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First off I want to state that no, it wasn’t a good thing that Katrina caused damage and that floods washed away a large part of a state. However, the topic of this post isn’t so much about Katrina, but rather how the area where I live is responding.
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Life has been busy. The time for the consolidation of Helena and West Helena draws near. Some are still trying to fight it. Others are preparing for the upcoming mayor and city counsel elections. In a ‘funny’ twist of fate, the local school board is having to have an election as well, ordered by the state department of education

I see all this as the first step in the direction of economic revitalization. And, to take advantage of this I’m looking to open a couple businesses. There is absolutely nothing in this town to do as far as entertainment is concerned. So I’m looking at opening an arcade/pool hall. I’m also talking with some people and doing a bit of research on movie theaters.

Now I’ve also been looking at some franchises but I haven’t found anything suitable. If anyone knows of a donut shop franchise that would be willing to move into eastern Arkansas let me know. Oh, and hold the jokes about a cop wanting to open a donut franchise, unless you’ve got a unique one.

The new town will have a population of a little over 15,000. The county population is a little over 26K. Median income for the county is 22K. Available workforce is just over 10K.

Oh, and my wife is looking for a job that she can do from home. Since she’s left her last job as a loan processor at a local mortgage company, we’ve had to hit my savings just to pay bills each month. We’ve tried looking online and everything looks like a scam. If I could get her interested in helping me with some of my own websites we could make more, alas she’s no longer intrigued by web development. Anyway, if anyone knows of a legitimate company that lets people work from home let me know, please.

I was just reading a post on the Take Up The Shield blog about being ‘just a cop.’ Now, I know I am in the job I’m in because that’s were God wanted me. It fits His plan for this time in my life. Who’s to say when it will be time to go, or if it will ever be time to go. But, for now, I am where He wants me. As a born again child of God, I’ve read scriptures in the Bible that can encourage an officer. But Chaplain Tony mentions a couple I hadn’t seen before and uses scripture to answer the question of “Why?”
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As Christians we speak and hear a lot about unconditional love. But what is it? And is it really such a great thing? Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines unconditional as “not conditional or limited” so from that we can define unconditional love as a love that is unlimited in its grasp and not dependent on the recipient meeting any qualifying factors. So, we’ve got our textbook definition, but what does it mean to us, as normal everyday busy people? And, for the topic of this entry, what impact will it have on our relations with our spouses and others in our circle of friends, family, and co-workers?
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Well, it finally happened. Partial birth abortion has finally been outlawed. In his speech, President Bush said during the signing cerimony yesterday, “In the course of the congressional debate, the facts became clear. Each year, thousands of partial birth abortions are committed. As Doctor C. Everett Koop, the pediatrician and former Surgeon General has pointed out, the majority of partial birth abortions are not required by medical emergency. As Congress has found, the practice is widely regarded within the medical profession as unnecessary, not only cruel to the child, but harmful to the mother, and a violation of medical ethics.”
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