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Kim Barnes of Springdale stands with demonstrators Tuesday afternoon at the corner of Dickson Street and College Avenue in Fayetteville in support of gay rights and same sex marriage. The gathering was organized by the Northwest Arkansas Center for Equality on the day that the Supreme Court is hearing the challenge to California’s Proposition 8, the state’s voter-approved gay marriage ban. For a related report, turn to page 1A of today’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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Fayetteville emergency personnel collect information Tuesday and clean up after a three-vehicle collision involving a Chevrolet Blazer, a Fayetteville Fire Department ladder truck and a city water and sewer truck on South Crossover Road south of Lovers Lane in Fayetteville.
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Capt. Mark Stevens with the Fayetteville Fire Department photographs damage to a department ladder truck after a three-vehicle collision Tuesday.
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Sydney Pierce, 15, a freshman at Springdale’s Central Junior High School, reacts Tuesday after pulling her arm out of the cannula placed in a beef steer at the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Center in Fayetteville. Pierce is a student in the pre-advance placement biology class participating in the field study. The cannula gave the students access to the rumen, front part of the digestive system, in the steer.
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Liliana Cunningham, right, of Bentonvillle and Laney Van Es of Centerton fill their baskets with eggs at last year’s egg hunt in Bella Vista. This year’s event is set for Saturday.
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Zac Bolstad of Siloam Springs tries to tag Springdale Har-Ber’s Matt Garrison as he slides into second Tuesday the Tyson Sports Complex in Springdale.
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Zac Thompson of Springdale Har-Ber pitches Tuesday against Siloam Springs.
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Shay Melton thows Tuesday against Springdale Har-Ber.
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Amanda Martinez, left, of Springdale High battles Tuesday with Springdale Har-Ber’s Sara LaChance on Tuesday at Bulldog Stadium in Springdale.
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Michael Schleisman, center, 14, puts on protective gloves before reaching into the cannula placed in a steer.
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Martha Campbell, former U.S. ambassador to the Marshall Islands, wears a traditional Marshallese “wut,” or headband, while speaking Tuesday about the history and relationship between the U.S. and the Micronesian nation at NorthWest Arkansas Community Collegein Bentonville.
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Miles Neil with Springdale’s Parks and Recreation Department attaches netting Tuesday around a soccer goal on a field at the Tyson Sports Complex. Games and practices for the soccer programs should begin in the next few weeks, according to officials.
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Joe Towell, a subcontractor for Sands Fencing, works Tuesday on installing a new entrance on the north side of the Bentonville Bark Park’s large dog area. The new entrance will give easier access to visitors using the new parking lot on the north end of the Bark Park. Towell said he hoped to have the entrance completed today.
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Anthony Spencer, left, and Clayton Holmes with the Benton County Jail inmate work detail, sling gravel Tuesday while doing fill work around campsites at Prairie Creek park on Beaver Lake. Six U.S. Army Corps of Engineers parks will open for the season Monday, including Prairie Creek, Hickory Creek, Horseshoe Bend, Lost Bridge North, Dam Site Lake and Dam Site River, said Michael Hurley at the corps’ Beaver Lake office. Parks that will open May 1 are War Eagle, Rocky Branch, Lost Bridge South, Starkey and Indian Creek.
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Arkansas offensive lineman Brey Cook goes through a spring practice drill in 2012.