BITS & PIECES: Black, Red, Yellow

By Joel Phelps | The Arkadelphian

In our school board coverage last week we reported enrollment was on the rise at Arkadelphia Public Schools. This Sunday morning, we read the latest of our Week in Clark County History series that we had written and scheduled weeks prior and took note of the enrollment numbers reported a decade ago. When we’re told certain data is on the rise or fall, we must remember to ask, compared to what?

For the low, low cost of $9 you can buy a 5-pound log of unsliced, wax-wrapped luncheon meat. For roughly more than $1 you can purchase 1 pound of the same brand’s sliced meat. That’s not balogna: it’s baloney!

Last week we were discussing the tension between the U.S. and Russia. My wife jokingly suggested we send former NBA star and madman Dennis Rodman over there as a diplomat based on his past visits with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. She potentially has some telekinetic abilities, as a few days later “the Worm” announced he was going to Russia to go to bat for Brittney Griner, who currently is serving a 9-year prison sentence for possessing cannabis oil cartridges while on Russian soil. We hope the Black, Red, Yellow legend makes some (warning: sports pun ahead) forward progress. On a personal note, I would strongly consider purchasing a lottery ticket should my wife suggest the numbers.

I’m going to start my own country and name it Procrastination. On second thought, maybe I’ll do it later.

An Arkadelphia daycare center apparently lived up to its name this weekend, but the good times being had at Happyland were shut down after midnight Sunday when police were summoned to the gathering that numbered in the hundreds. A police report noted that numerous complaints were phoned in regarding excessive noise as well as folks parking in residents’ driveways. Then, according to the report, shots rang out while officers were on scene. Fortunately no one was hurt; however, it concerns us that guns and, most likely, alcohol were brought onto the premises of what is operated as a child care center during regular business hours. We hope if these shindigs continue that either the contraband is checked at the front door, or there’s one helluva cleanup crew to ascertain the children don’t find anything accidentally left behind.

Joel Phelps is publisher and editor of The Arkadelphian. Who didn’t invite me? Why didn’t I get invited? Sea horses, foreva. Email Phelps at editor@arkadelphian.com or call him at 501-304-2134.