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JUNE 3 06/01/2023 04:00 AM
Don’t Forget to Remember
Don’t Forget to Remember
Remembering requires previous knowledge of something to recall. It is easy to forget. It takes effort to remember. Why we remember makes remembering much easier. Remembering the sacrifice of others is the reason for this upcoming holiday we call “Memorial Day.” It isn’t the f irst day of summer, though it marks the beginning as Labor Day marks the end. It is a holiday that brings out the grills, boats and campers. Memorial Day is more like a celebration than a remembrance. Did you know it was originally called “Decoration Day?” It was a day set aside to decorate graves with flowers, wreaths and flags especially of those who served our country. Going to the cemetery can be a solemn occasion to remember and honor those brave souls who sacrificed for the freedom of others. It is a celebration of freedom honoring all those who served, when we remember. Don’t forget to remember. Grill, camp out, go boating, swim, lay out next to the pool, relax on the porch, enjoy the perfect weather offered this year and remember that you can do all that because there were people before you giving their lives for those precious freedoms. 05/25/2023 04:00 AM
HISTORY MINUTE
HISTORY MINUTE
M INUTE 05/25/2023 04:00 AM
Local students nominated to attend Arkansas Boys State 2023
Local students nominated to attend Arkansas Boys State 2023
LITTLE ROCK, AR (04/26/2023)-- Local students were nominated to represent their community and school at Arkansas Boys State 2023, an immersive leadership and civic engagement experience sponsored by the American Legion. 05/25/2023 04:00 AM
Calhoun Calendar
Calhoun Calendar
MAY 27 05/25/2023 04:00 AM
"Get Real, Here’s the Deal" Visits with HHS Sophomores
'Get Real, Here’s the Deal' Visits with HHS Sophomores
On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, the Hampton High School Sophomores participated in the “Get Real, Here’s the Deal” activity presented by the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service in Calhoun County. Get Real is a hands-on experiential simulation that gives youth the opportunity to experience their future in a financial decisionmaking mode. Participants are encouraged to make wise financial lifestyle choices like those that adults face each month based on their family size and affordability. The simulation included preparation day, simulation day and a follow up day. 05/25/2023 04:00 AM
State Capitol Week in Review
State Capitol Week in Review
State Capitol Week in Review, May 12, 2023 05/17/2023 11:00 PM
Border Security is National Security
Border Security is National Security
The Biden Administration’s failure to enforce our border laws has led to an unprecedented national security, ecological, and humanitarian crisis at our border. Since President Biden took office, there have been over 5 million illegal crossings along the southern border, and over 14,000 pounds of fentanyl have been seized coming across the border – that’s enough to kill the entire U.S. population ten times. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has lost operational control of the southern border – and with extraordinary amounts of narcotics flowing into our communities, drug overdose deaths are now over 100,000 per year, with fentanyl poisoning accounting for a vast majority of those deaths. 05/17/2023 11:00 PM
HISTORY MINUTE
HISTORY MINUTE
M INUTE 05/17/2023 11:00 PM
Anneke Cox James,
Anneke Cox James,
81, of Thornton died Friday May 12, 2023 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff. Born November 16, 1941 at Louann, she was the daughter of the late Nelson Cox and Elsie Nichols Cox. 05/17/2023 11:00 PM
Tilman Ables,
Tilman Ables,
103 of Hampton died Tuesday May 9, 2023 at his home. Born March 27, 1920, he was a son of the late C.W. Ables and Nancy Avant Ables. 05/17/2023 11:00 PM
Camp Ground Church
Camp Ground Church
In October 1854 (the actual date is not recorded in the original minutes of the Session) Rev. A. J. Haynes, a member of good standing in Bartholomew Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Elders John Bridges and Daniel Williams from the White Spring congregation, met with a group of people, including those from Cane Creek Church who desired to establish a new church near the present city of Hampton. At that meeting Mount Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized under the care of Bartholomew Presbytery. The following people were received as charter members of the new church, Nancy Simpson Newton, Jeremiah (first sheriff of Calhoun County) and Sarah “Sallie” Puckett Hollis, Mary Bridges, Harriett Bridges (daughter of Jeremiah Hollis and daughter-in-law of Mary Bridges), Margaret Rowen, Margaret Riggs, James Harvey “JH” and Mary Bradford Means, Cyrus C. Silliman, and John Silliman (son of Cyrus), “by experience”. 05/17/2023 11:00 PM
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