Volunteers from the community and local businesses worked to make children’s wishes come true at the Corning Have-A-Heart road block on Friday, Feb. 10. This year marks 25 years of Have-a-Heart. Donations from the road block help grant the wishes of children battling critical illnesses in Northeast Arkansas and the Corning community.
In the words of Coach Wes Couch, the Corning Bobcats came to play Thursday, Feb. 9 in their last home game of the season against the Rivercrest Colts.
BREAKFAST: MONDAY: NO SCHOOL TUESDAY: Oatmeal or Cereal, Toast, Fruit, Juice, Milk WEDNESDAY: Ham, Egg, Cheese Breakfast Bar or Cereal, Yogurt, Fruit, Juice, Milk THURSDAY: Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bar or Cereal, Fruit, Juice, Milk FRIDAY: Sausage, Egg Cheese Biscuit or Cereal, Fruit, Juice, Milk LUNCH: MONDAY: NO SCHOOL TUESDAY: Chicken Noodle, Hot Roll, Tossed Salad, Cooked Carrots, Fruit WEDNESDAY: Chili, Crackers or Fritos, Cheese Cup, Veggie Sticks, Applesauce, Cinnamon Roll THURSDAY: Hamburger, French Fries, Lettuce/ Tomato Cup, Veggie Sticks, Fruit FRIDAY: Pizza, Salad, Corn, W/G Cookie, Fruit .
For the first time Corning Middle School has a tie for the spotlight. Coach Chris Murray and Coach Kyle George were selected for the January Staff Spotlight by students and faculty.
I recently asked thousands of teachers what they want to see changed in education this year. Here is what the majority of people said: Teachers are getting really tired of highstakes testing.
Light geese aren’t only a nuisance to Arkansas farmers. They have become so abundant, they are destroying their nesting grounds in the Arctic Tundra. Not only are the geese eating themselves out of house and home, they’re destroying critical habitat for other species that share the Tundra. Biologists can conduct eradication efforts to balance the population, but do so only as a last resort. Increased hunting opportunity is the first wildlife management tool biologists turn to, because it costs very little to implement and is much more socially accepted than other population control measures.
Clay County Farm Bureau President Mark Coleman making donation to all the local Elementary School’s Backpack Programs, and Ag Literacy Books “ I Love Strawberries” to the Elementary Libraries along with all the county public Libraries.
Kelsey Carpenter with 1st Choice Home Care hosted a valentine party for senior citizens at the BRAD Senior Wellness Center on Thursday, Feb. 9. The partiers enjoyed a scavenger hunt, a photo booth, games, such as Guess the Skittles, Scramble, Trivia and Valentine word search and refreshments of cookies and punch and games.
Richard Pierce, 75, of Mountain Home, formerly of Corning, passed away February 14, 2023 at Hospice of the Ozarks in Mountain Home surrounded by his family. Mr.