“Journey to a Dead End,” 2022 album by North Little Rock singer-songwriter Ben Richman
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Megan and Paul Tillman create a pose for Ballet Arkansas’ “Coppelia and the Toymaker.” (Melissa Dooley Photography)
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Leah Morris and Toby Lewellen create a creation-creator pose for Ballet Arkansas’ “Coppelia and the Toymaker.” (Melissa Dooley Photography)
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Leah Morris and Toby Lewellen create a creation-creator pose for Ballet Arkansas’ “Coppelia and the Toymaker.” (Melissa Dooley Photography)
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Leah Morris creates a pose for Ballet Arkansas’ “Coppelia and the Toymaker.” (Melissa Dooley Photography)
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Comedian-actor Katt Williams, on his “World War III” tour, performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena.
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“Portrait of the Artist’s Dog, Chester: Dog Scents” by Mark Sisson, “Death and the Printmaker” by David Avery, “Seeing the Unseen” by Yuji Hiratsuka and “Talon Show” by Carol Wax are part of the 26th “Delta National Small Prints Exhibition” at Arkansas State University’s Bradbury Art Museum. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
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Country singer Jason Aldean, comedian Kevin Hart and comedy duo Steve Martin (left) and Martin Short are bringing shows to North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena. (Democrat-Gazette file photos)
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Country singer Jason Aldean, comedian Kevin Hart and comedy duo Steve Martin (left) and Martin Short are bringing shows to North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
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Country singer Jason Aldean, comedian Kevin Hart and comedy duo Steve Martin (left) and Martin Short are bringing shows to North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena. (Democrat-Gazette file photos)
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Jabari Banks thought he was Zooming with the director of the new TV series “Bel-Air.” Instead, original “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” Will Smith surprised Banks to congratulate him on getting the role. Banks, like Smith, is also a singer and says he is working on a new EP. (AP/Chris Pizzello)
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Members of the House converse before the start of the session Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 at the state Capitol in Little Rock. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Staci Vandagriff)
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Chris Keylon was named Harrison’s head football coach during Tuesday’s school board meeting. Keylon, 54, was the Goblins’ defensive coordinator for seven years before he became the head coach at Riverview last year. He replaces Joel Wells, who resigned his position but remains at the school as assistant athletic director and golf coach.
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A child walks under a large Ukrainian flag carried by people marking a “day of unity” in Sievierodonetsk, the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he welcomed a security dialogue with the West, and his military reported pulling back some of its troops near Ukraine, while U.S. President Joe Biden said the U.S. had not verified Russia’s claim and that an invasion was still a distinct possibility. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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FILE – In this Sept. 9, 2021 file photo, pedestrians walk near a poster of Alex Saab that reads in Spanish “Alex Saab Free. They haven’t been able to bend him,” in Caracas, Venezuela. Newly unsealed court records show that the Colombian businessman linked to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was secretly signed up by the D.E.A. as a cooperating source in 2018 and gave agents information about bribes he paid to Venezuelan officials. However, he was deactivated as a source after failing to meet a deadline to surrender himself and was indicted in Miami federal court on charges of siphoning millions from state contracts. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
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People gather in a bar to watch the presidential inauguration of Junta leader Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba during his swearing-in ceremony broadcast on national television on Wednesday Feb. 16, 2022 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The inauguration ceremony, not open to the general public, was held at the constitutional court. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia)
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A lone man watches the presidential inauguration of Junta leader Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba during his swearing-in ceremony broadcast on national television on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The inauguration ceremony, not open to the general public, was held at the constitutional court. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia)
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A soldier applauds the presidential inauguration of Junta leader Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba during his swearing-in ceremony broadcast on national television on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The inauguration ceremony, not open to the general public, was held at the constitutional court. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia)
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Joey Logano talks to reporters during NASCAR Daytona 500 auto racing media day at Daytona International Speedway, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Driver Denny Hamlin is shown on a television monitor as he answers a question during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race media day Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
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NWA Democrat-Gazette/CHARLIE KAIJO Debbie Jones poses for a portrait, Friday, February 23, 2018 at Crystal Bridges in Bentonville. Debbie Jones is the superintendent of Bentonville Public Schools.
