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COMMENTARY: 3rd Friday Brings Back Memories

MAIN STREET EVENT OFFERS GOOD CHANCE TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE

Subscriber onlyROGERS — As dusk fell, the hummingbirds flitted around the feeders and zipped from tree to tree. Next, the fireflies — lightning bugs to many of us — arrived as dark fell, bringing back memories of childhood past. And there sat my friend Debbie and I on my front porch taking it all in as we chatted. We were having us a retro sort of an evening. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: May 28, 2012 at 5:30 a.m.

COMMENTARY: A World Fraught With Realities

WHATEVER YOU DO, PAY OFF YOUR LOANS

Subscriber onlyROGERS — The high schoolers are headed off to college or the military or, gasp, to a job. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: May 21, 2012 at 5:18 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Loss And Near Loss: Sad Time For Area

SPECIAL PLACE IN WRITER’S HEART FOR PEOPLE WHO CLIMB INTO UNIFORMS TO PROTECT US EVERY DAY

Subscriber onlyROGERS — For a split second, the video took my breath away. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: May 14, 2012 at 5:22 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Rogers A Great Place For Families To Live

CITY HAS FOOD, SHOPPING, EVEN SOME ATTRACTIONS FOR THOSE SEEKING AN AFFORDABLE VACATION

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Many a moon ago, I remember having a conversation with an acquaintance about the beauty of the area. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Apr 30, 2012 at 5:15 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Walking In Rogers Could Be Easier

CITY PLANS SIDEWALK REHAB PROJECT

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Finally — with emphasis on “finally” — someone at City Hall listened to me. I know this because, two years ago this month, I wrote a column decrying the condition of sidewalks in the city, especially those downtown. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Apr 23, 2012 at 5:11 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Proposed Jail Changes Would Be Good

YOU CAN NEVER FIX IT SO ALL PRISONERS EVENTUALLY PAY THEIR JAIL BILLS, BUT PERHAPS THIS IS A SOLUTION

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Keith Ferguson is retiring as sheriff this year. He’s going out with a bang, not a whimper, if proposed changes come to pass. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Apr 16, 2012 at 5:20 a.m.

COMMENTARY: All A Girl Really Wants Is What’s Fair

MOST MEN IN WASHINGTON DON’T THINK WOMEN NEED A SAY-SO WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR HEALTH CARE

Subscriber onlyROGERS — This just in: I think I will run for office and my platform will be men’s health care. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Apr 9, 2012 at 5:15 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Catching Up On The News

POLITICS, WAR, WEATHER, ALCOHOL MAKE HEADLINES

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Did you miss me? Well, whether you did or not, I am back. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Mar 26, 2012 at 5:15 a.m.

Drive-By Shooting Reported

Subscriber onlySPRINGDALE — Police are investigating a drive-by shooting reported on Braxton Drive on Friday night. Continue reading...

By STAFF REPORT Posted: Feb 5, 2012 at 5:49 a.m.

COMMENTARY: $5 Million Short? Schedule A Fundraiser

COLUMNIST BELIEVES A CONSERVANCY SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED TO ASSURE THE WELL-BEING OF LAKE ATALANTA

Subscriber onlyROGERS — City officials are $5 million short. Let’s schedule a fundraiser — or 10. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Jan 9, 2012 at 5:17 a.m.

COMMENTARY: ‘Regionalism’ Is The Word These Days

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE SURE COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE ON SAME PAGE

Subscriber onlyROGERS — It’s all about regionalism. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Dec 26, 2011 at 5:18 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Merry Christmas, And Happy Holidays, Too

CHECK OUT SPOTIFY ONLINE FOR HOURS OF NIFTY HOLIDAY MUSIC YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE NEVER HEAR

Subscriber onlyROGERS — And so it is Christmas. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Dec 19, 2011 at 5:19 a.m.

COMMENTARY: YMCA Opens In Rogers

FACILITY NOT QUITE THE STUFF OF MOVIES, VILLAGE PEOPLE TUNE

Subscriber onlyROGERS — We have a new YMCA in Rogers. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Dec 12, 2011 at 5:24 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Columnist ‘Mad As Hell’ At Dumb Laws

LET COUNTY INMATES DO WORK ASSISTING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, IN SPITE OF NEBULOUS STATUTE

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Do you remember the movie “Network”? Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Nov 28, 2011 at 5:17 a.m.

COMMENTARY: ‘If I Had A Gazillion Dollars’

LANE HOTEL RENOVATIONS ON TOP OF WRITER’S WISH LIST

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Do you ever play “what if?” Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Nov 21, 2011 at 5:24 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Clinton’s Economic Advice

FORMER PRESIDENT CALLS FOR COOPERATION, NOT CONFLICT

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Ah, irony. The economic news remained bad, and yet, there I was, in the midst of thousands of people in Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center, trying to spend money faster than the next person. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Nov 14, 2011 at 5:22 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Troop Talk Politics As Usual

COLUMNIST’S MESSAGE TO POLITICIANS: BUG OFF, BRING THEM HOME

Subscriber onlyROGERS — American troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the year. That’s a good thing to a person who compiles a daily list of the war dead. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Oct 31, 2011 at 5:19 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Possible vs. Possibilities

GOING THROUGH OPEN DOOR OF THE NEW LOGO

Subscriber onlyROGERS — “Where Possible Lives.” That’s it. That’s the new brand for the city of Rogers. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Oct 24, 2011 at 5:26 a.m.

