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Sports Calendar
Upcoming sports events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Thursday, January 3 – Saturday, January 5, 2013.
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on July 22, 1993.
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Jazz night planned
JONESBORO — New jazz night will feature NJHB and guests from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday at TheArts@311, located at 311 South Church in Jonesboro. There is no charge for admittance. For more information check Events at facebook.com/TheArtsAt311 or call (870) 934-8710.
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From Mountain Home to home on the river – The Clinkingbeards celebrate 65 years in Calico Rock
CALICO ROCK — He greets you with all the good humor that comes with age and sage and just a little sass: What brought you to Calico Rock? “A 1947 Oldsmobile.” He winks at his buddy and neighbor of Lord knows how many years who …
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Joseph Thomas Byrd
Jonathan and Kimberly Byrd, Kristine, Grace, Abby, Jon David, Clara and Sophia of Mountain View have announced the birth of a son and brother at White River Medical Center on Dec. 30, 2012. The baby weighed 6 pounds, 13.5 ounces and has been named Joseph …
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Aubrey Renea Gould
Brian and Jessica Gould, Summer, Bryanna and Journey of Batesville have announced the birth of a daughter and sister at White River Medical Center on Dec. 29, 2012. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 12.5 ounces and has been named Aubrey Renea Gould. Grandparents of the …
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Drought tops state agri stories of 2012
LITTLE ROCK — Drought dominated agricultural news in Arkansas in 2012, causing grief for the state’s livestock industry, and prompting row crop farmers to dig more deeply into their wallets to keep their thirsty plants alive. Drought’s overall impact on Arkansas gained the highest number …
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Study: Fructose may spur overeating
This is your brain on sugar — for real. Scientists have used imaging tests to show for the first time that fructose, a sugar that saturates the American diet, can trigger brain changes that may lead to overeating. After drinking a fructose beverage, the brain …
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Ode 2 2012
And so we bid a not-so-fond farewell to the bow of another large unwieldy year as it sinks slowly over the horizon wobbling unsteadily towards the graveyard of memory. And cheers erupt from we folks on shore waving the double-handed “L for loser” sign above …
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Alma Lassiter
CAVE CITY — Alma Lassiter, 104, of Cave City died Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, in a Cave City nursing home. Born Nov. 6, 1908, at Cave City, she was the daughter of Moss and Georgeann Cathey Montgomery. She was a homemaker and had worked at …
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Hurricane Sandy Pork
Many news outlets are reporting that President Obama’s proposed $60.4 billion federal aid bill for Hurricane Sandy victims is packed with pork. I contacted my White House insider, Deep Mole, to get some answers. Purcell: Isn’t this another example of reckless politicians exploiting an emergency …
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W. Ernestine Franks – Paid Obituary
W. Ernestine Franks, age 88, of Calimesa, California, passed away on December 26, 2012, at Sunshine House where she had lived for the past 11⁄2 years. Born Willie Ernestine Kramer on December 22, 1924, in Rosie, Arkansas, to George and Sadie Kramer, she cherished the …
