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The voteFOX t-shirts have arrived.  They look great with the GOTV mini-logo on front and the campaign logo on the back.

A Northwest Arkansas Straw Poll conducted this week had the Judge Tim Fox Campaign winning 58% of the votes.  The closest competitor was down at 37%, a 21 point spread.  Thanks to all working in the campaign in NWA and across the State.  A good result, and between now and Election Day we can do even better.

So, Tuesday, good friend and efficient campaigner Sam Ledbetter led the way South.  We visited Fordyce on the way to a Rotary speech in Warren, then on to El Dorado and finishing up in Camden before returning home.  Wednesday, to the Delta for a great visit coordinated by Chuck Roscopf.  We visited all around Phillips County and I finished up the evening at the West Memphis Oyster Supper.  Well over a 1,000 folk squeezed into the dining hall.  Fun and food were in abundance.  Thursday we headed up to Fayetteville for a luncheon and a fundraiser at the Hog Haus.  Another successful excursion as evidenced by the attached photo  (which of the hard-hearted among you is going to argue with that?)

The ice came, the sleet came, the entirely sensible warnings came, … and we went.  Undaunted other than mph-wise the Campaign Advance Team made its way east on I-40 to Slovak for one of the truly fun stops on the Campaign Trail – Winter Edition.  Undeterred by the jacknifed tandems and assigning “black ice” to the realm of existentialist propaganda, we made it first to the K house for really remarkable food and socializing.  Homemade kielbasa, and grilled brisket and pork tenderloin.  I have dropped a few lbs on the trail, but gladly put them all back on.  Five times around the groaning board I went.

We then went to the Oyster Supper proper.  Normally the line is an hour long to get in the Hall but it was a walkup due to the weather.  The food inside was excellent as well. Basically it’s all the oysters, fried and/or raw, you can eat with plenty of trimmings.  A well done event for a worthy cause.

If you ever get a chance to go – TAKE IT! The tickets are hard to come by though.

Took a picture of a washed up WWF 3-man tag team.  They were looking for a nigh bankrupt carnival that might could use their particular skill set – whatever that might be.  They would only give me their professional wrestling names – Smiley, “The Thinker,” and Beaver.  Go figure.

The 24th Annual Holy Souls Men’s Club Shrimp & Oyster Dinner was a sell-out success last night.  Food and company were both bountiful and of high-quality.  The proceeds are used to support parish ministries.  Congratulations to all involved for another successful event.

The folks in Gillette really know how to do it right.  There was a packed house for this year’s Coon Supper.  My hard-working advance team for the trip included Co-Chair Paul, Serene Greg, Jay the Affable, and Troy Beckham.  There is something for everybody at the supper: raccoon, brontosaurus ribs, sausage, and brownies.  

The area for protesters was one block over, we snapped a candid of the ringleader on the way out.

Justice William H. Bowen was scheduled to be sworn in today at 1:00 p.m. in a ceremony in Little Rock.  The pride of Altheimer, Justice Bowen volunteered for military service at the age of 19, becoming a commissioned carrier pilot in the Naval Air Corps, and eventually completing his military service as a Lieutenant Commander of the U.S. Naval Reserve.

Justice Bowen received his J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law and a Masters of Law in taxation degree from New York University.  He subsequently worked for the U.S. Tax Court and the Department of Justice, before he and his wife, Connie, moved to Little Rock, where he became a partner in the law firm now known as Friday, Eldredge & Clark.  He has also served as President and CEO of Commercial National Bank, President and CEO of First Commercial National Bank, Board Chairman of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Board of Visitors, Chief of Staff for Governor Bill Clinton, and Dean of the UALR School of Law, now named the William H. Bowen School of Law.

A devoted husband, father, and grandfather, Justice Bowen is “old school” in the true meaning of the phrase, which has nothing to do with chronological age.  He is always the first to step forward when his country, his state, or his community needs a volunteer.

Congratulations to Justice Bowen, I hope you find your service as Associate Justice a rewarding experience.

Justice Annabelle Clinton Imber’s resignation from the Arkansas Supreme Court was effective yesterday at midnight.  Today marks the second wave of a sea change in the membership of the Arkansas Supreme Court, the first being the 2008 resignation of Justice Tom Glaze.

I had the opportunity to try cases before Justice Imber when she was on the trial bench, and  to orally argue cases to her when I represented clients on appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court.  Since 2003, I have also had the opportunity to serve with her in our state judiciary.

Much has already been written about Justice Imber’s service to our legal profession and to our judicial system.  Much more will no doubt  be written in the months and years to come about her intelligence and legal acumen, hallmarks of her service.  Personally, I have always appreciated the example she set for all of us with her professionalism and her indefatigable work ethic.

So to Justice Imber as she embarks on her new beginning, I send best wishes.  And for each of us, on the inaugural day of this shining new decade, I wish joy and success, both personally and professionally.