HAPPY THANKSGIVING, ARGENTA!

Looking West on 5th st

by the  Trolley barn

Can you believe how perfect this is?

Don & Tom's spectacular crepe myrtles

Come Hear Holiday Tales & Tunes

Bring the out of town family to the 6th Annual Tales from the South Holiday Show! Tuesday's show features 3 Christmas stories, holiday tunes, and a few surprises. Enjoy a fantastic dinner and be a part of the live audience for internationally-syndicated radio show "Tales from the South," where Southerners bring their true stories to life. This week's storytellers are Lisa Brandom, Amy Manning Burns, and Excy Johnston. Music by the Mockingbird Hillbilly Band and blues guitarist Mark Simpson. Doors open at 5 p.m., band begins at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. at Starving Artist Cafe, 411 Main Street, Argenta Arts District, North Little Rock. Admission is FREE. Dinner menu offered along with full bar. Call 501-372-7976 for reservations.

Sofa/Vagrant Update

Wanted to update everyone on the great sofa & vagrant caper. Well the wonderful code enforcement folks came by & picked up the dastardly sofas only to have the culprit return with more junk & dumped it in the same spot. Hopefully it will be picked up by Wednesday.
The vagrants it turns out may be associated with a recent meat theft at the Market. Please keep your eyes open & report any suspicious meat thieves you may see wandering the area. At last sighting they were seen approaching an area east of  Main & carrying blue garbage bags that appeared to be filled with meat & leaving a trail of blood. Believe me, my dog Brody picked up the scent quick!
Just as a reminder here is the non-emergency police phone number-758-1234.

from Kandy Jones

Hey y’all, this is a story I wrote and read last week on Tales From the South Radio Show (NPR). Please enjoy and pass it on…….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptxWyiVimsw

Appreciate it and hope it makes you giggle!

Kandy

3rd Friday Argenta Artwalk

Don't let cold weather keep you away. Argenta Artists go indoors for 3rd Friday Art Walk, Novermber 19, 5-8 p.m. at 301 Main Street. The artists will be joined by Regeneration Fitness presenting Healing Arts such as chair massage, yoga demonstrations, including office yoga.

Argenta Holiday Home Tour Set

Come enjoy a self guided tour of homes in Argenta! The Junior League of North Little Rock will kick off the tour Friday, November 19, with a Toast of the Tour Gala at the newly renovated E. O. Manees House, from 6-10 p.m. Gala tickets are $50 per person and include one pass for the weekend tour. Tours of the homes will be Saturday, November 20, from noon-6 p.m., Sunday, November 21, noon-5 p.m. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at www.jlnlr.org or by calling 501-372-1436.

Folk singer/songwriter set to play Argenta

Mississippi native Kate Campbell brings her warm songwriting sensibilities to First Presbyterian Church in Argenta Saturday, November 20 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance by calling the church at 501-374-7677. Tickets will also be available at the door.

We are home

Hey Argenta! Bob & I have been in Denver for the past week visiting the sons and are happily back home now. The size of Denver makes one appreciate our wonderful life here in Argenta. We saw pockets of neighborhoods that reminded us of Argenta but not one that would make me want to move out there. We did drive up to Boulder & Estes Park. Boulder is not the same as the last time we were there, corporate commercialism has moved in as the coolness had moved out. Estes is still the same but was blowing cold & snowing during our drive up there. We vow to return when the weather is warmer.
Wanted to update you on a couple of things. I did receive an email regarding public information that we have some sex offenders living in the 300 block of 7th street, here is what I have been sent:

Adam H. DOB 8/4/65
Sexual assault 2nd degree- Mr. H. had sexual contact with an 11 and 7 year old female.
Job- none Vehicle-none
Risk level 2.

Gary S. DOB 8/7/66
Rape- Mr S. engaged in sexual intercourse with an adult female.
Job- none Vehicle-none.
Risk level 2.

I have left off the last names as a matter of legality to this blog. If anyone wants the last names just contact me @:bnbragsdale@comcast.net.

This morning I noticed someone has "dumped" 2 sofas in Bubba's parking lot on 6th. Also saw some vagrants stashing their belongings in the doorway of the old church & taking a very public "whizz" on the tree adjacent the church. The proper authorities were notified along with Bubba's office. If anyone notices folks wandering the neighborhood with large blue bags & publicly exposing themselves here is the "non-emergency" police phone number: 758-1234.

Hope all is well & look forward to a great Thanksgiving.

Thursday Theater at Argenta Library

Come out and enjoy some free entertainment in Argenta! Thursday, November 18th at 6 p.m., the Argenta Branch of the Laman Library is showing "Why Did I Get Married Too?" for Thursday Night Theater this month. 

Veterans Memorial Unveiling Event

The city of North Little Rock announces the unveiling ceremony for the NLR Veterans Memorial on Veteran's Day, November 11 at 3 p.m. The ceremony will be held in the plaza of the William F. Laman Library System's main library at 2801 Orange Street in North Little Rock.