Arkansas Business articles from December 2008

Arkansas Business archives from December 2008

Harding targets UCA's future: wants to be 'catalyst for change' at Embattled University.
December 1, 2008... NOTING THAT 2008 HAS NOT BEEN A good year for the University of Central Arkansas is, of course, an understatement. It has been the Conway institution's "annus horribilis," the phrase that England's Queen Elizabeth II used to describe 1992, the...

Who pays to relocate utilities?
December 1, 2008... A YEAR-LONG COURT BATTLE QUESTIONING who should bear the cost of relocating utilities in Little Rock, developers or utilities, has entered a new venue. The dispute between Joe and Margaret Whisenhunt and AT&T Arkansas has moved from U.S....

Wal-Mart puts stock in continued growth around the world.
December 1, 2008... THE RECENT NAMING OF MIKE DUKE TO succeed Lee Scott as Wal-Mart's president and CEO fits nicely into the company's plans to further expand into international markets. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Duke, 58, started at Wal-Mart in 1995 and...

All gone.(Whispers)
December 1, 2008... As noted in this space two weeks ago, Chris Roberts, president of Centennial Bank of Little Rock, has sold all his stock in his bank's publicly traded holding company, Home BancShares Inc. of Conway. At that time, Little Rock lawyer Gene...

Season's greetings.(Campus Crusade for Christ)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... You know things are getting hairy when the Lord's work takes a hit. Family Life, a ministry of the Campus Crusade for Christ, has cut about 30 employees--out of about 300--at its west Little Rock location, Joy Roark, marketing and...

Mall pall.(Whispers)
December 1, 2008... With the holiday shopping season upon us, your naturally curious Whispers staff wondered last week how indoor malls are faring. To take the temperature of a shopping venue that has been gradually falling out of favor, we gathered revenue for...

Go EAST, young man.(EAST Initiative programs )(Viewpoint essay)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Who said students these days are lazy? For anyone who finds himself lamenting the youngest generation, a recent study of Arkansas students shows at least one scholastic venture is reaping rewards. The study, conducted by the Strategic...

Health insurance claims.(Whispers)
December 1, 2008... Regency Hospital of Northwest Arkansas LLC and Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield are facing off over more than $730,000 worth of hospital bills. Regency said it called ABCBS, the state's largest health insurance carrier, to verify coverage...

In a flash.(Flash Market Inc. hit by three federal lawsuits and charged for race discrimination)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Flash Market Inc. of West Memphis was hit by three federal lawsuits last week from three black former employees who charge race discrimination. Here's a quick look at the lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Jonesboro against the...

Duke to become king.(Editorial)
December 1, 2008... COME THE BEGINNING OF ITS new fiscal year in February, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will have a new head honcho: Michael Duke, 58. Lee Scott, 59, who has been president and chief executive officer since 2000, decided the time was right to step down...

Finally, some sense.(Editorial)
December 1, 2008... WE WERE BEGINNING TO wonder if everyone in Congress ad lost his senses. There seemed to be no limit to the giving of money with no conditions attached. Just look at the billions poured into the financial industry with few guarantees or...

[Cartoon].(Editorial)(Cartoon)
December 1, 2008... SORRY GUYS, IT'S TOO LATE FOR A "HIGHWAY LOTTERY." WHAT ABOUT A "PRISON LOTTERY?" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Technology addiction.(Editorial)
December 1, 2008... MY OBSESSIONS WITH technology and gadgets are well-documented, and some of the behavior is borderline addiction. After Josh Quittner, consumer technology editor-at-large for Time magazine, described his job to me the other day, I was...

Walgreen's sale.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
December 1, 2008... The sale of a Walgreen's in Little Rock tipped the scales at $8.13 million. Verde Plaza Mh Park LLC of Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., bought the 7601 Cantrell Road project from Cantrell & Mississippi 2007 LLC, led by Jeff Nicholas. The...

Multifamily buy.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
December 1, 2008... A 100-unit apartment project in Jacksonville changed hands in a $2.6 million transaction. OAA Willow Bend LLC of Sammamish, Wash., and Willow Bend I & II Investors LLC of Los Angeles purchased Willow Bend Apartments at 300 Marshall Road....

