4 and 6 at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville. Applications and release forms are due at auditions and are available at all First Community Bank locations and at firstcommunity.net . White River's Got Talent is a family-friendly competition and is free and open to the public. To noon at Post 4548. The Junior Queen Contest is for teen girls ages 13-16, and the Senior Queen Contest is for young women ages 17-21. Deadlines for calendar-item submissions are noon Friday for Thursday editions and noon Tuesday for Sunday editions.
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Calendar Events in the Three Rivers Area
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Region 8 senior centers worry doors will close
- - Multiple senior centers in Region 8 are in danger of closing their doors. The Cherokee Village director said it would really hurt the community if these centers were to close. "Because all of our people are quiet upset in each on of these centers because that is there little community and it's hard for them to even think about going anywhere else," Director Diane Knauss said. She also said Governor Asa Hutchinson reached out this week saying he was not going to let the senior centers close under his watch.
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Yesterdays Aug. 21
Gary Ralph Young, 22, and Theodore Lee Ballenger, 17, said it was easy sneaking past security guards at Cape Kennedy for a closer view of Gemini 5 launch proceedings, and made jokes as they awaited the penalties they had to pay for their exploits. Mavis Way of Lakeview, mother of Alice George of Conway, placed second in her age division. And the late Rothal and Edna Lane of Camden. He holds a bachelor of science in education degree from Arkansas State University. Jones is a sales consultant at Honda World.
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Records
Have you ever hosted Thanksgiving dinner? Older siblings are Ethan, Cloey, Logan and Kylee. Grandparents are Boyce and Karen Willians of Hoxie and Manuel and Norma Navarro of Leachville. Great-grandparents are Ava Crossno of Walnut Ridge and Joyce Williams of Ravenden. 14, 2015, at Hospice of the Ozarks in Mountain Home. 1, 1925, in Black Rock, he was the son of George and Bessie Propst Bates. He was a machinist and was of the Baptist belief. Sons and grandsons will serve as pallbearers. He was a contractor and a member of the Lynn Church of Christ.
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William W. Hamilton
18, 2015, at the White River Medical Complex in Cherokee Village. Hamilton's name for Lewy Body Dementia research to: Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Memorials can be left at the church or mailed to the family at 73 Tohatchi Drive, Cherokee Village, AR 72539. Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua is in charge of arrangements. Hamilton graduated from Eldon High School in 1952. He was a math teacher for 40 years. He was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church in Ottawa, Illinois. And daughter-in-law, Jamie Hamilton of Ottawa.
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A and P attempts to better promote the city of Hardy
Cities across the state of Arkansas have Advertising and Promotions Commissions to assist in promoting tourism. Hardy A and P has undergone some changes in recent years in an attempt to promote the city and draw in more tourism. In order to renew a business license with the city of Hardy, a note indicating that you are current with A and P payments, will be required to renew. The commission is made up of Desai, Maddox, Vicki Rice and Freda Gamblin. Hardy Advertising and Promotions Commission meets the second and fourth Monday of every month.
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White River Medical Center complex puts helipad project on hold
- - The White River Medical Center Complex's plan to add a helipad to the complex has been put on hold. Thursday night at the Cherokee Village City Council meeting, Mayor Russell Stokes, Jr. The project was postponed until 2016. Region 8 News told you of the complex's plan to add a helipad at the facility to expedite emergency needs to the area. White River Medical has agreed to pay the other 10 percent, making it no-cost to taxpayers. According to bids in October, the project was estimated to cost around $122,000.
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Iowan says innocent of throwing ex-lover into Arkansas river
An Iowa man accused of tying his ex-girlfriend to a cinder block and throwing her into the Spring River near Hardy earlier this year pleaded innocent Tuesday to attempted murder and kidnapping charges. Jerry Dean Clark, 45, of Glenwood, Iowa, entered his plea in Sharp County Circuit Court in Ash Flat.
