Ron Wolfe
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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.
Notable natives
posted: 05/08/2013 3:02 a.m. Discuss
Bill Clinton is one famous Arkansan, yes, and Sam Walton, Johnny Cash, Daisy Bates … and who else?
Still the Gill Man’s gal
posted: 05/07/2013 2:40 a.m. Discuss
Time stops on the movie screen, and Julie Adams is ever and always the pretty girl in the white swimsuit.
Spawning a legend
posted: 05/07/2013 2:30 a.m. Discuss
Julie Adams’ co-star in The Creature From the Black Lagoon, the Gill Man, stands dripping among the most famous movie monsters of all time.
Lagoon just drop in bucket
posted: 05/07/2013 2:29 a.m. Discuss
The Creature From the Black Lagoon stayed a big frog in a small lake, but his co-star, Julie Adams, moved on. Adams’ career spans 60 years of motion picture, television and stage acting.
MAY CALENDAR: Marvelous May-hem
posted: 04/30/2013 1:59 a.m. Discuss
May is when mayors, mothers and mud bugs with margaritas dance around the Maypole, and merrymakers fill their armadillo May baskets with macaroons and magnolias.
Artistic rejuvenation
posted: 04/14/2013 3:07 a.m. Discuss
Where people used to soak in hot mineral water, today’s visitors immerse themselves in paintings and sculptures at the historic Ozark Bathhouse.
‘Curative’ baths are still hot stuff
posted: 04/14/2013 2:56 a.m. Discuss
Hot Springs’ Bathhouse Row endures from America’s bath craze of 100 years ago, and even before. People have soaked their sore bodies in the naturally hot water for centuries.
It’s official: Menu nominates states’ favorites
posted: 04/09/2013 3:15 a.m. Discuss
Texas Legislators have on their plate the idea of making pecan pie the official pie of The Lone Star State.
States and their odd couples
posted: 04/09/2013 3:11 a.m. Discuss
Idaho is famous for potatoes. The state says so right on its car license plates: “Famous Potatoes.” So it makes sense that Idaho must be The Spud State, right? But, no, mash the expectation — it’s “The Gem State.” Vermont is sticky with maple syrup, and the sugar maple is the state tree. Vermont should be The Pancake State, shouldn’t it? But, no, cool the griddle — it’s “The Green Mountain State.” State nicknames and symbols can be odd choices not only for what they are, but for what they aren’t.
