Filling the holes with some wild art

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --05/26/10--
David Scheers of Joplin, Mo., carries a bag of stuffed animals on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, to hang inside one of the game booths to set up for a carnival in the parking lot at Frisco Station Mall in Rogers. The carnival, operated by Pride Amusements, will run through Monday (MEMORIAL DAY).



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --05/26/10--
Micah Fankhauser (cq) (left), 3, watches as his brother, Silas Fankhauser, 4, walks back under the bridge crossing the creek on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at Lake Atalanta in Rogers. The brothers came to the park with their parents, Joel and Alice, and 18-month-old sister, Liza, all of Little Rock. The family was visiting Alice's parents, Richard and Glenna Weaver, both of Bentonville, who were also at the park with them.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --05/27/10--
Tillery Elementary fifth-grader Olivia Kennedy, 10, (front) works with classmates on Thursday, May 27, 2010, at the Rogers school in an exercise during which students learned about water bird migration. Third- though fifth-grade students participated in the school's Celebrate Effort Day which celebrated their effort during this year's testing season. The theme for the event was "Go Green."



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --05/27/10--
Maddie Mills (left), 17, and Hannah Ray, 16, sit on the Butterfly Bench on Thursday, May 27, 2010, before the dedication for the bench outside Leverett Elementary School in Fayetteville. The bench, designed by artist Eugene Sargent, was installed in memory of Hannah's sister, Olivia Ray, who died after being struck by a car last year.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --05/28/10--
Northside Elementary fifth-grader Karen Romero, 11, holds the bottle steady as kindergartener Fernanda Albarran, 5, pours water into it during the "Catch the Rainwater" relay race on Friday, May 28, 2010, for the students' field day at the Rogers school. The theme for the event was "Pirates Going Green."



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --05/28/10--
Northside Elementary fifth-graders Kyle Edgeworth, 11, squeezes water from sponges onto Juan Belloso, 11, while waiting for another set of students to play the "Swab the Deck Me Hearties" relay race on Friday, May 28, 2010, for the students' field day at the Rogers school. The theme for the event was "Pirates Going Green."



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --05/28/10--
Northside Elementary kindergartener Alexis Vidal, 6, squeezes water from a sponge into a can during the "Swab the Deck Me Hearties" relay race on Friday, May 28, 2010, for the students' field day at the Rogers school. The theme for the event was "Pirates Going Green."



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --05/28/10--
Northside Elementary fifth-grader Kyle Edgeworth, 11, slings water from his hair on Friday, May 28, 2010, during the students' field day at the Rogers school. The theme for the event was "Pirates Going Green."



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --05/28/10--
Rogers Mayor and Republican Congressional Candidate Steve Womack (left) shakes hands with former challenger Kurt Maddox following a news conference on Friday, May 28, 2010, inside the Embassy Suites in Rogers. Maddox announced his endorsement for Womack during the news conference.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --05/28/10--
Reagan Elementary fifth-grader Hope Von Gremp, 11, (center) saws through a piece of PVC pipe with other members of the REACH class on Friday, May 28, 2010, during their "Build-A-Thon" called Huts for Haiti outside the Rogers school. The students designed and built a life-sized structure and planned a fundraiser to benefit the victims of the Haiti earthquake