Consider yourselves warned. April Fools’ Day is Tuesday, and with it comes a few pranks. We’re among the few news outlets that enjoy poking fun. Some hate it. Many love it. We celebrate April 1 as a holiday. Ideas come to us throughout the year, and we carve out a little free time during the first quarter to put those ideas to work. Many in our industry frown on publishing what’s called fake news or misinformation, but we see it as our chance to put on our satirical shoes and, hopefully, leave our readers chuckling with coworkers at the office water jug. The Arkadelphian has no plans to fold its annual April Fools’ edition. Those who appreciate satire should check in after midnight, and those who can’t stand it should set a reminder to look away until we resume normal operations on April 2.
On a very serious note: We say keep the tornado sirens. By our estimate, the cost to fix the three sirens should be pocket change with Arkadelphia’s newish 1-cent tax. If the city can afford a quarter-million-dollar bathroom facility at Feaster Park and a $130,000 startup fee for new accounting software at Town Hall, surely it can afford $60,000 to repair the sirens and keep them in place. Lives are at stake. It should be a no-brainer.
Highway 7 South commuters, heads up: The National Weather Service is forecasting excessive rainfall later this week, particularly Thursday and Friday. With torrential rains falling in the Ouachita River watershed, we expect river flooding to affect travel in low-lying areas, possibly as early as this weekend, but most likely early next week.
Our website is still undergoing a transition with advertisements. The implementation is being performed remotely, and we’ll have full control once that process is complete. Thanks for your continued patience.
To the young man who finds it necessary to equip your vehicle with ridiculously loud exhaust: your mom called, and she’s sorry she didn’t give you enough attention as a child.
Ozzy the Chocolate Chiuhuahua sez: Be sure your humans is wif you at the Barkadelphia Park — I saw a police report where a guy sat in his car while his dog played in the park and ended up biting a lady.
Joel Phelps is editor of arkadelphian.com. Opinions expressed in Bits & Pieces are his own. Contact Phelps by emailing editor@arkadelphian.com.
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