LITTLE ROCK – The Senate has passed a balanced budget for state government for next fiscal year, clearing the way for completion of the 2024 session. The budget calls for general revenue spending of $6.31 billion in Fiscal Year 2025, which begins on July 1.
A storm system blew through Corning on Wednesday night, May 8 blowing a semi over on Hwy. 67 North knocking down two utility poles and downing trees in town. Some Entergy customers were without power until Thursday evening. Corning Street Superintendent Jeff Young and his crew worked on cutting up fallen trees in town. Residents in town could be seen picking up broken limbs and sticks in their yards.
Painting is an outlet for Renee Bliss, the May Artist of the Month selected by the Corning Beautification Committee. A wife, mother and grandmother, she enjoys the joy and peace that painting brings to her. “I haven’t ever taken one art class in my life. I just sit down with my tools and talk to my God and let the juices flow. Creation around me is my inspiration,” the artist said.
June, 1990 The municipal swimming pool is having a “better than normal year” according to Mrs. Erma Hart, supervisor.
I got a nice surprise from former resident, Mrs. Bertha Motsinger recently. The box contained some really neat, colorful, butterflies made out of magazine pages. She said for me to share with my neighbor, Dot, which I did. Naturally, we are going to try making them. See, I use butterflies in my bathroom, so I just fastened three of them to the wall and like the way they look. The Motsingers are former Corning residents and Leonard and Judy were both about my age. In fact, Leonard and I were classmates until they moved off to Michigan. If any local senior citizen of Bible School group would like to have the pattern I will share. They are fun to make and require a minimum of materials. Bert said that she learned to make them at a Senor Center. The Motsingers lived next door to the Smalleys (Dot’s folks) when we were growing up and the way Dot tells it, she and her sister, Elsie Mae, along with Judy, Emaline and Caroline Wright, Rachel Bailey and Betty Grant used to have some pretty heated arguments while playing paper dolls. Speaking of Elise Mae, one day after school, Elsie Mae and Lilly Pillow sat in the Smalley porch swing and ate a whole pound box of soda crackers… that night Elsie Mae had to have an emergency appendectomy!
Breakfast MONDAY: Breakfast Pizza, Yogurt TUESDAY: Donuts, Yogurt WEDNESDAY: Muffin, Yogurt THURSDAY: Cereal Bar or Pop Tart FRIDAY: Cereal Cereal available daily. Fruit, Juice, 2 Milk choices served daily Lunch MONDAY: PB&J, Cheese Stick, Goldfish Crackers, Vegetable Sticks, Fruit TUESDAY: Pizza, Corn, Salad, Fruit WEDNESDAY: Turkey Wrap, Chips, Veggie Sticks, Vegetable Juice, Fruit THURSDAY: Ham & Cheese Sandwich, Pickle Spears, Potato Wedges, Fruit FRIDAY: Hot Dog, Carrots, Baked Beans, Fruit PB&J or Salad is offered as 2nd meal option for middle & high school.
The phrase “It Takes a Village” concerning raising children has been around for generations. Most often this proverb has been linked to Native American or African cultures where the community takes responsibility for raising every child.
I had an English teacher in high school who I thought hated my guts. She was hard on me in class and didn’t tolerate an ounce of disrespect.
Naomi Housdan, 92, of Corning, AR., passed away Saturday, May 4, 2024 at Flo and Phil Hospice House in Jonesboro, AR. Mrs. Housdan was born May 5, 1931 in Corning, AR. She retired from Hart Furniture, Mfg. She was a homemaker who enjoyed sewing, reading and visiting with family and friends. She was a long-time member of the House of Prayer in Corning.