sesquicentennial snapshot
Celebrating 150 Years of the City of Corning & Clay County in 2023 Smithwick School, 1918 Picture of Smithswick School group, made in 1918 is borrowed from Mrs. Clyde Boyd, Knobel.
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For your reading enjoyment
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 1989 Freddie Joe Arnold made his annual visit to The Courier on Tuesday morning of last week, his arms loaded with blooming gladioli, each one a different color and each one prettier than the other.
Bobcat Homecoming, October 19
Celebrating 150 Years of the City of Corning & Clay County in 2023 Senior homecoming festivities will begin Friday, October 19, with a parade that afternoon and crowning of the Homecoming Queen, Miss Gail Yamnitz, that night when the Bobcats play Hoxie. The Senior High Homecoming Maids, who will be presented with Miss Yamnitz in the parade and on the field that night are: Twelfth grade: Donna Cox, daughter of Mrs.
Hearts will never be practical . . .
When I was around 12 years old, my grandpa raised pigs and soon my sister and I were the owners of two Chester Whites. A bit of trivia for my fellow Arkansans, according to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, swine were first introduced into what is now our state by Spanish explorer Hernado deSoto in 1541. Due to the fact that pork can be salted and smoked for preservation, it was perfect to supply the need for meat and lard for early settlers. It is believed by some that the feral hog known as the “razorback” was a descendant of a group of 700 pigs de Soto’s expedition group gave to Native American chiefs as gifts when they disbanded.
Rambling Vines
Clay communities just refuse to get very excited over an election. Take last Tuesday and the important issue of paying for a county jail… which was up to the voters…the issue wasn’t either for or against a jail, it was how we were going to pay for it.
ADE cuts AP African American Studies
In a last-minute move, the Arkansas Department of Education last Friday called teachers who’d prepared to teach AP African American Studies this year that the state was pulling the course. Because ADE called teachers directly, apparently bypassing principals and other school officials, the news broke slowly. And because it broke late on a Friday, it was tough to get quick answers.
From the office of
As we navigate busy streets in our communities, rushing to work or running errands, it’s easy to get caught up in the fast pace of modern life. However, one thing demands our utmost attention on Arkansas roadways- a stopped school bus with its flashing lights and extended stop arm.
State Capitol Week in Review
LITTLE ROCK – This year back to school activities in Arkansas have historic importance, thanks to the far-reaching changes in Act 237 of 2023. Act 237 is the LEARNS Act, proposed by the governor and approved by the legislature earlier this year.
Rambling Vines
Summer is about gone. School bells will be ringing before long and folks are saying things like, “Where in the world did the Summer go?” There are things that stand out in my memory for each year of my Elementary school career, all of which was in the Corning Schools.
The Lowe Down
Well, another school year has rolled around in what seems like the blink of an eye. When I was a child, summer always seemed to languish like a lazy cat enjoying a pool of sunshine on the floor.