Newport, Arkansas

Have you ever felt that you tried your best at something? That you gave it your all? Just to have your hopes crushed, leave you disappointed, and feel as if you have failed to do what you set out to accomplish? This very same thing happened to me my freshman year of high school. I was new to the Forrest City School District, but I did not let that discourage me. I decided to try out for the Forrest City High School Cheerleading team, but unfortunately did not make it. I spent countless hours…

One of the best places in Arkansas to go to college in order to become a sports reporter would be Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. Not only do they have a great Media and Communication Program, but they are also in a great location being only one hour away from Memphis, Tennessee, two hours from Little Rock, and four hours from both St. Louis, Missouri, and Nashville, Tennessee. In order to be accepted into Arkansas State University unconditionally, one must have a…

George W. Jenkins, the founder of Publix Super Markets, was born September 29, 1907 in Warms Springs, Georgia. George’s family had owned a general store in his town, catering to farmers. In 1920, cotton fields are destroyed due to beetles feeding on the cotton buds. This forced the Jenkins’s to move the family business to Atlanta. George stayed behind to finish high school, and in 1924 he moved to Georgia and enrolled at Georgia Tech. George tried a series of jobs but never sticked with him.…

History/Background Walmart began as the vision of Samuel Moore Walton during the 1950’s in Bentonville, Arkansas. Walton founded his company on the concept of the five-and-dime store blended with customer service, large stores located in small towns, valued products, low prices, and employee profit-sharing to create the largest retail empire in the world in terms of earnings and employees. By marketing to consumers who fit his business profile, Walton was successful in creating a niche…

In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck and Jim escape civilization together to float down to freedom on the Mississippi river. The river has its good times and bad ones to, but Huck pushes through like a good friend would. He also meets his childhood friend Tom but ultimately leaves all of this to go out west. Friendship plays a very important role; Huck develops many new friendships throughout the text including those with Jim, a runaway slave, Huck’s friend Tom Sawyer, from…

Introduction Piggly Wiggly has been known to many as the hometown grocery store since its debut in Tennessee back in 1916 (Piggly Wiggly, 2011). Clarence Saunders, the founder of Piggly Wiggly, developed a grocery store that was considered to be self sufficient and was considered the “first” for many of the things that patrons consider norms at any given grocery store now days. What patrons want the most from their shopping experience, though, isn’t the idea of supporting the small town grocer…

Introduction This documentary shows that the organizational groups involved in the ethical dilemma of wal-mart are mostly small retail shops and businesses. These organizations could not battle with wal-mart; thus, most of them had to close down. Many citizens who worked in these businesses had to lose their employment since the businesses could not meet the competition standards of wal-mart. Even though, wal-mart led to the closure of many small businesses it has also offered jobs to many…

of over 20 billion dollars and his success still lives on today. Sam Walton lived through the depression and still grew up to be one of the richest men of his time. Sam Walton was born in 1918. He lived with his parents on a farm in Kingfisher, Arkansas until 1923. Then his father decided that he wasn’t making enough money to support the family. The family then moved to Orlando, Florida. They continued to move around a lot from one small town to the next. Sam managed to become Florida’s…

Will Rogers, the youngest of eight children, was born on November 4th, 1879 at Rogers Ranch located in Oolagah, Indian Territory (BIOGRAPHY). Will Rogers was a descendant of Clement Vann Rogers and Mary Schrimsher, who were both partly Cherokee (BIOGRAPHY). From a young age, Will Rogers grew up on his family ranch working with cattle and immediately learned to ride and lasso. He quickly realized his natural talent with a rope and eventually ended up in the Guinness Book of World Records for…

Insects are the reason our bodies actually decompose. They are drawn to the stench of cadaverine and putrescine once your body starts producing it. As stated before, when an individual dies, their body starts to decay about 4 minutes after their heart stops beating and their cells are deprived of oxygen. Insects, such as blowflies, seek out damp orifices to lay their eggs in. After the bloat stage of decomposition the body becomes open to its surroundings and insect activity tends to increase…