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Denny Hamlin, left, and Austin Dillon talk between interviews at NASCAR Daytona 500 auto racing media day at Daytona International Speedway, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Defending Daytona 500 champion Michael McDowell, right, helps hold up a microphone stand that fell over during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race media day Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
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Driver Denny Hamlin answers a question during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race media day Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
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Brad Keselowski prepares for a NASCAR Cup Series auto race practice at Daytona International Speedway, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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FILE – The 2022 Next Gen Toyota Camry Cup car is unveiled during a NASCAR media event in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. NASCAR was long overdue to revamp its aging, arguably outdated race car. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn, Fle)
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FILE – The 2022 Next Gen Ford Mustang Cup car is unveiled during a NASCAR media event in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. NASCAR was long overdue to revamp its aging, arguably outdated race car. .(AP Photo/Mike McCarn, File)
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In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, Russian army tanks are loaded onto railway platforms to move back to their permanent base after drills in Russia. Russia says it is returning more troops and weapons to bases, but NATO says it sess no sign of a drawdown as fears that Moscow could invade Ukraine soon persist. Russia has massed about 150,000 troops east, north and south of Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
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Patients lie on hospital beds as they wait at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong Wednesday, Feb.16, 2022. There was visible evidence that Hong Kong hospitals were becoming overwhelmed by the latest COVID surge, with patients on stretchers and in tents being seen to by medical personnel on Wednesday outside the Caritas hospital. (AP Photo Vincent Yu)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, second from left, arrives to attend military exercises on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 at a base near Rivne, about 60 miles from the Belarus border. Ukraine has sought for weeks to tamp down the language regarding the peril the country finds itself in as Russia amasses forces to its north, south and east, while at the same time, the armed forces have been actively preparing to defend the nation. (Lynsey Addario/The New York Times) — NO SALES —
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Sen. Bob Ballinger, R-Ozark, talks with Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Conway, during the Senate session Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 at the state Capitol in Little Rock. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Staci Vandagriff)
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A person wearing a face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Rescue workers and residents search for victims in an area affected by landslides in Petropolis, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Extremely heavy rains set off mudslides and floods in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, killing multiple people, authorities reported. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Bill Sabo, regional director for the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, speaks during a meeting of the university’s Board of Visitors at the Bakery District in Fort Smith Wednesday. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Saccente)
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Judy G. Russell, known as the “Legal Genealogist,” holds a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and a law degree from Rutgers School of Law-Newark. Before she retired, she worked as a newspaper reporter, trade association writer, legal investigator, defense attorney, federal prosecutor, law editor and, for more than 20 years, as an adjunct member of the faculty at Rutgers Law School. Now, she “writes, teaches and lectures on a wide variety of genealogical topics, providing expert guidance through the murky territory where law and family history intersect.” (Courtesy photo)
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Fred Martin, a volunteer blacksmith for the nonprofit group RAWtools, puts a heated rifle barrel into a forge at a church in Denver, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. The Colorado Springs-based group transforms guns into garden tools and draws inspiration from the Bible verse, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
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Michael Emmert, a volunteer blacksmith for the nonprofit group RAWtools, puts a rifle barrel into a forge at a church in Denver, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. The Colorado Springs-based group transforms guns into garden tools and draws inspiration from the Bible verse, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
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Fred Martin, a volunteer blacksmith for the nonprofit group RAWtools, shapes what was a rifle barrel into a garden tool at a church in Denver, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. The Colorado Springs-based group transforms guns into garden tools and draws inspiration from the Bible verse, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
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Fred Martin, a volunteer blacksmith for the nonprofit group RAWtools, inspects a rifle barrel that was melted in a forge and transformed into a garden tool at a church in Denver, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. The Colorado Springs-based group transforms guns into garden tools and draws inspiration from the Bible verse, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
