Tri-Lakes Edition

TROUBLESOME WATERS: Rains mire timber business

Turnaround for logging could be spring or later

Logger Randy Lobb of Bauxite is out in the forests of Saline County cutting timber just as fast as he can. He and his equipment were idle through the heavy rains of late October and then waited for the logging roads to be dry enough to use.
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October rains leave lasting impact

Appraisals continue, twisters confirmed in Grant County

Three weeks after rainstorms dumped record amounts of water on Arkansas, residents and officials in the Tri-Lakes area are still dealing with the aftermath.
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education Guide to the future

Counselor aids seniors in choosing career paths

Cindy Williams has taught several things during her career in education, but for the last two years she has served the students at Glen Rose High School in a different capacity. She is the school’s guidance counselor.
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Community college hosts adpotion-awareness workshop

The RN Division at National Park Community College hosted a free Infant Adoption Training Initiative workshop on Oct. 21 in the Frederick M. Dierks Center for Nursing and Health Sciences.
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flavor The art of dressing the turkey table

Visions of tables heavy laden with turkeys and all the fixings are dancing in your head just about now.
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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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All lit up

Promotions, pride make cities twinkle for the season

With Halloween over and pumpkins transformed from lanterns to pie ingredients, it is time for workers to scale tall buildings, for ladder trucks to roll quietly out of the fire stations and to make sure there is electricity available at every lamp post.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE TRI-LAKES AREA

MONDAY Author Presentation ARKADELPHIA — Ouachita Baptist University will host guest speaker and Ouachita alumnus C. Edward Spann in a presentation about his book Presidential Praise: Our Presidents and Their Hymns at 7:30 p.m. in Hickingbotham Hall’s Young Auditorium on Ouachita’s campus.
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neighbors Babara Harris

I live in: Bryant Birthplace: Little Rock Occupation: Registered nurse at Bethel Middle School The one thing in Arkansas that I am passionate about is: Its beautiful lakes I am a collector of: Angels My dream job is: Sewing all day My most significant accomplishment is: Raising two beautiful children.
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Trail day

South Fork Nature Center hosts milestone celebration

“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” - Also Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949 I went to an outdoor party the other day.
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front&center: Edwin Martin

Retirement gives longtime Henderson art professor more time for work

For Edwin Martin, the concept of retirement hasn’t changed his life all that much.
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Cities line up for Christmas parades

Communities throughout the Tri-Lakes area are busy organizing their Christmas parades, and everyone expects this year’s parades to be longer and more fun for all.
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ARKADELPHIA: Healthy dose of Italian

OBU opera meets new challenges with fall production

Managing a student production of an opera is always a challenge, with singers to coach and direct, instrumentalists to play the score and sets and props to arrange.
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Getting hi-tech

New technology in classroom engages students

Teachers at Bismarck Middle School use technology in their classrooms every day.
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HOT SPRINGS: Words, attitude, ability connect to make poetry slam champion

A world-class field of competitors met in Hot Springs this weekend in an emotional battle that lives up to the name “slam.” The audience cheered, hissed and stomped their feet, reacting to the rage, sadness and exhilaration of triumph displayed before them.
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