This month we received brochures from Buffalo River Air Tours, The Rag Barn in Alpena, Jimmy Driftwood Barn & Folk Hall of Fame, Rogers Historical Museum and the DoubleTree by Hilton Hot Springs. In addition, we also received brochures advertising Hardy Homesteaders Day, which will be on September 30 at Loberg Park in Hardy from 9 a.m.
Piggott High School will host a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 3. The drive will be held in the PHS Library and is open to the public. Donors are asked to call 1800-733-2767 or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter Piggott High School to schedule an appointment.
The Clay County Fair will be held through Saturday, Sept. 16, at the fairgrounds in Piggott. Keeping with recent tradition, the annual pageants were be held in conjunction with the fair Saturday, Sept. 9. All of this year’s winners may be found elsewhere in this edition.
CherryRoad Media, Inc. closed a transaction on September 1, 2023 to purchase the Hutchinson, Kansas, printing operations from Gannett Co., Inc.
In response to popular demand, the Piggott Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a fall city wide yard sale on Saturday, Oct. 7. As with the spring event, the yard sale fee will be waived by the City of Piggott for that day and a list of participating locations will be available from the Chamber of Commerce. Those wanting to include their sale on the list may call the Piggott Area Chamber of Commerce during regular business hours at 870-5983167 or email chamberpg@yahoo.com. Those who prefer may stop by the chamber office at 100 W. Main.
Piggott High School will host a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 3. The drive will be held in the PHS Library and is open to the public. Donors are asked to call 1-800-7332767 or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter Piggott High School to schedule an appointment.
Rector School Board met in regular session on Monday, Sept 11, at 5:30 p.m. and accomplished a light, yet required, agenda. Elementary Principal Mark Manchester told the board that his campus has been working with the district co-op on a Community in Partnership grant that investigates curriculum and best practice to establish better pacing for meeting learning goals at a deeper level. “It’s a big deal for our teachers,” he commented.
The subject of the addition of the roundabouts in Piggott has been a concern since the concept of the idea. Now, almost a year after the start of the construction, a local trucking company owner requested a meeting with ARDOT. Billy Jackson of Billy Jackson Trucking of Piggott contacted State Representative Jeremy Wooldridge who immediately set up a meeting. The Piggott Fire Department generously offered the use of the kitchen area of the fire station to conduct the meeting in which approximately 50 concerned members of the public, truckers, city and county officials as well as Wooldridge and Senator Blake Johnson attended.
