The Corning Lady Bobcats and the Manila Lady Lions share the 3A-3 regular season title as Co-Conference Champions. The Lady Cats won on the road at Harrisburg on Thursday night, Feb. 10, moving to 19-4 and earning a spot in the Regional Tournament on Feb. 11. The Lady Bobcats will play in the District Tournament this week on Thursday, Feb. 17 at 7:00 p.m. at Walnut Ridge.
BREAKFAST: MONDAY: NO SCHOOL TUESDAY: Breakfast Pizza or Cinni Mini, Yogurt, Fruit, Juice, Milk WEDNESDAY: Sausage Egg WEDNESDAY: Sausage Egg Cheese Biscuit or Muffin, Fruit, Juice, Milk THURSDAY: Pancake Bites or Strawberry Bagel, Yogurt, Juice, Milk FRIDAY: UBR or Poptart, Yogurt, Fruit, Juice, Milk LUNCH: MONDAY: NO SCHOOL TUESDAY: Spaghetti@ Park Lasagna @CHS, Tossed Salad, Green Beans, Fruit WEDNESDAY: Chicken WEDNESDAY: Chicken Nuggets, Mashed Potatoes w/ Gravy, Green Beans Hot Roll, Fruit THURSDAY: Corn Dog, Tater Tots, Veggie Sticks, Suprise Dessert, Fruit FRIDAY: Chili w/Crackers or Frito Pie @CHS, Veggie Sticks, Cinnamon Roll, Rosey Applesauce .
Park Elementary has announced the following students are the January Students of the Month. Front row: Noah Gaines, Avery Garcia, Chloee Malone, Layla Young, Ja’Kynzie Woodard and Gage Wright Back row: Cason Moore, Mullin Jett, Wyatt Woodard, Sawyer Wright, Reid Varvil, Braxton Godwin and Hadley Murray. The word for the month was KINDNESS
General Information The Law Enforcemen Officers’ (LEO) Dependent Scholarship program provides an eight-semester scholarship to any state-supported college, university, o technical institute in Arkansas to dependents of Arkansas residents in one of the categories below who were killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty: • Law enforcement officers • Full-time or volunteer firefighters • Municipal and/or college or university police officers • Sheriffs or deputy sheriffs • Constables • Game Wardens • Certain Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department employees • State forestry employees engaged in fighting forest fires • State correction employees killed or totally disabled due to contact with inmates or parolees • State park employees who are commissioned law enforcement officers or emergency response employees • Emergency Medical Technicians • Department of Community Punishment employees Award Amount The scholarship will reimburse the institution the cost of tuition, fees and dormitory room charges when provided in campus-owned facilities. The scholarship will not pay the cost of books, food, school supplies and materials, or fees for extracurricular activities.
My article this week is spotlighting our FFA. According to the National FFA Organization website, ““Future Farmers of America” was founded by a group of young farmers in 1928. Their mission was to prepare future generations for the challenges of feeding a growing population. They taught us that agriculture is more than planting and harvesting – it’s a science, it’s a business and it’s an art.” Being involved in FFA opens the door for students to compete in leadership and career development events, volunteer with the FFA in our community, and advocate for the field of agriculture when opportunities arise. Sarah Green, CHS FFA sponsor, keeps our FFA members active in a variety of events each year. The Corning FFA will be involved in Leadership Development Events where students compete against other schools in Creed Speaking, Parliamentary Procedure, Prepared and Extemporaneous Speaking, and Conduct of Chapter Meetings. Students will also compete in Career Development Events where students use knowledge and skills learned inside the classroom and/or mechanics lab to compete against other FFA Chapters. Some examples of these CDE’s are veterinary science, milk quality and products, poultry science, meats judging, livestock judging, horse judging, mechanics, electricity, agronomy, floriculture, and forestry.
If someone asked me before the pandemic what I think is the best way to get disengaged students to engage in school, I would respond with, “Make learning more authentic. Make school about more than just grades or making their teacher or parent happy. Give students real problems to solve that serve as intrinsic and extrinsic motivators.”
The family of the late Bob Fleming would like to express their sincere gratitude for all the wonderful people who were there with love and support during his illness and in our period of mourning. The words of encouragement, food and support given at the time of the loss of our dear husband, dad and Papa will never be forgotten.
POCAHONTAS, AR – Black River Technical College’s Black History Month event is scheduled for Thursday, February 24 at 1:00 p.m. This year’s Black History Month Event, “A Conversation with the Blues,” will feature Terry “Big T” Williams on lead guitar and vocals and Jerry Bone on bass guitar.
I must admit I don’t listen to country music much. Three Christmases ago my daughter gave me a subscription to SiriusXM, a gift she has made a tradition. I keep it tuned to the sixties station. I listen to it in the car and, thanks to another great gift from her sister, I can simply say, “Alexa, play 60’s gold on SiriusXM” and enjoy it in my home as well. I do love those oldies!
POCAHONTAS, AR Feb. 11 –Dale and Amy Barber, owners of United Police Supply, and Andrea Schmidt, wife of fallen officer Jonathan Schmidt, were recently on the BRTC Pocahontas campus to announce the establishment of the United Police Supply’s Jonathan Schmidt Memorial Scholarship.