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14th ANNIVERSARY SALE AT MOUNTAIN VIEW QUALITY FURNITURE

KIRSTEN (MOUNTAIN VIEW QUALITY FURNITURE SPOKESPERSON)

AND BOB TALK LIVE

KIRSTEN TAKING A BREAK TO CHECK OUT THE KFFB BUBBLE MACHINE

Bob Pest, Co-Director of Ozark Foothills FilmFest and T. Tauri Film f recently was award the Ozark Gateway’s “Tom Biggs Excellence in Tourism Award” for his efforts with the film festival and the film school. This year, Bob hosted the 8th edition of the FlimFestival and has been working tirelessly ever since on adding programs, content, and activities for enthusiasts for independent films and film making as well as providing an outlet for young and aspiring film makers to come to Batesville and find their inner Spielberg. Congratulations to Bob and Judy Pest on outstanding work and its impact on our community! You can visit them online at www.ozarkfoothillsfilmfest.org and at www.ttauri.org.

Your Life Matters – Real Life-
Little Red River Baptist Association Invites you to this life changing crusade, June 1 through 4th at 7:00 pm nightly at the Heber Springs High School Gym. Evangelist will be Dr. Bailey Smith with music by Bob Smith and a 100 Voice Choir. Nursery Provided nightly by the 1st United Methodist Church. For More information call 501-362-2448

VFW Post & Auxiliary 4513 located on Hwy 330 S. in Fairfield Bay invite you to a Membership drive dinner. We are offering a FREE meal when you pay your dues. June 3rd meal at 6:00 meeting at 7:00. Hope to see you at the V.
Your Fairfield Bay VFW Ladies Auxiliary would like to invite you to our meal on Sat. June 7 from 5:00-7:00 – all you can eat for an $8.00 donation – the meal will be Pull Pork – Potato Casserole – Baked Beans – Slaw – Coffee/Tea and our FAMOUS Home-made Desserts – located on Hwy 330 S. – hope to see you at the V.

Mitch Ward owner of Red River Dodge and Vic talk live

Chris in green stripe shirt and some happy customers

Joey on the left and some more happy customers

Vic and Bob chat live on KFFB 106.1 fm

KFFB 106.1 FM LIVE AT CHURCHMAN’S IN NEWPORT May 23, 2008

Charlie Churchman and Dale Kick off the Live Broadcast

Teen Advisors Shaping T Tauri Galaxy

Website Combines Film School, Screening Rooms, Film Reviews, and Online Film Community

Five teen net “advisors” are playing a major role in the creation of the T Tauri Galaxy, an online filmmaking community for teens being readied for a June launch by the T Tauri Film Festival and Movie Camp.  The Galaxy will be available at the T Tauri website, www.ttauri.org. The Galaxy will include short tutorials on filmmaking topics created by T Tauri Movie Camp faculty, links to useful websites, and screening rooms with festival winners and official entries.  But the majority of the content for the site is being created by five teenagers who have already demonstrated both interest and proficiency in filmmaking and related fields, including Angela Wagster of Batesville.

The T Tauri Galaxy is being developed specifically to provide young filmmakers year-round access to filmmaking tools, resources, instruction, support, and peer input.  Festival President Bob Pest describes the Galaxy as “a way of taking geography out of the equation” so that rural students, in particular, have the same access to technology and learning opportunities as their urban and suburban peers. The role of the advisors is to create and maintain a supportive, teen-friendly environment where peers can exchange ideas, share work in progress, and grow both personally and creatively.

T Tauri executive director Judy Pest, who is supervising the “advisors,” refers to them as “the guiding stars of the Galaxy.”  The teens were chosen after a competitive application process. They submit all of their work, including their time sheets, via the internet and maintain regular contact with Pest and each other via email.  Each advisor is focusing to some extent on an area of special interest and expertise, as well as having the opportunity to explore new areas.  They will work year-round, refreshing and updating Galaxy content regularly.  Each advisor will have his/her own blog.

The Teen Net Advisors are: 

Angie Wagster, a student at Batesville High School and a veteran of the T Tauri Movie Camp.  She lived in Japan for four years, where she became interested in Japanese animation, which led her to develop skills as a voice actor.  She is also active as both a model and a photographer. In addition to her efforts creating the Galaxy, Wagster is working as this year’s T Tauri Festival Assistant.  

Will Abreu from Stamford, Connecticut.  He attends the Academy of Information Technology and Engineering.  He is a three-year veteran of the T Tauri Movie Camp filmmaking workshops.  Abreu is focusing his work on technology and animation. He is creating a short video chronicling his work on a Flash animation school project and is working on an article comparing DVD and Blu-Ray optical disk formats.

Sarah and Emma Bailin, students at Little Rock Central High School.  The Bailin sisters are multiple T Tauri Award winners for their documentary films Watching the Waters Rise and Separate but Equal: The Ruling that Changed the Future.  They recently completed their third and most ambitious documentary, Return to Sender, recounting the housing of several thousand Cuban refugees at Fort Chaffee in 1980 and the long-lasting repercussions.  The Bailin sisters are reviewing other festival and youth media sites and online filmmaking tools and resources, as well as creating original instructional materials drawn from their own experiences.

Tanner Smith, a student at Manila High School and a two-year veteran of the T Tauri Movie Camp.  Smith’s screenplay, The Adventurers, was the only entry by a high school student in the first annual 2008 Ozark Foothills FilmFest’s Screenwriting Competition.  Smith is the Galaxy’s resident movie critic; he will review both new releases and classic films available on DVD.

The 2008 T Tauri Film Festival and Movie Camp takes place July 14 through 26 in Batesville.  Workshops are offered in animation, acting on camera, camcorder fundamentals, community documentary filmmaking, and narrative filmmaking.  Information about any of the T Tauri activities or programs is available at www.ttauri.org or 870-251-1189.

The T Tauri Galaxy is made possible by a Regional Technology Strategies grant funded by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation.  The T Tauri Film Festival and Movie Camp is the youth division of Ozark Foothills FilmFest, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) educational non-profit founded in 2001 and headquartered in Locust Grove, AR. 

State and federal officials encourage those who suffered
losses and damages from the May 2 storms to call and register with the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at 1-800-621-FEMA (3362). People
with hearing or speech impairments may call (TTY) 800-462-7585. The
toll-free registration numbers are available from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
through Saturday. Also, online registration is available at www.fema.gov.

Under the presidential declaration of May 20, the disaster-designated
counties of Benton, Cleburne, Conway, Crittenden, Grant, Lonoke,
Mississippi, Pulaski, Saline, and Van Buren are eligible for Individual
Assistance to help individuals and families cope with the losses and damages
from the May storms.

“It is important to call FEMA even though you may have called other agencies
or volunteer organizations in your area,” State Coordinating Officer Richard
Griffin of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) said.
“Keep clear records and receipts of any repairs and take photos if
possible.”

Applicants are advised to have the following information available to help
speed up the application process:
?       Current phone number;
?       Address at the time of the disaster and the address where they are
now staying;
?       Social Security number, if available;
?       A general list of damages and losses they suffered; and
?       If insured, the insurance policy number, or the agent and company
name.

Low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration
(SBA) are available to homeowners, renters and businesses. Call the SBA at
1-800-659-2955 or visit the Web site at
www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance.

“Registration is the first important step in the recovery process,” Federal
Coordinating Officer Ken Riley said. Even if you have registered for
assistance with FEMA for other disasters, it’s important that you call and
register again for the May 2 incident.”

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