Stories from Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Kids College offers learning, fun (07/06/10)
Young students are enjoying unique educational opportunities as part of the second Kids College program in Rector. Offered in conjunction with Black River Technical College (BRTC), the program is taking place at the newly-renovated Northeast Arkansas Innovative Training Center (NEAITC) and its remodeled classrooms...

Kinders visit Rector (07/06/10)
There was a whole lot of fun going on Wednesday, June 30, when singer/songwriter Brian Kinder and his wife Terri visited Rector for the final session of the Rector Public Library's summer reading program. With near-perfect weather, the program was held at the Rector Downtown Park, where well over 200 children and adults gathered around the bandstand to sing, laugh and rock out with the Kinders, who travel all over Arkansas performing what their website calls "rollicking goodtime concerts for kids.". ...

Waldron to share love of reading (07/06/10)
As the new children's director at the Rector Public Library, Lindsay Waldron will bring her own love for reading and education to area youth. "I'm excited," Waldron said of her new position. "I'm looking forward to working with the kids here and helping them develop a love of books and learning new things."...

Community important to Haley (07/06/10)
Clinton Haley is used to lending a hand. The 18-year-old son of Brent and Michele Haley has a long history of community involvement. He has volunteered more than a decade of service to the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life event as part of the Walking Rectorites Encouraging Cancer Knowledge (WRECK) team founded by his mother. ...

All-Stars roll to district crown (07/06/10)
The Rector All-Stars 11 and 12-year-old team captured the 2010 Little League Small League District championship Thursday night with a 16-9 victory over Walnut Ridge. Rector jumped out to 5-0 lead in the first frame. Lawson Ford got things going with a base hit to right-center for a triple. ...

Moms versus daughters (07/06/10)
My daughter and I are at odds. Ever since I had a bad fall and almost cracked my skull, she's been giving me orders. Do this and don't do that. Last weekend she told me I had to stay home. I couldn't go anywhere. I told her that she's a meany and that all the other daughters let their mothers go out on the weekend...

Harsh times for Britannia (07/06/10)
A state of high dudgeon was the norm for the haughty monarch we remember as George III, who went by another title given by his upstart American colonies --- that of TYRANT. This was writ large in the year 1776, in a hot Philadelphia July. Men who made up the First Continental Congress gathered to indict the sovereign for the many crimes and misdemeanors he and his Parliament had committed against the people who had rebelled against his having stripped his subjects of liberties and rights...

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