A “Peach Topping Preserves” canning class will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25 at the Education Center of the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum. Class size is limited therefore interested parties should sign up soon. This will be a hands-on class. Attendees will receive a recipe and a jar of the peach preserves to keep. Price for the class is $15. For more information or to register for the class please call 870-598- 3487.
1982 Kenneth Mowery of Piggott topped out his two gallons (16 units) of blood donated to the Clay County Chapter of the Arkansas Red Cross. He received a pin Monday after he gave his 16th unit.
The Clay County Health Unit will be hosting an immunization clinic from 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 9. Walk-ins are welcome or an appointment may be made if desired. They will be offering vaccines that are required for school as well as having a drawing for door prizes. The health unit is located at 1009 South Garfield in Piggott. Anyone wanting additional information may call 870-598-3390 from the hours of 9:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Extension Get Fit is offering a new strength building exercise class at Rector Public Library at 10 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. Classes are $20 for a whole year. Classes are safe and effective for men and women of all ages, including those with health concerns.
With the annual Rector Labor Day Picnic event only a month away, the Woodland Heights Cemetery Committee/ Labor Day Committee met on Tuesday, July 26, in an open to the public session. Chaired by Steve Simmons, the committee verified hosts of events and affirmed the inner-workings of community volunteers who make the event a success.
Stories abound inside the Ford Room where the Arkansas Territorial Exhibit is housed along with displays of local early history and geography charts and maps. Those who have visited the exhibit this past week have been most interested in the varying county boundaries, the location of Scatterville, Boydsville, Greenway, Blue Cane, and Chalk Bluff. Towns that once were bustling river ports that are no more (Poke Bayou, Hopefield) have generated memories surrounding family stories and old home sights. Connie Niederkorn knew that Poke Bayou became Batesville, a town rich in Arkansas history. Her family homeplace has been maintained there. Research led to discovering Hopefield was located where Mound City (Fireworks City) across the Mississippi River from Harbor Town in Memphis is located.
Piggott City Council met in regular session at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 28 at city hall with all council members present. Motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes and financials from the last meeting.
Rector City Council met on Aug. 1, at 7 p.m., at Rector Community Center and heard from two engineering firms doing business with the City of Rector.
Once again members of the Piggott Community Alliance have joined forces to organize the “Backpack Bash” for students of Piggott Elementary and Piggott High School. This year’s bash will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6 on the grounds of the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and the Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer Museum in Piggott.
Dewey Darrell Shelton, 84, of Rector, a prominent businessman, died Monday, July 25, in Marmaduke. He established Shelton Sanitation in 1970, starting with a route in the City of Rector, picking up trash in a pickup truck.