Labor Day in Arkansas

Legislature: There are no legislative meetings today.

Governor Beebe:

9:00 a.m.: Governor Beebe rides in the Rector Labor Day Parade;
11:30 a.m.: Governor Beebe speaks at the McAlmont Church of Christ Labor Day Lecture (Robinson Auditorium, LR).

Lt. Gov. Halter: No official events scheduled today.

Looking for something to do today?
- See the previous list of Labor Day events posted on the blog;
- The Hot Spring, Saline and Carroll County Fairs begin today;
- Des Arc: Lower White River Museum State Park Museum Tours;
- Paragould: End of Summer Bash, Crowley's Ridge State Park;
- Hardy: Good Old Days Antique Show and Flea Market;
- Prairie Grove: 56th Annual Clothesline Fair (at the battlefield);
- Rector: 66th Annual Labor Day Picnic;
- Van Buren: Crawford County Festival;
- Old Washington: Frontier Skills; and
- Fayetteville Arts Festival

11:00 a.m.: 7th Annual Labor Day Sing (Spring Lake Park)
11:00 a.m.: United Steelworkers of America Annual Fish Fry (Fairgrounds)

Ark. Democrat Gazette: Groups fighting for ballot measures
Ark. Democrat Gazette: Agencies worrying about decline of hunters
Associated Press: Ark. regulators consider global warming in power plant case
Associated Press: Ark. schools contend with costs of unpaid lunches
Benton Courier: Ukraine officials to visit Benton next week
Searcy Daily Citizen: Natural state no longer natural?