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Shopping volunteers sought
Volunteers are needed to assist children shopping with the Shop with a Cop program on Tuesday, according to a news release. Each child will be given a gift card, assigned to a volunteer who will go with them as they shop, keep a running total …
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Theater approves schedule
The Batesville Community Theatre board has approved the productions for the upcoming season. Performances will start with “The Civil War Chronicles II,” the follow-up to the historical account of the Civil War in the Independence County area, “Civil War Chronicles I.” Dr. George Lankford, historian, …
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Museum of Discovery exhibits ‘Grossology’
LITTLE ROCK — Sometimes it’s stinky; sometimes it’s crusty; sometimes it’s slimy. Explore why the body produces mushy, oozy, crusty, scaly and stinky gunk at “Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body” during its appearance at the Museum of Discovery in Little Rock. Based …
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Knitting, crocheting group to meet
BETHESDA — The prayer shawl knitting/crocheting group meets every Thursday at 6 p.m. at Bethesda Campground Methodist Church. Refreshments are served, and all are welcome, according to Joyce Williams. Williams also offers free knitting and crocheting lessons. Besides making prayer shawls, the group also makes …
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Chamber hosts workshop
The Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce partnered with Comfort Suites to host a Welcome to Arkansas First Impressions Guest Service Workshop recently. The workshop, held in the new Edwards Commons on the Lyon College campus, was attended by several representatives from area businesses, including Comfort …
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Comparison shopping for insurance is recommended
LITTLE ROCK — Comparison shopping and taking advantage of multiple policy discounts are among the ways to save on an important household risk management tool: insurance, a news release states. “Insurance is important for financial security,” Laura Connerly, assistant professor for the University of Arkansas …
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Juliann Grace Scott
Austin Scott and Katie Altom of Batesville have announced the birth of a daughter at White River Medical Center on Dec. 9, 2012. The baby weighed 8 pounds, 7.6 ounces and has been named Juliann Grace Scott. Grandparents of the child are Rebecca Box and …
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on July 9, 1993.
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Students nervously return to school after shooting
MIAMI (AP) — By the time Richard Cantlupe received the news of the Connecticut school shooting that left 20 children dead, his students had already gone home for the weekend. And so the American history teacher at Westglades Middle School in Parkland, Fla., was bracing …
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Keith chalks up double-double as Scot women improve to 8-1
Lyon Sports Information After falling behind 5-0 early, the Lyon College women’s basketball team turned up the defensive tempo, forced 26 turnovers and used a double-double by sophomore Whitney Keith to record a 73-52 victory over the Blue Mountain Lady Toppers Saturday afternoon in Becknell …
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Eagles sweep Pioneers in non-district hoops
VILONIA — Vilonia swept Batesville in non-conference high school basketball action here Friday night, with the Lady Eagles rolling to a 54-28 decision and the Eagles fending off the Pioneers 57-41. The Lady Eagles improved to 9-0 as McKenzie Morris scored a game-high 13 points. …
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Junior Lady Pioneers wallop T-wolves
The Batesville seventh-grade Lady Pioneers walloped the Cedar Ridge Lady Timberwolves 35-5 at Pioneer Gymnasium, as Hope Lange led with 10 points. Rhiannon Storey added nine points and Hannah Baxter provided 7 points and seven rebounds. The eighth-grade Lady Pioneers won 25-15 as Hayley Cormican …
