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Prior to the monthly Rector City Council meeting held Jan. 3, 2023, Justice of the Peace Brad Green issued the oath of office to Debi Boyd, city clerk, and Iva Fahr, Rector City Council member, position 2 for City of Rector. City Council member David Romine was not able to attend and will be sworn in at a later date.

Two gospel singers you never heard of will be performing at the Ford Room at 7 p.m. on Jan. 19 , doors opening at 6 p.m. for browsing and buffet grazing. That you’ve never heard of these singers must not keep you away from the event because these gospel singers have credentials you’ll appreciate. By the way, you’ve heard them sing and when that first phrase of melody caresses your ears, you’ll remember, but you probably don’t remember their names.

1983 Donnie Morrison, ASU Indian’s Nose guard, and former Piggott Mohawk, was a featured speaker at the fall sports banquet Saturday night along with Billy Ray Smith of the Razorbacks. Alex David Wyatt was Piggott Community Hospital’s first baby for 1983.

Always your hometown florist, The Copper Rose opened Jan. 5 with a ribbon cutting hosted by Rector Chamber of Commerce. Located in the former Honeysuckle and Home building now owned by Dylan and Chelsea Clark, the shop features flowers and oneof- a-kind gifts, specialty pieces created by trusted and talented artisans. “I want customers to know that flowers will always be our main specialty and that our gift line features affordable and creative objects of art. If you don’t see what you want, ask us to get it or make it. I can do that for you.”

Monday night the area was hit with heavy, fast falling rain which caused major issues for the area with reports of between five and eight inches falling in a short amount of time. Some local residents were evacuated as the creek which runs along Clay Street in Piggott ran its banks and flooded streets and some homes. Many local streets were closed and residents were urged to stay home if they could. Piggott School District canceled classes for the day due to flooding and some families being displaced and a bridge on the Crockett Road (CR 450) in Piggott washed out a quarter of a mile west of the pavement resulting in the road being closed. East of Piggott on Hwy. 62 the fields look like lakes. The town of Pollard had deep water on the main street and Rector also experienced flooding with water running over Highway 90. By morning the water had receded leaving debris over bridges, streets and yards.