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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNewspaper Article With Photo 8/4/2010Inside Night Out draws hundreds despite concerns raised because of heat. ARKANsAs B PAGE 2B r A]_kDT� ,,.,at* } Arkansas e oc V Ouet a Copyright© 2010, Arkansas Democrat -Gazette, Inc 1 www.arkansasonline.com I 1+ I! Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEPHEN B.THORNTON David Larson with Creed Construction Inc. pours cold water onto a head wrap fashioned out of a T-shirt while framing a house at 15th and Rock streets in Little Rock during Tuesday afternoon's intense heat. ' Searcystates ottest 1 � at 108 Heat melts shingles m PB, sends county scurrying to fix water KENNETH HEARD AND DEBRA HALE-SHELTON ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT -GAZETTE Roofer,, in Pine Rltiff nnit HOT, DRY weather has farmers concerned for crops. Page 1 D. cord for the day, reaching 104 meaning that temperatures combined with high humidity will make it feel like it's 110 to 115 degrees outside. Foreensterc are. calling Mayor Roger Rorie flew to Indianapolis to pick up pump parts. The water pumps serve about 60 percent of Van Bu- ren County includinLy Clin- Don't raise park use fees, Beebe urges Governor, others oppose 10%lodging-rate increase ANDY DAVIS ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT -GAZETTE Gov. Mike Beebe on Tues- day joined a chorus of voices calling on a state commission to reconsider a proposed 10 percent increase in fees on camping and rates for cabin and lodge rooms at Arkansas parks. In a statement, Beebe asked the commission to hold fees at their current levels, citing the "current economic environment." "We want to do all we can to encourage Arkansans to stay home and utilize these treasures, especially with a slowly recovering economy and the disrupted travel sea- son on the Gulf Coast," Beebe said. "Fees must sometimes be adjusted to help fund the parks, but now is simply not the time for such an adjust- ment." Beebe spokesman Matt DeCample said the statement was prompted in part by the dozens of people who have contacted the governor's of- fice to voice their opposition to the increase. "It is the topic we have gotten the most phone calls or a -mails to our office about in the past week or two," De- Cample said. Richard Davies, director of the stnte ne.nnrtment of Beebe Davies him he was opposed to rais- ing the fees. Davies then began contacting members of the Parks, Recreation and Travel Commission, who Davies said were receptive to the governor's point of view. "If everybody wasn't try- ing to get to the same point, I think it might have been more of a controversy inter- nally," Davies said. "It was just, what's the best way to go about all this and take care of these parks." The increase would affect camping fees that now range from $30 for a'site with wa- ter and a 50-amp electrical hookup at Mississippi River State Park near Marianna to $10 for camping in undevel- oped `overflow areas." At state lodges, the cost for a room ranges from $65 for a room with a queen -size bed at Petit Jean State Park to $212 for a two -person suite at Mount Magazine State Park.