Piggott Farmers Market will host a Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the First National Bank Pavilion. The festival will feature food, crafts, and giveaways. Live music will be provided from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. by Electric Voodoo Explosion. The market will be open as usual from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27.
Singer-songwriter Ricky Montgomery made his major label debut with Rick, Friday, Sept. 29 via Warner Records. The album will feature “Ethan’s Song”, a track written by Ethan Williams, of Corning, with Montgomery.
The Rector Area Chamber of Commerce will host their annual membership meeting from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11 at the Rector Community Center. Lunch will be catered by Traveling Wisk for a cost of $15 per person the day of the meeting.
Park Cemetery, located 2 miles west of Rector, is in need of donations for the upkeep of the cemetery. “If you have loved ones buried at the cemetery we would appreciate your donation,” com-mented a spokesperson. Donations may be sent to Centennial Bank, P.O. Box 6, Rector, AR 72461 or Michele Layer, 421 N. Ballard,Apt. 20, Rector,AR 72461
Revival services will be held Oct. 8 through Oct. 11 at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, located at 53 Greene 409 Road, Marmaduke. Services will begin at 6 p.m. for a fellowship meal and 7 p.m. for worship service. Dr. Neal Clark will serve as speaker. Bro. Ryan Rogers, pastor, welcomes everyone to attend.
Rector Downtown Center is hosting its second annual Downtown Marketplace set for Saturday, Oct. 14 in the Downtown Park. Festivities are set from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. “This is a vendor event that we host downtown at our park on Main Street. We had a huge turn out last year and we hope to be even bigger this year,” commented a spokesperson for the event. Pre-registration is required by contacting Sarah Boyd at 870-595-4716, Caroline Banning at 901-605-4331 or Lisa Diddle at 870-5954724.
Piggott Farmers Market is still open every Friday from 8 a.m. to noon at the First National Bank Pavilion on East Main.
Gaye (Winstead) Wiley, a seventy-year resident of Piggott, will turn ninetyyears- young this year. Her children, Rhonda Wiley-Jones, Gary Wiley, and Bruce Wiley, will host a birthday party in her honor on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center.
The 2023 college application campaign season has arrived. #Why Apply Day kicks off the application season and provides encouragement for students. This is part of an initiative to support students through the college application process, especially first-generation college students and those from low-income families who may not otherwise apply to college. Six teachers from RHS were asked to share something they learned in college. “For our purposes, “college” refers to ANY additional training/education one might need to obtain a desired career. This includes welding school, beauty school, etc. RHS is committed to encouraging applications to all types of additional training needed to pursue the career of choice,” commented RHS career coach Kathy Fowler.