Class members in Mrs. Shelby Burkheart’s kindergarten class at Hillview Elementary - First Row: Allison George, Hunter Walker, Kyleigh Moore, Shawna Neldon, James Buffington, Hanna Herald, Jayden Thomas, Lauren Woodruff, Shawn Edwards. Back Row: Paige Morey, Alexis Phillips, Hunter Taylor, Camden Owens, Lilly Asher, Zea Rainbolt, Iam Exley, Alexis Robinson, Austin Sheperd.
The City of Corning has a lot of history under her belt having been in existence for 150 years and occasionally a relic of her past is discovered. Recently Ryan Carter was gifted an old 7 oz. soda bottle by a friend, Mindie Johnson Mitchell. The glass bottle was stamped the Corning Bottling Company, a business in Corning in the 1940s. In 1948, the Clay County Courier reported the Corning Bottling Plant had completed renovation of all equipment and was now operating on a full time basis in the new modern building on Second Street. The newspaper relayed to the community, “The Plant and property is owned by W. F. Mullins, who, with the new plant manager, L. P. King, has been overseeing the changeover and improvements for the past two months.” After the soda bottling operation was up and running full force that year, the company ran advertisements in the Courier, such as, “Look under your Pop-Kola bottle caps, there are numbers. Numbers 7 and 11 get a free bottle of Pop-Kola. Have fun, see who gets the low number. Corning Bottling Company.” By 1953, it appears the bottling company had closed as the Courier reported, “A new farm equipment dealership opened in Corning this week. It is the Clay County Equipment Company, Oliver farm equipment dealers, in the bottling plant building on West Second near Main Street. Owners of the firm, which also have a dealership at Knobel are Leo and Edward Sellmeyer, M. M. Huddleston and Lester Pugsley. Huddleston, manager of the local dealership, has moved with his family from Jonesboro.”
Class members in Ms. Robin’s Class at Naylor Elementary. First Row: Seth Kelley, Evelyn Johnson, Alivia Suiter, Preston Goodnight, Abigayle Wuestoff and Hanna Luye. Middle Row: Joseph Conger, Ethan Campagna, Destiny Thomas, Tyler Rice, Jade Colyott, Zoey Tyler and Ms. Robin. Back Row: Gracie Wilkerson, Kennedi Brandon, Samuel Dillon, Alexander McNew, Brendon Morland, Shawn Crouch.
The U of A Extension Clay County Blackberry Variety Demonstration Vineyard located on Wooten Street has new signs for each blackberry variety including Arkansas varieties developed by the University of Arkansas and Dr. John Clark. Ryan Carter and Clay County Extension Agent Stewart Runsick planted the blackberry plants in two waves. They began last season. The newer plants will not produce this year but the older plants will produce some berries this year and many more next year.
Class members in Ms. Jo’s Class at Naylor Elementary. First Row: Donte Westfall, Cole Crofford, Jaylyn Paulkner, Alexia Schumer, Zella Layton, Matthew Gambling. Middle Row: Kamryn Stamps, Quentin Davis, Haley Sullivan, Harley Sullivan, Skyler House, Jasmine Brawner. Back row: Steven Royer, Kai Hamlett, Hanna Gibson, Nathan Lunsford, Britney Arnold, Miranda Chandler, Ms. Jo. Not pictured: Akeyla McDaniels
The Clay County Sheriff’s Department is currently offering warrant amnesty to persons having a Clay County misdemeanor warrant for unpaid fines in District Court. Individuals may turn themselves in at the Clay County Sheriff’s Department, where the warrant will be served. They will be released and given a court date to appear in front of the judge in order to have a payment plan redone. Once the jail reopens, individuals with a warrant for unpaid fines will be incarcerated and will have to post bond.
We are less than a week away from the 2023 Corning High School Graduation and I want to take this time to say a few words to our graduating seniors, their families and our community. As we educators prepare for graduation, we reflect on the previous years with fondness and hope that we have equipped our seniors for life after high school.
MYSTERY The Fourth Enemy by Anne Perry Shadow of Death by Heather Graham Simply Lies by David Baldacci (also available in large print) Dark Angel by John Sandford Hiss & Tell by Rita Mae Brown Count Down by James Patterson (also available in large print) 48 Clues Into The Disappearance Of My Sister by Joyce Carol Oates Broker of Lies by Steven James On The Line by Fern Michaels Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline City Walls by Loren D. Estleman Collateral Damage by J.A.
