Stories from Thursday, June 9, 2016

Pansy Gott, 77 of Middletown, Missouri, passed away Sunday, June 5, 2016 at the St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Charles, Missouri. She was born August 26, 1938 in, Clay County, Arkansas, to the late Elihu and Nina Fields Battles. She was united in marriage to Evert L. Gott on November 10, 1956...

Louise Belton Jackson, 98, formerly of Piggott, passed away Saturday evening, June 4, at home with family in Pacific, Missouri. Louise was born in Tomato, Ark. on August 8, 1917, to James Belton and Mamie (Fowler) Belton. She was united in marriage to Ulyss Jackson on December...

It was a great night for the community. It was a fabulous evening for the arts. The Clay County Arts Council's celebration honoring Larry and Cathy Norred and Richard and Shirley Simmons was spectacular. From the moment guests arrived at the Rector Community Center on Saturday night, June 4, they began to admire the items offered for silent auction while greeting friends and neighbors. ...

The Rector City Council discussed leasing the former National Guard armory, hiring a surveyor to conduct an LMI/census survey and approved a new flood plain ordinance during Monday's monthly meeting. Glen Sain Motors owner Danny Ford addressed the council on behalf of the local school's potential use of the armory...

Rector's library is the heart, soul and cornerstone of the community -- a place to read, think, browse and dream. The social center and lifeblood of the community, library books take you anywhere, explore any idea and help a person learn every type of new thing. It's the only place where you can explore the world without leaving home...

The Clay County area has been plagued with rain over the past month, but crops are not suffering at this point and the sunny weather is right in time for the wheat harvest, said Clay County Extension agent Stewart Runsick. The rain has caused some farmers to be a little behind applying fertilizers and herbicides needed, but Runsick expects farmers in all areas to be picking up the pace and everything should be back on schedule by the end of the week. ...

Stacy Shafer was hired at the beginning of May to take over as the new postmaster at Rector. Shafer works in Rector through the week and travels home to Palestine on the weekends to be with his family. However, Shafer said in the future he may permanently relocate to Rector...