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Cafe Nibbles Downscales

Jim Hatfield, feeling that prices at his Cafe Nibbles, which he opened with his wife, Suzie Stephens, in Fayetteville, are scaring away customers, will change the menu.

Marty?s Cafe Serves Up Down-Home Deals

Marty’s Cafe in Bentonville offers delicious Southern fare in generous portions.

Highway Commission May Get Legislative Overhaul

During the current legislative session, term limits and selection practices could change at the Highway Commission.

White Christmas, Blue Business

Icy roads in Northwest Arkansas in December put a freeze on some business activity.

Tyson Extends Deadline on IBP Buyout Offer

The extension, to 11 p.m. local time Wednesday, doesn’t change the terms and conditions of the offer to buy 50.1 percent of IBP’s common stock.

St. Edward Pushes CEO and Web Site

Cards in St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith solicit suggestions or complaints on behalf of hospital CEO John Hoffman. Other stacks promote the St. Edward Web Site.

Arvest Investors Get Kemper Scoop

Robert J. Froehlich, vice president of Kemper Funds Group’s Zurich Scudder Investments, speaks at an invitation-only reception sponsored by Arvest Asset Management of Lowell, which sells Kemper investment products.

Fletcher Opens Daewoo Lot

Frank Fletcher Daewoo opens in Rogers, next door to Frank Fletcher Chrysler Dodge on U.S. Highway 71.

Northwest Arkansas Podiatry Center

Dr. Peter Xaysanasy opens his new business, Northwest Arkansas Podiatry Center, in Fayetteville to offer a family practice for foot problems.

KFSM Sells Tapes to Benefit Weather Victims

Proceeds from “Ice Storm 2000,” a video to be released next Monday, will go to victims of the ice storm and snowstorm over the holidays. The video costs $10, plus $4 for shipping.

Dateline Confusion Dominates Dailies

Most datelines are written to show where the reporters who wrote them were physically at the time, but the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette begs to differ.

Lightheart, Kohl’s Get More Press

In the same issue, the Fayetteville Free Weekly runs a photo of its “person of the year,” Mary Lightheart, and an ad for the soon-to-open Kohl’s department store. Lightheart had perched at the proposed Kohl’s site to save a grove of trees.