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Tourism up 47%
Tourism is up in Independence County almost 50 percent, according to figures recently released from the state. Crystal Johnson, president of the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce, and several board members came before the city council Tuesday night to not only show appreciation for the …
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Early voting nears for proposed millage increase
Early voting for the upcoming special elections for Batesville and Cedar Ridge school districts will begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church on Main Street in Batesville. Batesville is seeking a total proposed school tax of 40.00 mills. This represents an …
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Weekend Events
Weekend events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Friday, March 29 – Sunday, March 31, 2013.
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Museum offers new exhibit
CALICO ROCK — Calico Rock Museum has announced a new exhibit featuring watercolors by Ruby Schaaf of Batesville. Schaaf earned a bachelor’s of fine arts in drawing and painting from the University of Southern Mississippi. Her work is primarily in watercolors with an emphasis in …
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Website design, marketing seminar to be conducted
The Arkansas State University Small Business and Technology Development Center, Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce and Pleth, LLC will host a workshop on website planning for small businesses 1-4 p.m. April 10 at the Batesville Chamber office, 409 Vine Street. The seminar, “Website Strategy and …
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Honor Roll – Southside Middle, Junior High
SOUTHSIDE — The students listed below made the honor roll for the third nine weeks of the 2012-13 school year at Southside Middle School and Southside Junior High School, according to a news release: Fifth: all A’s — Trevor Anderson, Trevor Avey, Ashlyn Blevins, Eli …
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on Oct. 19, 1993.
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Concert benefits child care food program
An award-winning, singer, songwriter, composer, performer, teacher and trainer will be the featured guest at a spring concert at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville on April 25 with proceeds going toward Child Care Aware of Northcentral Arkansas and the White River Planning …
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From sinner to saint – The saving of the Landers Theatre
The idea of a church moving into an old run-down movie theater seemed like a crazy idea to some in the community. Aside from the fact the roof had caved in and the building was almost beyond repair — the Landers Theatre had been known …
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Five more seek liquor permits
LITTLE ROCK — A weekly update from the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, released Monday, shows that five additional applications for package stores (liquor stores) have been received from Sharp County — one in Ash Flat and two each from Hardy and Ravenden. Names of …
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Rec bids awarded
The city has opened two more bids for work on recreation complexes, and the winning bidder already has one job currently under way. At Tuesday night’s meeting the city council awarded StoneBridge Construction, LLC of Jonesboro the bids for both the East Main Street soccer …
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Ambulance crew may soon move into Hardy fire station
HARDY — A Spring River Ambulance Service crew may soon be working from a recently completed apartment built into the Woodland Hills Fire Station in Hardy, said Department of Public Safety Director Ernie Rose. Rose also serves as chief of the Hardy Police Department. If …
