Bikers roll into Rogers on Saturday during a Veterans Day celebration and ride that began at the Wall of Honor in Bella Vista. Dozens of bikers took part in the event that featured a ceremony at the Wall of Honor and a ride to Pig Trail-Harley Davidson in Rogers with a police escort. The route followed back roads through Bella Vista, Pea Ridge, Little Flock and Rogers. Riders were served lunch at the end of the ride. Go to nwaonline.com/221106Daily/ to see more photos.
Editor s Note: Seventeen paddlers from various states enjoyed five days floating the wide Missouri River where it runs through the heart of Missouri. The trip covered some 80 miles between Bonnot s Mill, Mo., near Jefferson City, to Washington Mo., just west of St. Louis. Flip Putthoff, Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette outdoors reporter, was part of the group. Here are notes from a journal he kept along the way.
During my tenure as executive editor of the former Northwest Arkansas Times in Fayetteville, I learned a lot about human nature using a simple poster board and a sack of stick-on gold stars.