Saturday, August 27, 2011

Best of the week: Aug. 18-26

Most of the photos posted on this entry consist of wild art hunting through the past week. But also dropped in are my work from stories about a new concourse opening at Northwest Regional Airport (XNA) and Wal-Mart's home office working to prepare for the impending damage caused by Hurricane Irene along the east coast.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/18/11--
University of Arkansas sophomore Stacy Evans watches as her team tries to roll grapes down a measuring tape into a shot glass outside the Engineering Hall on the Fayetteville campus on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. Evans is one of 50 students participating in three-day peer mentor training program for the Freshman Engineering Program. The peer mentors will work with 700 freshmen in the engineering school with classes beginning on Monday.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/18/11--
University of Arkansas sophomore Audria Eoff watches as her team tries to roll grapes down a measuring tape into a shot glass outside the Engineering Hall on the Fayetteville campus on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. Eoff is one of 50 students participating in three-day peer mentor training program for the Freshman Engineering Program. The peer mentors will work with 700 freshmen in the engineering school with classes beginning on Monday.




Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/24/11--
Charles Richardson of Fayetteville stains wood framing the Butterfly House at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fayetteville on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. The Butterfly House is scheduled to be completed and opened in about two weeks.




Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/22/11--
Brian Flowers (left), 7, and Kylie Donckers, 6, both of Bentonville watch as a DVD drops into a bin from a conveyor belt during a behind-the-scenes view of what happens when books are checked in at the Bentonville Public Library on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. The children, part of the Library Lessons for Homeschoolers, meets weekly with Sue Ann Pekel on Mondays at the library.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/24/11--
Patricia and Alan Fortenberry, both of Springdale, tour through the new concourse at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Highfill on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, during a grand opening preview for the concourse. The concourse adds 54,192 sq. ft, 11 new gates and the first moving sidewalk in the state.




Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/24/11--
Joshua Youngblood and Catherine Wallack, both with special collections for the University of Arkansas library, ride the moving sidewalk inside the new concourse at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Highfill on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, during a grand opening preview for the concourse. The concourse adds 54,192 sq. ft, 11 new gates and the first moving sidewalk in the state.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/24/11--
Visitors tour through the new concourse at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Highfill on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, during a grand opening preview for the concourse. The concourse adds 54,192 sq. ft, 11 new gates and the first moving sidewalk in the state.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/25/11--
Merv Fleshman, recreations manager, stitches material for the netting surround the basketball courts inside the Jones Center for Familes on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, in Springdale. The center performs semi-annual maintenance during the week following spring break for area schools and the week following students' return to school after summer break. The pools, courts and ice rink will continue to be closed for maintenance through Monday.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/25/11--
Whitney Erickson, recreations supervisor, sharpens ice skates inside the Jones Center for Familes on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, in Springdale. The center performs semi-annual maintenance during the week following spring break for area schools and the week following students' return to school after summer break. The pools, courts and ice rink will continue to be closed for maintenance through Monday.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/25/11--
Charles Harris of Houston drags cables to set up the Wacky Worm ride at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Fayetteville on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. The fair opens to the public on Tuesday and the midway, operated by Murphy Brothers Exposition, opens on Wednesday.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/26/11--
Charlie Russell (left) and Diane Purkey, both of Tahlequah, Okla., clean the inside and outside of Purkey's food trailer on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, as part of their setup for the 27th annual Frisco Festival which started later in the day. The festival continues in downtown Rogers today (SATURDAY).



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/26/11--
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. meteorologist Lucas McDonald monitors current weather conditions at his workstation inside Wal-Mart's home office in Bentonville for Hurricane Irene as it approaches the east coast on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/26/11--
John Petrovic (cq) with assett protections monitors current weather conditions at his workstation inside Wal-Mart's home office in Bentonville for Hurricane Irene as it approaches the east coast on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/26/11--
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees monitor current weather conditions at their workstations inside Wal-Mart's home office in Bentonville for Hurricane Irene as it approaches the east coast on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/26/11--
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. meteorologist Lucas McDonald discusses the company's plans inside Wal-Mart's home office in Bentonville for Hurricane Irene as it approaches the east coast on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/26/11--
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees monitor current weather conditions at their workstations inside Wal-Mart's home office in Bentonville for Hurricane Irene as it approaches the east coast on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.



Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --08/26/11--
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. meteorologist Lucas McDonald discusses the company's plans inside Wal-Mart's home office in Bentonville for Hurricane Irene as it approaches the east coast on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

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