Commercial land I.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... An almost 20-acre site in North Little Rock was assembled in two deals totaling $1.1 million. Northwood Creek LLC, led by David and Darla Haas, Marc and Melissa Yelenich, Steven and Veronica Molpus, Steven and Amanda Pascoe and Anthony and...

Commercial land II.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
December 1, 2008... Ownership of a 6.3-acre commercial site in west Little Rock flip-flopped in a $959,000 sale. Deltic Timber Corp. of E1 Dorado bought the property on the west side of Chenal Drive near Chenal Heights Drive from CV Properties LLC, led by...

Bank acquisition.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
December 1, 2008... A commercial location in midtown Little Rock rang up a $775,000 transaction. Arvest Bank of Fayetteville purchased the 1818 S. University Ave. property from Barnes Revocable Trust, led by lames and Terry Barnes. The trust bought the...

Kids Play deal.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
December 1, 2008... A commercial development in west Little Rock sold for $613,000. Kids Play Properties LLC, led by Todd Denton, Bentley Blackmon and David Tapp, acquired the 32 Rahling Road project. The seller is SGCMHG LLC, led by Mary Orellano and Susan...

Racetrac transaction.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... A convenience store in south Little Rock drew a $465,000 transaction. Racetrac Petroleum Inc. of Atlanta bought the 6425 S. University Ave. project from Paulmark Southern LLC, led by Paul Lavinski and Mark Zoeller. The 1.1-acre...

Industrial site.(Little Rock Port )(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... A 9.5-acre industrial site near the Little Rock Port changed hands in a $200,000 deal. Lexicon Inc., led by Tom Schueck, purchased the location near the southeast corner of Sloane Drive and Zeuber Road. The seller is United Hoist & Crane...

Valley Falls home.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... A 6,841-SF home in west Little Rock's Valley Falls Estates neighborhood tipped the scales at $1.4 million. William and Judith McDaniel acquired the house from Douglas and Janice Sherman. The deal is funded with a 30-year loan of $1 million...

Maisons abode.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... A 5,424-SF home in the Maisons neighborhood of west Little Rock's Chenal Valley development rang up a $609,000 sale. Kaleem Sayyed and Lubna Maruf bought the house from John and Nina James and Byron and Linda Southern. The deal is...

Heights house.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... A 1,800-SF home near the Country Club of Little Rock drew a $609,000 transaction. Ron and Nancy Hughes purchased the house from Pamela Dean. The residence previously was linked with a November 1979 mortgage of $70,000 held by the...

Residential land.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... A 21-acre residential spread in west Pulaski County sold for $546,000. Thomas and Linda Fox acquired the land at 14614 County Farm Road from TRPP LLC, led by Gene Ludwig. The property was purchased in August 2006 as part of an $844,000...

Wellington property.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... A 4,500-SF home in the Villages of Wellington neighborhood of west Little Rock changed hands in a $514,000 deal. Michael and Kimberly Wehrle bought the house from Stuart Burke Investment Group Inc. The deal is financed with a 15-year...

Riviera funding.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
December 1, 2008... The owner of a 72-unit condominium conversion project in Little Rock picked up an additional $2.5 million Riviera Partners LLC, led by Tom Rystrom, received the loan from Twin City Bank. The 3.4-acre Riviera Condominiums development at 3700...

Family service loan.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)
December 1, 2008... The owner of a 20,000-SF office building in North Little Rock landed a $1.4 million financial package. Family Service Agency Inc., led by Laura Tucker, obtained the five-year loan from Pulaski Bank. The Broadway River Center at 628 W....

Dillard's cuts 500 jobs, including 60 LR positions.(RETAIL)
December 1, 2008... Dillard's Inc. has laid off 500 workers companywide, including 60 in Little Rock. In a statement, the department store chain called the move a "strategic staff reduction of approximately 500 associates" as part of its ongoing efforts to...

Hot Springs retailer, wife, pilot die in plane crash.(RETAIL)
December 1, 2008... A Hot Springs businessman and his wife, along with the pilot of their twin-engine plane, died last week when their plane crashed several miles from Nashville's major airport, witnesses and authorities said. Police identified the three as...

