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The Pool Hall Kid

I went to work at the pool hall one afternoon, straight from school. Ol’ Jim and Ol’ Bill were there, and they could tell I was despondent. I was 13 years old and had just got my first pair of glasses. I wanted a girlfriend awfully bad at that time and those glasses made me uglier than I had ever been. One of the older girls called me ‘four eyes. Now ‘the pool hall kid’ wasn’t my only nickname. Now I was gonna be called the “four-eyed pool hall kid”. I told my old friends there on the front bench that I was thinking on quitting school and just staying there in the pool hall forever. Ol’ Bill asked what brought that on and I told him. I was born too ugly to ever get a girlfriend and now I was uglier because of those glasses.
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Auxiliary gives $100,000 to NARMC

The NARMC Auxiliary held their annual Christmas party “Jingle and Mingle” on Tuesday, December 20. A Holiday meal provided by NARMC Food and Nutrition Services Dept. was served and each volunteer received a jingle bell bracelet along with miniature Santa pants goody bags filled with candy.
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Butterfly Gardening in Arkansas

Butterflies are a welcome visitor to any Arkansas garden. To attract butterflies, gardeners are planting all types of blooming plants, in the hopes that butterflies will flock to their garden. While many flowering plants will entice butterflies to your garden, to increase diversity, consider adding plants that serve as food for the caterpillars. A butterfly garden can be as small as a few containers of plants, or as large as the yard you have.
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Vietnam Era Veterans

Under the PACT Act, veterans are entitled to VA health care and compensation benefits if they have covered service for VA to concede exposure to herbicides (e.g., Agent Orange) and if they have manifested any of the specified diseases after their qualifying service.
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45th Annual March for Life

LITTLE ROCK – Abortion survivor and pro-life advocate Gianna Jessen is the featured speaker for the 45th Annual March for Life set for 2 p.m. Sunday, January 22, in Little Rock at the State Capitol. The annual march is sponsored by Arkansas Right to Life.
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J.B. Hunt Announces Induction into the A.A.S

LOWELL – J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, announced today it has been inducted into the Anderson Assembly at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, a society created to recognize philanthropic donors who have made a lifetime commitment to supporting the mission of MD Anderson.
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Marion County Police Beat

Meyers, Amanda Dawn Booking Date: 01-05-2023 - 11:35 a.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO PAY FINES MISDEMEANOR, FICTICIOUS TAGS, FAILURE TO REG VEHICLE, DRIVING UNDER SUSPENDED LICENSE, NO LIABILITY INSURANCE Lanham, Tyler Booking Date: 01-05-2023 - 12:56 a.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO PAY FINES MISDEMEANOR Lowry, Stephen Iuca Booking Date: 01-04-2023 - 7:50 p.m.; Charges: POSS SCH I OR II CONT SUB METH OR COCAI, POSSESSION DRUG PARA FELONY F UCR90Z, TAMPERING, DISORDERLY CONDUCT Shepherd, Rena Faye Booking Date: 01-04-2023 - 7:30 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR MISDEMEANOR Fassett, Andrew Scott Booking Date: 01-04-2023 - 1:38 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO COMPLY Hagen, Lee Raymond Booking Date: 01-03-2023 - 3:34 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR FELONY Cole, Clinton Royce Booking Date: 01-03-2023 - 2:45 a.m.; Charges: CRIMINAL MISCHIEF Released: Miller, Joseph Wayne Release Date: 01-04-2023 - 12:36 p.m.; Booking Date: 10-06-2022 - 1:41 p.m. Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Sears, Jessie Lane Release Date: 01-03-2023 - 9:00 a.m.; Booking Date: 11-08-2022 - 12:56 p.m.
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