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(left to right) Vivienne Thompson, age 2, Quin Thompson, and Silas Hicks, age 8, all from Fayetteville, participate in a slow bike race Thursday evening during the First Thursday event on the Fayetteville square. The Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks hosted a slow bike race to help promote this month's theme of 'Cycle the Square.'
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NorthWest Arkansas Community College President Becky Paneitz speaks during the 10th annual NWACC Foundation Scholarship Gala on Thursday, April 4, 2013, at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers. Paneitz will be retiring at the end of June.
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Former Arkansas Razorback Stacy Lewis tees off on the 14th hole during Thursday’s first round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Lewis, the top-ranked women’s player in the world, shot a triple bogey on the hole and a 1-over-par 73 for the round. She is five strokes behind leaders Na Yeon Choi, Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Suzann Pettersen.
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NWA Media/MICHAEL WOODS --04/05/2013-- Arkansas track and field coach Chris Bucknam holds up the 2013 NCAA Indoor Championship trophy as he is introduced by athletics director Jeff Long during a pep rally Friday afternoon at the University of Arkansas.
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Arkansas gymnastics coach Rane Lyst, second from left, watches Katherine Grable on the balance beam with other members of the team during a practice session Friday at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock in preparation for Saturday's SEC Gymnastics championships.
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Arkansas safety Rohan Gaines catches a ball Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, prior to the start of the Hogs' scrimmage in Razorback Stadium.
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Arkansas assistant coaches Sam Pittman (left) and Chris Ash work with the Razorbacks during practice Saturday morning in Fayetteville.
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Ryne Stanek pitched eight shutout innings in Arkansas' 6-0 win at Alabama on Friday.
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Ryne Stanek pitched eight shutout innings in Arkansas' 6-0 win at Alabama on Friday.
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Haley Zimmerman pitches Friday, April 5, 2013, during the game against Springdale Har-Ber at Veterans Park in Rogers.
The Springdale Yardbirds USSSA 11U Major baseball team, won the Wheeler Baseball Tournament on March 30 in Harrison. Team members are, from left, top row: Hunter Wood, Jackson Wisdom, Marcus Brown, Will Mueller and Austin Wages Bottom Row: Ty Copher, Alex Bowers, Charlie Bockelman, Kade Tucker, Charlie Acuff and Sean Hennaricks. Coaches are Frankie Acuff, Matt Bowers, Travis Moreland, Craig Mueller. Not pictured is coach Dustin Helmkamp.
John Larabee, Farmington junior, has helped the Cardinals to an unbeaten season. The Cardinals are ranked No. 1 in Class 4A in the latest Arkansas High School Coaches Association poll.
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Springdale's Erick Batres (9) drives to the goal ahead of Rogers' Wilson Valdez (3) on his way to scoring a goal Friday, April 5, 2013, during the first half of play at Jarrell Williams Bulldog Stadium in Springdale.
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Springdale's Taylor Wyatt (17) and Rogers' Denise Avila (12) vie for possession of the ball Friday, April 5, 2013, during the first half of play at Jarrell Williams Bulldog Stadium in Springdale.
Meagan Ward, Gravette junior shortstop, is a sparkplug for the Lady Lions softball team. She smacked the first home run in Gravette's new softball complex this week against Ozark.
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University of Arkansas sophomores Jessi Cadle, of Fayetteville, and Grace Brock (right), of Overland Park, KS., take a moment to get a photograph together near the cross on the top of Mr. Sequoyah in Fayetteville Friday morning. Downtown Fayetteville is visible in the background.
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Mayor Bob McCaslin, center, and Noah Eads, 6, right, listen as Janet Onipe reads the children's book "The Pencil" aloud Friday, April 5, 2013, during Sugar Creek Elementary School's kindergarten Reading Celebration in Bentonville. McCaslin was one of 24 local leaders and school board members invited to the event to listen as the school's 118 kindergarteners showed off their new reading skills.
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Zeb Rone, Tontitown police officer stands by his police car. Rone, and three other officers began patrolling in the city on March 26, taking over from Washington County deputies.
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Volunteer and 2010 Har-Ber graduate Derrick Graham, center, works Friday, April 5, 2013, to start a fire for a group of Har-Ber National Honor Society members during the Camp Cardboard event at the school. Students will sleep outdoors from 6 p.m. Friday until 6 a.m. today to raise awareness for homelessness and funds for House for Hope, which serves the homeless in the community.
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Elmdale Elementary School fifth grader Jerry Martinez, 10, releases a balloon Friday, April 5, 2013 during the school's benchmark celebration at the school in Springdale. The event featured games, inflatables, a bike parade and prizes for the students.