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Golf for Beginners

Learn basic golf techniques such as the proper stance and grip, as well as golf terminology and golf etiquette. Open to anyone interested in learning this ancient game with immense…

Intermediate Excel

Ready to take your Excel skills to the next level? Learn to insert text boxes, tables, charts and clipart; create more elaborate equations and export data into other programs. Completion…

Discover – France

Get a taste of what’s it like to travel in France. Celebrate the French style in language, food, travel, film, fashion and culture. Learn basic phrases to start venturing out…

The Eye of the Beholder: Art Appreciation for Beginners

With the recent opening of the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum in their new home this will be a fantastic opportunity for a private viewing of the collection with a…

Golf Intermediate

Take 6 weeks to build on the skills and knowledge you learned in “Golf for Beginners” and get onto the course with advanced skills and techniques. Learn principles of the…

Poetry Made to Order

Take this chance to release your inner poet…get to say the words that are in your head in the variety of ways that can be poetry. This class will show…

Intermediate Word

Go beyond the basic document by inserting text boxes, clipart and charts. Learn to create columns and format pages individually. Intro to Word or basic Word skills required. Tues, Apr…

Photo Basics – Cut, Crop, Send!

This is a simple introduction into handling photographs when someone else sends them to you, or you want to send them yourself. Learn the basics of how to resize, cut,…

New director named for Arkansas Department of Heritage

Attorney and former lobbyist Martha Miller is the new director of the Arkansas Department of Heritage, according to a statement from the office of Gov. Mike Beebe. Miller replaces Cathie…

Lau, Lorenz begin Fort Smith Board experience

The Fort Smith Board of Directors welcomed two new additions Thursday night (Jan. 3) in the board's first regular meeting of 2013. Director Keith Lau took over for departing director…

Fort Smith, Van Buren chambers host legislative mixer

More than 150 Fort Smith and Van Buren business and community leaders gathered Thursday at the Movie Lounge to meet with regional Legislators prior to the beginning of the 2013…

Convenience stores chip away marketshare

The convenience store market has exploded with enormous growth across the country and around Arkansas in recent years. Since 2005, more than 8,100 C-stores have been added from coast to…

Online sales grew 14% during the holiday season

Consumers spent $42.3 billion online between Black Friday and New Year’s Eve, which marked a 14% increase from the same period in 2011, according to comScore. The latter portion of…

New counsel named against Wal-Mart in bribery charge

Robin Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP was recently appointed as lead counsel against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the pending class action suit brought by the City of Pontiac General Employees’…

Beebe names judicial appointments and boards and commissions

Gov. Mike Beebe has announced the following judicial appointments and boards and commissions. Amy Brazil, Conway, as Circuit Judge in the 5th Division Court of the 20th Judicial District. …

December was a mixed bag for retailers

Consumers were picky about their shopping habits this recent holiday season causing some retailers to pause for concern while others raked in higher-than-expected profits. U.S. chain store sales (excluding drug…

Karaoke Thursday Nights

Jonesboro mall property sells for $96 million

Publicly-traded Rouse Properties Inc. will acquire the Mall at Turtle Creek and an adjacent shopping center, Turtle Creek Crossing, in Jonesboro for $96.3 million. The mall and shopping center are…

Landscape Photography

Learn how to capture the beauty in photographing nature. Accentuate colors, highlight key features, and produce photographs of the world around us. Students will need to have an SLR camera,…