.” He further noted, “This is not the greatest hits album but rather an organized and critical survey that presents the ugly, the bad, the good and the great literature of the region.”
Howerton said the Ozarks is a small corner of the world, but just like every other place, it is a crossroads of experience, and all places and people should be taken seriously in our shrinking world. When: 2 p.m. Aug. 18 Where: Hobbs State Park, visitor center
Cost: Free