Donald Coleman Bland : Retail filled his sails

BY ROBIN MERO SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

SELF PORTRAIT Date and place of birth: Nov. 13, 1940, St. Louis What's always with me: my cell phone Favorite place at my home: theater room with 12 big seats Favorite kind of music: straight ahead jazz Bad habit: I've probably liked more than one glass of wine. And recently I've taken up smoking cigars with a glass of cognac. Most important achievement: I've managed to get through life without physically hurting anyone, being in trouble with the law, falling prey to drugs or having a lifethreatening illness or experience. A perfect day is spent on the golf course. If I could change one thing about myself, I would have more patience. My role model was my mother. My most recent achievement was the Elder Watson Diggs Award from Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. One word to sum me up: determined ROGERS — When Dean Dan Worrell of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas met Don Bland, he realized Bland was what the college needed but didn't yet know it. - Sunday, June 28, 2009

NOTABLE NEIGHBOR Robert Daughters : Western artist seeks a muse in Arkansas

BY BOBBY AMPEZZAN

ROGERS — Robert Daughters' second-story art studio inside his Creekside home looks out over a flat, treeless landscape desperately in need of a developer like the one who pulled his subdivision out of the barrenness just a few years ago. - Sunday, June 28, 2009

SPOTLIGHT NANCY McVEY : Octogenarian just refuses to quit

BY MICHELLE PARKS

FAYETTEVILLE — The living room walls in Nancy McVey's condominium are painted pale yellow, magnifying the sunlight so that the room looks like an indoor garden. - Sunday, June 28, 2009

NORTHERN LIGHTS : Hot fun in mornin' SUN

- Cyd King

FAYETTEVILLE — Summertime conditions on the dance floor at George's Majestic Lounge aren't so different at midmorning than they are at dusk on weekend nights, when the place is in full swing. Time of day mattered little to the 160 or so guests attending the June 13 Breakfast Boogie fundraiser for Fayettevillebased Youth Bridge Inc. - Sunday, June 28, 2009

Educators have meeting of the minds on fitness

- Cyd King

BENTONVILLE — All the power players were there — educators, coaches, school administrators and fitness experts. Together they packed enough mental muscle to throw a shot put over the Doubletree Guest Suites and Convention Center, where PE4Life was holding its annual National Summit Showcase Dinner. - Sunday, June 28, 2009

DEAR ABBY : Teenage mother wants more from father

DEAR ABBY: I'm 15 and have a 6-month-old daughter who is my everything. Her father is 16, and he does drugs and drinks. He says he loves me and the baby, but given the choice, he'd rather be stoned or drunk at his friends' houses than see his daughter. - Sunday, June 28, 2009

High Profile's Brandon leaving

ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

Phyllis Brandon, founding editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Sunday High Profile section, will become editor in chief of Arkansas Life, a lifestyle and society magazine, published by WEHCO Media Inc., the Democrat-Gazette's parent company. - Sunday, June 28, 2009

Greenwood's leadership shows in college's growth

- Cyd King

FAYETTEVILLE — Reed Greenwood's 35 years as a University of Arkansas faculty member and administrator — when added with the time it took for him to earn his three degrees here — tally a remarkable 42 years with the university. - Sunday, June 28, 2009

Charity's rainy-day stash has a sunny night at gala

- Cyd King

ROGERS — Havenwood executive director Stacey Overfelt paced anxiously inside the entrance at Shadow Valley Country Club, waiting on "the girls" — heads of some singleparent families to be honored during the organization's June 20 Angel Gala. - Sunday, June 28, 2009

CHRISTI LE MUSTACCI MITCHELL WAYNE JENKINS

- Ashley Batchelor

FAYETTEVILLE — Christi Le Mustacci and Mitchell Wayne Jenkins were united in marriage at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 20, at Central United Methodist Church with the Rev. J. Anthony Holifield officiating. - Sunday, June 28, 2009

NORTHERN LIGHTS : Partyers break in new home,but it's for a good cause

- Cyd King

ROGERS — Sweat-soaked crews working for builder Josh Porter were still hammering nails and laying sod the evening of June 18 as the first guests strolled up to take a look inside the 2009 Parade of Homes showplace built by I.O. Metro owners Christine and Jay Howard. - Sunday, June 28, 2009

NORTHWEST REAL ESTATE : Top six

Pictured below are the six most expensive houses sold June 8-12 in Benton and Washington counties. "Sold" refers to the date on which the real estate deed was recorded by the Benton or Washington county circuit clerk, irrespective of the actual sale date. - Sunday, June 28, 2009

MALE CALL : White sports coat fits better socially than full white suit

LOIS FENTON

Q. I have a dark complexion and am told I look good in white and off-whites. I'd like to purchase my first "white" suit. I've seen men in suits that look white, but on further examination, they are more like cream color. I'm not sure what is in style. I'm also wondering about fabric, since every spot and wrinkle would be apt to show. Can you give me some pointers? - Sunday, June 28, 2009

Expiration dates aren't set in ink

BY JENNIFER GISH ALBANY TIMES UNION

By now, you and that bottle of Mrs. Butterworth's are old friends. - Sunday, June 28, 2009