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Sharletta Evans, whose 3-year-old, son Casson, was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1995, poses for a portrait at a church in Denver, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Evans participated in a program run by a Colorado-Springs-based nonprofit called RAWtools, which transforms guns into garden tools. The group draws inspiration from the Bible verse, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
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Sharletta Evans, right, whose 3-year-old son, Casson, was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1995, helps Fred Martin, a volunteer blacksmith for the nonprofit group RAWtools, hammer a rifle barrel into a garden tool at a church in Denver, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. The Colorado Springs-based group transforms guns into garden tools and draws inspiration from the Bible verse, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
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A shovel and a garden mattock that were transformed from a firearm sit next to blacksmithing tools on a table at a church in Denver, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. The Colorado Springs-based group RAWtolls transforms guns into garden tools and draws inspiration from the Bible verse, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
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Sections of a rifle barrel, right, sit next to blacksmithing tools on a table at a church in Denver, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. The Colorado Springs-based group transforms guns into garden tools and draws inspiration from the Bible verse, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
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A section of a rifle barrel is heated in a forge at a church in Denver, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. The Colorado Springs-based group transforms guns into garden tools and draws inspiration from the Bible verse, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
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FILE – Gus Kenworthy competes in the men’s ski superpipe finals on Jan. 23, 2022, in Aspen, Colo. Kenworthy will compete in the men’s halfpipe at the 2022 Winter Olympics, which starts Thursday, Feb. 17. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times via AP, File)
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FILE – Gus Kenworthy greets friends and fans at the base of the superpipe in Aspen, Colo., Jan. 23, 2022. Kenworthy will compete in the men’s halfpipe at the 2022 Winter Olympics, which starts Thursday, Feb. 17. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times via AP, File)
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A Ukrainian soldier carries firewood into a position on the front lines near Katerynivka, in eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Military analysts caution that it is too early to make firm conclusions about a possible drawdown of Russian forces without more information about which units are being sent back to their bases. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
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Rutgers guard Geo Baker (0) celebrates with Aundre Hyatt during the second half of the team’s NCAA college basketball game against Illinois on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Piscataway, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
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Sen. Bart Hester talks about current senate procedures during the senate efficiency committee meeting Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 at the in the Multi-Agency Complex at the state Capitol in Little Rock. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Staci Vandagriff)
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Slovakia’s Samuel Knazko (22) jumps onto goalkeeper Patrik Rybar after Rybar blocked the final shoot-out attempt by United States’ Andy Miele, right, during a men’s quarterfinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. Slovakia won 3-2. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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United States’ David Warsofsky (5) looks at the scoreboard as Slovakia players celebrate behind him after a men’s quarterfinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. Slovakia won 3-2 in a shoot-out. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Slovakia players celebrate after beating the United States 3-2 in a shoot-out in a men’s quarterfinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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United States’ Aaron Ness (42) leaves the ice as Slovakia players celebrate behind him after a men’s quarterfinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. Slovakia won 3-2 in a shoot-out. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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NWA Democrat-Gazette/CHARLIE KAIJO Debbie Jones poses for a portrait, Friday, February 23, 2018 at Crystal Bridges in Bentonville. Debbie Jones is the superintendent of Bentonville Public Schools.
