We're getting those giddy feelings again, the kind we last got when the Clinton Library opened its doors and Bono sang to us in the rain. As we were paying our North Little Rock electricity bill at the city services building off of Main Street this morning, we counted a least a half dozen satellite news vans parked outside Alltel Arena. We spotted our first out-of-state fans yesterday afternoon as a quartet of college students wearing Miami Hurricanes gear plodded past our office windows, en route to the River Market.

There's only one daily newspaper in this town, so our de facto sports ambassador to our wandering visitors is Wally Hall. In this morning's column, the first local attraction Wally promotes is a ballpark that won't open for another month. The second local attraction promoted by Our Ambassador is The Yellow Pages.

If you are looking for a place to eat, check out the yellow pages. There are almost 37 pages of ads and listings.

We can't wait for a St. Mary's fan from Oakland, Calif., to flop down on his bed in his hotel room, pull out the phone book, and think, "What the...? These Little Rock listings are printed on yellow paper! Why look at 'em! There's gotta be almost 37 pages of ads and listings in here! My goodness, I do believe that these ads and listings are even in alphabetical order. These downstream people really got something put together here!"

(Almost 37 pages? You sure it's not almost 36-and-a-half pages, Wally?)

The best part of Wally pointing out that central Arkansas has almost 37 pages of ads and listings in its yellow pages is that his publication has gone out of its way (just like we have) to provide a shopping and dining guide for this rare massive influx of out-of-town visitors. But instead of directing his readers to his own newspaper's guide, Wally sends them toward the phone book. Wally could have also suggested that if visitors want to watch the game from their room, most hotels are stocked with remote control devices usually found on the nightstand that will turn on the television set for them.

Wally also complains about the games being scheduled on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, but neglects to point out that a bible is furnished in those same hotel rooms, usually right next to The Yellow Pages.

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