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Manila Quiz Bowl team is state bound
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
Manila junior high Quiz Bowl team, made up of seventh and eighth grade students, competed in the Regional Tournament in Harrisburg Saturday, Feb. 2. Manila's team finished fourth overall and qualified to go to state competition. State tournament will be held in Hot springs on Feb. 23...
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Troop 32 Cub Scouts tour media office and police station
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
Manila Cub Scouts, Troop 32 took a field trip around town Monday evening, Feb. 4. Their first stop was at the Town Crier office where they were welcomed by staff members Yvonne Hernandez, Revis Blaylock and Kaye Farrow...
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Riverside Students Stitching for Hope
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
Stitching for Hope started as an idea at Riverside High School Clothing II Class last year and has turned into a passion for several of the students in Tracey Haas' classroom. Stitching for Hope was the name chosen by the group who creates burial gowns, blankets and hats for babies. ...
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Host Bay trips up Lady Tigers in semi
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/13)
BAY--The Armorel Lady Tigers fell to the Bay Lady Yellowjackets, 66-42, Thursday night in the 1A-3 East District semifinals. After scoring 26 points in the first half, Armorel was held to just 16 in the entire second half as Bay pulled away for the win...
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Caruthersville's Palmer embarks on 11th pro season
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/13)
CARUTHERSVILLE -- "People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." -- Rogers Hornsby. That quote by the famous St. Louis Cardinals great comes to mind for many this time of year as players from Little League to the Major Leagues start working on their game. ...
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Chicks playing spoiler role tonight
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/13)
The Blytheville Chickasaws return home Friday night to take on the Forrest City Mustangs. The Chicks (4-20, 1-10 5A-East) enter the game on the heels of a 65-53 loss to the Nettleton Raiders Tuesday night in Jonesboro. Forrest City (14-9, 8-3 5A-East) is coming in following a 61-55 home loss to Beebe. Those two teams were tied heading into last Tuesday's matchup. Beebe has won both matchups against the Mustangs and owns a one-game lead with just three games to play...
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City should rethink sanitation, recycling
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/15/13)
I was shocked when I read the article in the paper that said the city was paying Knights Disposal over $600,000 just to haul our trash from Blytheville to the county landfill. For me, this is appalling and a total waste of taxpayer funds that is another black mark on the past administration...
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New program pairs cops with kids
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
A group of students at Gosnell Elementary School are participating in a new Big Brother program which will eventually be aimed toward students in all county schools.
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Blytheville district preps to close campuses
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
Blytheville administrators are already preparing for the closing of Central Elementary and Blytheville Charter School after the board gave its approval on the move that will save the district nearly a million-dollars each year.
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In one week's time ... two gone from family
(Column ~ 02/15/13)
My Dear Sweet Sainted Mother relayed to me through My Dear Sweet Sainted Wife that her big sister, Evelyn, who everybody in the family called "Gee," passed away earlier this week in Washington state.
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Finance Committee OKs expenditures
(Local News ~ 02/15/13)
The Blytheville Finance and Purchasing Committee approved several items and sent another item to the full City Council during its monthly meeting Thursday night.
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Information on Taylor family sought
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/15/13)
Hello. I am looking for Taylor family descendants of: John Taylor, born 1859, married Mary Elizabeth Chanley, born 1860, removed to Blytheville, Ark. I am looking for information about John and Mary and John's grandfather, Emmanuel (Manuel) Taylor, buried Dubois County, Ind...
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Citizen ready to help clean up community
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/15/13)
When I came to Blytheville from Florida in 1961, people were living in most of the homes around town and the city was better kept. Now people have moved to different parts of the United States. Some have moved north, south, east and west in hopes of a better life and living conditions...
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