August 2023

Labor Day t-shirts now on sale The 2023 Rector Labor Day t- shirts are now on sale at several locations in the city. They may be purchased at Centennial Bank, Rector Downtown Drug, Our Happy Place, The Caffeinated Cow and Big Time Pizza.

The Rector Area Chamber of Commerce office will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center will be hosting a peach canning class at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug.

The Clay County Junior Fair Board will be hosting a craft show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Aug.

The annual Clay County Fair Parade is set for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, and entrants are now being recruited. In keeping with tradition, the parade will begin at the First Baptist Church of Piggott, located a block west of the square on West Main Street, and will end at the fairgrounds. Line up and registration will start at 9:15 a.m. at the church and entrants are asked to be lined up by 9:30 a.m.

The 6th Annual Runnin’ Scared 5K will be hosted at Pumpkin Hollow on Saturday, Sept. 16. The racecourse will be a mix of road and offroad running. Runners will run through a local cemetery and through the grounds of Pumpkin Hollow. “Who knows…you may find a few “friends” along the way as well! Be sure to bring your flashlights or head lamps as the race will take place after dark,” a spokesperson commented The race will start at 8 p.m. and registration is underway at www.runsignup.com/ Race/AR/Piggot/ RunninScared5k. Deadline to be guaranteed a shirt is Sept. 1.

The Arkansas Press Association will hold its second Press Freedom Gala on Thursday, Oct. 12 at the Chenal Country Club in Little Rock. The evening will begin with a hors d’oeuvres reception at 6 p.m., followed by a dinner and the program at 7 p.m.

In keeping with event tradition, a full slate of pageants will be held in conjunction with the 2023 edition of the Rector Labor Day Picnic. This year’s pageants are scheduled for both Sunday, Sept. 3, and Monday, Sept. 4, on the beauty revue stand of Memorial Park. Pageant organizer Jade Simpson noted that the Petite Miss, Preteen Miss and Junior Miss Rector pageants are closed to Rector students only until Aug. 25. “If we do not have enough participants by the deadline, we will then open the pageants to others,” commented Simpson.