Jonesboro Company sells domain name for $1m.(RETAIL)
December 1, 2008... A Jonesboro distributor of "vibratory deburring" machines has sold its coveted Internet domain name to a Michigan company for a reported $1 million. The domain name: Vibrators.com. Crain's Detroit Business reported the sale to PriveCo Inc....

Arkansas Bank profits decline in 3rd quarter.(BANKING & FINANCE)(Financial report)
December 1, 2008... Commercial banks and thrifts reported net income of $1.7 billion in the third quarter of 2008, down 94 percent from the $28.7 billion they earned in the same quarter last year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. re-ported last week. ...

Alltel says Verizon deal won't close by year's end.(COMMUNICATIONS)
December 1, 2008... Alltel Corp. told its employees last month the $28.1 billion merger with Verizon Wireless won't close before the end of the year. The company's chief operating officer, Jeff Fox, said in an internal video that it is important to have target...

Dillard's loss widens to $56 million in 3Q.(Public Company Reports)
December 1, 2008... Dillard's Inc. reported a third-quarter loss of $56 million, almost five times the $11.3 million loss it reported during the same quarter last year. The department store chain saw revenue fall 8 percent to $1.51 billion from $1.63 billion....

ThermoEnergy trims loss in third quarter.(Public Company Reports)(Financial report)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... ThermoEnergy Corp. posted a third-quarter net loss of $2.6 million or 5 cents a share (based on 45.1 million shares), compared with a loss of $3.4 million or 10 cents a share (based on 27.6 million shares) for the same quarter last year. ...

Home BancShares Inc. of Conway said the U.S. Treasury Department has preliminarily approved its application to participate in its Capital Purchase Program, and that the bank is "considering the possibility and is examining and evaluating the program details," said John Allison, chairman and CEO.(Public Company Reports)
December 1, 2008... Home BancShares Inc. of Conway said the U.S. Treasury Department has preliminarily approved its application to participate in its Capital Purchase Program, and that the bank is "considering the possibility and is examining and evaluating the...

Verizon's bond proposals stalling deal, analyst says.(COMMUNICATION)
December 1, 2008... An analyst who has closely followed Verizon Wireless' acquisition of Alltel Corp. said Verizon's quest to sell short-term bonds in a market that wants long-term bonds is delaying completion of the deal. The Chicago-based analyst, who...

Windstream completes sale of N.C. properties.(COMMUNICATION)
December 1, 2008... Windstream Corp. has completed the sale of its wireless properties in North Carolina to AT&T for $60 million in cash. The sale of the wireless assets comes as part of Windstream's company-wide transition into a more broadband-focused...

Rice Outlook Conference scheduled for Little Rock.(2008 USA Rice Outlook Conference)(Conference news)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The 2008 USA Rice Outlook Conference will be held Dec. 7-9 at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock. The conference will feature a trade show and an educational program focusing on key issues for rice farmers and the United...

Hedging for losses.(NW Journal: A Look at News From Northwest Arkansas)
December 1, 2008... Hedging for Losses Loan loss reserve ratio average for regional banks Area 2Q 2008 2Q 2007 Arkansas 1.39% 1.37% Illinois 1.23% 1.23% Indiana 1.27% 1.25%...

State's loan-loss reserve third in Fed's Eighth District.(NW Journal: A Look at News From Northwest Arkansas)
December 1, 2008... (with chart dropped sep.) In the second quarter of 2008, Arkansas banks collectively had a loan-loss-reserve ratio of 1.39 percent, up from 1.37 percent for the same period in 2007. Banks maintain a reserve adequate to absorb estimated...

Arvest breaks ground for New Springdale site.(NW Journal: A Look at News From Northwest Arkansas)
December 1, 2008... Commerce Construction Co. recently broke ground on a new Arvest Bank location at the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 412 and Butterfield Coach Road in Springdale. Construction costs are placed at $1.6 million. The 4,000-SF building will...

Dickson Street condo sells.(NW Journal: A Look at News From Northwest Arkansas)
December 1, 2008... Super Rent Enterprises Inc., of Fort Smith, has purchased unit 601 in the Lofts at Underwood Plaza on Dickson Street in Fayetteville for $533,000 from West Dickson Street Development Co. LLC. The one-bedroom, 1.5 bath, unit is 1,670 SF. It...

