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Grab a pencil and help preserve penmanship
Columns Comments Updated: Nov 26, 2012 1:15pmMy daughter is an elementary school teacher and a very good teacher, I am told. This week’s column gives me an opportunity to tell her what I want for Christmas: A dozen Blackwing pencils that...
Meeting may calm rumors
Editorials Comments Updated: Nov 26, 2012 1:12pmThe rumor mill has kicked into high gear on the proposal to close Redfield Middle School. Some of the observations we have heard tossed around lack some credibility,
However, when you are...
Fall means safety rules
Editorials Comments Updated: Nov 19, 2012 2:50pmA house fire at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Poplar Street in Pine Bluff early Friday morning resulted in the death of a 30-year-old woman and a three-year-old child.
We won’t know...
Keeping track of Thanksgiving memories
Columns Comments Updated: Nov 19, 2012 2:50pmMost of my good memories of Thanksgiving follow my marriage. When I was single and milking cows, that day was like any other – head to the barn before 5 a.m. and hope to finish the work day by 8 p...
Change is coming to America on a fast track
Columns Comments Updated: Nov 12, 2012 8:15amAs a certified news junkie, I read a number of daily newspapers, half a dozen weeklies, news magazines, and even listen to radio and television news.
That basically means I hear, see and...
Time to rethink the initiatives
Editorials Comments Updated: Nov 12, 2012 8:05amOur View
Did you notice at the end of Tuesday’s general election ballot a long list of “issues” for Arkansans to consider at the polls? If they had been offered as “propositions” we might...