Community

The Piggott FFA held their awards night on Tuesday, May 9 in the high school cafeteria to a large group of family, students, friends, faculty and past and present school board members. The night started with opening ceremonies presented by the chapter officers, after which FFA president Riley Jo Gossett gave a welcoming speech followed by an entertaining slide show of the students and their sponsor/ag teacher Casey Simpson of various activities, competitions and fun they did through the year.

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1984 An afternoon fire last Thursday destroyed the old Pollard school building. Classes had not been held there since 1978.

In Arkansas, there are two types of armyworms– true armyworms and fall armyworms. Armyworms are caterpillars, the larval form of moths, according to Dr. David Fernandez, Extension livestock specialist and interim dean of graduate studies for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Piggott Agri and FFA students are headed to Oklahoma City to compete in the 73rd annual National Land and Range Judging Contest April 30 thru May 2. The land judging is designed to help students develop skills in the field of soil science and how to use these skills in management of soils.

1984 A photo from the 1930’s Pollard ball team was featured on the front page of this week’s Times. Team members listed were Marshall Baden, Francis Brady, Candy Kilbreth, Daniel Pillow, Dee Book, Reginald Hogard, Roy Brady, Homer Book, Emil Johnson and Fred Brady.