Black River Area Develo pment Corporation Board of Directors meeting will be held at 12 noon, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, at BRAD Central Office, 1403 Hospital Drive in Pocahontas. The meeting will also be held virtually.
A homemade pie crust class, sponsored by Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Education Center, will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Piggott Community Center. Each person will get firsthand experience and will be able to take a crust home. Class space is limited and filling up fast. It is recommended to register as soon as possible. Registration fee is $10 per person and must be paid upon registering. For more information you may call the museum at 870-5983487.
United Auto Workers retirees will meet at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at Grecian Steak House, 210 Airport Road, in Paragould. A service representative from the UAW Retiree Medical Benefit Trust, United Health Care and OPTUMRX will be the guests.
Highest level of award program for performance excellence After a spending a year evaluating its processes, systems, and policies then undergoing a three-day, seven-person site evaluation visit, Black River Technical College has been awarded the highest level, the Governor’s Award for Performance Excellence, of the Governor’s Quality Award Program offered by the Arkansas Institute for Performance Excellence in partnership with the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce. This program is based upon the Baldridge Performance Excellence Program known for supporting organizational performance excellence across the globe.
Early fall will bring with it a new event to the Clay County Fairgrounds in Piggott, as the first ever Piggott Smoked BBQ Cook-Off is set for Saturday, Oct. 15. Presented by the PiggottArea Chamber of Commerce, over two dozen teams are slated to compete for cash and trophies— not to mention bragging rights. The day will also include live music, a cornhole tournament, bouncy houses for the kids, vendors and prizes as the sweet smell of barbecue will fill the air. Everyone is invited to attend.