THE FACTS “People have a misconception when it comes to dilapidated houses causing an eye-sores in Rector. The City Council cannot declare a house offensive in appearance and the property owners/ residents derelict in civic responsibility and then get a bulldozer and tear the house down because it looks terrible.
The Rector City Council met on Tuesday, Sept 6. at 6 p.m. because the regular meeting would have fallen on Labor Day evening. The group has grown accustomed to meeting at the Rector Community Center which allows room for guests and those making special presentations.
The Piggott School Board held their annual public meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept.
Former Piggott City Clerk Ramona Magee passed away Friday, September 9, she was 76. A native of Pollard she served the community for 10 year as city clerk.
The Clay County Fair officially gets underway today and is an exciting event that many capture in photos. Share your fair photos with us and they could be featured in an upcoming edition of the Clay County Times-Democrat.
APOSTOLIC APOSTOLIC FELLOWSHIP CHURCH McDougal - Herb Eillis, Pastor BAPTIST ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH North Main St. Dr.
The Graves family’s donation in honor and memory of Colleen Ford Graves is an engraved compact for Miss Rector Hailey Brown pictured with Graves great granddaughters Scarlett Sain (left) and Kimbell Banning. TD photo/Jane Gatewood)
Rector Community Museum is hosting an encore performance of old-time Gospel Singing on Thursday, September 15, complete with refreshments. Doors open to the museum at 6 p.m. and the event is free. The Museum board treasurer Judy Foster Leach commented, “The event is free when you come in, but we pass the hat to defray costs, so you can drop your dollars into the donation canister as you exit.”
Rector’s 82nd Annual Labor Day celebration started early this year with a history presentation at the Rector Area Chamber of Commerce office which is located in the historic water-works building, also known as “the jail.,” adjacent to the Veterans Memorial Park. Crystal Parmenter Williams, executive director of the Chamber, researched and presented historical information regarding Rector’s Labor Day to an interested audience on the Wednesday morning before Labor Day.
First place winners in the Rector Labor Day Picnic Cornhole Tournament held Monday at the Rector Memorial Park were, from left:Zach Mitchell and Scott Mitchell of Paragould (top), and second place winners,from left:Eddy Barnett and Harry Hatton of Campbell, Mo. (bottom). Proceeds from this tournament go to the Rector Labor Day Woodland Heights Cemetery Association for the upkeep of the cemetery.The event was chaired by Marla Crancer and Liberty Hill Outfitters (TD photos/Jane Gatewood)