July 2023

For your reading enjoyment, we continue to publish Rambling Vines by the late Marylea Vines as she recalls events and names of Corning folks from many years ago. We are currently in the year 1989 This week marks the 50th anniversary of the availability of electricity to the area’s rural residents… to about 80 percent of today’s population, that “no big deal”, but to those of us who can remember no electricity we still marvel at all the modern day conveniences that people think they can’t live without.

Celebrating 150 Years of the City of Corning & Clay County in 2023 The above group of children who are enrolled in Guthrie’s Morning Kindergarten for 1973-74 made a visit to The Courier on the first day of school, Monday. The group includes: Deanna Kay Johnson, Jimmy Duane Leach, Andrea Suzanne Smith, James Wayne Curtis, Dana Lynne Black, Aubrey Glen Williams, Helene Michelle VanDerGrif, Sheridan Keith Rouse, Dwight Lee Johns.

It takes many types of people and effective organizations to ensure a city runs smoothly, is prepared for the best economic opportunities and has potential for growth. It takes all citizens to create a city or town that they love, a town in which they can be proud.