The children of Homer and Dora Causey will be hosting a family reunion beginning at 12 noon on Saturday, June 29, at the Pollard Picnic ground. All family and friends are invited to attend. Organizers note a potluck meal will be served.
The annual Pollard Picnic, to benefit the New Hope Cemetery, will be held Saturday, July 13, in Pollard. As usual, this year’s picnic will include a full schedule of beauty pageants for contestants of all ages.
1984 State Rep. Jim Holland won his close race against challenger Joe Cole and all three incumbent county officials being challenged were victorious over their opponents.
1984 The City of Piggott recently received the $600,000 cash settlement from a lawsuit the city has had pending against the Southwestern Power Administration since 1979 in the United States Court of Claims. Education, seniority, federal grants and industrial development appear to be the major issues in the District 9 state representative race between incumbent Jim Holland and challenger Joe Cole.
Stories about real people and the similarities with true crime make my head spin. Maybe that’s why I recently recalled the three teens that became known as the West Memphis Three and related their stories to that of Damon Fields of Barbara Kingsolver’s Pulitzer Prize novel “Demon Copperhead”. Set in a rural, poverty- stricken, remote region of the south, the southern Appalachian Mountains between Virginia and Tennessee, the plot and setting of “Demon Copperhead” are reminiscent of Charles Dickens’ classic David Copperfield.
1984 Mark Self is the valedictorian of the Piggott High School class of 1984. He is the son of Mr.
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.
Three new exhibitions, “The Soft Animal of Your Body,” “From Cart to Checkout: Affirmations to Get You to Your Next Paycheck Without Crying,” and “Girls with Cameras,” opened Thursday, May 9, in Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) at Arkansas State University.
