The Arkansas Elite Baseball Academy 12AAA baseball team won first place at the Spring Fling NIT on March 17 in Bixby, Okla. Team members are, from left, back row: Coaches Joey Spivey, Mark Parlin, Trent Wise and Andy Bonds. Middle row: Bryant Parlin, Brooks McDowell, Dakota McDonald, Conner Floyd, Tyler O'Dell and Logan Kallesen. Front row: Harrison Campbell, Austin Brandenburg, Conor Germann, Hayes Godsey and Payton Summers.
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Arkansas short stop Brian Anderson makes the play on a high bounce in the second inning of Friday night's game against Mississippi State at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville.
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Arkansas quarterback Brandon Mitchell runs drills during a 2012 practice in Fayetteville.
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Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn watches from the dugout Tuesday, March 26, 2013, during the seventh inning of play against Mississippi Valley State at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville. Writer:
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Arkansas defender Byran Jones during a 2012 practice in Fayetteville.
A rendering shows the locker room of Arkansas' football operations center to be opened later this year.
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James Hofferber, left, fills out a registration form for a gift basket drawing Friday, March 29, 2013, as his wife Chris looks over information about Concordia Retirement Center while attending the 19th annual Business Fair at Riordan Hall in Bella Vista. The event, sponsored by the Bella Vista Business Association, featured approximately 50 vendor booths from businesses and medical services in Bella Vista. Residents were treated to giveaways and free food during the expo.
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Actors portraying Roman soldiers lift the cross holding Silvestre Martinez, portraying Jesus, during Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) on Friday outside St. Raphael Catholic Church in Springdale. The production goes through the 14 stations of the cross. For related video, go to www.nwaonline.com/videos.
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The dirt-caked hands of Harp Elementary School fifth-grade teacher CT Erickson are visible as she instructs Makyla Macks, from left, Edgar Vicinte and Miguel Araujo in the care and planting of strawberries Thursday morning at the school. The strawberries will be planted in the school’s garden and will be ready for sale with other vegetables by late spring.
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Debbie McGee, left, a nine-year leukemia survivor, and Montie Mayfield, a one-year breast cancer survivor, lead walkers on the first lap around a makeshift track in the indoor practice facility at Springdale Har-Ber High School Friday, March 29, 2013, during the school's first Relay for Life event. Cristal (cq) Hernandez and Eduardo Martinez, students in Har-Ber's Environmental and Spatial Technology program, spearheaded the project to host the fundraiser which benefits the American Cancer Society. Hernandez said the class plans to continue fundraising for the American Cancer Society after the conclusion of the event. She said the class aims to reach a $30,000 goal by August. The 12-hour walk had 18 teams participate and included in-house fundraising activities.
Dan Miller, potty patrol captain with Rogers High School Project Graduation, moves a Mountie-themed toilet Thursday, March 28,2013, from a yard in the Manors. The Flush for a Cause fundraiser will help parents fund an after-graduation party for seniors.
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Rick Parker from Parker Conservation explains the process it took to restore the Dixieland House painting Friday, March 29, 2013, at 120 W. Walnut St. in Rogers during Finders Keepers' first meeting of the year. The painting, owned by the Rogers Historical Museum, is believed to have been painting in the early 20th century. The painting is of a house which used to be located at West Walnut Street and North Dixieland Road in Rogers.
Rendering of a new 1,800-seat arena for Farmington High School, which will be built on a 45-acre tract on Arkansas 170 on the south side of town. The Farmington School District hopes to begin construction of the arena and a fine arts complex behind the arena (not visible in the rendering) in early summer and to be completed in January 2015. The design is by Hight-Jackson Architects in Rogers. The project will cost about $9.5 million.
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workers load a mattress into a moving truck Friday, March 29, 2013, after water flooded apartments at 725 S. Stadium Drive in Fayetteville.
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Greenland Middle School students cheer during a pep rally Friday, March 29, 2013, to begin a week of preparation for the upcoming Benchmark exams at the school. The rally featured a rock and roll theme and was meant to encourage students to do well on the annual state standardized tests for students in third- through eighth-grade.
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Egg laying hens with the Arkansas Egg Company wonder around the fields Thursday afternoon at their facility just north of Summers, Arkansas. The Arkansas Egg Company is a local organic producer of eggs with a great interest in the farm bill that was not reauthorized last year as Congress instead extended the 2008 bill for one additional year. Sen. Boozman visited the rural Washington County farm earlier this week to hear concerns.
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Lupe Ortiz with Arkansas Egg Company works on separating eggs Thursday afternoon in their facility just north of Summers, Arkansas. The Arkansas Egg Company is a local organic producer of eggs with a great interest in the farm bill that was not reauthorized last year as Congress instead extended the 2008 bill for one additional year. Sen. Boozman visited the rural Washington County farm earlier this week to hear concerns.
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Sara Pair, pastor of Sequoyah United Methodist Church, leads the 89th annual sunrise Easter Service on the grounds Mount Sequoyah Retreat and Conference Center on Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville, Ark. Sunday, April 8, 2012. The service included singing by the congregation and a brief recital by pianist Jonathan Story, top left.
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The Rev. Tony Holifield, pastor of Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, is retiring after serving as the church's senior pastor since June 1995.
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Decatur senior Evan Owens clears 11 feet during pole vault competition in Gravette on Thursday, March 28, 2013.