Lifestyle

A Day for… Presidents?

There are plenty of things wrong with this country. Too much of this. Too little of that. And, of course, President’s Day. There are many, many dumb things about President’s Day. It’s hard to know where to start.
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Roadrunner Fast Facts for this Bird

The Roadrunner is a small group of speedy birds in the taxonomic genus Geococcyx. They are members of the cuckoo, or Cuculidae, family. There are two species of these birds, the Greater Roadrunner, and the Lesser Roadrunner. These birds live in the southern United States, Mexico, and parts of Central America.
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Lost and Found

Have-A-Heart LOST or FOUND DOG! Oh, how we hate to hear those words. We often think our pets are safe when you have a fenced yard and a collar on your pet, but that is not always the case.
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Cooking with Mumzy!

Bacon Spinach Quiche: 1 package real bacon pieces 1 (9 inch) single refrigerated pie rust 6 eggs, beaten 1 ½ cups heavy cream salt and ground black pepper to taste 2 dashes Worcestershire sauce 5 dashes hot pepper sauce, or to taste 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach - thawed, drained and squeezed dry 1 ½ cups shredded Cheddar cheese ½ cup chopped green onion ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese Directions: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Fit the pie crust into a 9-inch pie dish, and set aside.
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No Danged Luck

When I am fishing in February and March, I like water just a little bit above normal, with not so much mud in it, or floating debris. I like it green colored and gently flowing, enough so that the boat doesn’t drag on the shoals, and I want it to stay right where it is until all the walleye and bass and crappie have brought forth a good spawn. This time of year, I would rather be somewhere listening to spring peepers, intent on seeing my topwater lure slurped under and my rod bent to the breaking point by a white bass or hybrid.
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Avian Flu

Fayetteville- Arkansas poultry growers, both commercial and backyard hobby flocks, are being asked to review appropriate biosecurity protocols in light of an avian influenza strain being found in birds east of the Mississippi.
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The glass-eyed battler of early spring

I never caught a walleye when I was young because the Big Piney, where I grew up, didn’t have any. That seems strange to me now because so many Ozark streams have plenty of those glass-eyed fish also known in parts of the Ozarks as Jack Salmon. Just out of college I went to Arkansas to become an outdoor writer for the Arkansas Democrat newspaper, and in there was a lot of talk about the big walleye tournament that began each February and went on through much of April at Greer’s Ferry Lake. Except it wasn’t so much the lake they were fishing, it was tributaries to it, like the Little Red River.
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Fire

Have you thought about the benefits of fire, or do you think fire is always a bad thing that destroys property? Prescribed fire, also known as a controlled burn, refers to the controlled application of fire by a team of fire experts under specified weather conditions that help restore health to fire-adapted environments. Prescribed Fire is a very beneficial tool that we can use to our advantage as property owners.
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Joint statement on the proposed Calico Rock prison expansion

On Thursday, Feb 10th, Governor Hutchinson announced support of an expansion of 498 beds to the Calico Rock North Central unit as a response to the backup of state sentenced Arkansans being housed in county jails across the state. The project is slated to cost between $60 and $100 million and is made possible by the state’s billion-dollar surplus pending approval from the legislature.
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