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Student gains more than degree
“I’m too old for this,” “I don’t have the funds available,” and “I’ll never be able to get the hang of it or remember anything.” These were Gayle Vinson’s first thoughts when she enrolled at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville. Now, Vinson …
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Warrant issued in forgery
Accused of using fake identification and trying to use a fake temporary check has landed a Southside woman in hot water with the law. In a court affidavit filed this week Investigator Jeff Sims with the Independence County Sheriff’s Office said that on Sept. 11 …
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HDC may take action
The Batesville Historic District Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at city hall. Main Street Batesville executive director Paula Grimes and Code Enforcement Officer Chad McClure will give an update on the former game room building, and the HDC may …
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Board approves bond sale
MELBOURNE — The Melbourne School Board at its recent meeting voted to pass a resolution for the sale of bonds in order to restructure debt. Doing so, will lower the interest on those bonds from about 4 percent to about 2 percent, Superintendent Gerald Cooper …
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Pastel workshop set at BAAC
The Batesville Area Arts Council will host a beginning pastel painting workshop from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday and Thursday at the BAAC Art Gallery on Main. Karen Barker will be the artist providing instruction. Barker earned her bachelor of fine arts degree in studio …
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Tutor training workshop to be Sunday
The Ozark Foothills Literacy Project will hold a tutor training workshop at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Jubilee Family Church, located at 45 Thunderbird Drive in Batesville. Volunteer tutors are matched with adult students who are learning to read or who are learning English. Tutors meet …
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Church will host get-together
GAINESBORO — Sharp United Methodist Church in the Gainesboro community will host a community get-together at 5 p.m. Sunday. A cookout/potluck will be served. Musical entertainment will be provided by Clifford Wright and others. The event is in appreciation of Craig Branscum for the work …
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Izard County Historical Society to have open house
MELBOURNE — Izard County Historical and Genealogical Society will have open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the old hospital building on East Main Street in Melbourne. Roger Harvell of Lunenburg and the Sons of Confederate Veterans will have a Civil War camp …
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Equinox Jubilee set
ZION — The Equinox Jubilee will be from 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday on Antioch Road in Zion. There will be performances by Chelsea Savage; Richard Burnett with Honey Shine; Jerry Bone, Dennis Horton, Chuck Young and Eddie Howard; Garrett “G-Man” Duncan and other special …
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Benefit car wash to be held
Phenelopy Mingues and Austin Shoemaker, parents of Gabriel Shoemaker, will have a car wash Saturday and Sunday at Advance Auto Parts, located at 990 South St. Louis St. in Batesville. Proceeds will go for treatment of their 3-month-old son’s heart tumor.
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Mount Pleasant High School Class of 1962
The Mount Pleasant High School Class of 1962 will host an all-school reunion on Sept. 29 beginning at 10 a.m. in the Mount Pleasant Elementary School lunchroom. Lunch will be provided at noon, catered by John 3:16 Ministries. The event will also serve as the …
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on April 13, 1993.
