The good native honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) in bloom March 2, 2012, at World Peace Wetland Prairie

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Rich, stormwater-absorbing soil removed and red dirt that won't allow rain to replenish the underground water courses just part of the job for earth-movers on the east edge of the Fayetteville National Cemetery on Feb. 28, 2012

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Box turtles always expect 'same time next year' but moving topsoil and removing vegetation can wipe out their expectations for ever: Please share with a developer and a public official

To ENLARGE, please click on images of two box turtles mating at World Peace Wetland Prairie in May 2007, as they may have met about the same time each year for decades and will try to find one another again in May 2012.

Destruction of wetland and vegetation to allow apartment construction next to Fayetteville's National Cemetery continues: video for public television starting Sunday (weekly schedule below)

Program Schedule
2/26/2012 to 3/3/2012, Channel 218

Sunday, 2/26/2012
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: Huffing Freon Near the Iridescent Fibers
1:00 am Margaret Randall - A Poet Speaks
2:30 am The Music Kingdom Episode 7
3:00 am Fright Time Funhouse: Nightmare Castle
5:00 am Short Takes: 2/26/12
5:30 am The Caine Interviews: Forestry
6:00 am Key to the Kingdom: From a Lad to a Leader
6:30 am Tomorrow's World: How to Know When Christ Will Return. . .
7:00 am Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Panoramic Study #1047
8:00 am Words of Peace: Make the Connection
8:30 am Valley Harvest: Understanding the Kingdom Pt. 4
9:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
9:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
10:00 am Supreme Master TV: Animal Telepathic Communicator
10:30 am The Garage: Breadside Table
11:00 am The Steve Katsos Show: #102
11:30 am A Word from the Lord #4
12:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
12:30 pm Margaret Randall - A Poet Speaks
2:10 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
3:00 pm Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
4:00 pm Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
5:00 pm Short Takes: 2/26/12
5:30 pm The Caine Interviews: Forestry
6:00 pm Key to the Kingdom: From a Lad to a Leader
6:30 pm Tomorrow's World: How to Know When Christ Will Return. . .
7:00 pm Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Panoramic Study #1047
8:00 pm Words of Peace: Make the Connection
8:30 pm Valley Harvest: Understanding the Kingdom Pt. 4
9:00 pm Arkansas Razorbacks Team Seti
10:00 pm Supreme Master TV: Animal Telepathic Communicator
10:30 pm The Garage: Breadside Table
11:00 pm The Steve Katsos Show: #102
11:30 pm A Word from the Lord #4

