CHEERS: To the local high school baseball coaches who devoted their time providing baseball instruction at the annual Texarkana American Legion Indians “All Skills Baseball Camp”. Special cheers to coaches Craig Jones, Paul Phillips, and Cody Deal of Pleasant Grove, Coach Vince Minter of Texas High, Coach Randy Raley of Atlanta High, Coach Lonnie Henry of New Boston and Coach Brad Flanders of Texarkana College, Eddie Requarth, Billy Cox, current and former Indian players for making the camp a great success.—T.W., Texarkana, Ark.



JEERS: To the Humane Society and managements of both animal shelters for charging those who try to drop off unwanted pets and strays in Texarkana. These people are only trying to do what’s right. Jeers also to those people, who in order to dodge the fee, take their unwanted pets or stray animals to the countryside and throw them out.—T.S., Texarkana, Ark.



JEERS: To the waste removal company that allows one of their drivers to empty a church’s dumpster at 4:30 a.m. every Wednesday in a residential neighborhood. Couldn’t this wait until at least 6 a.m.?—L.P., Texarkana, texas



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