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Join A CSA and Support A Farm

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CSA

By Terrah Baker It’s Food Insecurity Awareness month, and to celebrate Jesse Napolitano and his family are spreading awareness of their newly created independent CSA — Community Supported Agriculture. Making a full-time job of farming isn’t easy, and takes community support, which is exactly what a CSA can offer Brannon Mountain Farm. Like other CSAs,…

Businesswoman: ‘Show up, Be Bold, Play Big’

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Business Woman

Staff Report Kim Hodous, a stay-at-home mom turned CEO and motivational speaker, has now added the title of Author of the Year as named by the Academy of Best-Selling Authors. She is entrenched in the Fayetteville community — her husband’s a local dentist, her children go to the University of Arkansas and public schools and…

Caravanserai: A Place Where Cultures Meet

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Cravanserai

Staff Report A Caravanserai was once a place in Southern Asia and Northern Africa where knowledge and understanding of cultures spread. They were a type of inn that provided lodging and shelter where travelers from across the continents would stop to rest, and in the meantime trade goods, stories and learn about the far-off humans…

Bullies Exploit E-World’s Anonymity

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Cyberbullying

By Joyce Hale Today’s electronic devices are becoming the tools of choice with modern day bullies. For those who were not brave enough to publicly torment a student at their locker or a co-worker at the water-cooler, cyberbullying has appeal. Electronic communications are increasingly available to younger, technically capable students and readily available at an…

Top Secret: You Can Nullify The Drug War

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By Abel Tomlinson In civics class, we are taught that we have only three branches of government. However, there is a secret fourth branch of power that remains in the hands of ordinary citizens. The secret de facto right is called “jury nullification,” which allows jurors to veto unjust laws, and override congress, the president…