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Mary Provence
TUCKERMAN — Mary Violet Runsick Provence, 92, of Tuckerman died Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, in Jonesboro. Born Jan. 27, 1920, at Pough-keepsie, she was the daughter of William Bryant and Betty Catherine Gawf Runsick. She was a citizen of Tuckerman, where she and her husband …
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Lillian Hall
NEWARK — Lillian M. Hall, 73, of Newark died Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, in a Little Rock hospital. Born Feb. 14, 1939, in South Haven, Mich., she was the daughter of Gordon and Gertrude Lamp Butler. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include three …
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Letter to the editor
Dear Editor, Through the years, I have set things (key, shopping bags, briefcase, etc.) down and walked off, forgetting to pick up the item. For the most part, I’ve been unlucky in retrieving those items. This Sunday my husband and I were leaving Batesville and …
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Borrowing time, fire: Young people don’t know what they’re missing
Teenagers and young adults today would never be able to grasp the concept of being sent barefooted to a neighbor’s to borrow the time, to borrow fire or a single needle, nor would they want to grasp it. They each are too busy with their …
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Democrats’ declaration of dependence
The belief that no one owes me anything is one of the greatest gifts my hardworking, blue-collar father gave me when I was young. His words carried me through some difficult times growing up, sustained me through widowhood, years back, and helped to shape me …
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Track athletes lead way to big day for U.S.
LONDON (AP) — Allyson Felix grinned as she waited for the official results to pop up on the scoreboard. She knew what was coming, and she was going to enjoy this moment. The American sprinter won the 200 meters at the London Games on Wednesday, …
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Sports Briefs
College football PHILADELPHIA — Prosecutors in Pennsylvania hope to steer some of the $60 million in fines Penn State must pay the NCAA over the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal to children’s advocacy centers across the state. The group is not seeking a specific amount of …
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on March 1, 1993.
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Dry summer brings bears out more often
OLD FORGE, N.Y. — With their normal summer diet of greens and berries shriveled by summer heat or drought in many spots nationwide, hungry bears are rummaging through garbage, ripping through screens and crawling into cars in search of sustenance. In the Adirondack Mountain village …
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Prison illness linked to chicken salad
TUCKER (AP) — Arkansas prison officials say an outbreak of food poisoning that sickened about 350 inmates of the Tucker prison unit has been linked to chicken salad. Department of Correction spokesman Shea Wilson says the state health department believes the food served the inmates …
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Careful black bear raids candy shop
DENVER (AP) — A bear in a candy store is nothing like a bull in a china shop. At least not this one. A black bear went in and out of a Colorado candy store multiple times early one July morning, but he used the …
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Camden tables plan for new civic center
CAMDEN (AP) — The Camden City Council is holding off on a vote to call a special election for a sales tax that would fund a new civic center. The council voted Tuesday night to table the ordinance until next February. The Camden News reports …
