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Father steals parenting tips from Bible
A few years ago we were looking around in a local book store when a rack of novelty items caught my 4-year-old’s eye. “Daddy, Daddy… Look…” he exclaimed, grabbing a handful of my pants leg. A little keychain with a tiny jewel encrusted box attached …
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Ledge update
LITTLE ROCK — The state Board of Education has approved a new evaluation system for all Arkansas teachers that will be in place in 2014. It will affect about 35,000 teachers. At least half the evaluation criteria will be improvement of their students’ scores on …
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Home guards established in Arkansas 150 years ago
One hundred and fifty years ago, while Arkansas was under orders to create new military units of freshly conscripted men from 18 to 35 years old, home guards were forming across the state of men above 35 years of age. All Arkansawyers were to pitch …
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Letter to the editor
Creating a better future for children Dear Editor, The following would be my suggestion on what we can do to help our children have a more successful future: 1) Support local business — Make it more possible for these people to produce better (possibly …
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Will Rogers finds way to Batesville – Performer visits during 1931 tour
Entertainer Will Rogers visited several Arkansas cities during his 1931 “drought” tour to raise funds for destitute farmers and the unemployed. However, Batesville was one of the smallest towns on his schedule. Rogers became famous for his home-spun humor on radio, in Broadway shows and …
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Fried green tomatoes and sweet salutations
I once thought if I ever had to choose a last meal it would be turkey and dressing with a side of cranberry sauce. Now I’m thinking I’d die happy with a big ol’ plate of fried green tomatoes. I don’t know why I never …
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Sitters wanted – More money, staff needed for juveniles
They may be innocent until proven guilty, but the reality is that the teenagers being housed at the juvenile detention center here in Batesville have some pretty bad track records already, including attempted murder. In the past couple of months we have had two attempted …
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Finding fun on the tennis court
For the last couple of months, my 12-year-old daughter Alexas and I have become obsessed with tennis. We don’t know the rules and we don’t care. Those lines on the court mean nothing to us. We serve from where ever we want and the ball …
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Authors to sign books Saturday
If the Lord’s willin’, and the creeks don’t rise (as my grandpa used to say), TigerEye Publications is going to be presenting a special event at Elizabeth’s Restaurant on Main Street in Batesville from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. It’s a big ol’ book …
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Charles Whitener
NEWARK — Charles C. Whitener, 71, of Newark died Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in a Batesville hospital. Born Feb. 17, 1941, at Tyler, he was the son of Howard and Irene Whitener. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. He was a retired truck driver, diesel …
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Good model needed
You can’t run government like a business anymore than you can run business like a government. GOP presumptive nominee, Mitt Romney, burned corporations to the ground and made millions selling off the charcoal. This private sector experience is being touted as his qualification to be …
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Over-regulation means no business
The Obama administration is no friend of farmers, and the recent stunt involving the Environmental Protection Agency sending spy planes over the state of Nebraska to keep an eye on where cows drop their patties is the latest example of overreach by an administration that …
