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Happy trails
posted: 05/20/2013 2:41 a.m. Discuss
TWO RIVERS BRIDGE LOOP Location: Trailhead is on Little Rock’s River Mountain Road. Turn north off Cantrell Road, 0.4 mile west of Interstate 430.
Dognition website fetches canine data
posted: 05/20/2013 2:38 a.m. Discuss
In 1995, Brian Hare began to wonder what his dog Oreo was thinking.
PRACTICALLY ACTIVE: Down, not out after X-ray shows foot not healed
posted: 05/20/2013 2:36 a.m. Discuss
Have you ever had one of those days when you would have liked just to curl up in a fetal position on the floor and cry loudly, with exaggerated shuddering and heaving?
MASTER CLASS: Edge up workout with hybrid BOSU inchworm
posted: 05/20/2013 2:32 a.m. Discuss
Core training is among my favorite topics to discuss because there are so many varieties of exercise to do. You even can perform a complete strength training workout while engaging the core the entire time.
Pitting owner and dog in race with the clock
posted: 05/20/2013 2:28 a.m. Discuss
We wound our way around small country roads and when we pulled into the driveway at Mountaintop Agility Dogs, we knew we were at the right place.
REALLY?
posted: 05/20/2013 2:27 a.m. Discuss
Seventeen-year cicadas are emerging from North Carolina to Connecticut. Didn’t that already happen in Arkansas?
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
posted: 05/20/2013 2:26 a.m. Discuss
Happy birthday. Because you see money as a form of communication and an acknowledgment of services rendered, it becomes easier for you to offer more value and accept more money in return.
HELPFUL HINTS
posted: 05/20/2013 2:26 a.m. Discuss
DEAR READERS: Here is this week’s sound off, about motorists not using their headlights: “Along with people not using their auto directional signals, a great number of drivers do not have low lights or headlights on when windshield wipers are necessary.
ON CHRISTIANITY
posted: 05/20/2013 2:25 a.m. Discuss
DEAR REV. GRAHAM: We’d like to be friendly toward a family that moved into our apartment building a few months ago, but they’re from a foreign country and have a different religion, and we’re not sure what to do, if anything. Any suggestions ? — V.B.
Super Quiz: Panama
posted: 05/20/2013 2:22 a.m. Discuss
1. Which two countries border Panama? 2. Which two major bodies of water are on Panama’s coasts? 3. What is Panama’s key conduit for international maritime trade? 4. Which country first attempted to build the canal?
William Allen Schwab
posted: 05/19/2013 4:17 a.m. Discuss
FAYETTEVILLE — Bill Schwab might never write that book about gated communities. He was working on one a few years back, and was closer to its finish than its beginning. Then lives got in the way.
ArMOM keeps Arey smiling
posted: 05/19/2013 4:15 a.m. Discuss
Edie J. Arey’s question — “Have you ever had a toothache?” — is one that people answer with a cringe.
DRESSING ROOM: Aetrex’s foot scanner makes fashion fit well
posted: 05/19/2013 4:13 a.m. Discuss
Aetrex, the Teaneck, N.J.-based maker of comfortable but stylish foot gear and customizable and over-the-counter orthotic shoe insoles, has gained a bigger presence in Arkansas since its March 2011 debut in Dressing Room.
ARKANSAN OF THE YEAR: Clash of the Titans
posted: 05/19/2013 4:11 a.m. Discuss
What is it about banking executive George Gleason that brings out the executive branch of government?
LIFELONG HEALTH: Cholesterol figures key to choice of treatment
posted: 05/19/2013 4:11 a.m. Discuss
Lowering cholesterol is highly effective in lowering heart disease and stroke risk.
RIGHT TIME RIGHT PLACE: Three wrongs did make a right for the Correias
posted: 05/19/2013 4:10 a.m. Discuss
Jose “Joe” Correia went to the wrong classroom for the wrong course with the wrong teacher. He was even in the wrong building, truth be told. But it was all right.
Flappers on the lawn
posted: 05/19/2013 4:10 a.m. Discuss
Men in summer suits and boaters and women wearing long strands of pearls and flapper dresses sipped cocktails and enjoyed the view of the Little Rock skyline May 11 at Gatsby in the Garden.
DEAR ABBY: Asking to take extra guest to wedding is bad manners
posted: 05/19/2013 4:09 a.m. Discuss
DEAR ABBY: I took care of my husband for 10 years before his death from early-onset Alzheimer’s. I am in a relationship now, and I’m finding that a widow’s status is far different from that of a wife.
SELF PORTRAIT
posted: 05/19/2013 4:09 a.m. Discuss
Bill Schwab DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: Sept. 16, 1947 in Hamilton, Ohio OCCUPATION: Professor at the University of Arkansas
Weddings
posted: 05/19/2013 4:07 a.m. Discuss
Watson-Kenley Nuptial vows were exchanged by Karli Layne Kenley and Timothy William Watson on Saturday in Levy Church of Christ in North Little Rock. Danny Sullivan officiated.
Engagements
posted: 05/19/2013 4 a.m. Discuss
Kimbra D. Butler, daughter of Debra and Harold Butler of Sherwood, and Michael D. Lowe, son of Dorothy and Terry Lowe of Buckner; Oct. 26.
Anniversaries
posted: 05/19/2013 3:59 a.m. Discuss
LONSDALE — Hazel and Roland Gentry celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. The couple were married May 13, 1948.
UNIVERSITY HONORS: UALR applauds trio who make school puff with pride
posted: 05/19/2013 3:59 a.m. Discuss
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock took time out from its busy end-of-year academic calendar to toast some of its brightest alumni May 10 at the Clinton Presidential Center’s Great Hall.
BIRDS, BEASTS AND EATS: Zoo is wilder than usual as human animals party
posted: 05/19/2013 3:58 a.m. Discuss
The monkeys stayed mum, but the thunk of sparkling wine corks and Middle Eastern rhythms from the Wesley Foundation Drum Circle set the tone for the May 11th Wild Wines of the World, presented by law firm Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, at the Little Rock Zoo.
Heels a pain, but what a kick!
posted: 05/19/2013 3:58 a.m. Discuss
Sarah Jessica Parker — once the poster child for the sensual power that is a towering pair of Manolo Blahnik pumps — said recently that high heels have ruined her feet.
