Scripted musical features Gail honoring the greats

By Ethan Nahté

Local two-time Nashville recording artist, Lana Gail and her band, will be performing at Mena’s Ouachita Little Theatre where she will be paying tribute to the pioneering women of country music.

Come join radio DJ, “Tex McWestern” as he hosts his weekly “Kountry Korral Roundup Show,” in which you will see and hear songs from 16 female artists throughout the decades, from the 1930s to today.

This is more than just a concert, it is a scripted play that will include costume changes for each artist to reflect the times and singers being represented. There is something for all country music fans, from the classic oldies to the modern sounds.

Gail will perform the songs of stars like Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Swift.

“The Women of Country Music” will be performed Friday, March 31 and Saturday, Apr. 1 at 7:30 p.m. There will be a matinee show at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, March 2.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students. Season passes may not be used for this show. Tickets can be purchased in advance online at www.oltmena.com or at the door on Thursday and Friday from 2-6 p.m. If tickets are still available at the time of the shows, they can be purchased at the box office.

One half of the proceeds from this show will go towards OLT’s “Burn the Mortgage” campaign.

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Recent stories aired on the national news raised several questions. Janet Yellen, our Treasury Secretary, stated that if the debt ceiling is not raised that the military and Social Security may not get paid. Social Security has been funded by working Americans for their entire working life. Our military is not something to jeopardize. A strong national defense is paramount to our free Republic and to world peace. America is what stands between freedom and tyrants or religious zealots that would have it otherwise.

I question why scare seniors by sowing the seed of uncertainty about their ability to pay their bills? Why burden our military with worry for their families left without funds while they are deployed defending our country? And why is it that social welfare programs always seem well funded no matter the debt incurred? Have you ever heard any politician say if we do not raise the debt ceiling that foreign aid will stop? That we can no longer lavish benefits on illegal immigrants? Or that folks able to work, that do not, will not get a paycheck for doing nothing?

Google the question of how much money is in the Social Security fund. SSA.Gov shows $2.8 trillion as of the end of December 2022. It shows that our government has borrowed $2.9 trillion. To say that seniors may not get paid is to say our government cannot repay what they have borrowed from the fund. For clarity, they have not stolen money from the fund and currently pay interest of 2.85%.

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Spring has sprung and all the trash and litter carelessly pitched along the roads seem to be multiplying. If communities will not address this recurring problem of ugliness, filth and safety issues, how can they solve greater ones that are sure to come?

“America the Beautiful,” “My Country Tis of Thee,” “The Star-Spangled Banner” celebrate pride in America. Nature shows us the beauty that God has given us on this planet yet we persist littering our “Natural State” of Arkansas with trash.

If we are to “love thy neighbor” and “do unto others” the roadside in front of everyone’s property, as well as public places, trails and camping areas around our lakes and mountains, etc., should be respected and free of litter and junk.

Edward Humes notes in “Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash,” Americans now make more trash than anyone else on the planet. We throw away about 7.1 pounds per person per day, 365 days a year. Each of us in a lifetime could generate about 102 tons of garbage which could take up 1,100 graves.

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Then it is reported that two of our banks have failed within a week. The FDIC will cover up to $250,000 of lost deposits. According to Barron’s the FDIC has $128 billion on hand, or enough to cover 1.27% of insured deposits. Do the math and that means that 98.73% of insured deposits lack funding. The fund was established in 1933 and to date no one has lost money from a bank failure, but then we have never been so far in debt as we now are. I am not going to rush out and take my money out of the bank in panic, but some have and more will, I am sure.

What makes me nervous is when top officials in the current administration, including the president, are on TV telling us not to worry. I was not worried until these folks have put the issue front and center in the news. It has been my experience that the more someone tries to convince me things are OK the more I doubt their assurances. These are the same folks that have run us $31.4 TRILLION Dollars into debt. It is difficult for me to accept anything politicians say as well thought out, truthful, or not self-serving.

As always, I thank you for a forum to express my thoughts, though we may peacefully disagree.

With respect and kindest regards, Ronald Goss, retired, Mena

Much of today’s trash will probably outlast the Great Pyramid or some other wonder of the world and he notes: “One of the few relics of our civilization guaranteed to be recognizable twenty thousand years from now is the potato chip bag.”

Recently I read an entrepreneur’s solution to a potential wasteful situation. He had wrapped his Christmas presents early that year but used the wrong paper that said “Happy Birthday. He didn’t want to waste the paper so he just wrote ‘Jesus’ on it.

St. Paul wrote that the best gift of all is “charity”. Charity begins at home! It is not in gifting our trash, but of giving our treasure; not our worst, but our best.

I am grateful that our community has Southern Disposal whose dedicated staff are helpful and “always pickin’ up”.

However, until greater education and enforced laws solve this persistent litter problem, individuals or teams could at least pick up the trash and junk along the roads and other public areas, (my associates and I have done so).

Hope springs eternal and maybe we’ll find a treasure amongst the litter. Nevertheless, it’s certain we’ll find we’re giving the community a real treasure: OUR TIME!

Judith Forbis, Mena

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