Restoration experts from Colonial Williamsburg and Washington, along with state historian, John Ferguson, made a lengthy visit to Pocahontas last week and thoroughly examined the old Randolph County Courthouse to give advice on restoration of the old building. On hand to greet the visitors was Lawrence Dalton, left, local businessman and member of the Arkansas History Commission, and Mrs. Harold Bly, right, member of the local Historical Society.
Everyone has heard of the ole Bait & Switch move. The conman tells you one thing and delivers another. This is my current mood with the stock market. The markets are telling investors that the best money-making strategy right now is to “hold tight,” and let the economic storms pass by. The switch is the missed opportunity in the future. If you stand pat in a volatile market, you will ride out the ups and downs, eventually. I have been having this conversation with clients a lot lately. This topic has been a non-starter for about 12 years now. It is really an amazing fact, the general stock market, comprised of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 Index, and the Nasdaq, increased 467%, 622%, and 1156%, respectively. No amount of stock-picking or risk management could hold a candle to those level of gains achieved by just holding the stocks within the main indices. People become complacent, they fear making mistakes, so it sounds like music to their ears when some supposed “expert” tells them to hold tight. Well, this is not the preferred strategy for our present times, unless you find yourself in a particular set of circumstances. It is an important question to restate, what makes you think that your life circumstances are the same as any other investor, and why do so many investors fall into line with a “one size fits all” approach? Your options, as today’s retail investor, are two-fold. You can either go with the crowd or make your own way. I am squarely in the latter camp, let us see what we can do with this information
In an ever-expanding mega-franchise that threatens to grow more bloated and uninteresting with each passing movie and TV entry, Taika Watiti’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” is an exciting, funny, self-contained sci-fi action romp with an incredibly surprising amount of heart.
Pet of the Week...Shilo and Barron McNabb are this week’s Pets of the Week. Shilo and Barron belong to Hank McNabb and enjoy traveling around the state with Hank.
Just like Beyonce and crew, I am a survivor. I survived the Great Eleven Point Float. Now, that’s not to say I don’t have a few battle scars, bruises and cuts. But I made it from Woody’s to the public access ramp at Dalton without serious issue or death.
What is an Article V Convention and Do We Need One? In 1787, delegates from twelve of the thirteen states met in Philadelphia to refine our system of government. At the time, the governing document was the Articles of Confederation.
The Fourth of July is gone for another year, hope your day was filled with lots of “Family Food Fun and Firecrackers!” We had a good day with family and of course as usual we ate too much but hey it only comes once a year. I know that with summer there will usually be company, family visits for vacations or maybe if you have Grandchildren they may spend time visiting Grandma and Grandpa so let’s think about easy meals and snacks to have on hand for quick to fix meals. Especially boxes of mac and cheese, cookies, candy and ice cream! If Mom’s not going to be around we can add up some good points for Grandma. But let’s start with a make ahead quick sandwich.
I’m a firm believer that once the Fourth of July is in the rearview mirror it’s time to start talking about football. The Pocahontas Redskins went 9-3 (6-1) in 2021, finishing in second place in the 4A-3 conference.
A couple week’s ago I was on the phone with a friend, spilling my silly problems to her when she put all my silly worries into perspective as she told me her doctor had found a lump in one of her breasts. I tried to joke with her and to assure her she would be fine and that it was probably nothing. Two days prior to this column being written, she let me know her results were in, and she has Stage 2 Breast Cancer.
Until a couple of years ago, I didn’t know much about Peggy Duff. I knew she was a former Maynard School teacher, and I knew she would sometimes keep the books at the Maynard Basketball games, and I knew she was friends with one of my favorite people, Lynn Murray. A post on Facebook changed all of that, followed by a private message and we became instant friends.