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Amanda's Little Rock Blog August 2003 Archive

By Amanda Galiano, About.com Guide to Little Rock since 1999

In the news

Friday August 29, 2003
The Choose Life Plates have been called unconstitutional in the Arkansas Attorney General's Opinion. You can read the whole opinion on his site. Bill Bob Thornton talks about his album, his ... Read More

Woo Pig Souie!

Wednesday August 27, 2003
Looking for the Hogs? Don't worry, the new football schedules have been out for some time. The first game is on September 6th against Tulsa. Schedule Hog Resources Top 10 Tailgating Needs

Hunting Guidebooks

Tuesday August 26, 2003
The new 2003-2004 Hunting Guidebooks are available for you hunters. You can go to a AGFC office to pick up a copy or you can download it in PDF ... Read More

Little Rock Bus Tour

Monday August 25, 2003
A company is offering a great new tour of the greater Little Rock Area. The tour includes some great landmarks like Central High, The Governor's Mansion and the Quapaw ... Read More

Photo of the Week

Saturday August 23, 2003
This week we have a photo of the Arkansas Capitol Building that was taken by Cynthia Ward. The State Capitol Building has been featured in many movies because it ... Read More

West Nile

Friday August 22, 2003
KATV has a report from health officials about West Nile. Even though Arkansas has has less human cases than some surrounding states, the worst is not over!

Relax

Wednesday August 20, 2003
The first week of school is amost over for most of us. It's time to relax a bit from all of that first week stress! Parents and older ... Read More

Could Massive Blackouts Happen in Arkansas?

Tuesday August 19, 2003
Leaders in the electric industry and Entergy say that Arkansas is not susceptible to the same types of blackouts that happened on the East coast. Read Story from KATV. Arkansas ... Read More

Grading For Fitness

Monday August 18, 2003
Schools in Arkansas may be putting your child's body mass index (BMI) on their report card! Does anyone think this is a good idea? The point is, apparently, to ... Read More

Photo of the Week

Saturday August 16, 2003
This week we have a photo of Clay Aiken from American Idol. This was taken at the Memphis Pyramid (I know, it's not in Little Rock but it's close). ... Read More

Cold Things

Friday August 15, 2003
Maybe it's because I ate at the Purple Cow today or maybe it's because of the temperature outside, either way, my mind is thinking of how to keep cool in ... Read More

The Pyramid Arena

Wednesday August 13, 2003
I'm going to the Memphis Pyramid this weekend to see the American Idol Tour. It dawned on me while I was looking for information about the Pyramid that others ... Read More

Computers in the Classroom?

Tuesday August 12, 2003
People say Arkansas is low-tech and backwards but a school in Wynne is fighting that stereotype and bringing its students technology that very few students in the nation have. ... Read More

Hacker Found

Sunday August 10, 2003
Conway based Axciom released information about the alleged hacker of its databases including the hackers background and the methods that the hacker used to break into the server. Arkansas ... Read More

Photo of the Week

Saturday August 9, 2003
This week we have a view from Pinnacle Mountain. You can submit your favorites for consideration for next week's photo.

Back to School

Friday August 8, 2003
School starts for me, and almost everyone else in Little Rock, in just one week! It's past time to get ready to go back! Besides buying school supplies ... Read More

Get Your New Clinton Collector Card!

Tuesday August 5, 2003
The seventh in the Hot Springs series of President William J. Clinton trading cards features a photo of President Clinton hugging his dog, Buddy. It will be distributed, free ... Read More

More kudos for UAMS

Monday August 4, 2003
"The UAMS Area Health Education Center (AHEC)- SW College of Nursing was recently ranked 39 out of 365 accredited graduate nursing programs in the nation by U.S. News and World ... Read More

Photo of the Week

Saturday August 2, 2003
Mary Parker submitted this photo of an Echinacea flower. She says it is from the The Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, AR. They give herb talks and ... Read More

UAMS

Friday August 1, 2003
UAMS is on a publication's list of "Best Hospitals in America" for the eighth consecutive year. The geriatric program at UAMS is specifically named. UAMS

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