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Hillcrest files available
STRAWBERRY — Students who received special education while attending Hillcrest School in 2008 may pick up their files containing confidential information. This applies to students who have graduated, moved, were dismissed or were referred for special services. To arrange to pick up files, call Peggy …
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Church plans convention
The New Testament House of Prayer at 486 River St. in Batesville will hold its 20th annual convention Friday through Sunday. Pastor Roy Ford Sr. will officiate. Friday’s service will begin at 7:30 p.m. Information concerning times and activities for the following days will be …
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State park to hold fishing workshop
NEWPORT — Jacksonport State Park will have a Kids Fishing Workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Those attending will meet at the Visitor Center before going to White River to fish. Fishing poles are available for those who do not have one. Participants age …
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Garden club hosts event
HARDY — Hardy Garden Club will sponsor its fifth annual April Event at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Hardy Gym, located at 203 School St. in Hardy. Garden seminars will feature harvesting, saving and starting heirloom seeds, and the seeds will be available for purchase. …
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Freezer cooking workshop to be held
The University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville will offer a one-evening freezer cooking workshop on from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday. Instructor for this course, Jennifer Cannon, has struggled in the past with having enough family time, let alone time to prepare a meal …
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Club news
Arkansas Society Colonial Dames The 64th State Conference of the Arkansas Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century was held recently in the Bush/Reagan Room of the Holiday Inn Presidential in Little Rock. The theme for the conference was: “Be Open to Possibilities.” Host chapter was Col. …
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Quilters guild slates class
SEARCY — The White County Quilters Guild will host quilt designer and teacher Flavin Glover in a lecture, trunk show of her quilts and a six-hour workshop. The lecture and trunk show, titled “A New Look at Log Cabin Quilts” will be at 7 p.m. …
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A Glance at Days Gone By
The 1927 flood in Batesville was part of The Great Flood of 1927 that affected many states including Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee. However, Arkansas suffered the worst destruction. The United States secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover, called the flood “America’s …
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on Oct. 27, 1993.
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NY judge makes available morning-after pill to all
NEW YORK (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration must make emergency contraceptives available to girls of all ages within 30 days, a federal judge has ruled, saying the agency’s decisions regarding the so-called morning-after pill were “arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable. Judge Edward Korman in …
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Teen in crash that killed 5 was fugitive
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A teenager facing drunken driving charges in a Nevada crash that killed five members of a California family had escaped from a juvenile facility, and it’s unclear whether anyone ever went looking for him, an Orange County supervisor says. Jean Ervin …
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Ebert: Not just a critic, but a part of Hollywood
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roger Ebert could be tough on filmmakers, but unlike many critics, he earned their respect. So much so that they claimed him as one of their own when the Directors Guild of America made Ebert an honorary lifetime member at the …
