Each generation of citizens in our country is tethered together by the major events that occurred during their developmental years. For our eldest population, those considered to be from the Greatest or Silent Generations, a couple of those events were the Great Depression and World War II.
Make for an Interesting Universe I have been privy to extensive conversation recently between many different people from many different life paths. Some of these people are fairly simplistic in their thinking, conservative in their actions.
The 2024 Fiscal Session is now underway. The House and Senate convened for a Joint Session on Wednesday, April 10, to hear an address from Governor Sanders.
The Arkansas Activities Association posted the following article on Friday, April 12, 2024. It is published with permission.
Corning High School Art Teacher Christina Patterson-Swint has been notified that the following Corning art students are winners in the 2024 Arkansas Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest. 1st place: Emily Luttrell 2nd place: Maci Browning 3rd place: Destiny Leonard, Katie Zimmer, Emily Selig Honorable Mentions: Bentley Dodd, Antwone Henson, Ashley Espinoza, Riley Coe, Harleigh Hooten, Lyla Arnold, Maisa McCallister, Jasmine James, Cerenidy Small, Aleena Bollinger, Emily Alexander, Ava Goodman, Jayden Curtis, Briseyda Castro, Makenna Shipman, Wyatt Murray Artists will be sent their artworks and ribbons later.
Corning Odyssey of the Mind competed in the Arkansas State competition on April 13, at Hendrix College in Conway. Problem 5 Division 1, Rocking World Detour, was named State Champions.
(Note: I wrote this section Monday morning, April 15 prior to the release of the lectern report.) The 94th General Assembly kicked off the 2024 Fiscal Session at noon last Wednesday. That afternoon, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivered her first State of the State address before a joint session of the House and Senate in the House chamber. The governor’s address, a mere half hour long, focused mostly on LEARNS and public safety. On Thursday, April 11, the Senate considered eight resolutions seeking the introduction of eight pieces of legislation related to crypto mining— one by Senator Joshua Bryant (R-Rogers), one from Senator Missy Irvin (R-Mountain View), and six from Senator Bryan King (R-Green Forest). In last year’s regular session, Senator Bryant was the lead Senate sponsor of a law that opened the door to crypto mining in Arkansas. The facilities, which can be very noisy and which place a huge demand on local utilities, have become a nuisance in some rural communities. Lawmakers are looking to address some of Arkansans’ concerns regarding these facil-ities. Since this issue falls outside the scope of a fiscal session, the Senate first had to vote whether to allow their introduction. Each bill requires that at least two-thirds of the body approve a resolution allowing its introduction. The Senate has so far approved seven of the eight crypto bills—Senator Bryant’s, Senator Irvin’s, and five of Senator King’s—but Senator King might try a second time to introduce his sixth later today. Most Democrats avoided voting for these resolutions. Personally, while I do believe the legislature to work to fix the problem it helped create, I believe it’s important we keep the fiscal session limited to fiscal matters. There are any number of pressing issues we could choose to take up now, but if we open fiscal sessions to other matters, we could quickly wind up with mini-regular sessions. (And while I think there’s a good case to be made for annua
Monday, April 1, 2024 6:21 a.m. - Female advised her 53-year-old sister is all drawn up and stiff in bed, snoring and breathing but not waking up.
LITTLE ROCK – The legislature convened the fiscal session and will spend the next month working on a $6.3 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The legislature has always approved conservative budgets, and the balanced budget proposed by the governor is very conservative even by traditional standards.
The Corning Lady Bobcats rallied to defeat Piggott on Tuesday, April 16 at home after trailing by as many as 4 runs. Piggott got on the board in the top of the 1st inning after Corning committed an error causing Sara Wade to walk, as did Mollie Coomer and Peyton Redmon stole home, each scoring 1 run.