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Thanksgiving For The First Time

A New Yorker by the name of Sarah Josepha Hale is due most of the credit for Arkansas' first Thanksgiving celebration.

22 November, 2021
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The Kid On The Boat

One of the types of jazz I particularly enjoy is piano jazz, or what might sometimes be called cocktail music.

16 November, 2021
obituaries

Grover Hughes Sr.

Grover William Hughes Sr., 96, of Booneville, passed away on Nov. 3, 2021, in his home.

15 November, 2021
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Small Schools Big Dreams

ABC’s Wide World of Sports used to run on Saturdays, and portrayed “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.” (Remember the ski jumper who wiped out coming down the slope?) Well, David, grandson Ian and I got to see both at Wildcat Park.

11 November, 2021
sue vaught

This & That, Veteran's Day 2021

Coming up on Thursday, Veteran’s Day. We are so blessed to have a ready Military defense for our nation, and it’s “all volunteer.” If you see a Veteran, please “thank them for their service.”

10 November, 2021
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Like A Bird

The voice is sixty-one years old today. Those bell-like high notes are gone. The voice is a little heavier than it used to be, and perhaps a little huskier.

10 November, 2021
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Murder on Mount Magazine

April 15, 1970 was a pleasant, warm spring afternoon on Magazine Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Swilling and a friend were picking poke sallet at the old rock quarry near the top of Magazine Mountain.

27 October, 2021
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This & That, October 1861

1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent from San Francisco, California by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field to President Abraham Lincoln in Washington D.C. over a line built by the Western Union Telegraph Co.

26 October, 2021
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This & That, A Little Joke

We will start off this week with a little joke.

12 October, 2021
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Healthy Like It Or Not

My mother (bless her heart) is one of those unique individuals who justly can be described as a “health food nut.”

12 October, 2021