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Ozarka library receives DAR book donation
MELBOURNE — The Strawberry River Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution has donated the book “Arkansas Historical Markers” to the Paul Weaver Library at Ozarka College in Melbourne. Priscilla Shell Goehring, the Horseshoe Bend DAR Chapter historian, presented the …
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Cave City alum to graduate UALR
CAVE CITY — Sandra Eve Byrd of Cave City will graduate with honors and a bachelor of science in biology and double minor in music and communications from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Thursday, according to a news release. A 2008 graduate …
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Evins named to committee
MELBOURNE — The Association of Community College Trustees recently appointed Bob Evins of Cherokee Village as an associate member of the 2013 ACCT Communications and Education Committee, according to a news release. Evins’ term will expire at the end of the Annual Community College Leadership …
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on July 12, 1993.
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Scooby gets his ‘forever home’
Scooby found a home! I’m so excited, I’ll repeat it: Scooby found a home! Scooby was the little hound mix from the Humane Society of Independence County that went all the way to Los Angeles and got to hang with the world-renowned “Dog Whisperer” Cesar …
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The holidays have changed
It was “Christmas in July” for me when I was about 14 years old and accompanied my mother to the local Thrift Shop. Amongst the other antiques and second-hand treasures, I discovered a stack of yellowing Depression-era 12-page Sunday comics sections from the now-defunct Nashville …
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Arkansas lottery reaches $300M milestone
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas lottery scholarship program reached a milestone last week. It was announced that $300 million in college scholarships had been awarded since the lottery began three years ago. More than 90,000 Arkansas students have received an Academic Challenge scholarship in those …
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Hogs pass first test after final exams
The Razorbacks routed outclassed Alcorn State 97-59 Saturday night at Walton Arena in Arkansas’ first game since this week’s completion of the fall semester. Going through a 1-4 stretch playing heavyweights, Arizona State, Wisconsin, both in Las Vegas, No. 3 Syracuse, Oklahoma (an 81-78 loser …
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Huskies win big after recognizing in-state tragedy
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut wanted to show that the Huskies care about the victims and the involved in the shooting of 20 children and six adults in their state last Friday. Freshman Omar Calhoun scored a season-high 22 points, sophomore Ryan Boatright added 21 …
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Turnovers, Titans trash Jets’ hopes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rex Ryan has stuck up for Mark Sanchez from the start. Watching the quarterback literally throw away the Jets’ slim playoff hopes with a season-high five turnovers against Tennessee may be the final straw for New York’s coach. Sanchez turned the …
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No. 3 Syracuse fends off Detroit, gives Boeheim his 900th victory
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jim Boeheim became the third Division I men’s coach to reach 900 wins as No. 3 Syracuse beat Detroit 72-68 on Monday night in the Gotham Classic. Boeheim, 68 and in his 37th year at his alma mater, is 900-304. Mike …
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Sports Briefs
College basketball SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — With his wife, Juli, looking on at the postgame news conference and his young children close by, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim’s final remarks were not about his milestone 900th career victory. Instead, he was thinking about two 6-year-old boys …
