The Ford Room at the Rector Community Museum was filled on Thursday with the U.S. History students from Rector High School, community members and leaders, the Paragould JROTC, Ram Battalion, under the command of Col.
The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture will present topics of interest to homeowner and gardeners beginning at noon Friday, April 5. The meeting will take place at the Rector Public Library located at 121 W. 4th St. The meetings will continue weekly based on the amount of interest from the community.
Breaking Cougar baseball news from Coach Robert Dorman catches the excitement of a hard-fought win over EPC Warriors on their turf Thursday afternoon. The 6 – 5 margin hung in the balance in the last half of the seventh and final inning.
Rector baseball and softball teams have been successful lately in defeats of BIC Mustangs and Bay Yellowjackets in quick succession on the home diamonds. Both teams had hot bats and showed strong base running and quick steals to get into scoring positions. Hits that dropped just right into the gap, just left of the right field line allowed base hits for the batter and quick scores for the base runners.
Love kids, love the game. Pee-wee and youth sports programs don’t thrive without parents who are willing to coach, serve as official score-book keeper, without sponsors who put their names on the t-shirts and help supply the items necessary for the particular sport of the season, the programs will dry up. Fortunately for Rector, the youth have multiple age options for sports and can play not only on local youth leagues but also on traveling teams that practice and play more games.
Black River Technical College (BRTC) will host a Red Cross Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 9, in the Randolph County Development Center located at 1410 Hwy. 304 East on the Pocahontas campus.
A colored pencil drawing of combat boots draped with dog tags, a painting reflecting the anxiety a student felt during COVID, and hundreds of torn magazine pieces glued to create a portrait of a basketball player, all winning artworks previously chosen by Representative Rick Crawford to represent Arkansas’s First District in a national artwork display in Washington D.C.
Visitors to the Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, will experience a funfilled series of events leading up to the eclipse. On Saturday, April 6, the Arkansas Roots Ride will begin at 9 a.m.
The following materials are now available at the Piggott Public Library. ADULT FICTION Never Too Late by Danielle Steel A Marathon of Kindness by D’Ann Mateer Homecoming by Kate Morton The Fury by Alex Michaelides Bride by Ali Hazelwood The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.