February 2009
That Women's Inc. Book Circle meeting is 6 p.m. Monday,March 16, 2009, at San Francisco Bread Company on Elsinger Dr. (Conway Commons).
The book circle is open to the public and will be discussing "A Map of the World" by Jane Hamilton.
“TO A FATHER, NOTHING IS AS SPECIAL AS A DAUGHTER”
The Faulkner County Circle of Friends chapter is celebrating the bond between fathers and daughters with our inaugural DIAMOND BALL. The event will benefit Arkansas Children’s Hospital, and will provide fathers and daughters time to experience a great evening with each other. We will have a silent auction as well as an entertaining DJ. Mayor Tab Townsell and his daughter, Riley, will be our honorary guests.
You are cordially invited to join us:
When: Saturday, April 18th
Where: First United Methodist Church, Conway
Dust off that patio table and move it into the living room in front of the fireplace! A romantic dinner for two starts with a simply decorated table with warm tones and a light meal. Add an elegant tablecloth and/or table runner, those fun glasses and dishes you keep buying, and a few fresh flowers in a crystal vase.
Q How did you get into this business?
A I’m a clothing and textile major. I’ve always been interested in clothing and sewing. There was a store in Sherwood that sold interior fabrics that a couple owned about nine years. The second owners didn’t make it. We became friends with the first owners, and they became our friends and mentors. My husband bid on the (store’s) remaining inventory and fixtures. We moved it all here in August 2005. I’ve loved being a part of downtown Conway, the restoration and growth going on.
As I sit and read this month’s theme, “Home is where the heart is,” I am challenged by the thought. The topic of my home and the real location of my home forces me to stop and think. For Christians, people who have asked Jesus to come into their lives and save them from their sins, home is not found at their current address. Home is in heaven with God. 2 Corinthians 4:18 states, “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
I don’t know about you, but at our home, we are still recovering from the holidays and the profusion of toys that Santa miraculously crammed down our chimney. I think next year we might have to build a raging fire late Christmas evening so maybe only about half of St. Nick’s bundles will make it down the stovepipe and, consequently, to our already “oozing from its hinges” toy closets.
Natives of Clarendon, Jason and Leann Skinner lived in the city of Conway for three years before they began searching for a location to build their new home. Their desire for quiet, country living led them to the tiny community of Wooster, situated seven miles northeast of Conway. The Skinner’s two story, 5400 sq. ft. painted brick and cut stone residence is positioned on twelve acres at the end of the cul-de-sac in Oak Harbor Subdivision.
1. Who wouldn’t love fresh flowers?
Fresh flowers are great because they give color and smell nice also. There are many flowers you can buy right now that will look beautiful for spring: lilies, roses, daisies, tulips, carnations, and lavender. You can also dry these flowers and use the petals as a vase-filler. These will last forever.
2. If you have a blank wall and you just cannot decide what type of art you need, why focus solely on art?
Marianne Welch is surrounded by history. Her new old home at the corner of Davis and Mill Streets was built in the 1920s in the Craftsman style.
It is filled with antiques, some from family, others she discovered in little shops as she traveled throughout the South, taking weekends to visit cemeteries where ancestors remain.
Both sides of the family are Arkansans. The goal of the treks was to add information to the family histories, to make a connection with the past and enhance the genealogy, an interest Marianne has had for 20 years.