Archives for August 2010

2010 Watermelon Festival Schedule Thursday Aug 12

  2010 Watermelon Festival Schedule Thursday Aug 12, Join KFFB on location this Saturday 5:00 pm:    Watermelon Judging 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm: Keleena Hutchins (Harmonica) with Tommitha Wilson 7:00 - 7:45 pm:    Rockin' Luke Stroud Jerry Lee Lewis Style 8:00 - 9:00 … [Read more...]

Free Veterans information seminar West Plains, Mo. Aug 28

Disabled American Veterans (D-A-V) will present a veterans information seminar to be held  from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday, August 28, 2010 at the National Guard Armory, 1315 Webster Street, West Plains, Missouri.  Like all D-A-V services, this seminar is free to all veterans and … [Read more...]

The Sugarloaf Reintegration Center Showing LOST IN WOONSOCKET in observation of National Recovery Month

The event is September 25, 2010 at 5:30 pm at the First United Methodist Church in Heber Springs, AR 1099 W Pine Street  (a small donation of $10 is requested at the door)  Lost in Woonsocket is a story of hope, kindness, and the painful reality of human frailty. In 2005, a group of … [Read more...]

Lincoln, Pryor, Berry, Snyder, Ross Announce $40M to Improve Arkansas’s Lowest-Achieving Schools

Washington - U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor and U.S. Representatives Marion Berry (AR-01), Vic Snyder (AR-02) and Mike Ross (AR-04) today announced that Arkansas will receive $40,196,637 million in Recovery Act funds to make improvements to its persistently lowest-achieving schools. … [Read more...]

The 2010 Razorback Club Banquet was a great success

Razorback Club Banquet was a great success! Greers Ferry Lake Area Razorback Club is the fastest growing Razorback Club in Arkansas.(Above) Crowd in NEW Heber Springs Community Center(Above) Coach Broyles enters the Center(Above) The GFLARC Board give appreciation gifts to James Carr & Tom … [Read more...]

Rescued from the Albert Pike Campground Flood: Lucky’s A Dog Story

On June 11, 2010, the Caddo and Little Missouri Rivers in Arkansas overflowed, flooding the popular Albert Pike Campground. Campers were caught unaware in the middle of the night by a torrent of 23 ½ feet high flood waters. 20 people lost their lives. Lucky the lab survived. The fate of his family … [Read more...]

Harding University president highlights upcoming academic year

Harding University President David B. Burks met with local journalists at his annual media luncheon on Tuesday to review the previous academic year and outline events and changes for theClasses begin Aug. 23, and the University projects a record enrollment for the 24th consecutive year this fall … [Read more...]

Supporters of Trevor Drown for US Senate to Protest Debate in Hot Springs, Arkansas

The Association of Arkansas Counties, a taxpayer funded special interest group will hold a debate between Senator Blanche Lincoln and Congressman John Boozman at their taxpayer funded convention Friday morning. Despite emails and phone calls to the executive director and the members of the board, … [Read more...]

Gravel Road Maintenance Workshop in Mountain View

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and US Fish and Wildlife Service are hosting a workshop on Alternative Maintenance Practices for Unpaved Roads at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, August 24-25. Friends of the North Fork and White Rivers (FNFWR) is sponsoring the event as well. The event will … [Read more...]

Main Street Batesivlle Celebrates Fellowship Bible Church Opening Aug 13

Main Street Batesville will celebrate the opening of the Fellowship Bible Church in the restored and repurposed Landers Theater Building on Friday, August 13, as part of 2nd Friday.  The opening lasts from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Attendees will be able to tour the building; refreshments will be served. A … [Read more...]