Boy are we in for it. Be sure to check on the elderly and anyone with health problems over the next few days. Triple digit temps are on their way. Drink plenty of fluids and avoid being outside during the afternoon if at all possible.
Click here to learn more about staying healthy during the hottest part of the year, courtesy of the Arkansas Department of Health.
Photo credit: Larry Singer, News-Times photographer.
Before the El Dorado City Council met Thursday night at city hall, someone placed “Stuck on Stupid” trophies in front of each alderman’s chair. The Stuck on Stupid awards were created by local businessman Richard Mason and his wife, Vertis, who is an El Dorado alderman, to highlight acts of stupidity around the city.
But the Masons said they did not distribute the trophies.
Richard Mason announced on July 17 on a local radio station that the El Dorado City Council had received the Stuck on Stupid award for its July 10 decision to grant the El Dorado Forward Entrepreneurship Center Task Force a $250,000 loan.
The money is to be used to purchase a golf ball washing business from a Florida man and move it to El Dorado.
Who is behind the trophies? It’s still a mystery… .
**NOTE** Although this sounds like a Satire Wednesday piece, and believe me it would be a good one, this is really happening.
Tens of thousands of Germans turned out this week to hear Barack Obama speak. I thought this photo was very poignant.
Leading up to the 2008 Summer Olympic games, China has cut government subsidies on oil and gasoline, resulting in higher prices and lower demand for fuel.
The Chinese government is trying to get its people to use less fuel during the games in hopes of reducing pollution — China has some of the worst pollution in the world.
The scheme seems to be working, as the world market for oil is currently stable. Prices at the pumps are declining slightly, and demand for oil in China is easing up. Current Arkansas gas prices range from $4.15 in Eureka Springs to $3.68 at Ft. Smith.
The bad news: After the Olympics, China will most likely begin fuel subsidies once again, thus driving prices ever higher.
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