October 2023

Former football coach Paul Temerian honored

Coach Paul Temerian led the Cougar football program from 1985 through 1993 and established, according to research by Ron Kemp, a record and tradition being continued by athletes today. Prior to the resumption of football in 1973, the Rector program had not had a winning season. Coach Temerian’s first squad went 2-6-1. After that initial struggle, Coach Temerian led the football program with only one other losing season in the nine years as varsity coach.

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Junior Cougars notch win over Brinkley

With the homecoming clock ticking down the final minutes of the junior high Cougar contest with the junior high Brinkley Tigers, Rector’s Austin Avery flashed past the line of scrimmage and up the middle, into the open for another Rector junior high Cougar touchdown. The scoreboard flashed 40 for Rector and 16 for Brinkley. Within a few minutes, though, a Brinkley Tiger broke loose for a score and two-point conversion to bring the final score to 40 – 24. Coach Robert Dorman signaled “run the clock” and the rough and tumble game ended with a junior high Rector Cougar Homecoming victory.

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Next Generation Concert returns to Ozark Folk Center State Park

The Next Generation Concert returns to the Ozark Folk Center during the Bean Festival and Championship Outhouse Races in Mountain View on Saturday, October 28. The concert is a fundraiser sponsored by the Committee of One Hundred to raise funds for the Music Roots Program for youth in Mountain View. Music Roots provides free music lessons and loaned instruments for homeschool and publicschool students beginning in fourth grade.

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CCSD makes arrest near Pollard

The Clay County Sheriff’s Department reports on Friday, Oct. 6, a Clay County deputy stopped a blue Jeep close to Pollard on U.S. 62 for no license plate. When the deputy ran a check on the subject, he learned she had a suspended driver’s license and was on probation with a search waiver on file. He then conducted a search of the vehicle where he found hydrocodone pills and clonazepam. The driver, 37--year-old Jacqueline Danley of Paragould, was taken into custody and transported to the Clay County Detention Center where she was booked for felony possession of a controlled substance.

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Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas receives grant from Nestlé USA

The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas received $25,962 from Nestlé USA to support children at risk of hunger through its Backpack Program. The mission of the Backpack Program is to meet the needs of hungry children by providing them with nutritious and easy-to-prepare food to take home on weekends and school holidays when other resources are not available.

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