Arvest Bank and its parent, Arvest Bank Group Inc. of Bentonville, said neither would apply for capital funds through the U.S. Treasury Department's Capital Purchase Program.(Business Briefs)
December 1, 2008... Arvest Bank and its parent, Arvest Bank Group Inc. of Bentonville, said neither would apply for capital funds through the U.S. Treasury Department's Capital Purchase Program. "Arvest evaluated the provisions of the Capital Purchase Program...

Arkansas Federal Credit Union.(Business Briefs)
December 1, 2008... Arkansas Federal Credit Union has opened its newest branch at 727 West Beebe Capps in Searcy. AFCU now has 12 branch locations in Arkansas. A grand opening of the Searcy branch begins Dec. 1. During the past five years, Arkansas Federal has...

QualChoice of Arkansas Inc.(Business Briefs)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... QualChoice of Arkansas Inc. of Little Rock will open a full-service office at Springdale on Dec. 12 to serve the northwest counties of Washington, Benton, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin and Sebastian. The staff of the office at Suite 102...

QualChoice also recently completed an agreement with PremierCare Northwest that brings the Northwest Health System facilities and many of the PremierCare doctors into the QualChoice provider network.(Business Briefs)
December 1, 2008... QualChoice also recently completed an agreement with PremierCare Northwest that brings the Northwest Health System facilities and many of the PremierCare doctors into the QualChoice provider network. The partnership gives QualChoice members...

Carl Rosenbaum of Little Rock has been elected chairman of the State Highway Commission after the resignation of Jonathan Barnett of Siloam Springs, who was elected to the state House of Representatives.(Business Briefs)
December 1, 2008... Carl Rosenbaum of Little Rock has been elected chairman of the State Highway Commission after the resignation of Jonathan Barnett of Siloam Springs, who was elected to the state House of Representatives. Rosenbaum, a businessman, was appointed...

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has been named to G.L Jobs magazine's annual list of the "Top 50 Military-Friendly Employers" for the third consecutive year. J.B.(Business Briefs)(Directory)
December 1, 2008... J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has been named to G.L Jobs magazine's annual list of the "Top 50 Military-Friendly Employers" for the third consecutive year. J.B. Hunt was ranked 14th overall and is the only Arkansas company to make the...

Economics Arkansas, the educational nonprofit that seeks to increase economic literacy in schools, will hold its Bessie B. Moore Teacher Awards Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Dec. 5 at the Chenal Valley Country Club.(Business Briefs)
December 1, 2008... Economics Arkansas, the educational nonprofit that seeks to increase economic literacy in schools, will hold its Bessie B. Moore Teacher Awards Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Dec. 5 at the Chenal Valley Country Club. Eighteen elementary...

Arkansas Department of Health.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The Arkansas Department of Health set a new record for its mass dispensing flu exercise by immunizing 123,172 Arkansans against influenza in November. The shots were dispensed during the mass flu vaccination clinics held statewide in 81 health...

Dec. 7 is the deadline for submitting conference papers and participation in the 2009 Arkansas Identity Solutions Symposium and the 2009 Acxiom Laboratory for Applied Research Conference on Applied Research in Information Technology.(Business Briefs)(Conference news)
December 1, 2008... Dec. 7 is the deadline for submitting conference papers and participation in the 2009 Arkansas Identity Solutions Symposium and the 2009 Acxiom Laboratory for Applied Research Conference on Applied Research in Information Technology, which are...

U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., has been named the Arkansas Agriculture Coalition's "2008 Champion of Agriculture.".(Business Briefs)
December 1, 2008... U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., has been named the Arkansas Agriculture Coalition's "2008 Champion of Agriculture." Lincoln received the recognition during the coalition's annual awards dinner, which also served as a fundraiser for the...

Metropolitan National Bank was recently awarded the Community Impact Award from the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation.(Business Briefs)
December 1, 2008... Metropolitan National Bank was recently awarded the Community Impact Award from the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation. The foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Memphis, works with banks to fulfill their federally mandated...

University of Arkansas architecture professor Marion Blackwell's Blessings Golf Clubhouse at Johnson, completed for John Tyson in 2006.(Business Briefs)
December 1, 2008... University of Arkansas architecture professor Marion Blackwell's Blessings Golf Clubhouse at Johnson, completed for John Tyson in 2006, is one of 1,037 projects from 89 countries showcased in the recently published Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century...

