BRTC will hold its Registered Nursing graduation and pinning ceremony in the Randolph County Development Center at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 10. The celebration is open to the pub-lic. For more information about the nursing program at BRTC, visit https:// blackrivertech.org/academics/allied-health/nursingprograms.
As guest speaker Arkansas Democrat-Gazette favorite columnist and senior editor Rex Nelson concluded his remarks at the Rector Area Chamber of Commerce banquet Thursday night he said, “My remarks are intended to encourage people. Tonight, however, you have encouraged me. This crowd of people who make things happen in Rector has infused me with all those things that make me optimistic about small towns in Arkansas, and Arkansas as a whole.”
BRTC will hold its spring commencement ceremony in the Randolph County Development Center at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12.
Rex Nelson, senior editor and a favorite columnist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, provided a capsule history of Arkansas in decades of troubling times with a bright look to the future. He is a much-acclaimed speaker and promoter for Arkansas and is tied to just about every section of the state because he makes friends everywhere he visits. Hailing from Arkadelphia, “he’s been everywhere, man.”
The United Auto Workers retirees will meet at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 12, at the Grecian Steak House in Paragould.
Piggott School Board met in special session on Thursday, April 28 to discuss resignations and new hires. All board members were present and waived the reading of the minutes of the regular meeting held April 12, until the next regularly scheduled meeting.
BRTC Board of Trustees next meeting is set for 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5.
At the regular City Council meeting held at 7 p.m. at the Rector Community Center on Monday May 2, Rector City Council approved Ordinance 570 which states that District Court will be held at the Clay County Eastern District Courthouse for judicial district 17 at a time to be determined by the local judge. As the location of the court proceedings will only affect convenience and not any revenue, the council voted to give preference to the judge. Therefore, at an announced time in 2023, court proceedings will be located in the courthouse at Piggott.
An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Piggott Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored a lunch and learn learn on Wednesday, April 27 featuring Steve Dixon, Jeremy Wooldridge and Teresa Roofe who are running for State Representative for District 1.