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Happy Opening Day that wasn't
Today, as I write this on Thursday, March 26, was supposed to be Major League Baseball's opening day.
by Graham Thomas 2 hrs. ago
Assistants Eshnaur, Kisner not returning to JBU
John Brown University's recent announcement of a 5.9 percent reduction in its operating budget included cuts in the athletics department.
by Graham Thomas 2 hrs. ago
Harper named NAIA third-team All-American
A pair of John Brown University men's basketball student-athletes were honored with All-America selections, headlined by a third-team selection of sophomore Luke Harper, the NAIA national office announced Thursday afternoon.
by JBU Sports Information 2 hrs. ago
Varsity track halted before chance to start
Siloam Springs head track and field coaches Chuck and Sharon Jones met with their athletes after school on Friday, March 13, not long after it was announced that day's track meet at Springdale Har-Ber had been canceled over concerns of the coronavirus.
by Graham Thomas 2 hrs. ago
OPINION: Covid-19, athletics and all-state recognition
Here's a few notes, thoughts and an opinion or two while wondering what to do with myself with the universe practically shutdown by covid-19.
by Graham Thomas
Softball's positive start has to wait
The Siloam Springs girls softball team defeated Greenland 14-4 on March 2 and Huntsville 6-4 on March 10 to improve to 2-0 for the first time since the 2016 season.
by Graham Thomas
Soccer players having to work on their own
After a tough opening week to the 2020 season, the Siloam Springs girls soccer team broke out offensively for a 7-0 win at Van Buren on March 10.
by Graham Thomas
Baseball copes with lost Gulf Shores trip
Among the many sports cancelations over the concerns of the coronvirus in the last week, one of the toughest to swallow may have been for the Siloam Springs baseball team.
by Graham Thomas
Opinion
Corrections
Siloam Springs City Administrator Phillip Patterson was misquoted in the March 22 edition of Siloam Sunday regarding instruction from the Arkansas Municipal League. Patterson did not say the Arkansas Municipal League recommends having meetings online and closed to the public, as originally reported.
by Staff Reports
OPINION: Wash, wash, your hands, stay safe; care for neighbors
The story on the per diem of members of the Arkansas House of Representatives will be a column for another day.
by Maylon T. Rice Columnist
OPINION: Pandemic preparation
My hope is that, by the time these words get into print, the supply wagons will have re-stocked the area's stores with toilet paper, disinfectant, and beans. Luckily, I inherited my dad's genetic penchant for never running low on essentials. Every single time he went to the store, he would pick up a pack of toilet paper, tissues, and Little Debbie snack cakes, "just in case," he always said. He would bring it all home just to find that Mom had also bought toilet paper. I'm proud to say I've continued the practice because, you know, just in case.
by Devin Houston Write On
OPINION: Seeing the season
Dare I say it? The "End-Time Preppers" were right. They have canned goods and toilet paper stashed away, plus enough guns and ammo to defend it. The rest of us have put a huge drain on the supply chain of food and goods to the point that grocery store shelves are bare. It's not that there is a shortage - there isn't. We're hoarding supplies by buying more than we need. Why? Because our neighbors started doing it, so that creates a scarcity and we have to do it too.
by Ron Wood
OPINION: Pay, per diem up for '19 state Senate members
While the modern salary commission method of awarding the pay for Arkansas' elected officials has leveled the past several decades of salary inequity in elected office -- there still remains that pesky per diem and mileage factor that tends, at the outset, to look oh, so, bad.
by Maylon T. Rice Columnist
OPINION: Viral epidemics
As expected, I got feedback from my opinions on Trump's handling of the covid-19 epidemic. Most focused on how the world and media are "over-reacting" to a disease that has killed relatively few compared to the flu or prior viral epidemics. The flu doesn't cause a 5,000-point drop in the Dow Jones Index. Why all the hysteria over a virus that, for most, will only cause the sniffles and a cough?
by Devin Houston Write On
OPINION: Fear versus Faith
My work involves transporting patients in wheelchairs for Guardian Angels. This takes me into hospitals, rehab centers, doctor's offices, and nursing homes. I get to meet very interesting people. I often encourage people about their prospects for recovery. Sometimes I pray with them. Our faith is an important factor.
by Ron Wood
OPINION: Women lead in local judge races; runoffs set for November
The election results of March 3 are now in the books.
by Maylon T. Rice Columnist
Religion
OPINION: Coronavirus? What's happening?
Our local newscast was mostly about the coronavirus: the covid-19. It gave little new information -- mostly about the increased death number. Then Carol and I watched the ABC Coronavirus Special. But besides their increased death number, it gave us insignificant new information. When the host asked the doctor questions, nearly all her answers were basically:
by Gene Linzey
RELIGION: 'Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows'
"Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed." Isaiah 53:4-5
by Randy Moll
OPINION: Notes on marriage
What does it take to have a joyful, long-lasting marriage? This topic could fill 150 books, but I'd like to share two simple ideas that will help.
by Gene Linzey
RELIGION: Unless you repent you will all likewise perish
"There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said to them, 'Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered such things? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.'" Luke 13:1-5
by Randy Moll
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