Stories from Thursday, August 6, 2009

My favorite time of the year has started once again.....football time. In my opinion, the fall can compare with no other. Granted, there are those who will say hoops is the only sport there is. Others will say the boys of summer play the one true all-American sport...

Before getting into my main topic I would like to point out that after only six months in office many conservative pundits have declared the Obama Presidency a failure. I might also point out that these are the same people who say we'll have to wait for history to decide if George W. was a failure...

Algebra scores at 91 per cent, ranking MTHS 10th of 260 schools in the state. As the month of August dawns, the spector of the start of high schools begins also. Football teams start working out, and their pads are not far behind. But wait, isn't there more to school than just football?...

Not much has changed in the last 50 years it seems. Last night I watched "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" a classic movie from the 1950s starring Gregory Peck. The movie is based on the runaway bestseller of the same name which was written by Sloan Wilson...

Necrotizing Fasciitis - what a strange name. I would not have known what this was except it became very familiar to my family over the past few weeks. On June 22, my mother was diagnosed with it. She spent four weeks in the hospital and during that time had eight surgeries. ...

It's funny how time stands still in some places. I spent several days last week in my hometown of Lake Village helping my mother recover from a recent surgery. I ran a lot of errands for her, including picking up some prescriptions for her at a local drug store. ...

The county's football teams opened their quest for conference and state championships Monday morning as two-a-days began as early as 8 a.m. As normal, the first few practices are without pads as the teams begin getting back into the groove of football. ...

When Erica Armstrong graduated from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a dental hygienist, she was satisfied with her decision. Seven years into her new career, however, she decided that there was more she could do for people...

The Hatchie Coon Hunting and Fishing Club in Tulot is the oldest private hunting club in Arkansas and may very well be the oldest continuously running club of its type in the country...

Just a year and half after its formation in November of 2007, the Sunken Lands Regional Chamber of Commerce is undertaking its first major project: the Sunken Lands Cultural Roadway. ...

Residents of Trumann will now have more choice for their emergency medical needs. The County Quorum Court's 911 Committee last week agreed to a request by Trumann Mayor Sheila Walters to add Pafford Emergency Medical Services to the 911 rotation list as a second ambulance service provider...