Coming up this week, the Springdale City Council learned it would have to fill the vacant Ward Teo seat before the November elections, while the Committee of the Whole set up a public hearing to change the name of a street on the east side. The Fayetteville City Council would approve the issue of $191 million in bonds for capital projects the voters approved this past March. The Siloam Springs Board of Directors would approve new rules governing electric bicycles and mobility devices on its sidepaths and trails. Planning commissioners weren't able to accomplish much in the region as incorrect information provided by the law firm representing developers of a property in downtown forced the board in Bentonville to table the rezoning request while a lack of a quorum doomed the Washington County Board.

A light week of state work saw the Board of Education endorse a new rule to help parent districts who have isolated schools opt to break away, with Kingston planning to leave the vast Jasper district that it was consolidated into a long time ago.

Our Benton County Extension report comments on the early cuttings of this year's hay crop and offers producers the chance to test the forage for nutrients.

And our trip off the beaten path takes us to Baltimore, Maryland, where even a burglar can't escape being the victim of a crime, so police were able to find him a much more secure career making license plates.

Coming up on this episode, the short work week before the July 4 holiday saw lots of action in Washington County, including the surprise presentation of long-term building plans that proved to be even more of a surpise to the officials who would have to work in the facilities.

Elsewhere, the focus was fairly light with the Benton County Quorum Court establishing an operating fund for what they hope would be a misdemeanor pod in its county jail whose capacity hadn't changed though the county's population more than doubled, and the Rogers City Council approving a contribution to the Children and Family Advocacy Center to offset the loss of federal funds.

Further afield, the state office celebrated a bumper crop of surplus revenue in its fiscal year that ended June 30 while officials in Oklahoma had a different kind of bumper crop harvesting nearly a ton of funny grass that was allegedly being grown illegally. And the National Transportation Safety Board filed an intial report into the plane crash in Butler, Missouri that killed all aboard.

The Benton County Extension Report highlighted an amazing opportunity for 4-H youth to see the nation on its 250th birthday while Northwest Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack dons his top hat to report on the longest-running and most expensive soap opera in the nation where just about anything that gets done is accidental.

And our trip off the beaten path takes us to the home of our elder cousins, where the fossil of a dinosaur found in Antarctica was treated like a bill in Parliament, forgotten in a desk for about four decades before being discovered.

On this week's episode, Rodeo of the Ozarks week took over Springdale June 24 through 27, and it was a busy week among our government and school boards.

The Bella Vista City Council discussed short-term rentals while the Bentonville City Council Committee of the Whole discussed possible changes to its noise ordinance. The Springdale City Council approved agreements on a parking deck, wider side paths along interchanges at the future Northern Bypass, a transit development study along the Business 71 corridor and the Sunset Avenue extension.

The Bentonville Board of Education approved an expansion package at Bentonville West High School, the Fayetteville Board of Education named a new middle school that would operate at the current Woodland Junior High School and made plans for the magnet high school that will take over the current Ramay Junior High School. The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approved an agreement that includes the naming rights for Reynolds Razorback Stadium and Northwest Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack honored the new cadets and graduates of the military service academies.

And our trip off the beaten path takes us to Miami, Florida, where a couple of traveling families ended up shore-bound after what many observers would call an impromptu attempt to audition for the next Jericho 'rasslin cruise.