Dozens of people filled the university fine arts hall Friday night for the final concert of the summer jazz series. They may have been familiar with the local rhythm section and guest musicians, but few, if any, knew about another person who helped put on the show. Denele Campbell was in the concert hall that morning and the previous day, replacing a string and finetuning the 9-foot Steinway grand piano. Tuning is a gig Campbell's had since having her second child in 1977. Throughout the years she has tuned pianos for the University of Arkansas, the public school system and several churches, large and small. [continues 1379 words]
The Arkansas Alliance for Medical Marijuana is planning one last push in an effort to place a medical marijuana proposal on the Nov. 2 ballot. Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniels announced Tuesday the organization collected 29,947 valid signatures. Proposed Act 1 must contain 64,456 valid signees to be certified for the ballot. The alliance has until Aug. 26 to reach that number. "We think if we've got enough perseverance and do enough hard work we can collect these signatures," said Denele Campbell, executive director of the alliance. "We're going to try. That's all we can do. I want to stand here and say we're confident we're going to pull this off, but we're not confident. It's a lot of hard work." [continues 534 words]
