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WBC sets summer classes
BRADFORD — Two terms of evening summer classes will be offered by Williams Baptist College at its Bradford extension campus. Registration will be held at 6 p.m. May 6 at Bradford High School. The first session of classes begins May 13 and the second session …
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Club News
United Daughters of the Confederacy The April meeting of the Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter #135, United Daughters of the Confederacy, was held in the Old Independence Regional Museum in Batesville. President Sherrie Stagner welcomed members and called the meeting to order at noon, after a sandwich …
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Area pioneer photographer subject of Chronicle article
The Independence County Historical Society is seeking information for an article on Joe Robert Lewis; better known as J.R. or Joe Lewis. He was born in 1870 to Dr. Samuel M. and Margaret Lewis of near Evening Shade, and died in 1954 in Batesville. Dr. …
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A Glance at Days Gone By
J.R. Lewis, wearing his trademark bow-tie and seated near the center of this 1937 picture, will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Independence County Chronicle, according to Nancy Britton, editor. The picture was made during a Lewis-Marlin Family Reunion at the J.R. and …
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on Nov. 24, 1993.
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Sheffield wins Daisy Award
Ruthie Sheffield, a registered nurse in White River Medical Center’s Recuperative Care Unit, has been chosen as the most recent recipient of the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses. “I was very humbled and feel extremely blessed to have received this award,” said Sheffield, who has …
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Board OKs architect plans
MELBOURNE — In a special meeting Wednesday the Melbourne School Board agreed to move forward with plans to hire an architect to draw plans for a 7,000-square-foot addition to a multipurpose field house at the high school campus. The addition would include turf and lighting …
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Snow falls in May in NW Arkansas, latest ever
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — A May snowfall dropped as much as 2 inches in parts of northwest Arkansas in the latest snowfall on record for the state. The National Weather Service reports 2 inches of snow fell this morning in Siloam Springs and nearly an …
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HUD appropriates $170K to HRA for homeless program
LITTE ROCK — U.S. Housing and Urban Development has awarded $652,977 to five organizations, one of which is in Batesville, to help with to support local homeless housing and service programs, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced Thursday. Based in Batesville, Health Resources of Arkansas/Delta Hills …
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Local, area shooting squads do well
LONOKE — Hundreds of shooters competed in last week’s Arkansas Youth Shooting Sports Program regional tournament. The Clay Commanders from Batesville won the Senior Division and the Highland Junior High 2 team won the Junior Division. The regional tournament was held at the Remington range …
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Public land elk permit applications open
LITTLE ROCK — If you have a hankering to hunt elk in Arkansas, this is the time to apply, according to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The application period is the month of May, and both the applications and the 25 available elk permits …
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HSIC workers attend seminar
Sue Augustus, Stacey Britton, Bev Finch, Lynn Makarick, Pam Glover and Kristy Harrison recently represented the Humane Society of Independence County in Batesville at a one-day workshop in Branson, Mo., presented by Petfinder, the online database of adoptable pets. The workshop was hosted by Shepherd …
