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ANC board gets update on Allied Tech center
(Local News ~ 02/18/17)
Jonesboro Architect, A.C. Williams, provided an update concerning the proposed Center for Allied Technologies facility to the Arkansas Northeastern College (ANC) Board of Trustees Wednesday afternoon in their regular bi-monthly meeting. He also announced that the project (with drawings) will be put out for bids on March 15...
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Mayor Sanders pitches sales tax to Rotarians
(Local News ~ 02/18/17)
Blytheville Mayor James Sanders pitched the proposed ˝-cent Public Safety Tax to the Rotary Club of Blytheville on Thursday. Sanders told Rotarians that the city can't retain qualified officers because it can't compete with the pay of other departments...
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Chicks close regular season in style on Senior Night
(High School Sports ~ 02/18/17)
The Blytheville Chickasaws improved their record to 14-12 overall and 8-9 in 5A/6A-East Conference, after a big, 72-43, win on Senior Night against the 6A Marion Patriots. The Patriots defeated the Chickasaws on Dec. 6 at Marion, 47-45. "I feel like the effort was there and, as the game went on, it got stronger and stronger," said Blytheville head coach McKenzie Pierce. "We rebounded the ball pretty well."...
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Mary Ann Garrison
(Obituary ~ 02/18/17)
Mary Ann Garrison, 102, of Jonesboro passed from this life Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, at the Lakeside Nursing Center in Lake City. Born Dec. 31 1914, in Marmaduke to the late Allen and Lina Daniels Beaver, she had lived most of her life in Leachville and was a member of the First Baptist Church...
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Do we have the government we deserve?
(Editorial ~ 02/18/17)
Savoyard writer, diplomat and lawyer Joseph de Maistre is credited with saying in 1811, "Toute nation a le gouvernement qu'elle mérite (Every nation gets the government it deserves)." I'm entirely convinced that it is not only limited to just nations, but also to states, counties, cities, school boards and even civic clubs. ...
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