July 2024
2024 Arkansas State AIM Championships
The Jacksonville Parks & Recreation hosted an Arkansas State Trap Shoot at the AGFF/Jacksonville Shooting Sports Complex Tuesday, June 18, 2024, through Sunday, June 23, 2024. The following are results of Corning area trap shooters.
BINGO Night at M.B. Ainley . . .
A community BINGO game hosted by the Corning Chamber of Commerce was enjoyed at the M.B. Ainley, Jr.
KHS Class of 1974 holds 50th Reunion
On Tuesday, May 7, 1974, 26 seniors received diplomas from Knobel High School and became KHS graduates. On Friday, June 21, 2024,15 alumni of the Class of ’74 attended their 50th class reunion at the Knobel Community Center to reminisce and catch up on each other’s lives. Mary Fay Davidson Shriver, who moved to Corning after the 6th grade in 1968 also attended the reunion.
The road to diplomacy . . .
This week’s column of The Lowe Down was previously published in the Clay County Courier. It has been slightly edited.
Former Corning resident recalls purpose for Corning 4th of July Homecoming Picnic
Mention the Corning 4th of July Homecoming Picnic and parade to anyone who has experienced it in the past century and a feeling of nostalgia and wistfulness for those long, hot, fun-filled picnics will pass across their faces. Memories of snow cones, carnival rides, the parade, visiting with friends, barbeque and beauty queens come to mind.
Hole-in-One at Hole 1
KC Smith scored his first hole-in-one on Hole 1 at Victory Lake Golf Course on Saturday, June 22, 2024. .
From the office of Jeremy Wooldridge
This week, the General Assembly convened for an Extraordinary Session, during which the legislature passed significant tax legislation. The new laws reduce the top individual income tax rate to 3.9%, the lowest since the tax was first enacted in the state in 1923.
State Capitol Week in Review
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas families and businesses will save more than $483 million in income taxes next year, thanks to a tax cut passed by the legislature during a three-day special session. Also, Arkansas homeowners will see their property taxes go down by about $46 million because the legislature increased the homestead property tax credit from $425 to $500.
What the World is AI?
Will Artificial Intelligence control all humans one day? Is Artificial Intelligence going to take all our data and take over all electronic devices? Should we fear Artificial Intelligence? I can’t answer those questions. I can shed light on what this Artificial Intelligence thing is all about.