Paul Seegraves coached his last tennis match this month, which was also the last tennis match of his two-time state championship son, Shawn-Hudson Seegraves (once as boys’ doubles and this year as state singles). Coaching tennis from 1993 until 2022, Seegraves has an impressive career as coach as well as the students he coached having many wins.
As Ean Henson and Evan Holmes marched to the center of the field with the officials for the coin toss on Rector’s Homecoming night against the Midland Mustangs, the Cougars took their first win of the evening. The players won the toss and elected to defer receiving to the second half, giving Rector’s defense its first test of the night.
Black River Technical College, in cooperation with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, annually hosts the BRTC Holocaust Survivor Series. This important event brings a survivor and his or her story of the Holocaust to BRTC’s service area via Zoom. Presentations are free and open to the public.
Many years ago, Pat Martin of Rector wrote a story poem about a little bear’s willingness to forgive entitled Little Bear’s Forgiveness. Intended to be pantomimed as it was read aloud, the poem was well received among the First General Baptist Church membership those many years ago.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that distressed borrowers with qualifying USDA farm loans have already received nearly $800 million in assistance, as part of the $3.1 billion in assistance for distressed farm loan borrowers provided through Section 22006 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA directed USDA to expedite assistance to distressed borrowers of direct or guaranteed loans administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) whose operations face finan-cial risk.
1982 In politics this week, Carol Trout announced her candidacy for City Clerk/Treasurer. Also, Junior Harris made his formal announcement for Councilman.
Piggott Farmers Market will hold a fall extravaganza from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29 at the First National Bank Pavilion on Main Street. There will be prize drawings with first place being $10 in market bucks to be used at any farmers market vendor, second drawing is for a plant from Williams Nursery, the third drawing will also be for $10 market bucks and the grand prize will be a basket full of goodies from the vendors. Tickets will be fifty cents each or five tickets for $2.25 or 10 tickets for $4.25.
Rhonda Wiley-Jones, a native of Piggott, published her debut novel, “Song of Herself” this fall. Books in paperback and kindle versions can be purchased on Amazon. An audio version will be released in the near future.