As details began to emerge Tuesday regarding the Dec. 30 suicide bombing which killed at least seven Central Intelligence Agency employees and three security contractors in Afghanistan, including former Navy SEAL Jeremy Wise, scant information remained concerning funeral services for the decorated former serviceman.

Details were not forthcoming at press time, but the U.S. Navy and the office of local physician Dr. Jean Wise have confirmed that former U.S. Navy Seal Jeremy Wise was among seven individuals confirmed killed Dec. 30 in an insurgent attack upon a forward operating base in Afghanistan.

His daughter challenged him to doing something “other than being in the hospital” this holiday season, as last year on Thanksgiving Day Bob Willis, of Willis Financial and devout Kiwanian was facing quadruple bypass surgery.

The Hope Public Schools Board adopted a resolution Monday night for the sale of bonds for a new energy efficient replacing of lighting and heating and air systems at Clinton Primary School at a 2.98 interest rate for the school.

Never mind the healthcare debate; forget the federal deficit; isolate the immigration issues; there are bigger things to do in Washington, and Fourth District U.S. Representative Mike Ross, D-Ar., is in the middle of the effort.