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S-side nets more donations for turf
SOUTHSIDE — Contributions to Southside School District’s new football turf continue to pour in with First Community Bank’s being the most recent. Funds, which will be donated over a 10-year period, will be used for installation of new synthetic turf at the school’s athletic field …
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Horses, burros available for adoption in Searcy
SEARCY (AP) — An adoption event will be held this week in Searcy for residents who wish to take home horses and burros that have been rescued by the Bureau of Land Management. The bureau says it took in the animals because of drought and …
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Volunteers needed for events
Volunteers are needed for the second annual Batesville Bikes and Backroads and 63rd annual White River Water Carnival, according to a news release from the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce. Batesville Bikes and Backroads will be June 8-9, and the water carnival will be held …
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Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ scheduled at Lyon
The Batesville Choral Society and Lyon College Concert Chorale will present Mozart’s “Requiem” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Brown Chapel. Dr. Joel Plaag will lead the combined choruses in a free performance of Mozart’s last work, in preparation for the upcoming Good Friday holiday. Soloists …
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Search ends
CHEROKEE VILLAGE — It’s over. The search for 4-year-old Caleb Linn came to an end this morning at the remote Kia Kima Boy Scout Camp located near the Fulton County portion of Cherokee Village. Shortly after 11 a.m. Fulton County Sheriff Buck Foley spoke with …
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Wild food chef remembered for free spirit
Billy Joe Tatum MELBOURNE — Whether she was hosting a party for Bill and Hillary Clinton or foraging out in the woods for herbs, Billy Joe Tatum was known for her free spirit. The woman who always wore a feather in her hat even wrote …
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Heart health focus of luncheon
“You’re never too old to make a lifestyle change,” guest speaker Ruth Ann Hart told a crowd of about 250 at the seventh annual Red Hot Luncheon on Monday at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville. Hart did a demonstration for the crowd …
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Neighborhood watch to meet
GAINESBORO — A neighborhood watch meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Sharp United Methodist Church, located at 1100 Gainesboro Road, Batesville. Signs have come in for those who have already ordered them and will be available for pick up. Hot dogs will …
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Thursday is WRAAA open house
The White River Area Agency on Aging will have an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at 505 S. St. Louis St. For more information call Tracy Baxter, regional manager, at (870) 612-3010 or visit www.wraaa.com. WRAAA serves Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson and …
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Housing board to meet
MELBOURNE — The Board of Commissioners of the White River Regional Housing Authority will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the White River Regional Housing Authority Training Center, located directly behind the WRRHA headquarters office in Melbourne.
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DAV election scheduled
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 32 will have its annual election meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday at the DAV building.
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Club News
Bethesda EHC BETHESDA — Members of the Bethesda Extension Homemakers Club recently held their March meeting. One guest was in attendance. The meeting commenced with recital of the American flag pledge and the Homemakers Creed. Nine members answered roll call by responding to the question …
