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Cattlemen battling black vulture onset
U.S. gives OK to kill some of birds
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Doug Thompson
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Today at 2:51 a.m.
Black vultures roost in a tree near Snowball in Searcy County in this September 2007 file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette file photo)
Ronnie Horn saw the newborn calf moving awkwardly and slowly as he drove past the pasture on his way to work at the Washington County Extension Service. He resolved to check on it after work.
He found the calf dead that evening two months ago at his farm near Lincoln. The body bore all the signs of a predator attack.
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OPINION | JANET B. CARSON: Growing by example
Master Gardeners build Garden at the Vines a demonstration garden that offers Pulaski County horticulture lessons
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Janet B. Carson
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Today at 1:34 a.m.
The Garden at the Vines is a Pulaski County Master Gardeners demonstration garden on the property of the C.A. Vines 4-H Center at Ferndale. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Janet Carson)
More and more people are giving gardening a try. While a great deal can be learned through trial and error, learning from others is of great benefit.
Horticulture education is a big part of why the Arkansas Master Gardeners program was developed. From those trained volunteers, there are demonstration and beautification gardens all over our state, along with public seminars on a wide variety of gardening topics. The Garden at the Vines is a Pulaski County Master Gardeners demonstration garden on the property of the Arkansas 4-H Center.
Chuck Tucker
Chuck Tucker is retiring on May 31 from his position as senior vice president of organization and administration of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation in Little Rock.
Tucker has spent 36 years with the federation. He started with the organization as assistant safety director.
Mariya Khodakovskaya, professor of biology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been named a fellow of the Arkansas Research Alliance in Conway.
Khodakovskaya researches the improvement of agricultural and industrial plants using advanced methods of biotechnology and nanotechnology, with a focus on the enhancement of plant productivity and stress tolerance by application of carbon-based and biodegradable nanomaterials. She has also done research with the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium and NASA.
Right-to-Work Laws Are Rooted in Racism. The PRO Act Would Strike Them Down.
Sign of protest in a public square.
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The U.S. House of Representative passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act this week, with 42 House Democrats from Southern states as cosponsors.
The bill is one of the most ambitious attempts to strengthen the rights of workers and unions in decades. Its centerpiece is a provision that would override so-called “right-to-work” laws by allowing unions to collect dues from represented workers in states with such laws even if those workers have not joined the union.