Editorial

Gary and I recently spent a weekend in Eureka Springs, taking a little break from our lives here in Batesville. We found a cute little B&B that was offering a romantic getaway package and enjoyed two days of peace and quiet. We slept in, took long leisurely walks, took in the sights, window shopped and did things on our own schedule. It was a nice change of pace.

The term “pin-up girl” has been around since World War II when soldiers would “pin up” photos of the models featured in their armed forces newspapers and those featured in magazines of the day.
Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe and Bettie Page could be considered some of the first; however many “pin ups” never became anything more than just a pretty face.

Dear Canada. Way to go, you hosers. Did yourself proud and put on one heck of an Olympics. Congratulations for providing an incredible 17 days of thrills and spills on the ice and snow and in the slush and fog. That was a winter games for the ages, except for that excruciatingly obvious lack of winter thing. As it turns out, Washington, D.C. might have been a better host city, but who knew? Although, a quick call to Al Gore might have been worth the international toll-call charges.

Time for clean energy