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Region 8 Responds: Letters to the Editor

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer
Monday, May 6th, 2013, 10:50am
Region 8 Responds: Letters to the Editor

From Ty Koons of Lake City, AR:

I have a few points I'd like to make

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Celebrate Mother's Day at outdoor women's workshop

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer
Monday, May 6th, 2013, 8:00am
Celebrate Mother's Day at outdoor women's workshop

Mother's Day is Sunday, May 12.  This year, celebrate it with a little girl power time!

Learn skills practiced by Parkin females of the past at a workshop tailored specifically for today’s women.

Activities will include fire starting, clay digging, pottery making, Dutch Oven cooking (which will result in lunch) and more.

Find out how women lived day to day throughout time and learn a few new skills yourself. 

Get your girlfriends and mothers together and come be an outdoor woman Mothers’ Day Weekend!

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Stamp Out Hunger on May 11

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer
Monday, May 6th, 2013, 8:00am
Stamp Out Hunger on May 11

On Saturday, May 11, you have a chance to stamp out hunger.

The National Association of Letter Carriers will hold its annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive that day.

All you will need to do is set a bag of non-perishable food next to your mailbox before your regular mail deliver.

The postal workers will do the rest.

Food collected during the drive will benefit the Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas, which provides emergency food assistance to 5,100 people each week.

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Stolen car recovered after traffic stop

Submitted by KAIT8 Web Staff on Monday, May 6th, 7:16 am
James Allen Treadway, III (Source: Sharp County Sheriff's Office)
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Baxter Co. Sheriff: Missing Region 8 teen found

Submitted by KAIT8 Web Staff on Monday, May 6th, 5:47 am
Jay Greer, Jr. (Source: Baxter County Sheriff's Office)

BAXTER COUNTY, AR (KAIT) - The autistic teen who went missing in the Ozark National Forest on Thursday evening was found on Saturday morning.

According to the Baxter County Sheriff's Office, they found 18-year-old Jay Greer Jr. of Lone Rock around 3:10 a.m. Greer was found by a search crew with the United States Forestry Service in a heavily wooded and rugged area about two and a half miles away from his abandoned vehicle.

Apart from being cold, wet and hungry Greer was unharmed.

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Region 8 Responds: Letters to the Editor

Submitted by Hatton Weeks on Sunday, May 5th, 10:16 am

The following letter was submitted by Superintendent Mitch Walton, Sloan-Hendrix School District:

Sloan-Hendrix has had individuals to speak at graduation in the past. Contrary to what has been said, no invitation was extended this year to anyone. As superintendent, I have the authority to decide about who the speaker will be or whether we have a speaker at all. The school board does not vote on speakers for graduation.

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Gov. Beebe's weekly column: Supporting Arkansas scholars

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer
Saturday, May 4th, 2013, 8:00am
Gov. Beebe's weekly column: Supporting Arkansas scholars

 

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