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  • Joined: December 14, 2022
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Full Circle

I know that sometime in the last couple of years that I have been writing this column that I must have mentioned that I love technology. But in case you missed it, I love technology. It is not a complacent love, as it comes with the overlooked dangers that new things often present. It also is a marvel when something new under the sun raises it head and looks around at us and asks, “How may I be of help?” As I grew up, and particularly when I first came to Corning High School in what must have been1952, I was a simple country boy and new to the world of learning. The very first day I walked into that end room at the end of the hall at the High School building that had a sign above the door that said “Library” and I saw all those books. It was shortly after that, as my reading habit blossomed that I came to know that we live in a marvelous time. In 1962 something else happened that most of us didn’t realize until almost 30 years later. It was when the idea of a world wide web of computers all joined together talking to each other for the benefit of mankind was born. His name was Marshall McLuhan. On Aug. 1st, 1991, it finally happened when Tim Berners-Lee published the first website. My partner in business and in life and I got together in 1991, and by 1995 had a great little mom and pop going, selling essential and fragrance oils and making and selling incense as well as jewelry perfume vials to wear as necklaces to go with our awesome oils. Just before Christmas in 1995 we were doing a Christmas show in a mall in San Antonio, Texas. I was sitting on a bench above Kerry on the balcony watching her work. As I sat there an older gentleman approached me and sat down and asked if I was with her as I seemed to be watching her. I told him yes that she was my wife. He sat there for a few minutes and then he said to me, “There is something you should know about, do you have a computer?” I told him yes, we had just purchased one that summer. He said, “Well you

Will the lectern audit eclipse the fiscal session?

Legislative Auditor Roger Norman told lawmakers on March 27 that he expected Legislative Audit to issue its report regarding the lectern audit in early April. At that time, he noted that the Governor’s Office faced a March 29 deadline to submit its management response to auditors’ draft report.

Bobcat Basketball holds golf fundraiser

The Corning Boys Basketball Program hosted its annual fundraiser, a Four Man Scramble Golf Tournament on Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 8 a.m. at the Victory Lake Golf Course. All proceeds went to the program. There were 15 teams participating and supporting the program. The winners were as follows: Flight One 1st Place Winners: $400 Ralph Morrow, Jr. Brett Morrow Anthony Hausman Austin Circle Flight One 2nd Place Winners: $320 Shawn Ashcraft Hunter Ashcraft Wes Walker Eric Webb Flight One 3rd Place Winners: $240 Chris Cox Mason Young Barry Keck Larry Wills

Jr. Bobcats hot on the road with 3 wins

Three road games equaled three road wins for the Jr. Bobcats during the first week in April. At the end of the week, the Jr. Cats carried 5 wins and a tie as they look toward the end of the season. Corning collars Cougars; 4-2 First, Corning took on the Rector Cougars on Monday, April 1 and snagged their first win of the week. Two runs in the 1st and two runs in the 4th sealed the deal for the Bobcats. A double for Jackson Jett and two singles from TJ Small and Bentley Ermert gave the Cats the lead to start the game. A couple of runs from the Cougars tied the game at 2-2 after three innings but that just fueled Corning. Another round of hits in the 4th for Ermert and Small added the two runs needed to seal the deal for the Jr. Cats. Jett, Small, and Ermert took control at the plate with 2 hits each. Ermert drove in 2 runs and Small drove in 1. On the mound, Ermert faced the Cougars first, pitching through two innings, giving up 1 run on 2 hits, striking out 4 batters and walking one. Bryson Murray took over behind Ermert for his first outing of the season. Murray maintained Ermert’s stride in his 1 and ⅔ innings and gave up no runs and no hits, while striking out 1 and walking none. Another new face continued the work on the bump in the final 1 and ⅓ innings, Lane Lucas pitched for the first time against the Cougars. He gave up 3 hits and struck out 2 batters, with no runs scored and no walks. The Bobcats defeated the Cougars 4-2. Jr. Cats defeat EPC; 7-2 On Tuesday, April 2, the Jr. Bobcats traveled to East Poinsett County. The Bobcats only put up one hit for the game but multiple hits were not needed to secure the win against the Warriors. Jackson Jett recorded the only hit for the Bobcats and drove in one run. Rex Shourd put the ball in play to drive in another run. Several walks and some Warrior errors generated the rest of the Bobcat runs to finalize the win at 7-2. Shourd grabbed his first win on the mound as the starting pitcher for the Bobcats. He pitc

Runners stranded aid in Bobcats’ loss to Rector; 7-3

The Corning Bobcats traveled to Rector on Monday, April 1 to face the first of two cross county rivals. The Cats got on the board first, with 2 runs against the undefeated Cougars. A two-out single from Reid McMasters fired up the Bobcats, followed by another single and a Cougar error that resulted in two runs scored. But the Cougars counteracted in the bottom of the 1st inning, putting up 2 runs of their own. Seth Smith started on the mound for Corning and pitched through 4 innings. Despite a strong performance from the southpaw, the Cougars were not easy to cage, putting up 5 runs on 7 hits in Smith’s 4 innings. Smith struck out 5 and only walked 1 batter. McMasters took the mound in the bottom of the 5th inning. The lefthander was able to curb the Cougars, allowing no walks, only 1 hit and 1 run while striking out 2 through 1 and ⅓ innings. Ty Price finished the 6th inning, followed by Carson Dowdy with two singles. Rodney Rapert and Izaiah Hollowell each adding one single. Price claimed the only RBI for the Bobcats.

Bobcats deliver against Mohawks; 14-7

The second Clay County rival matchup in a week looked much different for the Bobcats after their loss to Rector, as they redeemed themselves on Thursday, April 4, against Piggott. The Cats commandeered 16 hits in 7 innings to defeat the Mohawks 14-7 on their home field. A relentless Bobcats offense remained steady as they drove runs home all but one inning with a collection of singles and doubles.