March 2023

First Collection Services held a workshop Thursday, March 23 at the Piggott Community Center. FCS has now hired approximately 125 people from this area.The ones hired this week will be doing first party work as Summit Utilities. First party is assisting companies with their on-call centers. Executive vice-president, Gary Adams, noted, “The quality of employees is superior here than in Little Rock. We have people from Arkansas and Missouri with some coming from over an hour away. When we first started here, we hired 10 people, now we are up to 125.”Being hired consist of a virtual interview, a test to check vocabulary, math, spelling and speech. There is then a background check and drug test. At this time FCS does work for seven companies which includes Duke Energy, Summit Utilities, UGI, Arvest Mortgage, KBS Janitorial Supply,The Real Yellow Pages and ONE Gas. FCS is still accepting applications and is doing more interviews weekly. Pictured standing are, from left: Drew Dunkum, John Dunkum and Gary Adams with FCS. Seated are the newest hires for the company. (TD photo/Gayla Johnson)

Emma Holmes and Ethan Simmons were two Clay County teen delegates that represented Arkansas 4-H at a National Conference in Washington D.C. March 9 through 12.

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1983 Representative Jim Holland was present at the Clay County Quorum Court meeting Monday night with some very welcome news. The county is to receive about $273,300 in disaster money to be used to repair roads.

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Several Rector Elementary students in first through six grades were rewarded last week for meeting their Accelerated Reader goals. Students were treated to pizza at Big Time Pizza and dessert at The Caffeinated Cow. (Above) Pictured are, from left: Front – Landry Mabrey, Kendan Vaughn,Brantlee Childers,Ashton Arnold,Alec Wheeler,Remi Wilburn,Rose Sanders and Ava Cavaness.Middle – Carley Romero,Kimbel Banning,Brantley Stidham,Blakely Brewer, Adi Emery, Kayleigh Smith, Khloe Dinkins, Macee Blankenship and Ameila Cowgill. Back – Lisa Diddle-owner of The Caffeinated Cow,Hadlee Hester,Emma Chappell,Cade Crocker,Jax Blount, Brayden Amerson, Scarlett Sain, Kenny Lueallen, Iris Wegner and Maralynn Cox.

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