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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.

Williams Baptist University officially broke ground Friday, April 8 on a 4,200 square foot meat processing facility that is scheduled to open by the end of 2022. The facility, which will be certified by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), will help address the shortage of meat processors in the state of Arkansas and help train and educate new workers within the field.

Clay County Arts Council, a local non-profit corporation having as part of its mission to award young people who are proponents of the arts with scholarships, announces three members of the 2022 class. CCAC has been raising funds for years through memberships and celebrations, comedy and fanciful stage shows. Each year, CCAC makes these awards to stellar young people.

The watercolor and graphite sketch artistry of Madison Cate May was displayed in the dining area of the Rector Community Center at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 1, and art patrons took the early part of the afternoon to enjoy the art and light refreshments. The most popular pieces were those inspired from images on a CD of Rector Labor Day Parades. Pictured are, from left: Madison May, Kristin Huckabay, and Sandra DeMent. (TD photo/Jane Gatewood)

Jacob Richardson is a candidate for a five year term on the Piggott School’s Board of Education subject to the upcoming May 24 election. Richardson was raised in Piggott and attended Piggott School from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Richardson and his wife Ashley have one child and are expecting their second child in August. He is selfemployed doing handyman and remodel work and is also the associate pastor of Family Ministries at Hitts Chapel.

Marmaduke High School will host graduation ceremonies for the class of 2022 beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 7. Forty-eight seniors are scheduled to take part in commencement, and begin a new chapter in life.

Sam Shipley, a junior at RHS, recently returned from his second trip to Washington D.C. after being selected as one of six Arkansas 4H members to attend the National 4H summit. Shipley was chosen to be a healthy living ambassador for 2022. He attended several workshops and commented that the experience was very educational. He is shown standing at the Arlington National Cemetery where the group watched the changing of the guards of the Unknown Soldier. (Courtesy photo)