Stories from Wednesday, December 5, 2012

No-call rebuttal This is a rebut to a recent Speak Out article. It's aimed at the person who was calling and complaining about the "No-call" list. I'll keep it simple. The "No-call" list works only when you allow it to. And, by that I mean, first you put your name on the "No-call" list and if you ever get called by someone you do not wish to call you, you must inform them that you are on the "No-call" list, please take my name off your call registry and that's how the system works for you. ...

Hitts Chapel Church of Piggott, Ark., will host its annual walk-through or drive-by live nativity entitled "Journey to Bethlehem," at 6 - 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 15-16. The nativity will consist of seven still scenes telling the story of the birth of the Christ child. Scenes feature live actors in first century costumes and props, as well as live animals. The scenes are outdoor and available for public viewing. This is the 28th consecutive year for the nativity...

By BETSY HART Scripps Howard News Service "It's not that we 'have' to do it; it's that we 'get' to do it." So said a friend right after Thanksgiving. She said it's a lesson she and her husband are trying to increasingly focus on with their family. It's a lesson I could use. I think as we enter the Christmas season, it's a lesson a lot of us could use...

By DAN K. THOMASSON Scripps Howard News Service The tag team of fiscal responsibility is at it again. And one of their targets is the self-styled emperor of anti-taxation. If Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Simpson had their way, Grover Norquist would be put into a Santa suit and stuffed down a chimney...