Corning High School will be hosting its annual Veterans Day assembly again this year. Send photos of local veterans, one from military service and one current, to be used during the ceremony. Email photos to alexandria. coleman@corning.k12.ar.us or deliver them to the high school office.
I remember asking my grandpa, Chris Murley that when I was a small fry. His answer was “Larry, why are you in a hurry?” I was quick to respond. I wanted to be able to do the things big people did. He asked me, “Like what, for instance?” I thought about it, and said, “Well, like eat whatever I want to eat, and stay up as late as I want to stay up and go wherever I want to go, whenever I want to.” He smiled, a kinda grampa-like smile. You see, he knew. Growing up is something that takes some people a lifetime to do, and others don’t quite make it in a life time. And then there are those who seem to be born grown up. My personal growing up came in spurts, and they weren’t the ideal spurts. There were moments of reality that responded to stimuli that sometimes directed my path down rocky hillsides, across rickety bridges, and through swampy forests. Those places sometimes presented untold dangers, most of which I managed to avoid, possibly because I descended down through an Irish heritage. Ha ha. Yeah, the luck of the Irish. But all those paths were not bad. Some left beautiful memories and served to motivate me to be a good person, especially as I became older. Yes, I grew up. Growing up is a rather ambiguous descripted phrase. It is used to describe a process that your elders meant for what might happen to you as you grew taller and stronger. I grew taller and stronger physically, but not always in intelligence and emotional maturity. Our environment has much to do with how we learn as we journey through our mortal existence, and we sometimes drift into stormy seas on that journey. We don’t always realize the course we plot and set on the map for our voyage, that they might lead us to those fitful seas, or into those summer storms that might wreck us. So where do we find the wit and resourcefulness to steer out of the huge wave, and find calm seas? Where does the intelligence come from that will allow you to escape from a cage, where hostile forces
08/01/2023 - Rachael M. Sillman of Corning, was arrested 08/01/2023 - Randi Alvardo of Paragould, was arrested for Failure to Appear for Expired Tags, Misdemeanor Driving on Suspended Driver’s License.
Fall is officially here! We’ve got our seasonal decorations switched over and hopefully the temperature, as with the leaves, will start to fall here soon. In the spirit of Halloween, a yellow garden spider has made her home here at the Welcome Center.
LITTLE ROCK – The state Transportation Department has written a plan to reduce carbon emissions by improving traffic flow and connecting highways more efficiently with railroad terminals and ports. The department is due to receive $87 million from the federal government, between now and 2026, for projects that reduce carbon emissions.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time when the world unites in a sea of pink ribbons, illuminating the urgency of breast cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment. In Arkansas, more than 2,400 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
What a week. Monday, Sept.
Kalyx Hollis, Layla Young, and Addeline Darnell are Students of the Month in the month of September. The word was Responsible.
The Corning 7th Grade football players and Jr. “B” Bobcats played in a scrimmage against the Brinkley Tigers on Monday, Oct. 2 at 5 p.m. at Bobcat Stadium. Coach Farrell Shelton called the number of plays while Coach Trevor Barajas served as referee. Corning hosted Brinkley players and coaches serving refreshments after the scrimmage with Coaches Trevor Poe and Kyle George manning the grill.
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