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Dale Barber, Amy Barber, and Andrea Schmidt. Also on hand for the announcement was Jonathan’s wife, Andrea. United Police Supply’s Jonathan Schmidt Memorial Scholarship Established through BRTC Foundation Dale and Amy Barber, owners of United Police Supply, and Andrea Schmidt, wife of fallen officer Jonathan Schmidt, were recently on the BRTC Pocahontas campus to announce the establishment of the United Police Supply’s Jonathan Schmidt Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is named in honor…

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University of Arkansas Little Rock recently announced its Fall 2021 Chancellor’s List, recognizing students with superior academic performance in a semester. To be eligible for the Chancellor’s List, students must earn at least nine credit hours and at least a 3.9 GPA. Local UA Little Rock students named to the Fall 2021 Chancellor’s List include: Kelsey Miller of Highland and Hannah Rikard of Cherokee Village. More than 650 UA Little Rock students…

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Photo SubmittedThe Building a Legacy Lego exhibit is on display until April at BRTC in Pocahontas. Building A Legacy” a display of LEGO bricks is the latest exhibit in the BRTC student-led mini-museum, Cabinet of Curiosities, on the Paragould campus.  Dr. Dianna Fraley’s US History to 1876 and World Civilizations to 1660 classes participated in creating and curating the exhibit.  The students researched and wrote an essay on the history of LEGO…

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Photo SubmittedMrs. Lockhart’s class advanced art class at Cave City Middle School  has been focusing on building drawing skills, starting with contour drawings. The blind contour drawings got a lot of laughs. Her wheel classes worked hard on creating zentangles utilizing the elements of art learned about earlier in the nine weeks. They are wrapping up their lesson about Disney artist Mary Blair by practicing using a variety of materials on one…

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The Salem Valentine’s Pageant was held Feb. 1. Winners from elementary school were second runner-up Quincy Hurtt, daughter of Rusty Hurtt and Miranda McCullough, and Tennyson Leslie,  son of Ben and Sarah Leslie; the first runner-ups were Kimber Moody, daughter of John and Crystal Moody, and Eric Crowe, son of James and Karen Crowe; and the winners were  Katarina Watson, daughter of Khristian Swift, and Conner Barker, son of Luke Barker and Bailey…

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