Capi's offers creative flavor.(Little Rock restaurant)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IF YOU'RE UNCERTAIN WHETHER Capi's can add any fresh flavor to the saturated Little Rock restaurant scene, you have only to step through the door. An enormous oak tree bursts from the top of the bar, its branches...

Realtors adapt, improvise to reduce inventory.
December 1, 2008... THE AVERAGE HOME FOR sale in Washington or Benton counties stays on the market for 150 days. Edwin and Lucy Dooley's new home in Rogers was on the market for about 10 seconds. "I put down the phone and opened the e-mail," Lucy Dooley said...

Public notice.(Legal Notices)(Public notice)
December 1, 2008... IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, ARKANSAS CIVIL ACME BRICK CO. PLAINTIFF vS. NO. CV-2008-522-I ZAKAI INC. and BRAD SHIELDS as PERSONAL GUARANTOR DEFENDANTS WARNING ORDER The above listed Defendants, ZAKAI INC. and BRAD...

Two Sheats to the wind.(KARK-TV (Little Rock, Arkansas))(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... There's a little change coming to KARK-TV, Channel 4. As the proud mother of twins, Jancey Sheats decided to roll back her anchoring duties and will now work only the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts, during which she sits next to Bob Clausen. ...

Lending a hand.(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas Media)
December 1, 2008... While the depth of talented anchors pleases Kiger, the struggles of local car dealerships do not. Dealers have had a rough go nationally since the economy softened, which impacts the local broadcasters that depend on the dealers' advertising...

Severe weather.(Outtakes: An Inside Look Into Arkansas Media)
December 1, 2008... Another chief meteorologist is leaving Little Rock. Troy Bridges has announced he's departing KLRT--TV, Channel 16, for a job in sunny Orlando, Fla. Bridges helped build the Fox affiliate's weather department. He's been with the station...

Gone, but not forgotten.(arkansastvnewswatch.blogspot.com)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... And now, for a sad note. For anyone interested in the Little Rock TV world, Arkansas TV News--arkansastvnewswatch.blogspot.com--was a must-read blog, The site occasionally gets tips, but the comments pages were the real draw. Everyone...

From the publisher.
December 1, 2008... As anyone in the business work| knows, when a new boss comes in the resulting upheaval can be unsettling for people who have been set in their ways. At the University of Arkansas, being set in the same ways went on for nearly four decades. Jeff...

Free-agent Burnett a "CC" rider.(THE PLAYING FIELD)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The money that major league pitcher CC Sabathia eventually commands from his next team--figures being thrown around are in the $140 million range for six years--only means a happy holiday for other free agents such...

Taylor happy to return a winner.(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Jermain Taylor returned to the bread-and-butter style that put him on top of the middleweight division before he ran into hard-punching Kelly Pavlik. In his first fight in nine months, he jabbed Jeff Lacy relentlessly and dominated nearly every...

Speaking out.(THE PLAYING FIELD)
December 1, 2008... "Their second opportunity, sometimes, is the one where the light comes on. And it's come on so far." --Kansas City coach Herm Edwards on picking up Pine Bluff native and former Oklahoma Sooner Mark Bradley from waivers after the...

Obama: our new sports fan as president.(THE PLAYING FIELD)(bowl championship series)
December 1, 2008... President-elect Barack Obama has said several times lately that he'd like to use his position to change the way the college football national champion is determined, and that he would prefer that the NCAA institute and eight-team playoff. ...

Ciff Lee.(Penthouse & Outhouse)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The Benton product became Arkansas' first Cy Young Award winner when the American League honored the Cleveland Indians' hurler Last month. His 22-3 win-loss record and 2.94 earned-run average also garnered league Comeback Player of the Year...

Jermain Taylor.(Penthouse & Outhouse)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... If it seemed like it had been nearly two years since the Little Rock boxer last won, it was. After nine months away from the ring, Taylor put a technically proficient whooping on friend and former sparring partner Jeff Lacy in Nashville, Tenn.,...

Alex Tejada.(Penthouse & Outhouse)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This column rewards subjects previously sent to the outhouse. Tejada worked his way back into the Razorback place-kicking job, first through kickoffs, and regained his form in a Hog upset of previously 18th-ranked...