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Other days
Rain which fell in other parts of the northern and central portions of the State at virtually the same hour did much to aid the crops, the section director avers. a Governor Faubus left to speculation Tuesday his role, if any, in the Democratic race for lieutenant governor.
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Hardy City Council Strives To Improve Budget And Involvement
Hardy City Council has been making great strides to improve the city under the new leadership of Mayor Jason Jackson. Improvements in each department are underway and were discussed at the two city council meetings held in September.
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12 communities in Arkansas honored for volunteer efforts
The Arkansas Department of Human Services announced Tuesday that this year's recipients of the Arkansas Volunteer Community of the Year Award are: Benton, Bentonville, Cherokee Village, Clarkridge, Fayetteville, Greenbrier, Heber Springs, Little Rock, Maumelle, McNeil, Mountain Home and Van Buren. The award is sponsored by the governor's office, the Arkansas Municipal League and the Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Community Service and Nonprofit Support.
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Volunteer community: Texarkana was once a fixture on awards list - and it can be again
Volunteers comes from all walks of life. They have a deep desire to help the community and their fellow residents, but then a lot of folks have that.
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Voters pass, reject sale of alcohol on five issues
Three stores in Cave City will stop selling alcohol in mid-December and a convenience store in rural Greene County will continue selling beer and wine after elections Tuesday night. Little River County also became the 41st Arkansas county to approve alcohol sales as voters favored a measure by 980 votes.
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Community raising funds for tornado sirens
CHEROKEE VILLAGE, AR - One community in Region 8 said their plan for this winter is to raise enough money to purchase tornado sirens for the upcoming spring weather. According to David Woods, director of the Cherokee Village Office of Emergency Services, the city currently does not have tornado sirens, so residents of the town do not receive a warning in advance of the storm.
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Small still voices: Through the Storybook Project, Arkansas inmates can interact with their children
Yochechi Mangrum, an inmate at the Grimes Unit in Newport, reads and records a story as part of the Storybook Project. Volunteers visit the unit a few times a year to record inmates reading to their children or grandchildren.
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Investigators: Man raped girl while his wife watched
A Cherokee Village man and his wife face multiple charges after investigators say he raped a young girl and his wife did nothing to stop it. Sharp County sheriff's deputies arrested Albert Scott Maxon, 40, on three counts of rape after he reportedly admitted to having sex multiple times with a 13-year-old girl.
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Arkansas Urban Deer Hunt Application Period Open for 2017-18
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - - The application period for Arkansas's special urban bowhunts for the 2017-18 hunting season is now open and will run until 6:30 p.m., August 18. Hunters interested in participating in the Cherokee Village, Russellville, Fairfield Bay, Horseshoe Bend, Heber Springs and Hot Springs Village hunts should visit their website to register online or contact J.D. Crawford at [email protected] Hunters wishing to participate in the Bull Shoals or Lakeview hunts should contact the Bull Shoals Urban Bowhunters Association's President Bill Craker at [email protected] The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission works with these two bowhunting groups in order to help administer needed hunts in urban areas.
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Elderly woman found covered with bite marks dies, caretaker arrested
A Cherokee Village man returned home last week to find his mother lying in a pool of blood, covered in bite marks. Now, his mother is dead and the woman hired to care for her is in jail.
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Child airlifted to Little Rock hospital
CHEROKEE VILLAGE, AR - According to Sharp County Sheriff's Department Detective Aaron Presser, a 20-month-old child was taken to a Little Rock hospital Sunday after searchers found the child in Lake Sequoyah. Presser said Sharp County dispatch got a call around 9 a.m. from the Cherokee Village area about the child.
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Arkansas caretaker arrested with blood around her mouth
A caretaker who was arrested with blood around her mouth after the body of an elderly mother she was looking after was found covered in bite marks. Jennifer Lea Collins, 55, is said to have bitten her victim's chin off before the elderly woman's son discovered them both on the floor of his home in Mixtec Drive, Cherokee Village.
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