A Year to forget.SOMEONE COMMENTED THE other day that the only entity in Arkansas that is having a worse year than Dillard's Inc. is the University of Central Arkansas The University of Central Arkansas is a state-run institution located in the city of Conway, the seat of Faulkner County, north of Little Rock. The school is most respected for its programs in Education, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy. . But it seems to us that the entire state of Arkansas is having a dismal 2008. Not all the news is bad, of course, but the disastrous losses in the stock market have undoubtedly cost Arkansans more in the short term than even the string of tornadoes that ripped up the state early in the year. And the state has been the subject of national news reports entirely too often lately for the worst possible reasons: the murder of Bill Gwatney, the arrest of Tony Alamo Tony Alamo (born Bernie LaZar Hoffman, September 20, 1934 in Joplin, Missouri[][]), is a controversial American preacher, singer, entrepreneur, and religious evangelist. , the murders of KATV newswoman news·wom·an n. A woman who gathers, reports, or edits news. Noun 1. newswoman - a female newsperson newsman, newsperson, reporter - a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories Anne Pressly and two students at UCA and the arrest of a white Helena teenager who was allegedly plotting to assassinate as·sas·si·nate tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates 1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons. 2. Barack Obama. This week will end the long national nightmare that is the presidential election. In Arkansas, however, we're ready to see all of 2008 in the rear-view mirror rear-view mirror Noun a mirror on a motor vehicle enabling the driver to see the traffic behind rear-view mirror rear n (Aut) → rétroviseur m . |
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