COMMENTARY: It’s Built, But Will They Come?

ROGERS ALSO OFFERS ATTRACTIONS TO CRYSTAL BRIDGES VISITORS

ROGERS — There is a lot of folderol and fiddledeedee going on about museums right now. Well, one museum anyway. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Oct 17, 2011 at 5:27 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Encourage Creative Thought

DON’T WORRY ABOUT WHY TWO PLUS TWO EQUALS FOUR; JUST ACCEPT IT

Subscriber onlyROGERS — I wonder if I could get through school today. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Oct 10, 2011 at 5:17 a.m.

PEOPLE & PLACES

Subscriber onlyWilliams Marks 98th Birthday Continue reading...

By - STAFF REPORT Posted: Oct 2, 2011 at 4:45 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Votes Counted As Benton County Turns

ELECTION COMMISSION NEEDS TO IDENTIFY ISSUES, STREAMLINE BALLOT TABULATION PROCESS

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Some things never changed. In Benton County, one of those things is apparently how long it takes to count votes. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Sep 26, 2011 at 5:14 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Time To Commit To Lake’s Future

ATALANTA NEEDS CARE AS ‘GEM’ OF CITY PARKS

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Now that the election is over, I have a thing or two to say about the plans for Lake Atalanta. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Sep 19, 2011 at 5:18 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Reinvigorate Downtown

TIME TO GET MOVING ON DRAWING CROWDS TO HISTORIC ROGERS

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Frisco Festival is over. Downtown is pretty much beautified. So where do we go from here? Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Sep 12, 2011 at 4:50 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Looking Back And Forward

GIFFORDS’ SHOOTING, DICTATORS’ EXIT MARK EVENTFUL YEAR

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Well, here it is September, almost. It is so close you can see it from here. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Aug 29, 2011 at 5:16 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Skepticism Beneficial

COLUMNIST SPENDS TIME LOOKING UP STATEMENTS FOR TRUTH

Subscriber onlyROGERS — We all get them. They are email or Facebook posts making perfectly plausible statements — that’s why they get passed along. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Aug 22, 2011 at 5:18 a.m.

COMMENTARY: ‘Extreme’ Couponing Craze

LOWELL WOMAN ACCUSED OF STEALING 185 COPIES OF MORNING NEWS

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Really? You didn’t know taking newspapers for which you did not pay is theft? Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Aug 15, 2011 at 5:17 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Politicians Blink So They Can Get Re-Elected

WASHINGTON DECIDES TO KEEP ECONOMY FROM FAILING BY TEMPORARILY AGREEING ON FINANCIAL PLAN

Subscriber onlyROGERS — I told you someone would blink. Well, maybe not each of you, but I told some people the politicians in Washington would blink and a plan would be hammered out to prevent the country from defaulting on its financial obligations. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Aug 8, 2011 at 5:15 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Hot, Hot, Hot — That’s The Talk Of The Town

AIR CONDITIONING HAS MADE US SOFT

Subscriber onlyROGERS — What are people talking about? The short answer: The heat. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Jul 25, 2011 at 5:19 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Space Exploration: ‘To Infinity And Beyond’

GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR NASA MANNED SPACE FLIGHT

Subscriber onlyROGERS — There she was: Atlantis, strapped to a rocket on her launch platform. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Jul 18, 2011 at 5:16 a.m.

COMMENTARY: In Review: Six Months As Mayor

A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Dear Greg, Just thought I’d check in and see how that mayor’s gig is going now that you have been on the job six months. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Jul 11, 2011 at 5:10 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Reality Television Is Real Life? Get Real

JUDGE’S NEW JOB IS ‘LAST SHOT’

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Would you do a reality television show? I’m fairly certain I wouldn’t. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Jun 27, 2011 at 5:16 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Branding Effort Is Bland So Far

ROGERS HAS A PULSE

Subscriber onlyROGERS — She said: “Honey, let’s go visit that place. Oh, you know the one. They call themselves ‘the economic pulse’ of Northwest Arkansas.” Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Jun 20, 2011 at 5:19 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Booze In Stores Means Revenue For Government

IN SUPPORT OF BECOMING WET COUNTY

Subscriber onlyROGERS — “But there’s booze in the blender/And soon it will render/That frozen concoction that helps me hang on.” Ah, the musical stylings of one Mr. James Buffett. Who else could sing so poetically of tequila and lime? Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Jun 13, 2011 at 5:13 a.m.

