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Students showcase history projects
Lyon College hosted Arkansas District II’s National History Day on March 15, giving students in grades 6-12 the chance to interpret historical topics through dramatic performances, imaginative exhibits, multimedia documentaries and research papers based on research related to an annual theme. Deyn Bratten and Kaitlyn …
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Honor Roll – Batesville Junior High
The students listed below made the honor roll for the third nine weeks of the 2011-12 school year at Batesville Junior High School, according to a news release: Seventh: all A’s — Katie Allen, Abby Antici, Kinley Barron, Jonathan Callahan, Brooke Caraway, Daesha Childress, Hayley …
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on Oct. 15, 1992. 96 YEARS AGO The committee appointed to solicit funds in Batesville for the Batesville highway, the Dollarway, report some good work done. The committee has raised about $400, but it will require …
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Shedding light, breaking the silence – CC students discuss suicide
CAVE CITY — When Jeffery Cunningham told Corey Young he wouldn’t be at school the next day because of a doctor’s appointment he thought nothing of it. Young, a senior at Cave City High School, Cunningham said, gave him a hug and told him, “I …
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Parents to ‘paint town yellow’
CAVE CITY — In an effort to shed light on the subject of suicide and making it a topic that’s less taboo, members of PASS (Parents Against the Silence of Suicide) will “paint the town yellow” by hosting a suicide prevention awareness walk April 28. …
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Searchers scour Scout camp for missing boy
Caleb Linn CHEROKEE VILLAGE — Jason and Racheal Downs have a 4-year-old son named Kaleb. So when they heard that someone else’s 4-year-old son named Caleb Linn went missing at a Boy Scout camp north of Cherokee Village, they showed up to look for him. …
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S-side OKs clinic proposal
SOUTHSIDE — The Southside School District is moving forward with a proposal that would allow an on-campus health clinic. In January, the school was looking to the Lincoln School District in northwest Arkansas as its model and would like to partner with different health professionals …
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Izard man accused of raping boy
Christopher Clark MELBOURNE — An Izard County man is accused of raping a 6-year-old boy, Sheriff Tate Lawrence said. Christopher Clark, 21, of 3786 Slade Road was charged Friday with rape, a class Y felony, and is accused of sexual misconduct on at least three …
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Alarm alerts homeowner
Mary Mosley of Bluff View Drive told police she aroused from a sound sleep around 4:30 this morning when her home intrusion alarm went off. “When she went to investigate she found that the door leading out to the carport of the home was standing …
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Clergy needed as ‘First Responders’ for veterans
Many veterans are returning home and 20 percent of those are experiencing severe symptoms of depression and/or post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a news release. The Veterans Administration/Clergy Partnership program is partnering with local clergy members and lay people to train them as …
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Course start date changed
The six-night course aimed to help existing businesses was slated to begin on Thursday. The date has been moved one week and will instead begin April 5, according to Herb Lawrence, center director at Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center. For more information contact …
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Sweet Harmony set to perform
MOUNTAIN HOME — The Arvest Concert Series at Arkansas State University in Mountain Home will present the group Sweet Harmony in a free concert at 7 p.m. Thursday in the McClure Convention Center, located on the first floor of the Vada Sheid Community Development Center …
