February 2024

Starting class with good things

On the first day of every school year, I always started class with “Good Things.” I’d play a little snippet of the song “Tell Me Something Good” and then give students 3 seconds each to share something positive happening in their lives. Common responses included: “I won my soccer game last night,” “It was my mom’s birthday” (kids loved to tell you when it’s their mom’s birthday), ”I ate waffles for breakfast,” or “I won Fortnight last night.” And then on the second day of the school year, we did Good Things again.

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Top 10 Eclipse Playlist Songs

1. Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler 2. Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden 3. No Sunlight by Death Cab for Cutie 4. Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles 5. Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones 6. The Final Countdown by Europe 7. Eclipse by John Denver 8. Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen 9. Ain’t No Sunshine by Bill Withers 10. Walkin’ on the Sun by Smash Mouth

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A HISTORIC DAY

SOLAR ECLIPSE GUIDE | APRIL 8, 2024 A HISTORIC DAY For many Americans, April 8 will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see one of the greatest displays in nature: a total solar eclipse. Partial solar eclipses — those in which the moon blocks a portion of the sun during the daytime hours — aren’t particularly uncommon.

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Private reservoir, streamside landowners can get up to $10,000 to share the water

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansans routinely boast that The Natural State has more than 600,000 acres of lakes and ponds dotted throughout its landscape. While anglers have hundreds of thousands of these acres available for public use, many large reservoirs and oxbow lakes remain in private ownership with no public access. A new program offered through the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission offers landowners incentives to open their doors to limited fishing access on these areas thanks to the Arkansas General Assembly and approved by the Arkansas Legislative Council.

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HPMEC accepting applications for 2024 Writer-In-Residence

The Hemingway- Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center is pleased to announce its 2024 writer-in-residence position. The residency will be for June 1-30, 2024, and includes lodging at a beautiful loft apartment on the downtown square in Piggott over the City Market coffee shop. The writer- in-residence will also have the opportunity to work in the studio where Ernest Hemingway worked on A Farewell to Arms during an extended stay with his wife’s family in 1928. The residency includes a $1000 stipend to help cover food and transportation.

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Luttrell named Artist of the Month

The Corning Beautification Committee welcomes Emily Luttrell, a Senior at Corning High School, as the February Artist of the Month. Emily has been involved in the art program since 8th grade. “One of my most memorable art achievements has been winning the Arkansas Junior Duck Stamp Conservation Message Contest two years in a row,” she said. “I have also won several blue ribbons at the Clay County Fair and District Fair.” Luttrell’s future plans are to attend A-State in the Fall to major in Pharmacy. The public is invited to view her artwork on display during the month of February at the M.B. Ainley, Jr. Community Center.

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HPMEC plans Eclipse Block Party

Dr. Les Johnson will be the guest speaker for a program planned at the Eclipse Block Party Monday, April 8, at 11 a.m. at the Hemingway Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center. There will be a $10 admission which will include eclipse glasses and an eclipse box of treats. The viewing site will be held on the grounds across from the museum. Those attending are encouraged to bring your lawn chair and set up will begin at 9 a.m. Dr. Johnson is a physicist, author, and NASA technologist. He is an elected member of the International Academy of Astronautics, a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society and a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the National Space Society, and MENSA. In his day job, Dr. Johnson leads the development of advanced, in-space spacecraft propulsion technologies at the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. During his career at NASA, he served as the Manager for the Space Science Programs and Projects Office, the In-Space Propulsion Technology Project, and the Interstellar Propulsion Research Project. Games and activities are also planned prior to the pro gram with the event open to the public.

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