Cherokee Village

First Community Bank has announced that Michelle Taylor has joined the bank as assistant vice president, consumer lending for the financial institution’s full-service branch location at 1 Iroquois in Cherokee Village, Arkansas. Taylor joins First Community Bank with more than 20 years of professional experience in the banking industry. “One of my favorite observations from the late Helen Keller is ‘alone we can do so little, but together we can do so much,’…

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A ground-breaking ceremony took place at the Cherokee Village Animal Shelter on March 29. The ceremony marked the first phase of a transformation that came about as a result of funds gifted by the late Vlasta“Val” Pour) and Lois K. Mock .Animal shelter staff and volunteers, along with the Mayor and members of the City Council were present as Perkey Construction, of Cave City, readied the new site of the feline facility.…

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The Cherokee Village Fire Department will again host the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Baseheart Fire Station on Easter Sun. April 9,beginning at 2 p.m. Several hundred toy and candy-filled eggs will be strewn about in two separate grassy areas, one for children aged 3-7years, and the other for hunters 8-12years of age. Some of the eggs will contain Bunny-Money, and there will be one winning egg for a bicycle in each…

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The Sharp County Fair Fundraising Committee was forced to postpone their scheduled Chili Dinner due to in-clement weather conditions. The Fifth Annual Chili Dinner will beheld on Friday, Feb.17 at the First Baptist Church of Cherokee Village from 5 to 8p.m.Pre-Buy Tickets are on sale until Wed., Feb. 15 for $6 each. This includes chili with all the fixings, a drink, and a home-made dessert. The Silent Auction begins at 5 p.m,…

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By Robert Dreyer, Lt. Colonel, USAF retired and Cherokee Village and Highland School District Taxpayer I have owned property in Cherokee Village for over 40 years but I was born and raised in Rushville, Neb., a small town (population 1,228) 100miles east of the Wyoming border and 20 miles south of the South Dakota border. The area was a rural dry-land farming and ranching area, similar to the communities in the Highland…

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