*** I wonder if the parents of this community will learn

To hell with seat belt laws in these days of social distancing days,” say the school teacher car paraders. Kids popped out sunroofs, door windows and sucking mini van fumes hanging out the back tailgate. SMH.

[ Editor’s Note: Well, parades have a reputation for going pretty slow, and although accidents have happened over the years, the parade death rate is still pretty low … and “ sucking mini van fumes”?

It really sounds like you were just trying to pad your list of grievances there. In any event, most folks seemed to be OK with the school parades, so you might be in the minority on this one]

anything personally from this experience we have had in the last couple of months. Will parents keep at least a few months of savings for emergency money for household expenses? Will we wisely store food for tough times like our grandparents once did? Will we teach our children to prepare ahead so we will be able to help those in need instead of being the ones in need? I am learning about my community leaders and their mindset about reopening businesses and constitutional rights. Arkansas is an awesome state with wonderful people. Good things are coming our way!

[ Editor’s Note: I think there are a couple of things you might be overlooking here. You call out “ parents” but I think everyone has been affected by this virus, not just folks with kids, so whatever lessons need to learned should apply universally. I also think you might be underestimating just how exactly one might be able to keep “ at least a few months of savings.” I’m just using myself as an example here, but my family has about $ 5,000 a month in regular reoccurring monthly expenses ( bills, food, gas, etc.), so just to have three months worth of “ emergency money for household expenses” would mean saving up $ 15,000. I mean, it’s not impossible, but most people live basically paycheck- to- paycheck, so the idea of saving even $ 100 a month to put away is not TEXT THE TIMES (cont.)

really realistic. Even if I set aside $ 100 a week, it would still take three years to save up $ 15,000 if I started today. And you can only store food for so long…

even if you can afford “ extra” food. I mean, I get the idea behind your message, but I’m not sure anyone was prepared to suddenly hole up for two months … except maybe those “ doomsday preppers.” Has anyone heard from those guys lately?]

*** In the paper I noticed that Amber Dunn wasn’t wearing a mash while cutting a clients hair. I cut hair in Tennessee and Arkansas and the Directive put out by both states require the hair cutter to be wearing a mask during any service.

Cmon guys, follow the

[ Editor’s Note: I knew someone would let me know about Miss Dunn not wearing a mask. If it makes you feel any better, that particular photograph was set up specifically by our photographer, so I can’t say with any certainty that she was or wasn’t wearing a mask during any actual haircutting. On a somewhat related note, I have seen fewer and fewer people wearing masks on my weekly trip to Walmart, so it seems that a lot of people have reached the end of their willingness to be inconvenienced, even by something as simple as wearing a mask while grocery