Monday, 2/27/2012
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: Huffing Freon Near the Iridescent Fibers
1:00 am Arkansas Razorbacks Team Seti
2:00 am Northwoods Cooking Show #13
2:30 am The Music Kingdom Episode 7
3:00 am Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
4:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
4:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
5:00 am Supreme Master TV: Humanity's Leap to the Golden Era Pt. 7
6:00 am Richard S. Drake: On the Air- Evolution versus Creation Sience
7:00 am Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
7:30 am Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
8:00 am Omnivision: Occupy the Courts
9:00 am One Whirled View: 2/6/12
10:00 am VariYoga with Andrea #199
10:30 am Words of Peace: No Longer a Stranger
11:00 am Short Takes: 2/26/12
11:30 am NWA Homelessness
12:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
12:30 pm Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
1:30 pm MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
2:10 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
3:00 pm Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
4:00 pm Painting Seascapes in Watercolor
5:00 pm Supreme Master TV: Humanity's Leap to the Golden Era Pt. 7
6:00 pm Richard S. Drake: On the Air- Evolution versus Creation Sience
7:00 pm Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
7:30 pm Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
8:00 pm Omnivision: Occupy the Courts
9:00 pm One Whirled View: 2/6/12
10:00 pm VariYoga with Andrea #199
10:30 pm Words of Peace: No Longer a Stranger
11:00 pm Short Takes: 2/26/12
11:30 pm NWA Homelessness
Tuesday, 2/28/2012
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: Huffing Freon Near the Iridescent Fibers
1:00 am Margaret Randall - A Poet Speaks
2:30 am The Music Kingdom Episode 7
3:00 am Fright Time Funhouse: Nightmare Castle
5:00 am Short Takes: 2/26/12
5:30 am The Caine Interviews: Forestry
6:00 am Key to the Kingdom: From a Lad to a Leader
6:30 am Tomorrow's World: How to Know When Christ Will Return. . .
7:00 am Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Panoramic Study #1047
8:00 am Words of Peace: Make the Connection
8:30 am Valley Harvest: Understanding the Kingdom Pt. 4
9:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
9:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
10:00 am Supreme Master TV: Animal Telepathic Communicator
10:30 am The Garage: Breadside Table
11:00 am The Steve Katsos Show: #102
11:30 am A Word from the Lord #4
12:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
12:30 pm Margaret Randall - A Poet Speaks
2:10 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
3:00 pm Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
4:00 pm Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
5:00 pm Short Takes: 2/26/12
5:30 pm The Caine Interviews: Forestry
6:00 pm Key to the Kingdom: From a Lad to a Leader
6:30 pm Tomorrow's World: How to Know When Christ Will Return. . .
7:00 pm Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Panoramic Study #1047
8:00 pm Words of Peace: Make the Connection
8:30 pm Valley Harvest: Understanding the Kingdom Pt. 4
9:00 pm Arkansas Razorbacks Team Seti
10:00 pm Supreme Master TV: Animal Telepathic Communicator
10:30 pm The Garage: Breadside Table
11:00 pm The Steve Katsos Show: #102
11:30 pm A Word from the Lord #4
Wednesday, 2/29/2012
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: Huffing Freon Near the Iridescent Fibers
1:00 am Telecommunications Board 12/15/11
2:30 am The Music Kingdom Episode 7
3:00 am Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
4:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
4:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
5:00 am Supreme Master TV: Humanity's Leap to the Golden Era Pt. 7
6:00 am Richard S. Drake: On the Air- Evolution versus Creation Sience
7:00 am Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
7:30 am Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
8:00 am Omnivision: Occupy the Courts
9:00 am One Whirled View: 2/6/12
10:00 am VariYoga with Andrea #199
10:30 am Words of Peace: No Longer a Stranger
11:00 am Short Takes: 2/26/12
11:30 am NWA Homelessness
12:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
12:30 pm Arkansas Immigrants: Growing Roots in the Land of Opportunity
1:00 pm Telecommunications Board 12/15/11
2:20 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
3:00 pm Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
4:00 pm Painting Seascapes in Watercolor
5:00 pm Supreme Master TV: Humanity's Leap to the Golden Era Pt. 7
6:00 pm Richard S. Drake: On the Air- Evolution versus Creation Sience
7:00 pm Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
7:30 pm Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
8:00 pm Omnivision: Occupy the Courts
9:00 pm One Whirled View: 2/6/12
10:00 pm VariYoga with Andrea #199
10:30 pm Words of Peace: No Longer a Stranger
11:00 pm Short Takes: 2/26/12
11:30 pm NWA Homelessness
Thursday, 3/1/2012
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: Huffing Freon Near the Iridescent Fibers
1:00 am Margaret Randall - A Poet Speaks
2:30 am The Music Kingdom Episode 7
3:00 am Fright Time Funhouse: Nightmare Castle
5:00 am Short Takes: 2/26/12
5:30 am The Caine Interviews: Forestry
6:00 am Key to the Kingdom: From a Lad to a Leader
6:30 am Tomorrow's World: How to Know When Christ Will Return. . .
7:00 am Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Panoramic Study #1047
8:00 am Words of Peace: Make the Connection
8:30 am Valley Harvest: Understanding the Kingdom Pt. 4
9:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
9:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
10:00 am Supreme Master TV: Animal Telepathic Communicator
10:30 am The Garage: Breadside Table
11:00 am The Steve Katsos Show: #102
11:30 am A Word from the Lord #4
12:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
12:30 pm Margaret Randall - A Poet Speaks
2:10 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
3:00 pm Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
4:00 pm Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
5:00 pm Short Takes: 2/26/12
5:30 pm The Caine Interviews: Forestry
6:00 pm Key to the Kingdom: From a Lad to a Leader
6:30 pm Tomorrow's World: How to Know When Christ Will Return. . .
7:00 pm Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Panoramic Study #1047
8:00 pm Words of Peace: Make the Connection
8:30 pm Valley Harvest: Understanding the Kingdom Pt. 4
9:00 pm Arkansas Razorbacks Team Seti
10:00 pm Supreme Master TV: Animal Telepathic Communicator
10:30 pm The Garage: Breadside Table
11:00 pm The Steve Katsos Show: #102
11:30 pm A Word from the Lord #4
Friday, 3/2/2012
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: Huffing Freon Near the Iridescent Fibers
1:00 am Arkansas Razorbacks Team Seti
2:00 am Northwoods Cooking Show #13
2:30 am The Music Kingdom Episode 7
3:00 am Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
4:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
4:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
5:00 am Supreme Master TV: Humanity's Leap to the Golden Era Pt. 7
6:00 am Richard S. Drake: On the Air- Evolution versus Creation Sience
7:00 am Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
7:30 am Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
8:00 am Omnivision: Occupy the Courts
9:00 am One Whirled View: 2/6/12
10:00 am VariYoga with Andrea #199
10:30 am Words of Peace: No Longer a Stranger
11:00 am Short Takes: 2/26/12
11:30 am NWA Homelessness
12:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
12:30 pm Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
1:30 pm MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
2:10 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
3:00 pm Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
4:00 pm Painting Seascapes in Watercolor
5:00 pm Supreme Master TV: Humanity's Leap to the Golden Era Pt. 7
6:00 pm Richard S. Drake: On the Air- Evolution versus Creation Sience
7:00 pm Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
7:30 pm Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
8:00 pm Omnivision: Occupy the Courts
9:00 pm One Whirled View: 2/6/12
10:00 pm VariYoga with Andrea #199
10:30 pm Words of Peace: No Longer a Stranger
11:00 pm Short Takes: 2/26/12
11:30 pm NWA Homelessness
Saturday, 3/3/2012
12:00 am Fright Time Funhouse: Nightmare Castle
2:00 am Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
3:30 am VariYoga with Andrea #199
4:00 am Painting Seascapes in Watercolor
5:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
5:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
6:00 am Women in Politics: Where We Are, Where We're Going
6:30 am Northwoods Cooking Show #13
7:00 am Arkansas Immigrants: Growing Roots in the Land of Opportunity
7:30 am The Garage: Breadside Table
8:00 am "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
9:00 am Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
10:00 am Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
10:30 am Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
11:00 am Elena Featherstone-Visionary Hellraiser
1:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
1:30 pm Words of Peace: "True Success"
2:00 pm Painting Seascapes in Watercolor
3:00 pm MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
3:35 pm The Caine Interviews: Seven Hills Homeless Shelter
4:00 pm Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
4:30 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
5:30 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
6:00 pm Women in Politics: Where We Are, Where We're Going
6:30 pm Northwoods Cooking Show #13
7:00 pm Arkansas Immigrants: Growing Roots in the Land of Opportunity
7:30 pm The Garage: Breadside Table
8:30 pm VariYoga with Andrea #199
9:00 pm Arkansas Razorbacks Team Seti
10:00 pm Elena Featherstone-Visionary Hellraiser

