GOING TO POT: In line in Hot Springs.

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The commenting took a while, but not as long as it took for medical marijuana to come to Arkansas. That historic event is the subject of the photo provided by David Koon — the line of hopeful medical marijuana purchasers at Doctors Orders RX, which began sales in Hot Springs today. That’s a line waiting to get in.

That mention of softball:

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Kelly Barnhill

Bob Barnhill, the produce-selling king of the farmers market at Pulaski Heights Baptist Church (and many other locales), urged me over strawberries this morning to tell everyone to tune in ESPN at 7 p.m. to watch his granddaughter Kelly Barnhill pitch for the Flordia softball team in their SEC championship game today against Alabama. She hails from Marietta, Ga., and is one of the best in the country. Consider yourself told. The strawberries remain abundant. Check the Heights Neighborhood Market.

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