POCAHONTAS, AR — The Black River Technical College (BRTC) President’s Scholarships have been awarded to students for the 20232024 academic year. The award covers full tuition for two consecutive semesters provided the recipient maintains a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative GPA, and fulltime enrollment.
The public is invited to a retirement party for Police Chief Jimmy Leach on June 30th at 12 p.m. at the M.B. Ainley, Jr. Community Center. Leach has been with the Corning Police Department since November 1997. His last day in his position will be June 30, 2023.
The sesquicentennial of the City of Corning and Clay County marks a year of firsts in celebrating the 4th of July Homecoming Parade and Picnic. This year the celebration will make a change and move the annual picnic and parade to Saturday, July 1st and in subsequent years the parade and picnic will occur on the Saturday preceding the July 4 holiday. Next year’s 4th of July celebration in the city will be Saturday, June 29, 2024.
Corning Mayor Greg Ahrent reminds residents that the city ordinance regarding fireworks prohibits the use of fireworks after 10 p.m. each evening through Monday, July 10, 2023. Fireworks are prohibited within the city limits after the July 10 deadline.
Warm weather generally translates to more time spent outdoors. That means more barbecues, days spent poolside, trips to the beach, and even camping excursions. This time of year also inspires people to celebrate. What better way to signal the party has started than with fireworks?
Miss Carissa from the Forrest L. Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center, implemented a lesson about native turtles in the Corning Public Library’s “All Together Now” Summer Reading Program on Tuesday, June 20. Children were introduced to a box turtle, a soft shell turtle and hard shell water turtle. The kids were then treated to ice cold popsicles. The door prize winners this week were Nathaniel and Lucas.
MONDAY: Ravioli, Salad, Carrots, Banana TUESDAY: Corn Dogs, White Beans, Veggie Sticks, Apple Slices WEDNESDAY: Chicken Spaghetti, Green Beans, Salad, Mixed Fruit THURSDAY: Popcorn Chicken, Fried Rice, Green Peas, Carrots, Mandarian Oranges FRIDAY: Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, Chips, Veggie Juice, Veggies Sticks, Fruit
4th & Vine Church of Christ in Corning held a Sunday evening Vacation Bible School on June 18 in conjunction with the Center Hill Church of Christ in Paragould. Kiefer Ramsey, Youth Minister at the Center Hill collaborated with 4th & Vine minister, Gary Hill and church members, Aaron Brown and Terry Gleghorn to host the program. The theme of the VBS was “ Rise Up and Build”. Ramsey said, “The theme and idea for most of the decorating and infrastructure came from our very own Amanda Yates. She was really the brains behind most of the organization and glamor of this event. We landed on the theme “Rise and Build” for two fold reasons: 1. It happened to be a driving theme for some of our teens for the Lads to Leaders program we participate in. 2. We thought it was exactly what would be beneficial in lifting up our brothers and sisters that meet at the congregation there at 4th and Vine. In preparation for the event, a group of 17 Center Hill church members came to Corning on Saturday, June 17 and began decorating and knocking on doors in the city of Corning. Ramsey explained, “We went from 1st to 11th streets and hit many of the streets in between. From the very start, we were all very pleased with the interactions and down to earth nature of all the people we encountered. He stated the community was very receptive.”
Educators from Park Elementary attended the ELEVATE: Take Teaching to New Heights conference in Nashville on June 1820. The conference was designed with the core objective of supporting Pre-K to 2nd grade educators by a team of award winning educators currently teaching in the classroom or serving in schools.