Opinion

Explaining LEARNS vote

Now that the legislature has given final approval to the education bill proposed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, I can say that she successfully completed one the most politically courageous moves I have ever witnessed.
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Lots going on as Spring Break approaches

The school year is really flying by! Parents & guardians, don’t forget that it’s time for parent-teacher conferences once again and this will be a short week for students. Conferences will be held on Thursday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., which means classes are not in session. On Friday, March 17, classes will not be in session for students because teachers will be having a professional development day. March 20-24 is SPRING BREAK! We will welcome all of our students back to school on Monday, March 27.
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Remembering Jack

It’s axiomatic to most doctors: best to leave the treatment of kin to other physicians. In the practice of medicine, professional courtesy helps enable professional detachment. Emotion can color judgment. In the practice of journalism there isn’t a parallel standard, though the concept applies: Don’t get personally close to the people about whom you’re reporting.
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A doctor retires, one of many

Couple years ago, could have been three: the doctor’s office for a flu shot, or maybe the annual physical. Having taken my blood pressure, the nurse began to record it when she noticed the tab of my file. It amused her. “Two-twentyfour,” she chuckled. She turned to explain that I was the 224th person to become a patient of the physician whom she had assisted almost from the beginning of his practice.
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Keeping the public informed

Last week in this space, we republished an editorial from the Saline Courier regarding a bill currently under consideration in the state House of Representatives that would change the way the public is notified about what city and county governments are doing.
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Remembering Carter

It is of absolutely no significance to the reader that, in the late summer of 1975, Jimmy Carter and I crossed paths for the first time. Carter, I assume, forgot that exchange minutes after it ended, as surely he did the several that followed. It is of some significance to me, for that initial meeting — an interview — was a learning experience: Sell a candidate short at your own professional peril.
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State of the City

2022 was a busy year for the City of Berryville. After nearly two years of uncertainty, occasional chaos and the many disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, our country has begun to return to a more normal way of life.
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Who’s spending your time and money?

Time is money, right? So, what is yours worth? Attorneys often bill by the hour, their fee determined by such factors as their education and training, their expertise in dealing with a particular point of law and the length of time the case or issue may require. And, yes, what the market will bear (to include what the client can afford, or will tolerate).
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