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Decatur Announcements
Posted: September 23, 2009 3:39 p.m.Keisha Dell of Siloam Springs, Ark., and Larry Blair Jr., of Gentry, Ark., announce their upcoming wedding.
WEEKLY DEVOTION
Posted: September 9, 2009 6 a.m."I am 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Make straight the way of the LORD,"' as the prophet Isaiah said." John 1:23 (Read 19-28 ) Who was John the Baptist? He confessed that he was not the Christ, not Elijah, nor the Prophet promised by Moses in Deuteronomy 18:15ff.
Blood drives set for Gentry and Decatur
Posted: August 26, 2009 8:43 p.m.Community Blood Center of the Ozarks will hold a blood drive from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 31, at the Gentry branch of the Arvest Bank, 320 E. Main Street, Gentry; and from 2 to 5 p.m., Monday, Aug. 31, at the Decatur Medi Clinic, 346 N. Main Street, Decatur.
Huls completes Navy basic
Posted: August 26, 2009 8:36 p.m.Navy Seaman Recruit Chester C. Huls, son of Relda A. Cunningham of Siloam Springs, Ark. and Chester D. Huls of Colcord, Okla., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
Hunter education offered
Posted: August 26, 2009 8:36 p.m.A hunter education course - required of all hunters born after Dec. 31, 1968 - will be offered at the Hobbs State Park Conservation Area Visitor's Center on Saturday, Aug. 29. The course begins at 8 a.m. and will last until 8 p.m. (Children under the age of 16 may hunt without the course as long as they are under the direct supervision of a licensed adult, age 21 or older.) Steve Dunlap, Education Coordinator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, will present the class.
Decatur changing up its grade configuration
Fifth graders are moving to Northside Elementary School
Posted: August 19, 2009 7:52 p.m.The fifth graders in the Decatur School District will have a new home this school year, as the district reconfigured its grades as a money-saving procedure.
Normal a good thing in Gentry
The Gentry School District is ready for a positive year
Posted: August 19, 2009 7:51 p.m.It's business as usual in the Gentry School District as teachers and students prepared to return to class today.
Professor to research the aurora
JBU professor wins National Science Foundation grant
Posted: August 19, 2009 7:51 p.m.John Brown University Assistant Physics Professor Dr. Daniel Main has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant for his upcoming study of the structure of the northern and southern lights - aurora borealis and aurora australis.
Lady Pioneers finishing well
Posted: August 19, 2009 7:50 p.m.The senior high Lady Pioneer Basketball team went to Heritage High School in Rogers on July 21 and played three games back-to-back against 7A schools.
Whitten takes first in golf play
Posted: August 19, 2009 7:50 p.m.Kelsea Whitten showed strength, holding off Haley Sweigart of Prairie Grove, and winning the first place medal on Aug. 4.
Storie invited to Hot Springs school
Posted: August 19, 2009 7:49 p.m.Maryia Storie of Gentry has been invited to attend the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts in Hot Springs as part of the class of 2011.
Drug ring members sentenced
Leader from Gentry will learn his fate at later time
Posted: August 19, 2009 7:47 p.m.Twelve members of a large Northwest Arkansas methamphetamine ring broken up last year received prison sentences ranging from 12 years, seven months to three years, five months.
Gentry man arrested for stealing two rifles
Posted: August 19, 2009 7:47 p.m.Police arrested Jason James, 35, of Siloam Springs, August 12, on charges of breaking into his father's home office and stealing guns.