Black River Area Development (BRAD) has announced the Summer Energy Assistance Program will close on Friday, Sept. 30. The final applications will be taken from 9 a.m. to noon, and from 1 to 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26, Tuesday, Sept. 27, Wednesday, Sept. 28 and Friday, Sept. 30. Residents of Clay County must apply at the BRAD office in Corning, and those wanting to set up an appointment may do so by calling them at 870-3787887 or 870-202-1356.
In response to popular demand, the Piggott Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a fall city wide yard sale on Saturday, Oct. 8. As with the spring event, the yard sale fee will be waived by the City of Piggott for that day and a list of participating locations will be available from the Chamber of Commerce. Organizers also report a scrap electronics, or E-Waste, effort will follow in mid-October in conjunction with the regional landfill. Those wanting to include their sale on the list may call the Piggott Area Chamber of Commerce during regular business hours at 870-598-3167 or email chamberpg@yahoo.com.
Last fall, Piggott was introduced to a new company, First Collection Services, a work from home job that has 42 local people (from Arkansas and Missouri) employed as of now. First party customer service is what the people in this area are hired for.
A family fishing rodeo will be held from 10 a.m. until noon on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Heritage Park in Piggott. Age Categories are children one to eight years, teen eight to 15 years and adult 16 years and up up. The grand prize in the children category will be a DMF Micro Spin cast dock combo fishing pole, in the teen category the grand prize will be a Lew’s laser lite fishing pole and in the adults the prize is a Lew’s hypersonic speed spin fishing pole.
Do you or a young person in your life need a little help with learning how to “adult”? Have you ever asked yourself “Why didn’t anyone teach me this in school?” The Grown Up U: Facts for Success podcast program brought to you by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service focuses on the life skills needed for young adults to successfully navigate the decisions and pitfalls of “adulting” in the real world. Our team of FCS (Family and Consumer Sciences) agents with from across the state has worked together to produce relevant and research-based podcasts to help young people access the facts they need to succeed.
Melinda Hobbs was recently chosen as Teacher of the Month for Rector Elementary. Her nomination came from a fellow teacher and stated,“Mrs. Hobbs has done an amazing job at implementing Universal Design for Learning techniques. She is good at accommodating and modifying her lessons to meet the needs of each of her students. She always has a can-do attitude and puts in the extra effort for her students. She does all of this while still completing all the other demands of being a teacher. She can inspire any teacher who believes doing it all is impossible.” She received a certificate and $10 Caffeinated Cow gift card. (Courtesy photo)
The Clay County Fair will be held through Saturday, Sept. 17, at the fairgrounds in Piggott.
Friday night, Sept. 9 the Mohawks hosted the Highland Rebels with a loss of 39-0. The Rebels jumped out to a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter and extended it to 21-0 at halftime. Mohawk defense played well at times with some big stops and hits but could not keep the Rebels out of the end zone. The Rebels tacked on three more touch downs in the third quarter to finish out the scoring.