FLOATS: Best Decorated – Growing Corning Together Most Colorful – First National Bank Most Original – Church of Christ Most Commercial – BRTC Best Float in Parade – First Baptist Church Judges Award - VFW HORSES: Best Man Rider & Horse: Cory Godwin Best Child Rider & Horse: Braxton Godwin Best Clown – Jared Mox Best Decorated Bicycle – Jared Mox Best Golf Cart – Nathaniel Miller
Jared Selig of Corning enrolled at the University of Alabama was named to the Dean’s List in Spring 2024 with an academic record of 3.5+. Selig has one more semester before graduating with a degree in Chemical Engineering.
Corning Police Chief Blaine McClung announced the completed purchase of two 2024 Ford Explorer Interceptors from Smart Ford in Malvern Arkansas. The city approved the acquisitions during the April 2024 council meeting. The city purchased the Explorers at a cost of $44,870 apiece. The vehicles were outfitted by M & M Public Safety and Technologies LLC, with complete federal signal lighting and sound package with OBD integration, Jotto console system, Jotto single cell transport cage and federal signal push bumper. The decals on the vehicle were done by Sign-Tech of Paragould. Chief McClung stated in May it would cost around $7,000 for each vehicle to be equipped with law enforcement decals and equipment and said, “The vehicles were a needed addition to the Police Department, and they turned out great. We look forward to using these vehicles as we serve the citizens of Corning.”
Clay County residents love a good pyrotechnics show as proven by the beautiful Datto fireworks show that lit up the southwest Clay County sky on Saturday, June 29 provided by donations from local residents and businesses. The Saturday, June 29 evening began with barbecue, snow cones and fried pies available for purchase at 7 p.m. The fireworks show was conducted at 9 p.m. by Tyler Edington, Jacob Price, Steven Peterson, Daniel Shelton and Rhett Eddington. Photo/ Jimmy Leach
Fighting for real Democracy Dear Editor, I recently read your editorial, “ Hostages in the war on morality”, which included your opinion of Trump’s political campaign and many of his followers, who could be labeled or described as Christian Nationalists. It was inspiring to read something so middle-minded from someone that was born multiple generations ahead of me.
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 .
I went to two class reunions on Tuesday night of last week, one for 1940 graduates, the group five years ahead of my class and one for the class of 1950, who were five years behind us. I was just going to run in and out and take a picture or two, but it didn’t work out that way. There were too many folks I wanted to see at each of the reunions.
The Clay County Courier won three individual awards for newspapers less than 1200 in the Arkansas Press Association’s 2024 Better Newspaper Editorial Contest on Saturday, June 29, 2024. The awards recognized newspapers in the state for work from January through December 2023. The works submitted from Arkansas newspapers were judged by members of the Kentucky Press Association.
