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Club News
Colonial Dames XVII Century, Daughters of the American Colonists The Marquette and Joliet Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century and the Cherokee Village Chapter of the Daughters of the American Colonists recently held their quarterly meeting at the Anglican Hall of the Episcopal Church in …
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Weekend Events
Upcoming weekend events for Batesville and the surrounding area for Friday, February 15 – Sunday, February 17, 2013.
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on Sept. 7, 1993.
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George Washington makeover
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Tom Purcell’s new book, “Comical Sense: A Lone Humorist Takes on a World Gone Nutty!” available at amazon.com. “What do you mean America’s youth don’t know who George Washington was?” “Dude?” “He was our first president, our …
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Christie’s girth: A weighty issue
Chris Christie got laughs on the Letterman show last week when he showed up with a doughnut. I get what he was trying to do. People keep goofing on his girth, and a former White House doctor had just told CNN that if Christie were …
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Horsing around with Europe’s beef supply
Beef contaminated with horsemeat has sparked a multi-nation controversy in Europe. It’s no secret that the French have long been galloping gourmets. Gobbling horsemeat there dates back to the country’s 18th century revolution, when rich folks’ horses began to fill food supply gaps. Today horsemeat …
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Arkansas baseball team eyes return to Omaha
FAYETTEVILLE — Dominic Ficociello sat in bed one night during his senior year of high school and couldn’t help but feel drawn to a place 1,500 miles from home. Ficociello, a 2-sport standout in Fullerton, Calif., was committed at the time to play baseball at …
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‘Blade Runner’ charged with murder
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged today with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech …
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Razorbacks capture first road win
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — B.J. Young and Marshawn Powell made Arkansas feel right at home Wednesday night. Young scored 25 points and Powell had 20 to help the Razorbacks win for the first time on the road in an 83-75 victory over Auburn. The Razorbacks …
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Cougar tops area bowlers in state events
Izard County Cougar Blake Hall posted the top score among circulation area high school bowlers in state tournaments this week. Wednesday at the Jonesboro Bowling Center, Hall rolled a 507 series for a 17th-place finish in the 3A-2A-1A State Tournament. The top 11 bowlers earned …
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Warrant issued in scrap metal theft
Formal charges of theft by receiving and possession of a controlled substance have been filed in the Independ-ence County Circuit Court against 50-year-old Jack Ludlow of Lilly Street, Batesville. In a court affidavit filed Wednesday, Independence County Sheriff’s Detective Jeremy Qualls said that at approximately …
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Larry Jeffery
DESHA — Larry Neill Jeffery, 79, of Desha died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, in a Batesville hospital. Born Jan. 4, 1934, in Mount Olive, he was the son of Henry Eugene and Ruby Long Jeffery. He graduated from Lyon College and was a retired schoolteacher, …
