Area Progress

The renewed media program at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has produced its second Web publication, and UAFS officials are proposing a new degree program that could result in expansion of the media effort.

The potentially slow progress of fundraising for the U.S. Marshals Museum and the expansion of school programs coordinated by museum staff were key items discussed Tuesday (Mar. 9) during a quarterly museum board meeting.

Congratulatory notes for the founding director come from Marshals, U.S. Senators and many others.

Casino Night drew more than 200 to raise money for a program that has mailed books to 165 children in Franklin County.

The fourth annual event for Young Emerging Leaders supports efforts to connect young professionals in the Fort Smith region.

story by Roy Hill
rhill@mynewroads.com

story and photo by Linda Kaufenberg

A football coach as a college president or a college president who uses the same motivation to excite a college as he used to motivate his players both describe Dr. Fitzgerald (Fitz) Hill who became President of Arkansas Baptist College in 2006.

Visits to and items checked out of the Fort Smith Public Library increased 4.3% and 5.9%, respectively, in 2009.

The library system, which employs 36.5 full-time and 55 part-time employees at the main library and the three branches, also reported in its 2009 report that computer use was up more than 22%. The library’s expenditures in 2009 was $2.584 million.

When Paul Harvel was president of the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce he was instrumental in creating the Metropolitan Little Rock Alliance.

Efforts are now underway to reestablish the push for Interstate 49 funding at various levels after a coalition of chambers of commerce, cities, businesses and members of Congress dropped the I-49 ball, so to speak.