It’s Time to Invest in Infrastructure Access to education is often referred to as “the great equalizer,” because it is the single greatest tool a community has to close opportunity gaps and lift young people out of poverty. Quality education is also linked to decreased crime rates as well as stronger health indicators in communities.
Recently I saw a news segment on AETN News Hour that spoke to the need of lithium-gathering factories to acquire lithium to make batteries. China has the most lithium-gathering factories for recovering it for batteries.
February 26, 2004 Clay County Electric was sponsor of the baseball team managed by Leon Cavitt and Everett Thomas in 1966. Games were played at Wynn Park field.
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 1990 Everyone predicted it… and last Wednesday night it happened… we got a snow on top of the blooming jonquils and the forsythia bushes.
Any Bobcat reader who gets a book from one of the many lending libraries in and around Corning who brings it to school to show Mrs. Mock or Mrs. Jessica Russom their stamped book will be rewarded with a surprise treat donated by Taco Bell, Sonic, and McDonald’s.
Local citizens in the Reyno community attended the second of four public meetings hosted by the Corning School District on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at the Reyno Community Center. The meeting allowed residents to learn more about the proposed millage increase on the ballot for the March 5, 2024 election. Superintendent Jennifer Woolard presented information regarding why the millage increase was necessary for the school district. She explained that the Corning High School buildings were constructed 57 years ago and there is concern that the structural integrity of the buildings could put Corning in facilities distress in the future as the buildings were not built for the safety concerns of the 21st century. Some of the major concerns cited by the state are issues with flooding, electrical, plumbing, and sewer systems.
The Corning School Board met on February 19, 2024 at 5:00 in the boardroom with all members present. The first items on the agenda were the approval of minutes followed by the financial report and the approval of the 2023 Legislative Audit. Next, the board accepted the resignations of Lindsay Corlee, Park paraprofessional, effective Jan. 5, 2024 and Lenora Leonard, cafeteria worker, effective Feb. 2, 2024. The board approved the employments of administrators Shelley Smith, Heather Clifton, John Hampton, Shannon Fish, and Chad Hovis for the 24-25 school year.
By PAM LOWE Clay County Courier The Clay County Quorum Court met with a light agenda for their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at the Western District Courthouse in Corning at 7 p.m. Justices David Cagle and Neal “Poppy” Smith were not in attendance. With there being no new business to discuss, Judge Mike Patterson said, “We don’t have a lot on the agenda tonight and that’s kind of unusual, but the law requires that we have so many meetings a year and I’d just like to say that between the ice storm we had and the different temperatures we had in the roads, it’s been a very interesting few days.”
The Arkansas Department of Transportation has announced a public engagement event will be held about the first phase of I-57 at the M.B. Ainley, Jr.