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MAKING A DIFFERENCE: ‘What we wanted to do’

Malvern youngsters engage community for charities

Most teachers are quick to point out the importance of parents supporting their students’ educational pursuits.
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BENTON SALES-TAX ELECTION: Close vote expected on tax

Safety tax to be half-cent hike

Early voting is already under way, but a small turnout is expected for Benton’s special balloting on a half-cent sales tax increase, and predictions are that a few votes, one way or the other, will decide the issue.
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OBU Opera Theatre to present Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi

Ouachita Baptist University’s Opera Theatre will present Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, through Saturday, Nov. 21, and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 22, in Jones Performing Arts Center at OBU.
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Two Hot Springs Inns receive top awards

Hilltop Manor Bed and Breakfast of Hot Springs was selected as a Best B&B in the Midwest United States winner and Ray and Kristie Rosset of Lookout Point Lakeside Inn of Hot Springs were selected as Innkeepers of the Year in the annual Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards.
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Brush Strokes prepares for annual galleria

Brush Strokes, the Hot Springs Village group of professional and amateur artists, will hold its fourth annual Galleria Art Show and Sale fro 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov 7.
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Passing it on

School raises money to grant cancer survivor’s wish

Students, faculty and staff at Cabe Middle School in Gurdon have the giving spirit and want to pass that spirit along to other schools in the area.
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Henderson professor receives writing fellowship

Michael Ray Taylor, cave explorer, author and professor at Henderson State University, was awarded the 2009 Hagin-Kaye Travel Writing Fellowship by the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs.
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Radiography class experiences 100 percent passage rate for state licensure

The National Park Community College Radiography Class of 2009 all successfully passed the American Registry for Radiologic Technologists examination on the first attempt. One of these 14 students obtained a 98 percent on the exam. The last time an entire radiography class at the college passed this exam on their first effort was in 1989.
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Morning Kickstart

Healthy breakfast replenishes depleted energy supplies

You’ve heard the buzz about the importance of starting your day with breakfast. It’s all true! The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service is alerting the public to the benefits of eating a healthy breakfast and the ill side effects of skipping the first meal of the day.
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Development council taking applications for scholarships

The Central Arkansas Development Council is accepting applications for the Single Parent Scholarship Fund program. For an application, contact your local family or community development specialist.
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CENTRAL ARKANSAS FAIRPLEX Benton’s bids for State Fair have grown from development plan

When Arkansas State Fair officials called for bids statewide for a new site for the annual autumn event, the city of Benton and Saline County were able to submit a detailed proposal almost immediately, because they already had a plan under way.
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INCLEMENT-WEATHER NOTIFICATION: Text in case of emergency

Communication system to keep parents informed tested and ready

Chilly winds and cooler rains might be the first signs that harsher weather is coming, but perhaps the parents, students and teachers of the Bryant School District have a new herald of winter — the Notifyme TxtWire system test.
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10 star to be marshal for world-renowned St. Patrick’s parade

Bo Derek will be the first female celebrity grand marshal for the seventh annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17, in downtown Hot Springs.
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outdoors: ‘Attacking’ the falls

Petit Jean trip highlighted by view of Cedar Falls at high water level

Growing up in Arkansas, there are certain things I take for granted.
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FOLLOW-UP ON SCHOOL PROGRESS REPORTS: Schools respond to test results

Administrators: Reality more complex than scores imply

A school principal and a district administrator in schools that have failed to meet statewide achievement standards mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind laws say testing does not give a real assessment of the quality of education and, if continued, will establish unreachable standards.
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