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Volunteers Carol Barnett, from left, Michele Del Sol, Page Kraichoke and board member Sara Koenig prepare bags of food and household items Monday afternoon at the new location of the Cooperative Emergency Outreach at 1649 Huntsville Road in Fayetteville. Cooperative Emergency Outreach provides rental assistance, food, clothing, medicine and transportation to people in need. The volunteer organization relies exclusively on donations, mostly from churches in Washington County. Hours are 1 to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The new location of the Cooperative Emergency Outreach.

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The new location of the Cooperative Emergency Outreach.

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Don Bennett, founder and director of Tri Cycle Farms, hands wood sorrel to Sarah Marsh, Fayetteville city council member, to try Monday night at the Fayetteville farm. The Fayetteville City Council, local officials and members of the public toured the farm at 1691 North Garland Avenue. The tour was an opportunity to see an example of urban agriculture in advance of a discussion about possible policy changes that could include encouraging more gardens in parks and public rights of way.

Mayor Lioneld Jordan, right, and Peter Nierengarten, director of sustainability and strategic planning, talk outside of the chicken coup at Tri Cycle Farms on Monday night.

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Mayor Lioneld Jordan, right, and Peter Nierengarten, director of sustainability and strategic planning, talk outside of the chicken coup at Tri Cycle Farms on Monday night.

Merri Herndon, sixth-grade science teacher at Tyson Middle School, lowers equipment into the water at Chesapeake Bay on July 12 to test water temperature and density. Herndon was in Annapolis, Md., participating in an oceanography training program for teachers.

Cheslor Cuthbert, Northwest Arkansas third baseman, leaps over starter Jason Adam to make the throw to first base after fielding a bunt by Arkansas shortstop Jimmy Swift during the fifth inning Monday at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale. Swift would later score in the three-run inning.

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Manny Correa, Arkansas starter, delivers a pitch during the first inning Monday.

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Manny Correa, Arkansas starter, delivers a pitch during the first inning Monday.

Emerson Jet Nguyen, 20 months, from Centerton, takes a big bite of his hot dog Tuesday afternoon while eating lunch with his family at the Kendal King Group’s hot dog booth across from the Walmart Home office in Bentonville. The group put on the lunch in celebration of national hot dog day and to help raise money for the Boys & Girls Club of Benton County.

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Emily Nguyen, from left, Lorien Mowry and Keisha Nguyen prepare a batch of hot dogs Tuesday afternoon.

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Emily Nguyen, from left, Lorien Mowry and Keisha Nguyen prepare a batch of hot dogs Tuesday afternoon.

Jeannetta Boyden from Los Lunas, N.M., browses the books for sale Tuesday at the Scholastic Book Fair hosted by the Friends of the Bentonville Library at the library. The sale will benefit the children’s and teens’ book collections. The sale will run through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day except for Thursday evening when it will be open from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

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Cave Springs firefighters work on putting out a house fire Tuesday just outside Cave Springs. The fire broke out in a vacant house in the 12000 block of Haden Road. Cave Springs, Highfill and Centerton fire crews responded to fight the blaze.

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Wrestling coach Joe Stafford talks Tuesday to his students during a warm-up session at a wrestling camp for youth being held at The Annex, a part of the Rogers School District on South First Street. About 40 to 50 youths from grade-school to high school age are learning the fundamentals of wrestling at the camp that runs through Friday. Stafford, a collegiate All-American, is sixth on the all-time career win list at the University of Oklahoma and has 10 years of college coaching experience.

Madison Montgomery goes airborne Tuesday during a warmup session at a wrestling camp at The Annex in Rogers.

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Madison Montgomery goes airborne Tuesday during a warmup session at a wrestling camp at The Annex in Rogers.

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Tyler Anderson, left, watershed specialist intern, and Courtney Thomas, conservation intern for Beaver Watershed Alliance, cut the seed heads off of Johnson grass on Tuesday night at the White River Stream Bank Restoration site near the Noland Wastewater Treatment Plant off Fox Hunter Road in Fayetteville. Cutting invasive plants and further maintenance was possible through the Watershed Conservation Resource Center in partnership with Fayetteville, CH2M Hill and the Beaver Watershed Alliance through an Environmental Protection Agency and Arkansas Natural Resources commission grant.

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