Three Rivers Edition

HIGH TEST SCORES: Area schools among state’s top-performing

Six school districts in the Three Rivers area recently won the Outstanding Educational Performance Award for their top performances on the Benchmark exams and the End-Of-Course exams.
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LIGHTING CALENDAR: Holidays aglow

Area set to light up for Christmas season

Get into the Christmas spirit by following the 2009 Arkansas Trail of Holiday Lights. More than 60 communities across Arkansas will participate in the Christmas festivities with light displays, parades, caroling and other magical holiday events.
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education New teachers, curriculum coordinator to help school better prepare students

Augusta High School is changing to meet the needs of its students.
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Holiday Gala Ball to take guests back to life in 1800s

Jacksonport State Park is sponsoring a Holiday Gala Ball at the Jacksonport Courthouse from 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday. The 52nd Regimental String Band from Memphis, Tenn., will perform melodies of the 19th century.
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Middle school sets benefit for Nail family

Southside Middle School will host a benefit dinner, silent auction and live auction from 4:30-6 :30 p.m. Saturday in the school cafeteria. All proceeds will benefit Chris and Caroline Nail, who lost their daughter, Gracie Nail, in October.
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flavor Hostess with the mostest

In these trying times, there is comfort in sentimental traditions. The habit of wearing aprons is one of those rituals from yesteryear capable of eliciting strong memories. For master sewer Millie Harris of Heber Springs, aprons are a necessity and a reminder of a simpler time.
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New criminal justice course at Harding University hones interviewing skills

Students in the Criminal Justice Program at Harding University can take advantage of a new course that will develop their interviewing techniques as they search to uncover the truth.
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'Truly Blessed'

Our Club receives community award for serving youth

A back injury forced Glen Lane down a different path that not only changed his career, but led to personal changes, too.
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that’s life Students question reporter about job

I broke my moratorium on speaking to school classes about my job.
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Teacher seeing students’ self-esteem grow through art

When Marian Colburn left her teaching job in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, she eventually brought her vast knowledge of the art world to Sidney Deener Elementary School in Searcy.
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neighbors Harold A. Valentine

Birth date and place: Sept.
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Mountain View attorney appointed to child abuse board

Gov. Mike Beebe appointed Sherri L. Stewart of Mountain View to the State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board. Stewart is the managing attorney of the Mountain View branch of Legal Aid of AR Inc., which serves Stone, Cleburne and Van Buren counties providing civil legal assistance to low-income Arkansans.
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Perfect 10

Bald Knob gearing up for playoff run after school’s first 10-0 season

Like most coaches, Bald Knob coach Paul Johnston was never big on making predictions, but he did predict prior to the start of the season that his year’s Bulldogs were a special group, and he was correct.
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Harding Jazz Band to perform with professional pianist

The Harding University Jazz Band will perform with internationally recognized jazz pianist Bill Carrothers at the annual fall concert at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Administration Auditorium.
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front&center: Nancy Showalter

Searcy woman carries on tradition of family business as third-generation pharmacist

Nancy Showalter went away to college as a theater and drama major, but she came back a pharmacist.
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