The term “triple threat” perfectly fits the Scudder sisters. The three girls compete in cross country and track and are on the leaderboard together in most races. In fact, they not only run together, they play golf, go to school and spend…
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Name: Annie Woody Parish: St. Scholastica Church, New Blaine Age: 75 Family: Annie and her husband Dewey have a blended family of four children, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Career: Retired controller for the Hardscrabble Country Club Why you want to know…
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Father Norbert Rappold is a piece of driftwood in the chaos of life. “When I’m in my chaotic moments, I basically remind myself I’m driftwood. Falling over the waterfalls, the chaotic life of a piece of driftwood, in the end, is what…
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I have grown up around strong women — my mother, my grandmothers, my aunts and my friends. And I can honestly say that I have been blessed by these women in my life. They have shaped me into who I am today,…
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With just two days left to go in her senior year of high school, senior Madeline McNeill’s day is unfolding in a fashion typical of her four years at Mount St. Mary Academy in Little Rock. In addition to wrapping up on…
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Dr. Karen Hollenbeck, a parishioner at St. Boniface Church in Fort Smith, pictured here at her home April 12, often wears a necklace of the Blessed Mother. Students at her public school asked about the necklace, giving her the opportunity to share…
« read »“God of all creation, through our daily work you have made us stewards of the earth and co-creators with you. As a skilled carpenter, Joseph worked in Nazareth and taught Jesus the dignity of human work and the nobility of manual labor.…
« read »Just like a person has the right to work, a person is also entitled to a “just wage” in the eyes of the Church. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states in part, “A just wage is the legitimate fruit of work.…
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CONWAY — When God created Adam in the garden of Eden, he had a job for him — “The Lord God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it” (Genesis 2:15). From…
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Throughout my life — 17 years — I have quickly picked up on the fact that there are few forms of entertainment in a small town. The options become even slimmer when you are referring to a small southern town in Arkansas.…
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