Bella Vista Proud

2021

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Bella Vista Proud 6C F Wednesday, June 30, 2021 The Weekly Vista Bella Vista Historical Museum 1885 Bella Vista Way • Bella Vista, AR 72714 Corner of Hwy 71 & Kingsland 479-855-2335 • bellavistamuseum@gmail.com www.bellavistamuseum.org Now open Friday - Sunday 1-5 Masks are not required As always, admission is free • Donations accepted Areas Largest Selection of NAturAL FoodS ➥ Best Meat in NWA ➥ Full Service deli ➥ Fresh Produce 60 Sugar Creek Center Bella Vista, AR 479-876-6190 Proudly Serving Our Community Since 1999!! We Make Shopping Fun!!! WE ARE BELLA VISTA PROUD! Life takes energy WE ARE PROUD TO PROVIDE IT 800-432-9720 carrollecc.com Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation Life takes energy WE ARE PROUD TO PROVIDE IT 800-432-9720 carrollecc.com Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation Senior Expo September 23rd, 2021 Riordan Hall Bella Vista The Bella Vista Public Library has reopened this year bigger and better than ever. While its doors were closed for most of last year, library staff continued to work, handling book checkouts online and pro - viding a variety of services digitally. Children's librarian Ellen Farwell explained that her section has moved into the recently built expansion, which features more space for displays, open space for kids to sit, read, inter - act and observe as well as a pleasant, wooded view through the library's mas- sive new rear windows. "It opens it up real well," she said. The new layout gives every library feature — in- cluding the new releases, DVDs and teen section — more space, she explained, and has added study rooms people can reserve and a reading room to ensure there's a quiet space for readers as well as a con - ference room — which is expected to open this fall — and a community room for presentations. It's worth noting that the library doesn't just have books — it also checks out movies, music and some educational tools — in - cluding fishing poles, a telescope and, soon, metal detectors — in addition to offering a variety of digital services and other resources. Farwell said she loves working at the library to help make all these ser - vices available to the com- munity. "That's what makes it so good to work here — some- one needs something and you have it," she said. Conversely, she said, the community always seems to have what the library needs. An overheard discussion led to the library acquiring a skeleton display, she said, and another got a Bella Vistan to bring her macaw for a presentation. Event coordinator Bailley Kinser said she also enjoys her job. There's something to learn every day and events are always a good time, she said. "I'm a big sucker for the programs, which is good, considering that's my job," she said. Further, she said, it's great to work somewhere with mass appeal — the library has something for everyone. "Everybody comes in here looking for something different," she said. While the library has been doing a great deal less since the COVID-19 pandemic started last year, it's starting to host more events and programs again — including the popular summer reading program, which has about 90 kids signed up at this point, Kinser said. More information on available programs and events can be found on the library website at http:// www.bvpl.org/. It's been difficult to get these programs started, she said, because so much was up in the air at the start of the year. "The planning starts way out… we had no idea what June and July would look like," she said. "We're hap - py to get a bit more toward normal." Keith Bryant kbryant@nwadg.com Library getting back into the swing of things Keith Bryant/The Weekly Vista A garden, designed and built by Kathy and Dan Jeffrey, fills out an outdoor portion of the Bella Vista Public Library, which wrapped up its expansion last year. Keith Bryant/The Weekly Vista Colorful chairs and educational exhibits fill a revamped children's section housed in the Bella Vista Public Library's recent expansion and overlooking a wooded space. Jean Berg, Bella Vista Photography Club Yellow rumped warbler

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