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Last week Corning eSports did well during competitions. Both Super Smash teams won on Wednesday, March 15, Madden won by forfeit and the Rocket League and Mario Kart teams won on Thursday. On Tuesday, League of Legends lost and continue to work on earning their first win. Coach Trevor Barajas reported that each week the teams are getting better during competitions in the new program.

I once invited a refugee from Rwanda to be a guest speaker for my class. She shared how she lost her entire family in the Rwandan genocide and was forced to live in a refugee camp for 17 years with no running water or electricity. One day she was put on an airplane, without the slightest clue where it would land, and ended up in Grand Rapids, Michigan in January.

On Friday, March 17 when the regular Corning school schedule set aside classes for Parent/Teacher conferences, members of the Corning FFA went to the 2023 Buffalo Island Jr. District Livestock Show to show their livestock.

We live in a marvelous time. We have the knowledge of the universe at our finger tips. We have the means to send that knowledge flying to the stars at warp speed. We are an opinionated race of Homo sapiens that have risen from the dark ages and both created paradises and the depths of hell on this earth. And we never stop to see how that progression goes until it has spent its strength. Social media is a mecca for those like me that have lived their fourscore and more, and have now retired to our favorite, I would say armchair, but it is more likely office chair. And now we are ready to tell the world how the cow ate the cabbage, as my mom used to say. If the subject comes up about war, you will have a half dozen or more battle hardened, grey bearded, veterans in battle fatigues with weapons (keyboards and mouses - or is it mice? hmmm…) poised to recount the strategies of both battles past and yet to come. If it is peace, we will have a heavenly chorus of tie-dyed, maybe choristers, rending a sweet rendition of John Lennon’s ‘Give Peace a Chance’. If it is about politics… Dear Lord! Don’t get me started! That is all well and good, as I believe it is our First Amendment that gives us that right. Hmmm, or is it the Second? Well, anyway. But there are so many, so very many that attack that keyboard and push that poor little mouse around so inhumanely, without taking care to document anything other than their opinion. Well, we all know about body parts; like opinions we each have several, just like everyone else, unless we have had a terrible accident or mishap at birth. So we should not rely on them? The opinions, not the body parts. We owe it to our progeny that when we set pen to paper, or letters on your monitor, that they should be researched and full of truth. Think of that 2nd great-grandchild that, 75 years from now, reads a page that grandpa wrote and looks up and with a red face and says in a quiet voice, “Papa really said that?” and walks out

From LITTLE ROCK – The legislature has advanced a long list of bills to prevent voter fraud and protect the integrity of elections. Both the Senate and the House of Represen t a t ives have passed HB 1510 to schedule all special elections on the same date as traditional primary elections in May and general elections in November.

Taco Bell recently announced the 2022 Signature Restaurants and Corning’s Taco Bell was on that list for the second year in a row. Signature Restaurants are the best global restaurants that deliver best-inclass service, people, unrivaled culture, and the fundamentals in place to serve delicious food from open to close! Being a Signature Restaurant means the team has mastered the science and art of a premier Taco Bell.

In the 9th week of the 2023 Regular Session, the House passed several bills addressing education, elections, and healthcare. The House also passed a bill to increase the property tax credit for Arkansas families.

LITTLE ROCK – As the legislative session enters its final weeks, activity is in high gear. The highlight of the week was the final passage of the governor’s historic reform of Arkansas education.