ADDENDUM: We're rescheduling due to weather Friday and Saturday. More info coming.…

Behaviors that "chap your hide" when dining out:

* Sitting at a booth, alone, and having a fellow patron sit at the next one........FACING YOU! I always feel like I'm being inspected and I notice there is frequent staring. What is the motivation? (or am I just paranoid?)

* I'm sorry for your loss. (Well no duh! As if someone would say they were "happy.")

* Every cloud has its silver lining.

* Time heals all wounds.

Please, add more! I'm guilty of using these phrases and need to be more creative and sincere when confronted with other people's circumstances.

Dear Neighbors:

A copy of the agenda for tonight's Benton City Council meeting is attached for your use.



Following are some highlights of tonight's discussion that directly impact Ward 4:



ORDINANCE 20 is a revision of the current "Animal Control Ordinance". This includes an increase in financial penalties for non-compliance.



ORDINANCE 21 is a Conditional Use Permit for 4117 Gattin Road (Tim & Angela…

ADOPTED!!!

This is "Chip," a beautiful Shepherd mix. Chip is an adult male, medium sized dog. He is somewhat housetrained and loves to go outside! In this photo, Chip is sitting on command. What a great guy!

Call the shelter today for more informaiton about Chip or any of the other dogs at the shelter or go to our website at…

Friday, April 30th is the deadline to have a signed contract to purchase a home in order to receive the Home Buyers tax credit.

I am amazed at the number of people who are Not taking advantage of this!

It's FREE Money!

If you or someone you know needs help with this, let me know.

I've been to a couple of political debates in the past week. One was with Republican State Senate candidates Dan Greenberg and Jeremy Hutchinson, in the banquet room at Brown's Country Store and Restaurant in Benton. The other is simultaneous my to writing this column, in a separate window on my computer screen. Well, it would be, if I was very good at watching and writing at the same time. 



I am watching, listening and…

POST!! I am looking for a 1 acre lot that has utilities that I can set a MOBIL HOME on, and is in the Bryant School District.

Looking to move before thr Fall School year.

Cianna4hym@yahoo.com

At the end of February, I had a case of shingles. For those who don't know what it is, it is an excruciatingly painful ailment that is related to, and can typically follow, chicken pox (which I had when I was 6 years old); affects only one side of the body; and is visibly manifested in the form of blisters.

This hellish thing attacked my right arm (and I'm right-handed, go figure). When the pain first started, I thought it was due to "sleeping wrong" and that maybe I had…