Stories from Monday, September 15, 2003

New civic signs greet visitors passing through Rector. The signs are for the GFWC Woman's Club, Dannelly Lodge 300 and Rector Lions Club. The signs were created by Sign-Tech and were erected by Mike Farley of NATCO in Rector. Russ Gamblin of the Rector Lions Club said 100 flags were put up throughout the community for the Labor Day holiday. The task was formerly done by the VFW members, who have turned it over to the Lions Club...

The Rector City Council heard proposed requests and improvements for the Rector Fire Department from fire chief Houston Bowden and fireman Russ Gamblin during at its monthly meeting Monday night. The number one priority on the list of items requested is a repeater for the department. ...

Superintendent Jerry Don McIntosh informed the Marmaduke School Board at Monday's monthly meeting that the current school enrollment is 777. This is the same enrollment Marmaduke had at the close of the last school year, and it is eight students above the three-quarter mark of the previous school year...

At the Marmaduke City Council meeting Monday night, aldermen approved an ordinance regulating dangerous dogs and potentially dangerous dogs. Dogs deemed to fall under these two categories must be placed in a proper enclosure or restrained by a substantial chain or leash under the physical restraint of a responsible person...

The Corning Bobcats scored touchdowns on each f their first four possessions as they defeated the Rector Cougars 30-8 at Rector last Friday night. After the slippery start the Cougars righted themselves and played much better --outscoring the Bobcats in the second half...