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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.
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.
TOLM Group announces promotions
MORRILTON - TOLM Group, a full-service construction and engineering firm headquartered in Central Arkansas, is proud to announce the promotions of Josh Beck to Senior Estimator and David Watkins to Design-Build Manager.
NEWS BREIFS
Good afternoon, the Marion County Airport Board will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, January 16, at 6 p.m. at the airport.
Rep. Crawford Statement on McCarthy Winning Speaker’s Race
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Rick Crawford (AR-01) released the following statement after Rep. McCarthy won his election for Speaker: “I’m pleased that we have officially elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy as Speaker for the 118th Congress. I can think of no one who has fought harder for the success and priorities of House Republicans these past two years. Speaker McCarthy has a plan that our conference can unite around. It’s time to get to work on behalf of the American people and secure our border, tackle inflation, and finally hold the Biden administration accountable for their failures.”
Boozman Begins Third U.S. Senate Term
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (RAR) began his third term representing Arkansas in the United States Senate after being sworn in during the chamber’s first meeting of the 118th Congress on Tuesday.
W.I.N.S. in 2022
in 2022 LITTLE ROCK – As 2022 comes to an end, I have been reflecting on my time as Governor and looking forward to what is ahead. In January, I announced my W.I.N.S.
Play Ball!
Perhaps like some of y’all, each day that we get a bit warmer temperature, I want to grab hold and hang on! But I’ve also lived around here long enough to know winter isn’t over until it decides it’s over. In the meantime, we take comfort in imagining what those warmer Spring days will be like when they arrive. And for many of us, that means outside sports.
Oh Atticus! Wait, It’s Ewan McGregor
Hey, folks! My name is Atticus. I came to the Shelter in late October (do not tell anyone, but I even had a police escort, thanks to the Flippin Police Department). I was feeling kind of sad because I was very hungry, and my skin was badly infected. I did not know what I was going to do. But the officer brought me to HAH and the nice people here have gotten me all fixed up. I’m now in excellent health (amazing what regular meals will do for ya!). I heard the volunteers say I walk well on a leash, I am housebroken, and I love all the volunteers! I am kind of a lady’s man...I get along well with the female dogs, but I am not at all crazy about other males (especially if they are intact). The folks at the Shelter think I am a lab and terrier mix, and I currently weigh around 65 pounds. Would you like to get to know me?