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Slovakia’s Peter Cehlarik (34) celebrates after scoring the winning goal past United States goalkeeper Strauss Mann (31) during a shoot-out in a men’s quarterfinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. Slovakia won 3-2. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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United States’ Andy Miele (51) leaves the ice after the United States lost to Slovakia in a men’s quarterfinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. Slovakia won 3-2 in a shoot-out. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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United States goalkeeper Strauss Mann (31) leaves the ice after the United States lost to Slovakia in a men’s quarterfinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. Slovakia won 3-2 in a shoot-out. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Slovakia players celebrate after beating the United States 3-2 in a shoot-out in a men’s quarterfinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Slovakia players celebrate after beating the United States 3-2 in a shoot-out in a men’s quarterfinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Slovakia’s Marek Hrivikl, right, is hugged by Peter Cehlarik (34) after Hrivikl scored a goal against the United States during a men’s quarterfinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Student Bisanto Tokanang loads food Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, into a waiting van during a distribution of food at Treehouse Pantry in Springdale. The pantry is operated by Springdale Public Schools and hosted the event along with Tyson Foods for families in the school district. Visit nwaonline.com/220217Daily/ for today’s photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
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A large crowd of students and staff load food Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, into cars as they wait in line during a distribution of food at Treehouse Pantry in Springdale. The pantry is operated by Springdale Public Schools and hosted the event along with Tyson Foods for families in the school district. Visit nwaonline.com/220217Daily/ for today’s photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
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Ukrainians gather at Maidan in Kyiv to mark a day of unity on Feb. 16. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Salwan Georges
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Canada’s players huddle prior a women’s quarterfinal hockey game between Canada and Sweden at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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China’s Su Yiming competes during men’s slopestyle finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Natalie Maag, of Switzerland, slides during the luge women’s singles run 1 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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Viktor Hald Horup of Denmark warms up during a light show before the start of the men’s speedskating 5,000-meter race at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Canada’s Mark McMorris competes during the men’s slopestyle qualifying at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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Matthew Soukup, of Canada, speeds down the hill during a men’s large hill training session at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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People shop in Macy’s on Nov. 26, 2021, in New York. Americans picked up the spending pace in January as the threat of omicron faded and there was some easing of supply shortages. Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 3.8% Jan. 2022, compared to the prior month when the number dropped a revised 2.5%. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)
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Little Rock, circa 1940: In the distance is seen the Albert Pike Hotel and beside it the Second Baptist Church, today the site of a playground for a newer church. In the foreground is the Little Rock Boys Club. The club had occupied Eighth and Scott streets since 1925, but the boys’ first building burned in 1929. It was rebuilt in 1930. Today it serves as an office building. Arkansas Postcard Past, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, AR 72203
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Tiger Woods speaks during a news conference for the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang)
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Tiger Woods speaks during a news conference for the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang)
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INCOMING TROUT Junior Tyson with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission on Wednesday Feb. 16 2022 stocks 730 catchable-sized rainbow trout into Lake Atalanta near downtown Rogers. Other lakes stocked Wednesday include Lake Bentonville, 936 trout; Lake Springdale, 732 trout; Murphy Park pond in Springdale, 366 trout. Fort Smith area lakes Torraine Lake, Wells Lake and Van Buren Municipal Pond should be stocked with trout next week, Tyson said. Game and Fish stocks trout in several urban lakes in Arkansas for fall and winter fishing when the water is cool enough for the cold-water fish to survive. The trout are raised at the Jim Hinkle Spring River State Fish Hatchery in Mammoth Spring, operated by Game and Fish. These latest fish stockings should be the final stockings of the winter for the urban lakes that are part of the Game and Fish Family and Community Fishing Program. The lakes are stocked with channel catfish when the water warms up. Go to nwaonline.com/220217Daily/ to see more photos. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff
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INCOMING TROUT Junior Tyson with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission opens tanks on Wednesday Feb. 16 2022 to stock 730 catchable-sized rainbow trout into Lake Atalanta near downtown Rogers. Other lakes stocked Wednesday include Lake Bentonville, 936 trout; Lake Springdale, 732 trout; Murphy Park pond in Springdale, 366 trout. Fort Smith area lakes Torraine Lake, Wells Lake and Van Buren Municipal Pond should be stocked with trout next week, Tyson said. Game and Fish stocks trout in several urban lakes across Arkansas for fall and winter fishing when the water is cool enough for the cold-water fish to survive. The trout are raised at the Jim Hinkle Spring River State Fish Hatchery in Mammoth Spring, operated by Game and Fish. These latest fish stockings should be the final stockings of the winter for the urban lakes that are part of the Game and Fish Family and Community Fishing Program. The lakes are stocked with channel catfish when the water warms up. Go to nwaonline.com/220217Daily/ to see more photos. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff
