The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center is currently taking ap-plications for student volunteers for 2024. Any interested Clay County junior and senior high school students may call the museum at 870-5983487 for more information.
The American Red Cross continues to experience an emergency blood shortage as severe winter weather has further impacted the ability to rebuild the blood supply. Blood donors are urged to give now to help ensure lifesaving medical procedures are not delayed.
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will host the annual rice and soybean production meeting Tuesday, Feb. 13 at the M.B.Ainley Community Center in Corning. The meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m. with lunch catered by Cast Iron Kitchen and Catering. Speakers for the event include Stewart Runsick, County Extension Agent-Staff Chair; Dr. Jarrod Hardke, Extension Rice Agronomist; Dr. Jeremy Ross, Extension Soybean Agronomist and Dr. Hunter Biram, Extension Agriculture Economist. NRCS will provide updates followed by industry sponsor comments.
The following materials are now available at the Rector Public Library. LP PAPERBACK Second Chance Deputy – Alexis Morgan Hill Country Home – Kit Hawthorne Wedding Deal with her Rival – Kate Hardy How to win a Prince – Juliette Hyland Fling with the Reclusive Billionaire – Susan Meier Cinderella Assistant to Boss’s Bride – Ally Blake LARGE PRINT INSPIRATIONAL Montana Witness Chase – Sharon Dunn Tracking Stolen Treasures – Lisa Phillips An Amish Mother For his Child – Patricia Johns Finding their Way Back – Jenna Mindel For the Sake of her Sons – Allie Pleiter Her Scandalous Amish Secret – Jocelyn McClay Her secret hope – Shelley Shepard Gray FICTION Anna O : a novel – Mathew Blake Daisy Haites – Jessa Hastings The long way home – Jessa Hastings Magnolia Parks – Jessa Hastings Daisy Haites : the great undoing – Jessa Hastings The night island – Jayne Ann Krentz Holmes, Marple & Poe – James Patterson First lie wins : a novel – Ashley Elston One by one : a novel – Freida McFadden YOUNG ADULT FICTION Lightlark – Alex Aster Nightbane – Alex Aster Divine rivals : a novel – Rebecca Ross A fragile enchantment – Allison Saft NON FICTION Oath and honor : a memoir and a warning – Liz Cheney ThinkAgain The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know – Adam Grant .
Three Rivers College Patrons of the Arts will present Jubilation Jazz at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 9 at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center as part of its annual Jazz Festival.
Landon Haywood Named to UM fall 2023 Chancellor’s Honor Roll Landon Haywood, of Rector,Ark., was named to the University of Mississippi’s fall 2023 Honor Roll lists. Haywood, majoring in Pharmaceutical Sciences, was named to the Chancellor’s Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn a semester GPA of 3.75-4.00.
Rebecca Finley, of Piggott, is among 2,514 students named to the Mississippi State University fall 2023 Deans’ List. To be named to the Deans’ List, a student must have achieved a GPA between 3.5 and 3.79, based on a 4.0 scale, while completing at least 12 semester hours of coursework with no incomplete grades or grades lower than a C.
Simmons of Rector named to Fall 2023 Dean’s List in U of A’s Fulbright College Sophie Simmons, of Rector, was named to the fall 2023 Dean’s List in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas.
Dr. Les Johnson will be the guest speaker for a program planned at the Eclipse Block Party Monday, April 8, at 11 a.m. at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center. There will be a $10 admission which will include eclipse glasses and an eclipse box of treats. The viewing site will be held on the grounds across from the museum. Those attending are encouraged to bring your lawn chair and set up will begin at 9 a.m.
