Stories for November

Stories for November 2009

100 YEARS AGO Nov. 29, 1909 The State Charity Board and the Penitentiary Board, both of which will meet next Monday, will have one or more important questions to dispose of. At the former meeting of the Charity Board, Dr. Dibrell, State Treasurer James L. Hart were appointed a committee to prepare a plan for the segregation and proper housing and care of the tuberculosis patients at the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases, with the request that they report such suggestions as they may have to offer at the December meeting of the board.

100 YEARS AGO Nov. 25, 1909 Beyond the fact that the Arkansas Railroad Commission by talking with railroad commissioners of other states was able to obtain many valuable pointers the recent meeting of the National Association of Railroad Commissioners with the members of the Interstate Commerce Commission was not of any great benefit to the Arkansas commissioners or any other Southern or Western commission, according to Chairman Allen of the Arkansas commission, who reached Little Rock yesterday.

BASEBALL Vizquel signs with White Sox Infielder Omar Vizquel agreed Monday to oneyear, $1,375,000 contract with the Chicago White Sox. Vizquel, an 11time Gold Glove winner who will turn 43 in April, hit.266 with 1 home run and 14 RBI in 62 games with the Texas Rangers this year. He had no errors in 207 chances while playing shortstop, third and second. The switchhitter is a career.273 hitter with 78 home runs, 906 RBI and 1,378 runs in 2,742 games with Seattle, Cleveland, San Francisco and the Rangers.

Vassily Primakov, piano; Odense Symphony Orchestra, Justin Brown, conductor Dvorak: Piano Concerto; Poetic TonePictures Bridge AArabella Steinbacher, violin; RundfunkSinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski, conductor Dvorak: Violin Concerto; Romance; Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1 Pentatone Classics B Antonin Dvoraks Cello Concerto is one of the staples of the cellists repertoire, but for one reason or another, his other two published works in this genre have languished in relative obscurity.

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. Also Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949 I went to an outdoor party the other day. It wasnt a Halloween party, although people were dressed up in pioneer clothes, ruffled aprons, sun bonnets, overalls and bandannas. Fiddles played as square dancers promenaded in the pine needles. Hikers whooped and hollered on woodland trails.

There must be no endings! Donald Harington January 26, 1991 A STATE isnt just a geographical designation. Its a shared language and history. And how it perceives itself. That perception requires someone to shape it. For many of us, Donald Harington, the art professor at Fayetteville, was that someone. That was his great service to his native state and particularly the part of it he deeply absorbed as a Little Rock boy who spent the summers in the Ozarks. His novels form a core consciousness of the Arkansan, whatever that strange hybrid creature is.

DEAR CAROLYN: I do not get along with my sisterinlaw. She is nosy, rude and catty, and it is very difficult for me to be around her for more than a few minutes. However, it is important to my husband and me that we spend time with his brother and our nieces and nephews, and so we continue to be friendly and take whatever she dishes out asking how much things cost, opening drawers in our home, eating our food without asking, asking personal questions about our relationship, gossiping about other family members, talking nonstop about herself, etc..

Matt Melton knew he was getting to come home from Arkansas Childrens Hospital Wednesday afternoon. He just didnt know hed be coming home to more than 50 family, friends, neighbors and classmates waiting in his driveway. Stepping out of the burgundy Ford pickup, wearing a denim shirt, Wrangler jeans, boots and a black cowboy hat, 15yearold Melton walked toward the crowd of people who had traveled by car, truck and school bus for the welcome home surprise complete with banners, balloons and cake.

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