Monday summary 3/31/08

My column is on the Voices page in the Arkansas section of today’s Democrat-Gazette. I take a few pokes at Jeremiah Wright, and sneak in enough other stuff to make everybody mad.

You can always get the special Pat Lynch treatment of the days happenings twice an hour on K-106.3 and Spirit 93.3 (which is also carried on 100.7 in Heber Springs)

The radio show is on at 9.

KSMD 99.1 FM – Searcy/Batesville
KWCK 1300 AM – Searcy
KAPZ 710 AM – Bald Knob/Augusta
KAWW 1370 AM – Heber Springs/Clinton

Memphis Tigers go to the final four after beating Texas 85 – 67.

Mississippi State Bulldog Head Football Coach Sylvester Croom will be honored today by the Little Rock Touchdown Club as its SEC Coach of the Year. The Little Rock Touchdown Club meets at noon at the Embassy Suites.

Governor Beebe is getting hard questions about the proposed natural gas severance tax. He says 52 percent of the wells in the Fayetteville Shale will be taxed at the full rate by 2012.

The Democrat-Gazette’s Amy Schlesing reports from Kuwait that Arkansas’ 39th Infantry Brigade will soon be providing security for VIP’S and diplomats in Iraq.

Aloha Airlines goes out of business today.

Tuition is going up across the board at state universities and colleges this summer. The Physics Department at the U. of A is 100 years old this week. Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Ketterie will speak.

River levels are coming down slowly. There may be more rain today, but it will move through quickly and not cause more flooding.Of course, many families are still recovering from tornaodes two months ago.

Pulaski County will have a chance to regulate development on Lake Maumelle before the state Pollution Control and Ecology Commission takes action. Central Arkansas gets most ot its drinking water from Lake Maumelle.

By May, Garland Camper will be the new Pulaski County Coroner. Mark Malcolm has had the job for the past 13 years and has been in the office for 22. He will begin an international consulting firm.

Maumelle will get $300,00 from Homeland Security to hire more firefighters.

The U.S. Attorney says he will not appeal the home detention sentence of former Wal-Mart executive Tom Coughlin, who recently performed “community service” by attending a party at which alcohol was served and firearms were auctioned.

Official issued warrants for an Alma doctor accused of sexually assaulting two women. Alma police have been investigating Dr. Clarence Jay Arendall since two women came forward claiming he assaulted them, police said.

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