Casey Dick.(Penthouse & Outhouse)
December 1, 2008... Razorback coach Bobby Portion bit his tongue all year but finally could take his senior quarterback's erratic play no longer during a toss at South Carolina, basically throwing him under the bus with his post-game comments and showing more...

Old hogs.(Penthouse & Outhouse)
December 1, 2008... A few of Chuck Dicus' former Razorback teammates came to his defense after the Razorback Foundation board fired him as president and executive director of the UA athletic department's private financing arm. But, while urging that "the truth" be...

Shay Haddock.(Penthouse & Outhouse)
December 1, 2008... This column giveth Penthouses and taketh them away. Quitting the Hog football team after Losing back the place-kicking job to Tejada late in October, the walk-on from Texas went out and tied one on in the early morning hours and ran afoul of...

Razorbacks on ice.(THE PLAYING FIELD)
December 1, 2008... It's gone almost without any notice at all away from the University of Arkansas campus, unless you happened to be searching the Web--and we're not talking arkansasrazorbacks.com, the site for the usual Razorback sports. We're talking...

Nolan rolls into 'Hall' with packer, no less.(Nolan Richardson)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Even a blind man could see that Nolan Richardson belongs in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Richardson was inducted Nov. 23 with a class of six other notables, including former CBS announcer Billy Packer. It seems only...

Online poll results.(Survey)(Brief article)(Statistical data)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Whose success has surprised you the most in 2008? * From 11/17/2008 to 11/21/2008 Peyton Hillis 41% Joe Johnson 6% Cliff Lee 44% Nathan Brown 9% John Pelphrey's Razorbacks basketball...

ESPN's Forde realty loves Arkansas--honest.
December 1, 2008... ESPN college sports columnist Pat Forde admittedly received an inbox flood of e-mails from Arkansas Razorback fans about the time he took Bobby Petrino to task for ditching the NFL's Atlanta Falcons for the Hogs with three games left to go last...

Long makes his calls: razorbacks first-year athletic director takes total command with extreme makeover.(Jeff Long)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A HANDFUL OF UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS DIGNITARIES were gathered in the living room of then-chancellor John White, doing their best to explain the fine art of a proper Hog Call. Jeff Long was hours away from being...

New hog foundation hire has had whirlwind year.(BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE: Sean Rochelle)(Interview)
December 1, 2008... PICK A JOB WITHIN THE ARKANSAS athletic department and there's a chance Dr. Sean Rochelle has held it. Named last month as an associate director for the Razorback Foundation, Rochelle seems to have done it all for the Razorbacks. He's...

Santa's sports list.(sporting goods)
December 1, 2008... You can't keep buying your sports fan a pair of socks or the usual basic game jersey or sweatshirt every holiday season. As Benton's Cliff Lee might suggest, you need to vary your delivery. If you had attended the Miracle League Benefit last...

Staying put and piling up yardage: Mackey Award nomination gives Razorbacks sophomore tight end D.J. Williams national notice.(COLLEGE: Football: University of Arkansas)
December 1, 2008... IT SEEMED LIKE A GIVEN THAT Arkansas tight end D.J. Williams would increase his statistical output from last season. Players generally progress between their freshmen and sophomore seasons as they get acclimated to college life and college...

Razorback fans must dig deep for patience.(FROM THE HILL)
December 1, 2008... BE PATIENT. SERIOUSLY. Nobody asked, but this seems like a great time to dispense some advice to Arkansas Razorback fans. This suggestion is specifically aimed at boosters with deep pockets and message boarders with high post counts. ...

Alabama vs. Florida.(SEC ROAD TRIP)
December 1, 2008... Alabama vs. Florida, 3 p.m. Dec. 6--We're down to one trip, one game, in our league excursions, and this one has been planned now for almost a month. Alabama, ranked No. 1 at this writing before its game with Auburn, has been head and shoulders...

Who's next under center? With Brown's UCA career over, three battle for starting position.(COLLEGE: Football: University of Central Arkansas)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nathan Brown has named etched throughout the University of Central Arkansas football record book. The 6-foot-2 senior quarterback from Russellville played his final game, a 47-30 victory over McNeese State on...