ARTS PROGRAMS RESUME TODAY AT FRANKLIN SCHOOL

The Festivals, Families & the Arts program sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts will resume with a program on "Dushhera" to be presented from 2 to 3:30 today at the Franklin School cafeteria.

Dushhera is a holiday observed in India to celebrate the victory of Good over Evil.

Children and their adult companions will be treated to a puppet dramatization of the holiday presented by Sacket Rohatgi, a student at Southeast Missouri State University.

Rohatgi will discuss his native India and display artifacts brought from his homeland.

Children also will do an art project, tooling in gold foil.

The monthly program is held during the school year and is targeted for children 5 through 13. Admission is $1 per person, and all children must be accompanied by an adult.

Phone the Arts Council at 334-9233 to register.

The next program will be held Nov. 19 at Trinity Lutheran School and will celebrate the Mardi Gras held in Sweden.