Wayne Bryan
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128 years of song : Tull celebrates community effort of 1885
updated: 05/15/2013 10:46 a.m. Discuss
Most of the time, the Grant County community of Tull is as quiet as one would imagine a town of 448 residents to be — but not this week. This week, families will come in from out of town. There will be planning sessions about everything from traffic control and menus to making sure there are enough song books for everyone who wants to sing.
Students celebrate Redfield memories
updated: 05/15/2013 10:49 a.m. Discuss
This is Helen Moseley’s first year to teach at Redfield Middle School — and it will be her last. On May 31, the 75-year-old school will close, and next year, the students will catch the bus to White Hall Middle School. Moseley said teaching at the school in its last year has been special for her. She, like many of the 1,200 residents of Redfield, was a student at the school.
EAST class aids historical society project
updated: 05/10/2013 10:33 a.m. Discuss
A group of Hot Spring County residents are afraid the area is losing its history, and they asked a group of young people to help them save it.
Dr. Nate Smith: Physician, missionary now protecting state’s health
updated: 05/10/2013 11:07 a.m. Discuss
Monday was a busy day for Dr. Nate Smith of Alexander. He was moving into a new office and holding meetings as he spent his first day as interim director of the Arkansas Department of Health.
Benton seeks to be more than nice, become more hospitable
updated: 05/08/2013 10:17 a.m. Discuss
“You don’t get a second chance to make a good first impression,” Scott Sudduth, coordinator of the Welcome to Arkansas program, told members of the Benton Area Chamber of Commerce at a lunch on May 2.
Bigger Brickfest: New stage, old favorites at annual Malvern festival
updated: 05/08/2013 10:21 a.m. Discuss
For the past year, the nonprofit organization that puts on Malvern’s biggest annual event has been setting the stage for a big show to draw more people to the 33rd annual Brickfest.
Hoops star stresses STEM education
updated: 05/01/2013 10:54 a.m. Discuss
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an impressive speaker. Sure, he is 7-feet, 2-inches tall and the National Basketball Association’s all-time leading scorer, but it is his words that may have the biggest impact. “I can speak to you today because I took advantage of the educational opportunities I had given to me,” Abdul-Jabbar told about 1,200 students gathered in the stands of the Hot Springs High School gymnasium on April 25. The Basketball Hall of Famer was invited to Arkansas to be the keynote speaker for the Open Book Celebration, a fundraising event held to benefit the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts. The event was held the evening of the 25th at the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock.
Beyond the BB: Show promotes hunting with airguns
updated: 05/01/2013 10:57 a.m. Discuss
Eric Henderson was in Malvern on Friday and Saturday speaking about big-game hunting. The Sachse, Texas, resident was at a gun show talking to patrons about hunting for impala, warthogs and a variety of wild African antelopes. What made Henderson’s stories and the gun show different is that there was not a firearm anywhere to be seen. The event was the fourth annual Arkansas Airgun Extravaganza at the Hot Spring County Fairgrounds. The show features some of the traditional BB and pellet guns for young boys and girls, but the larger and more lucrative part of the show is big-bore airguns, designed for hunting.
High school troupe returns to popular musical
updated: 05/01/2013 11:03 a.m. Discuss
Annie Get Your Gun, one of America’s most celebrated musicals and composer Irving Berlin’s biggest Broadway hit, will come to life again this weekend at the Little Theater at Arkadelphia High School. The production is by the school’s choral music program, led by Laura Cornelius. First produced on Broadway in 1946, the show made famous by Ethel Merman as Annie Oakley and Merman’s signature hit “There’s No Business Like Show Business” has been revived several times over the decades and is always popular in touring companies and local theaters. This is the second time the musical has been performed by singers and actors at Arkadelphia High School.
Planting day : Students to harvest food, knowledge
updated: 04/26/2013 10:37 a.m. Discuss
Tuesday was a different kind of school day for Chloe Bland, a student at Caldwell Elementary School.
