Community Seed Swap blossoms

Submitted by Judy Petty

Deere hat. His mother suggested that he give up hats. Then he became No Hat Ma Gandhi.

Set your clocks and watches ahead one hour this coming Sunday morning at 2 am. Every year there’s something published about daylight saving time history, but nothing fresh. It’s stupid and meaningless. Reset the clock and quit griping. We’re never gonna change.

When the human race is living on another planet with another sun, there will still be daylight saving time. Don’t waste the time thinking about it. Preachers should do sermons. Call it soul saving time. I’m right mad over this. I’m going out tonight to vandalize sundials in the dark. So many sundials, so little time, especially after Sunday.

Old Man Grimely has a few mighty sharp opinions. He said, “I’m old enough where it don’t matter if I offend people.” He offered his opinion on security. “I keep the doors locked, with a high fence around the house, and two hungry dogs inside the yard. Nobody is gonna mistake my place for the United Sieves of America.”

Mumford Pickens explains: “The universe is only orbits forever.” I gotta say that my headache is back.

You can contact Clet Litter at bobsimpson2007@AOL.com You know you wanna.

The Community Seed Swap on Saturday, Feb. 11, was a great success, with many expert speakers and community members swapping, giving and selling seeds. There were many donors in our community for door prizes. We look forward to being a part of this again next year. Thank you to Michael Clark for putting it all together.

Thank you to the community businesses that donated items for the door prizes: Atwoods, Mena Feed, Chopping Block, Wendy’s, Country Express BBQ, Farmhouse Health, Rich Mountain Country Store, American Artisans, Handy Hardware, Union Bank, Chambers Bank, Big D’s BBQ, Pizza Hut, Chuck Stop, Papa’s Mexican Restaurant, La Villa Mexican Restaurant, Crystal Geyser Water, Farmers Co-op.

Thank you to all of the Speakers who shared their expertise and time with our community: Doc Sorge-Farmers Coop, Wendy Shiapparo-Eden Memory Farms, Randy Forst-U of A Horticulturist Specialist, Michael Cate-Avalon Keep Botanical Gardens, Harold Christopher-Baker Seeds

City of Mena spring clean-up

The City of Mena Annual Spring CleanUp is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, March 28. City trucks will pick up items you want to dispose of at no charge. This Clean-up service is free for residences within the city limits of Mena only

Please follow the below listed regulations to ensure that the pick-up runs smoothly.

Materials will not be picked up unless they are placed at the curb-side and separated. Street Department personnel cannot go onto private property to assist in moving items.

It is very important to separate any items that you want to keep away from those that are to be discarded, such as trash cans.

The following items cannot be picked up: concrete, brick, rocks, dirt, shingles, batteries, and construction debris.

Please separate your items to be discarded into 5 distinct piles as follows:

• Furniture — couches, chairs, televisions, window frames, etc.

• Household trash — paper items, etc.

(Please place trash cans, that you wish to keep, to one side so that they will not be disposed of inadvertently.)

• Metal material -- hot water heaters, stoves, appliances, etc.

• Yard waste — tree limbs, shrubs, grass, etc.

• Tires

Note-it is required that all small yard debris, such as small limbs, gum balls, leaves and grass, be placed in garbage bags.

The Mena Street Department will begin pick up in the northwest part of the city and work their way across town following the same routes as Southern Disposal. Trucks will run one to three days after the day of your normal trash pick-up. The response to this Clean-Up is usually overwhelming, so please be patient if the trucks are running somewhat behind the posted schedule; however, each route will only be covered one time. It is not necessary to call City Hall in order to receive this service.