COMMENTARY: City Needs Storm Shelters

TORNADO RAISES AWARENESS OF SAFE ROOMS

Subscriber onlyROGERS — There I was, all set to bask in the glow of the Jimmy Buffett concert I attended last weekend in Dallas. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: May 30, 2011 at 5:16 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Save Now, Graduates, But Follow Your Heart

EDITOR OFFERS UNSOLICITED ADVICE

Subscriber onlyROGERS — It was only a couple of months ago that I sat in her car seat while her dad worked to strap it in properly. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: May 23, 2011 at 5:15 a.m.

COMMENTARY: When Toilet Paper Comes In Handy

BATHROOM ITEM GIVES WAY TO BONDING AT WOMEN’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

Subscriber onlyROGERS — There we were: a group of women of a certain age sitting in a circle with toilet paper in our laps. Welcome to my class reunion. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: May 16, 2011 at 5:15 a.m.

COMMENTARY: What Does It Cost To Be The ‘Best’?

THOUGH ACCREDITATION IS NICE, IS IT WORTH IT?

Subscriber onlyROGERS — “Be all that you can be.” That was a great slogan for the U.S. Army and those are good words to live by for any military or paramilitary organization. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: May 9, 2011 at 5:14 a.m.

COMMENTARY: ‘Newsbies’ Provide Perspective

SPEAKING TO HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISTS GIVES FLASHBACKS

Subscriber onlyROGERS — There’s nothing like a visit with newsbies to give you a fresh perspective. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Apr 25, 2011 at 5:17 a.m.

COMMENTARY: The Hot, Cold And Windy City

EXPLAINING ARKANSAS WEATHER NOT EASY

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Have you ever tried to explain April’s weather to a visitor to Northwest Arkansas? Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Apr 18, 2011 at 5:14 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Who Will Serve For Four Years?

ROGERS CITY COUNCIL GETS SET TO DECIDE TERMS OF ALDERMEN

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Members of Rogers City Council are thinking about who the lucky ducks will be that get a one-time, four-year term on that August panel. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Apr 11, 2011 at 5:25 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Retirement Couldn’t Be That Bad

HAVING TIME OFF TO DO WHAT YOU WANT CAN BE ENJOYABLE

Subscriber onlyROGERS — We have a new police chief in Rogers. James Allen just retired as chief of the Bentonville Police Department. By “just” I mean his retirement wasn’t even to be effective until Thursday. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Mar 28, 2011 at 5:07 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Center Hours Should Benefit All

WORKING WOMAN FINDS IT HARD TO SCHEDULE WORKOUT

Subscriber onlyROGERS — It’s March. You know. March: Cold in the morning, just plain hot in the afternoon, and you don’t know how to dress. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Mar 21, 2011 at 5:20 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Letter Recommends Chief Characteristics

WRITER OFFERS A BIT OF ADVICE TO NEW MAYOR OF ROGERS

Subscriber onlyROGERS — Dear Greg, Hope you are enjoying the mayor gig. I know you weren’t expecting an epic snowfall during your first six weeks in office. Did it make you question the wisdom of taking on the chief executive’s job for a city of 55,000-plus? Come, on. You can tell me. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Mar 14, 2011 at 5:19 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Secret of Longevity? Live, Love, Laugh

MYTHS OF LIFE, LAUGHTER BROKEN DOWN IN STUDY

Subscriber onlyROGERS — “The Secrets To A Long Life” blared the headline on the cover of last week’s Parade, which is inserted into this fine newspaper on Sundays. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Feb 28, 2011 at 5:13 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Snow, Dogs, Fashion And Books

CLOSING OF BORDERS BIG LOSS TO OUR COMMUNITY

Subscriber onlyROGERS — I have finally figured out why I don’t like snow, aside from the obvious reasons. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Feb 21, 2011 at 5:15 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Festival Changes Require Consideration

EVENT IS IMPORTANT TO ROGERS AND TO DOWNTOWN

Subscriber onlyROGERS — They’re talking changes. Not that change is inherently bad, but when people want to change something that has worked for a quarter of a century, well, you have to sit back and look at it with a critical eye. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Feb 14, 2011 at 5:23 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Partisanship Takes A Back Seat

DATES OF THE UNION: WAS IT JUST A ONE-NIGHT STAND?

Subscriber onlyROGERS — I actually watched a portion of the State of the Union address last week. I’ve never been much of a fan of this event, and spent eight years boycotting it. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Jan 31, 2011 at 5:26 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Warning: Legislature In Session

EVERYONE MUST DECIDE WHETHER PROPOSALS ARE SENSIBLE OR NOT

Subscriber onlyROGERS — The Legislature is in session — always a scary situation. You know how bad it is when you can’t decide if meeting every two years is too much, or not enough. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Jan 24, 2011 at 5:14 a.m.

COMMENTARY: Cleaning: A Historic Experience

CHANGING CONFERENCE ROOMS LED TO DOCUMENT DISCOVERY

Subscriber onlyROGERS — I can now report that the first beer in 40 years appeared in Rogers on Aug. 24, 1933. Then in 1944, Benton County voted to go dry by 90 votes, while the city of Rogers voted wet by 100 votes. Continue reading...

By Leeanna Walker Posted: Jan 17, 2011 at 5:22 a.m.

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