The Johnny Appleseed of Music

The Johnny Appleseed of Music

If you visit the Alma Public Library and think you hear ukulele music you’re not mistaken. The sounds you hear could be a ukulele or a guitar. You might even hear a violin playing along to add a melody. Those are the sounds of magic as a child begins a musical journey...
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Tonight, as the cold settles in, at least 2,800 kids in Fort Smith, Arkansas, won’t lie down in a bed of their own. The number, our closest estimate, is based on a formula developed by the nonprofit, Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP). Some of those children will huddle in...
Take a Hike

Take a Hike

It’s fall in The Natural State. Time to load up the family, get out of the neighborhood and into the neighboring woods! In this age of digital connectedness there is a growing movement for parents and grandparents to sever the electronic tether to children by taking...
Meet Kenneth, Paisley, and Grayson

Meet Kenneth, Paisley, and Grayson

Meet Kenneth, Paisley, and Grayson Ages 7, 6 & 4 Meet a delightful sibling trio, Kenneth, Paisley, and Grayson! Kenneth, the oldest, is an outgoing boy with a love of mechanical toys and playing outdoors. As a child with autism, he thrives on consistency and...
Joyce & Tom Meet Julia & Maud

Joyce & Tom Meet Julia & Maud

Fort Smith author Joyce Faulkner sits across from writer and UAFS Assistant Professor of History Tom Wing at the Fort Smith Library on Rogers Avenue. The two talk easily, sometimes finishing each other’s sentences. “We work really well together,” Joyce says, and Tom...

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