The Chancellor’s List and Dean’s List for the spring 2022 semester at Arkansas State University have been announced. The lists recognize undergraduate students who achieved the highest grade-point averages while enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours of study.
New Hope Baptist Church in Pollard is hosting Vacation Bible School beginning today, Wednesday, June 15, and will continue each Wednesday night through July 20. Those attending will be served a meal at 5:30 p.m. with VBS being held from 6 to 8 p.m. This year’s theme is “Spark Studios” as those attending will have their imagination ignited and creativity awakened. Classes are available for preschool through youth. Those wanting more information or to be added to the bus route may call New Hope Baptist Church at 870-544-2364, Ted Winberry at 870-565-8234 or Jeanie Winberry at 870- 565-8236.
Once again, a full schedule of pageants from birth to 20 years will accompany the Piggott Fourth of July picnic. The first three pageants will be held the evening of July 3, with the remainder being held on July 4. All pageants will be held on the stage at the picnic grounds.
Students from HPMEC’s first quilting class have finished their quilts. Another class will be offered in October. Those interested may call the museum for more information. Pictured with their finished quilts are, from left: Penny Veal with her 5” block pattern, Jennifer McPherson made a double patch pattern and Melissa Williams shows her 6” block pattern. (Courtesy photo)
The PHS class of 1982 will be holding their 40-year class reunion on Saturday, July 2, 2022 at the Sugar Creek Country Club. The cost will be $25.00 per person / $50.00 per couple. Classmates can arrive between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. The class photo will be taken at 7 p.m.
Piggott First Baptist Church has been blessed the past two Sundays as Freddie Bowen has filled in as preacher for the congregation. Bowen will again be preaching at the Sunday, June 19 services. Bowen is the superintendent at Piggott School District. Everyone is invited to attend and listen to Bowen’s wonderful service. (Courtesy photo/Frank Staples Photography)
Larry Huckabay and sons are pictured with their employees. (TD photo/Jane Gatewood) .
Women fill many roles in agriculture, in many cases providing the energy it takes to be successful in the work of a day-to-day farming operation. The family farm has grown from the subsistence 40-acres in the 1960s to huge enterprises managed by corporations. Clay County’s Farm Family of the Year, the Larry Huckabay & Sons operation, farms 2,875 acres. The modern operation began with 500 – 600 acres of grains plus cotton farmed by William “Bill” Huckabay and his brother David. Prior to that, their father farmed the area in the Knob Community, several in the family having attended what is now called the “Old Knob School.”
Courtesy photos/Lorre Huckabay .
As children, Larry Huckabay’s sons, Keith, Tanner and Tyler, were always close, being separated in age by only two years. “We played in the rice water and were outside all the time,” shared the eldest son, Keith. “We never argue because they know they are wrong,” he quipped. Mom, Lorre Huckabay, tells that the three boys were a handful and though Keith was older, the twins would gang up and ambush Keith.