There will be a poll worker training for anyone who has NOT received poll worker training in the past year and who is interested in working in the General Election in November. The training will be on Thursday, Sept. 19. Please call the county election coordinator, Karen Cagle, to register and receive more information. (870) 240-3295. The class is free and has a limit of 10.
Gala Blanchard is the winner of Week 2 of the Pick the Winner Contest. She correctly selected all the winning teams with the exception of one undetermined winner. The Lee Academy v. Tunica Academy was cancelled due to the weather resulting in the game being designated as a freebie game selection to all participants.
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 Wonder why we don’t have a “First Load of Rice” contest? During the years that cotton was king in the area, local merchants sponsored a “First Bale” contest with a $100.00 gift certificate to the person delivering the first 500-pound bale of cotton to a local gin… that’s how important cotton was to the local economy.
September 22, 1994 From left, front row: Mandy Harley, Ginger Kilbreath and Ashley Hall. Second row: Leslie Mathis, Andrea Harmon, Queen Jeri Lynn Sharpe, and Jennifer Crowell.
No, we are not whale hunting this week. But we are here to discuss something that is just as big - Inflation. Yeah, it is down now from what it was a couple or three years ago. But it is still too high. Almost every day you can watch your news program, and some talking head will give his or her perspective on the subject. You will hear everything from price gouging to overpaid CEOs and a few subjects in between. However, very few mention the 700 pound gorilla in the room. That hairy critter is energy and it, in my humble opinion, after years of reflection on the subject, is the chief officer in the inflation problem.
Forty Years of Claytonism. Welcome to Clayton County is a limited weekly column exploring the life of General Powell Clayton, the original namesake of our county, our early history, and why we are not called Clayton County today.
Arkansas elected officials and prominent citizens like to talk proudly of their Christian faith. The real question is “are we living up to the faith we profess”? Especially when we consider Matthew 25: 44-45, which says, “Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’” When I wrote my previous piece on food insecurity in Arkansas (literally just two months ago), I knew we were facing a serious problem. We were ranked the second worst food-insecure states in the nation, with one in four children going to bed hungry each night. But the most recent data from the USDA has delivered a harsh reality: things have gotten worse. Arkansas now has the highest rate of food insecurity in the country, with nearly 19% of households struggling to put food on the table. This is well above the national average of 13.5%, and the numbers have continued to climb since 2022.
It’s still more than four months away, but lawmakers are gearing up for the 2025 Regular Session. That session—the second under Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders—is set to begin at noon Monday, January 13.
LITTLE ROCK – The state has begun a new campaign to make people aware of the variety of Medicaid services for which they may be eligible, especially if someone in their family has a disability. The intent is to help people with disabilities live more independently by getting services in their own home or in their local community, rather than in an institutional setting such as a longterm care facility or a hospital.
On Friday, August 30th, we played Brinkley in our home opener. Again, we came out fast, scoring on our first 6 possessions.