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Greek Yogurt Potato Salad

Serves 6 2 pounds potatoes (Yukon Gold or red potatoes) 1/2 onion 6 eggs 1 cup plain Greek yogurt 4 tablespoons sour cream 1 tablespoon vinegar 2 tablespoons yellow mustard 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon celery seed 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed or 1 teaspoon fresh 1/2 cup dill pickles, chopped Paprika, for garnish (optional) Parsley, for garnish (optional) 1. Peel and dice potatoes and onions.

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Cole runs on experience in Clay Co. Sheriff’s race

Clay County Sheriff candidate Ronnie Cole believes that experience counts when it comes to electing a sheriff. Cole served as the sheriff of Clay County from 1999 to 2008. At that time the biggest issue that he saw in the county was methamphetamine labs. Today the biggest issues that he perceives for Clay County are twofold; re-opening the Clay County Detention Center and a more comprehensive rural presence of the deputies across the county. “The reason I’m running is I want to get the jail back in operation and I want to see our law enforcement back in rural parts of the county,” Cole said. “I want to see the present jail put back into operation. I do not want to see a new jail built because of the taxes that would have to be put on the people. I do not think people would pass the tax and I don’t want to see people have to make that decision. A jail is going to cost several million dollars. It’ll tie Clay County up for years in paying for a jail. The one we’ve got is paid for; it is concrete and steel. There’s nothing that can’t be taken out and replaced.” Cole said the jail was built around 1990-1991. “It’s not that old and we can make it work. There was nothing major about the building that cannot be fixed. We were approved several years ago to house 16 women. We were also approved to house up to 69 total inmates. Any of the issues that came up as far as the building, it can all be corrected. The thing is you have to do maintenance every day on the jail. There’s some type of maintenance that has to be done every day.” When Cole’s last term as sheriff, he went to Pine Bluff. “I was in charge of a brand new facility that held 316 inmates. I had two maintenance men on staff that worked every day doing some type of maintenance on that brand new building. Any jail needs maintenance every day. Law enforcement cannot function correctly without a jail. If people want good law enforcement, we have to have a jail. And we can make, again, I want to stress, we can make the present jail work. There is no need to have to try to pass a tax to build a brand-new jail.”

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Corning Public Library

MYSTERY The Match by Harlan Coben A Relative Murder by Jude Deveraux Fallen Creed by Alex Kava The Missing Piece by John Lescroart What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline Fear the Neighbors by Fern Michaels A Safe House by Stuart Woods The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich ADULT FICTION Becoming My Sister by V.C. Andrews The Guarded Heart by Sharlene Maclaren High Stakes by Danielle Steel (Also available in Large Print) Calder Grit by Janet Dailey (Also available in Large Print) FANTASY Eve of Destruction by Sherrilyn Kenyon JUVENILE Search for the Sparkle by Jason June Narwhal Adventure by Jason June The Biggest Roller Coaster by Tina Kugler Can I have a Turn? by Norm Feuti .

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THE POWER OF PRAYER

Continued prayers for the family of Shawn Garner are requested as his doctor makes plans for removing Shawn’s pancreas in Memphis and that there are no complications with his liver concerning this surgery.

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County jail important topic in sheriff race

One of the important issues in the upcoming election, particularly to the Clay County Sheriff’s race is the Clay County Detention Center and its current closure. Both candidates running for sheriff, Ronnie Cole and Russ Latimer have stated they believe it’s imperative to the county and its residents to have an operating detention center. The county jail has been closed since Sept. 30, 2021. Since that time inmates have been transported to surrounding county jails. There has been some discussion about the state of the jail’s physical structure, but the primary reason for its closure as stated by Sheriff Terry Miller at a special Clay County Quorum Court meeting called on Saturday, Oct. 2 at 1 p.m. in the Eastern District Courthouse in Piggott was the skeleton crew of jailers. Miller stated to a crowded courtroom that his jail administrator called him that Thursday evening and said the night shift jailer did not come in or call to indicate he would not be working that evening. Miller said, “And it’s hard to find people that want to be jailers. I’ll just be honest and truthful. But anyway, that being said, we started calling the other jailers that we had available.” The sheriff said he had two other jailers, one in training, but not ready for the job as yet. It was reported that one had been drinking and he wasn’t fit to come to work. “I had to make a hard decision right there and then,” said Miller. “My jail administrator worked 24 hours that day in that jail. I made the decision to temporarily suspend operations of our jail and I moved our inmates to a safe location until I can get a full staff that can maintain the jail under safe operating conditions, we do not need to open it back up. We CAN not open it back up.” Miller stated he needed no less than eight jailers. At the time he had two male and three female jailers. In ad-dition to the lack of jailers, Miller also addressed the latest State Fire Marshal Report for the jail and provided a letter concerning the report signed by Lindsey Williams, Major, State Fire Marshal Commander. Some issues stated that require prompt attention were in general, the jail fire alarm system was not in proper operating condition, fire suppression for cooking appliances are required to have a Type I hood, deficiencies in the automatic fire sprinkler system. These deficiencies had to be corrected no later than Oct. 25, 2021.

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Corning OM Teams headed to World Finals

Park Elementary, Corning Middle School, and Corning High School Odyssey of the Mind Teams are headed to World Finals. The Arkansas Odyssey of the Mind State Tournament was held at Mayflower on Saturday, April 9th. Teams from around the state including Pocahontas, Greene County Tech, Brookland, Valley View, Trumann, Tuckerman, Marianna, Earle, Blytheville, Mount St. Mary’s, Springdale,

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