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Local candidates file for office (08/31/10)
Local candidates filed for positions in all of the towns across Buffalo Island. Following is a list of candidates. Manila Mayor: Debra Joni Isebell, Wayne Wagner, Terry W. Vassar. City Clerk: Susie Baker, incumbent...

Big Lake drawdown to enhance waterfowl and shorebird habitat (08/31/10)
The recent drawdown of Big Lake on the National Wildlife Refuge is a project to benefit waterfowl and shorebird habitat and delay migration to the southern oil-impacted coastal areas. According to Jeremy Bennett, Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge manager, many people think drawing down the lake is negative but once they have the whole picture, they understand the purpose of the project...

Lost camera works it way back home to Manila (08/31/10)
Joyful tears and tears of gratitude were part of a heartfelt thanks Joyce Haggard of Manila gave to everyone involved in the return of her lost camera. "It is so good to know there are people in the world who will go the extra mile for others they don't even know," Joyce said. ...

Water billing concerns addressed (08/31/10)
The Monette City Council addressed water and sewer billing concerns and misunderstandings with multi-metered facilities at the council meeting Monday, Aug. 23. Alderman Perry Wood addressed the council concerning term completion of his appointed position...

Southworth supports backpack back to school program (08/24/10)
As one of the largest employers in the Manila area, Southworth has a desire to be a good civic minded corporation that gives back to the community. Out of this desire to do good things in the community, Southworth International Group decided that its charitable work would be targeted toward children and youth. With that in mind, the Backpack Back to School Program began...

Manila Council hears preservation program (08/24/10)
Manila City Council welcomed Vanessa McKuin, executive director with the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas, to the Monday, Aug. 16, meeting. McKuin presented a slide presentation on the Preserve America Program. McKuin has been working with the city and the museum/depot committee on Manila's application to become a Preserve America Community...

Council debates Melody Theatre seating issue (08/24/10)
The Leachville Council discussed Melody Theatre needs and upcoming fundraiser at the city council meeting held Monday, Aug. 16. The council and Melody Theatre committee representative Moba Lee Miller discussed potential fundraisers and repair needs...

Lake City council hears good audit report (08/24/10)
Lake City Mayor Billy Anderson gave each alderman a copy of the letter and Financial Statement prepared by Scott Despain, CPA for Despain, Luther, Short & Company, at the regular Aug. 16 meeting. Mayor Anderson pointed out the outcome of the water and sewer audit for June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2010, showed "no findings noted."...

Newspaper executive dies in Maine (08/24/10)
Wally Lage, vice president and chief operating officer of Rust Communications, died Thursday night, Aug. 19, in Maine, after slipping off a wharf. He was 66. Rust Communications is the parent company of the Town Crier in Manila, as well as a number of other newspapers in Arkansas and around the country...

Leachville High School Reunion set for Sept. 4 (08/24/10)
Former Leachville classmates will be coming together for a reunion on Saturday, Sept. 4. The reunion is for anyone who ever attended or worked at Leachville High School during the years of 1927 through 1984...

Harvest Festival Car Show set for Sept. 4 (08/24/10)
The second annual Harvest Festival Car Show will be held in Leachville on Saturday, Sept. 4. The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Leachville Park. The show is open to all vehicles, old and new, motorcycles, and even tractors. Entry fee is $20 and all proceeds will go to the Children's Home in Paragould. For more information or directions, call Mike Burrier at (501) 749-2251...

Brad Baker speaks at Manila Lions Club (08/17/10)
Brad Baker, CEO of Mid-South Lions Sight and Hearing Service, was guest speaker at the Manila Lions Club Wednesday, Aug. 11. Lion Baker was the presiding officer and guest speaker at the Manila Lion banquet and installation of officers held in June. He was invited back to discuss the work being done through the Mid-South Lions Sight and Hearing Service...

Welch yard chosen (08/17/10)
The home of Lloyd and Juanita Huddleston Welch was chosen as Monette Yard of the Month for August. City Beautification Committee members Joyce Read and Raye Finley presented Mr. ...

Monette water billing rate formulas downsizes (08/17/10)
The Monette City Council Water Department Study Committee met Monday, Aug. 9, to review water billing and rate code formulas. Present at the meeting were Monette Mayor Chub Qualls, Water Department Secretary Dana McKuin, meter reader Jerry Lamar, Water Department Commissioner Tom Carroll, and aldermen, Perry Wood, Dick Pace and Bob Blankenship...

Caraway asphalt work completed (08/17/10)
The Caraway City Council discussed city property repairs, purchases and projects at the meeting held Thursday evening. The council reviewed and approved the city's financial report...

Buffalo Island Central board fills positions (08/17/10)
Buffalo Island Central School Board met Aug. 9 in regular session filling several positions for the upcoming school year. Board members approved unanimously to hire: The board voted to accept resignations from Flora Thomas, custodian east elementary, and Thomas Powell, health instructor and assistant boys basketball coach...

Lake City police department receives funding for bulletproof vests (08/10/10)
Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police (AACP) provided Lake City with funding for bulletproof vests for the Lake City police department. Chief Gary Kelley, chief of police at Marion and vice president of the Northeast Region of AACP, was in Lake City Wednesday, Aug. 4, to make the presentation. Accepting the $1,358 check was Lake City Chief of Police Winred Saffell...

Local historian gathering information to honor veterans (08/10/10)
Donna Jackson of Manila has long been interested in compiling and gathering history of the area for future generations. She compiled information and published a history book in conjunction with Manila's centennial birthday. She asked for names of veterans and published names in the book...

Resolutions Meeting held in Mississippi County (08/10/10)
Mississippi County Farm Bureau held its annual resolutions meeting Thursday, Aug. 5, at the Northeast Research and Extension Center in Keiser. Benton Felts, president, and Heath Adkisson, resolutions chair and vice president, welcomed everyone and thanked them for participating in the resolution process...

Monette Native Leslye McGrath, M.D., Joins UAMS AHEC NE (08/10/10)
JONESBORO -- Leslye McGrath, M.D. is now seeing patients as a family medicine physician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Northeast in Jonesboro...

Smith takes ArkanSTAR! Award (08/10/10)
Tanner Smith, 2010 graduate of Manila High School, has been named the winner of the 2010 ArkanSTAR! Award. The ArkanSTAR! Award winner is named by T Tauri, the youth division of the Ozark Foothills Film Festival, and is given to the most outstanding youth filmmaker in Arkansas...

Leachville First Baptist welcomes youth minister (08/10/10)
David Beigle is the new minister to students and community outreach at Leachville First Baptist Church. He and his wife, Ashley, moved to Leachville from Memphis the first week in July. David completed his studies at Mid-America Seminary in Memphis. Ashley is a nurse and is starting her career as assistant director of nursing at Monette Manor...

Manila First Baptist mission team returns from Nebraska (08/10/10)
A Mission Team from Manila First Baptist Church recently returned from Friend, Nebraska, where they spent a week holding Vacation Bible School, working around the church, and door to door ministry. The group left Manila on Friday, July 30 and returned on Friday, Aug. ...