Comma or question-mark butterfly: That is a difficult question without a better photo of this Feb. 23 butterfly, but the big question today is why was the temperature around 70 degrees?

Tell your state senators and representatives to approve the governor's budget plan and keep Arkansas on the progressive road

 
 Dear Friend,
The following is a joint statement from the Arkansas Citizens First Congress and Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families.

Proposed cuts in an already tight Arkansas budget threaten our ability to continue making progress on the big challenges facing our state.  Last week, after months of budget discussions and hearings, the House minority leader proposed an alternative to Governor Mike Beebe’s budget that would cut $21 million from the Governor’s proposed balanced budget.  A compromise may now be in the works that trims the overall budget by a much smaller amount, but those changes could still impact critical services.

The proposal from Rep. John Burris (R – Harrison) makes substantial cuts in several state agency budgets including over $460,000 from the Department of Education.  Organizations like the Citizens First Congress, the Arkansas Public Policy Panel, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, and the Opportunity to Learn Campaign have fought hard to make improvements in our state’s education system. These cuts could threaten that progress.  We were recently ranked 5th in the nation for education policy and performance; we do not want to start going backward now.

The Governor proposed a balanced budget as required by the Arkansas Constitution.  He has since offered to make small cuts in an effort to compromise. We believe further cuts to the budget are unnecessary and arbitrary.  A key part of Arkansas's successes over the past decade – thanks to the leadership of Gov. Beebe and his predecessor, Mike Huckabee – has been avoiding major cuts to services despite two recessions.

The 3% cut proposed by Rep. Burris would have a direct impact on the services so many Arkansans need every day. From the  Department of Health t to the Office of Emergency Services to the Department of Environmental Quality,  agencies that we all use and depend on daily stand to take cuts.   To see all the agencies that would be impacted by the cuts, go here.

Rep.Burris has yet to provide a detailed plan for how he thinks these agencies can absorb the cuts without cutting employees or services.  Unlike the Governor’s proposed budget, which uses ongoing funding to pay for Medicaid, his proposal would rely on one-time funds and would increase the Medicaid shortfall in future years.

Please call your legislators.  Let them know that you believe legislators should support Governor Beebe’s balanced budget proposal. The cuts proposed by Rep. Burris would cost the state jobs, cut vital services and undermine the progress that we have worked so hard together to make in recent years.

Signed,

Arkansas Citizens First Congress
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families

Free presentation and discussion of solar power at 6 p.m. Thursday in Fayetteville, Arkansas

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The ASC is partnering with MAGE Solar to host a solar energy workshop on THURSDAY, February 23, 6:00-7:30 pm, in Walton College of Business room 203.
This workshop is free and open to the public. You’ll learn about residential and commercial rooftop solar installations and current tax incentives to help pay for a solar system.

▼Sam M. Walton College of Business
220 McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville, AR 72701
University of Arkansas‎
(479) 575-5949

If you care about water quality in Arkansas, check my video clips on You Tube from the recent ADEQ listening session in Fayetteville and submit your own opinions to ADEQ before deadline 4:30 p.m. Feb. 29, 2012

13 video clips of speakers at ADEQ listening session on Regulation 2 that sets standards for protecting surface water in Arkansas. Comments accepted through Feb. 29, 2012. More video clips will appear on You Tube as time permits.
Please click on the image of flyer below to view full sentences on screen. Note deadline for comment and address for submissions and telephone number for more information.

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Flower, Garden and Nature Society meeting begins at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, February 18, at NW Technical Institute in Springdale free to all and all invited to become members!

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Sample of short takes to run starting Sunday on Public Access Television in Fayetteville AR: Come do your own between 5 and 6 Monday or 11 a.m. to noon Thursday. Free for residents of Fayetteville AR