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OUNCE OF PREVENTION Jeff Montgomery with the Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area maintenance staff saws limbs from a tree on Wednesday Feb. 16 2022 that the crew cut down beside Arkansas 12 at the park’s Pigeon Roost trailhead. The large oak tree was leaning dangerously toward the highway and could fall across the roadway at any time so it was removed, said Mark Zabinski, park maintenance chief. Firewood from the tree will be used to fuel a wood-burning stove that heats the park maintenance building. Go to nwaonline.com/220217Daily/ to see more photos. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)
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OUNCE OF PREVENTION Jeff Montgomery (left) and Mark Zabinski, both with the Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area maintenance staff, remove a tree on Wednesday Feb. 16 2022 that the maintenance crew cut down beside Arkansas 12 at the park’s Pigeon Roost trailhead. The large oak tree was leaning dangerously toward the highway and could fall across the roadway at any time so it was removed, said Zabinski, park maintenance chief. Firewood from the tree will be used to fuel a wood-burning stove that heats the park maintenance building. Go to nwaonline.com/220217Daily/ to see more photos. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)
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OUNCE OF PREVENTION Truman Reinecke (from left), Mark Zabinski and Jeff Montgomery, all with the Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area maintenance staff, remove a tree on Wednesday Feb. 16 2022 that the men cut down beside Arkansas 12 at the park’s Pigeon Roost trailhead. The large oak tree was leaning dangerously toward the highway and could fall across the roadway at any time so it was removed, said Zabinski, park maintenance chief. Firewood from the tree will be used to fuel a wood-burning stove that heats the park maintenance building. Go to nwaonline.com/220217Daily/ to see more photos. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)
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Rose Lawrence shows a Christmas-themed quilt at a Jan. 27 Trunk Show by QUILT Aside from quilting, the group focuses on learning, philanthropy, camaraderie and more. (Courtesy photo)
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“My mother was a quilter, and she taught me a lot,” Betty Taylor says, “and I’ve also learned from others in the quilt guild and also from taking classes every chance I get. I go on a lot of retreats, and we quilt all day for several days. The camaraderie is awesome. I’ve made many friends that are quilters. Quilters are happy people.” (Courtesy photo)
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Betty Taylor talks about a quilt held up by Melissa Belman during a Jan. 27 trunk show hosted by QUILT. (Courtesy photo)
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Melissa Belman shows a quilt during a Jan. 27 trunk show hosted by Q.U.I.L.T. Guild of NWA at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Springdale. (Courtesy photo)
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“I love that there’s some repetition within the process, but always opportunities to learn new skills to, try new patterns, and lest I forget, the fabrics,” says Melissa Belman. “I love that you can take the same pattern with different fabrics, and the outcome can look completely different. I also love the sense of accomplishment after making something from nothing.” (Courtesy photo)
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“It’s how I express myself. But it’s also kind of a zen place for me because when I sit down at the sewing machine … you kind of have to stop thinking about other stuff,” Laura Speer says. “Or you don’t have to but if you don’t, you’ll screw up,” she explains. “You’re making something beautiful that you know will keep somebody warm.” (Courtesy photo)
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Laura Speer (from left), Sandi Johnson, Diana Haxel and Sandi Vetter pause at a quilt retreat. (Courtesy photo)
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SHIRTS BECOME BLANKETS Tania Lira, a student at Northwest Arkansas Community College, makes a blanket from old T shirts on Tuesday Feb. 15 2022 in the college’s student center. Students volunteered to make blankets from shirts that feature NWACC club and organization logos that are no longer used. Shirts are trimmed and tied together with a system of knots to create the no-sew blankets. They will be given to various shelters including Souls Harbor and Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter, said Cierra Collins, NWACC coordinator for student life who organized the event. Students hoped to make 20 to 30 blankets. Go to nwaonline.com/220217Daily/ to see more photos. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)
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SHIRTS BECOME BLANKETS Kelly Smothers (from left), Cierra Collins and Chloe Crane fashion blankets from old T shirts on Tuesday Feb. 15 2022 in the college’s student center. Students volunteered to make blankets from shirts that feature NWACC club and organization logos that are no longer used. Shirts are trimmed and tied together with a system of knots to create the no-sew blankets. They will be given to various shelters including Souls Harbor and Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter, said Cierra Collins, with the NWACC staff who organized the event. Smothers and Crane are NWACC students. Students hoped to make 20 to 30 blankets. Go to nwaonline.com/220217Daily/ to see more photos. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Flip Putthoff)
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Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States makes a jump during the women’s downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Lena Haecki of Switzerland, left, and Susan Kuelm of Estonia shoot during the women’s 4×6-kilometer relay at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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China’s Eileen Gu competes during the women’s halfpipe qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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