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   An annual rite of winter will be celebrated Thanksgiving week when the 71^st Annual World Championship Duck Calling Contest and Wings Over the Prairie Festival takes place in Stuttgart.

   The event happens Nov. 18-25 on Main Street and will include activities such as duck calling contests, arts and crafts, a 10K race, a duck gumbo cook-off and carnival. Most events are free.

   Stuttgart is known as the duck and rice capital of the world. The town is surrounded by the Arkansas Grand Prairie where the commercial production of rice was pioneered in 1904 and led to Arkansas’s status as the top rice producing state in the U.S.

   Rice fields and irrigation reservoirs entice the annual migration of ducks and geese on the Mississippi Flyway to linger, making the area nationally renowned among waterfowl hunters.

   For more details on the event, contact the Stuttgart Chamber at (870) 673-1602 or visit www.stuttgartarkansas.com.   

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   The 9^th annual Petit Jean Mountain Man Rendezvous will be Nov. 24-26 at Petit Jean State Park near Morrilton. 

   Re-enactors will show survival skills used by Arkansas pioneers in a primitive mountain camp. A variety of demonstrations will be offered, including muzzleloading rifles and tomahawk throwing. This event is co-sponsored by the Early Arkansas Re-enactor Association.  

   Admission is free. Contact the park for a detailed schedule and further information, contact the park at (501) 727-5441and visit www.PetitJeanStatePark.com.  

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   The Eureka Springs Fall Art Fair and Sculpture Show will be Thanksgiving weekend at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center in Eureka Springs. The fair will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 25 and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Sunday, Nov. 26. 

   The event will feature 85 local, regional and nationally-known artists showing works in all mediums. Admission will be $2, and parking is free. For more information, visit www.eurekaspringsartists.com or e-mail Steve Schmidt at steve@eurekaspringsartists.com.

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