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Benton addition set to make a splash
updated: 06/14/2013 4:18 p.m. Discuss
Residents of the Benton area will soon have a place to chill out this summer. The Splashpad, a children’s play area with water spraying throughout the site, is set to open in the next couple of weeks, said John Eckart, Parks and Recreation director for the city of Benton.
Michael Counts: Retired Lyon theater director searching for ‘big break’
updated: 06/14/2013 1:50 p.m. Discuss
Michael Counts is still looking for his big break as an actor. A former carnival worker, Counts started his teaching career at Lyon College in Batesville 21 years ago. Before that and after high school, he spent time with a traveling carnival, where he said he caught the showbiz bug. Counts said he worked in a tent at the carnival where he was in charge of collecting money for a bingo game, and also in various other game tents. He did carnival work for about three years, then ended up going to acting school to pursue acting as a career, he said. Counts saw the movie On the Waterfront, released in 1954. The film featured Marlon Brando, who became a big influence on Counts’ acting career, he said.
Furry future?: Conway canines may get place to mingle
updated: 06/14/2013 4:19 p.m. Discuss
The furry citizens of Conway might soon have a place to run around and meet new friends. Conway is a finalist in the PetSafe Bark for Your Park contest, where the city can win $100,000 to go toward building a dog park in the city.
City looks to restore abandoned gas station
updated: 06/12/2013 10:36 a.m. Discuss
Before the interstate system, two-lane highways served as the major routes connecting the nation. Those pre-interstate years are often romanticized through word and song, like the tribute to Route 66. Closer to home, Arkansas 161 funneled Three Rivers Edition coverage area residents to central Arkansas before U.S. 67/167 was completed. Along that route sat the Roundtop Filling Station. For some, the structure is now an abandoned gas station that attracts vandalism, but for others, the site represents a deep history of which the city of Sherwood is proud.
Rhonda Sanders: Bryant woman finds passion for hungry Arkansans
updated: 06/07/2013 2:15 p.m. Discuss
Rhonda Sanders of Bryant has a passion for feeding the hungry, and she will be able to do that in her new position as CEO of the Arkansas Foodbank in Little Rock.
Points of interest: Antlers provide Pangburn man with way to give back
updated: 06/07/2013 9:44 a.m. Discuss
Dana Walker of Pangburn has been a nurse for 30 years, but he’s been enamored with the outdoors even longer. “I’ve hunted all my life, and I’ve always spent time hunting and fishing,” Walker said. To become a nurse, Walker spent years studying subjects like human anatomy and physiology. For one of his many hobbies, however, he studied animals like white-tailed deer. His hobby enables him to give back to the community, too. Walker uses antler and moose sheds, which he finds or buys, primarily to make lamps and sconces, as well as tables.
Making a difference : Conway teacher receives school-district honor
updated: 06/07/2013 11:59 a.m. Discuss
Trinina Pouncy, 32, said she was not the most ideal student in high school. Now that she has shifted to a different role in the classroom, much has changed. Pouncy was named in May as Conway School District Teacher of the Year.
All-star games to put finishing touches on season for area coaches
updated: 06/05/2013 10:54 a.m. Discuss
For some coaches, work comes to a close immediately after school is out for the summer, but others have one more game to help high school students shine on the field. The Arkansas Activities Association announced the head coaches and coaching staffs for its 2013 Arkansas Army National Guard/Arkansas High School Coaches Association All-Star baseball, softball and soccer games on May 21.
Kansas native plants roots at Lake Dardanelle State Park
updated: 06/05/2013 1:28 p.m. Discuss
Sarah Keating discovered Lake Dardanelle State Park in Russellville when she was attending college in Kansas, and she never forgot it.
ACE provides helping hand for community
updated: 06/05/2013 11:26 a.m. Discuss
The ACE program that Sarah Robbins helped establish to assist high school students is addressing problems that are much larger than she had ever realized. She and two other women involved with Lakeside High School in Hot Springs started ACE, All Created Equal, in 2009. Robbins was the president of the Parent Teacher Organization when the program started.
