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Hot Springs issues Babe Ruth postcard

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - Hot Springs is known for using trading cards to promote tourism, but the city has been issuing postcards since 2001 - and the latest edition features one of America's best known sporting figures.

The postcard has a color image of one-time home run king Babe Ruth swinging a golf club at Hot Springs Country Club.

The Sentinel-Record reports the image is from 1922, when baseball used to have spring training in the city.

The postcard fits in well to promote the city's historic baseball trail.

Hot Springs tourism director Steve Arrison says the agency has used sporting figures in promotions since it tried to land ESPN's Great Outdoor Games a dozen years ago.

The city didn't get the games, but Arrison says it did develop an effective promotional tool.

USFS warns of flash flooding danger

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KTHV) - With the weather getting warmer and summer vacation a few weeks away, lots of Arkansans are already out enjoying the state's outdoors, but camping can become dangerous if you aren't prepared for what mother nature throws at you.

Next month will mark three years since a flash flood tore through the Albert Pike campground near Lake Ouachita.  That flood killed 20 people, and the National Forest Service wants to arm campers with the information they need to keep it from happening again.

"Flash floods don't really give you a warning. It's just you hear this roaring down, and it's happening," said Terence Peck of the Ouachita & Ozark-St. Francis National Forests.

Garland County Sheriff's Office warns of scam

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - The Garland County Sheriff's Office is warning of a telephone scam that has already cost at least one victim $2,700.

The sheriff's department said in a news release Monday that a caller told the victim that she had won a new Mercedes-Benz and $2.5 million - but had to first send a $2,700 security deposit.

The woman sent the money but received nothing in return.

The victim told authorities that she was contacted by a company that called itself "Insider Viewpoint."

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Today's Box Office: Gatsby!

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- THV 11 Film Critic Jonathan Nettles on Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby.

In my younger days, I was required to read a novel.

"It's the great American novel," said my 11th-grade English teacher.

I recall that at the time, I gave it my best effort. I think The Great Gatsby may have been one of the few assigning reading materials that I actually read all the way through.

If I saw a youngster of high school age in line to buy a ticket to 2013's visually stunning Baz Luhmann directed The Great Gatsby, I'd encourage him to save $10, go to the library and get the true version for free.

Star Trek Into Darkness Facebook Live Event

 

From Paramount Pictures -

WHO:  Featuring: JJ Abrams: Writer/Director/Producer (Star Trek Into Darkness, Super 8, Lost)

The Host:  Andy Samberg: Actor/Comedian/Writer (Saturday Night Live,Celeste and Jesse Forever, The Lonely Island)

Fishin' with Liz: Keeping an eye on walleye

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KTHV) -- Walleye are a popular type of perch that are native to Arkansas, and Arkansas Game and Fish is making sure they maintain a healthy population.

They're somewhat mysterious, sensitive to light and spend most of their life in deep water, only coming up from the shadows at night to feed or spawn.

Decades ago when many of Arkansas' lakes and reservoirs were created, much of their habitat was destroyed. But a program by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is helping maintain a healthy population.

Hatchery Biologist Dennis Fendley uses electricity to stun the fish. It doesn't hurt them, and anything can float up, but he's specifically looking for pregnant walleye.

Outdoor Report: Protecting injured, abandoned baby birds

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- THV 11's Mark Edwards talks with wildlife rehabilitator Rodney Paul
about what to do if you come across an injured or abandoned baby bird.

Along with wife, Paul owns and operates Raptor Rehap of Central Arkansas in El Paso. He says people have the instinct to want to help somehow if they come across an injured animal. However, Paul says that's not in the best interest of the bird at all.

In the nine years that Paul and his wife have owned Raptor Rehab, they've successfully released more than 500 birds of prey back into the wild. Many were injured and some came in as orphaned birds that had been pushed or blown out of nests.

In this week's Outdoor Report, Paul explains why it's so important to leave caring for these birds to the experts.

Also, be sure to check out the photo gallery of Cheyenne the Owl from her visit with THV staffers Tuesday afternoon.