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Calhoun County Imagination Library Ranks 5th in State
Calhoun County Imagination Library Ranks 5th in State
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library puts books into the hands and hearts of children across the world, partnering with local communities to provide a hand-selected, age-appropriate, highquality book each month to registered children from birth to age five. Recent data shows that our county affiliate of the Arkansas Imagination Library has enrolled 74% of the eligible children in our county, putting us in fifth place statewide! In a recent study published through the University of Central Arkansas, researchers found that Arkansas students enrolled in the program are 24% less likely to repeat kindergarten and 28% less likely to repeat third grade (2021). Calhoun County Imagination Library mails free books to children until they turn five, no matter their family’s income. Having more books at home has a direct, proven positive impact on learning, and this program is available for free to all children in Calhoun County! There are just over 50 eligible children who aren’t registered for the program - if you know one of them, encourage them to sign up for this great program! If you’re interested in helping to sponsor the program, it costs $26 to sponsor one child for one year, or $130 to sponsor a child for all 5 years of eligibility (that’s 60 books!). For more information about how to sign up a child or become a sponsor, visit www.calcolibrary.com/aril/ or contact the library at (870)798-4492. 05/17/2023 11:00 PM
Calhoun Calendar
Calhoun Calendar
MAY 22 05/17/2023 11:00 PM
Hampton 2023 High School Graduation
Hampton 2023 High School Graduation
Hampton 2023 High School Graduation 05/17/2023 11:00 PM
A Most Important Day to Remember
A Most Important Day to Remember
The most important day of the year is different for everyone. Christmas brings joy to many, including whole families as they come together, or it could be Thanksgiving. Birthdays are great for kids, everyday is great for babies, dads are way down the list and moms, well they get one day and it is Mother’s Day. Mothers are making all the other days of the year special for whomever or whatever is needed. It’s usually not the dads making the birthdays great. The mom knows what kind of cake to bake, gift to get or party to plan. Moms just know how to make that day, that import day, special. It’s the mom that cleans up afterwards. The mom gives the cheer when all seems to go wrong. It’s mom that know exactly when to hug and when to give advice (and in the most appropriate way.) Mom is always there and ready to be whatever she needs to be, everyday. We give her one day, Mother’s Day. She knows what to expect and expects nothing. Mother’s Day is the best day of the year, for mothers. It will be this Sunday and if you missed it, you will know. Do your best to make it important for your mother, she only gets one day, make it special as she would for you. And now to be clear. Mother is the biological female who gave birth to you, or the woman who raised you. Let’s keep it simple, figure out who birthed you, raised you and can still tell you what to do even though you are the president of the company and all grown up. That’s mom. 05/10/2023 11:00 PM
Veterans Benefits are Not on the Chopping Block
Veterans Benefits are Not on the Chopping Block
This week, President Biden and far-left Democrats have continued to desperately spread false claims that the Limit, Save, Grow Act will make devastating cuts to mandatory veterans’ benefits. This claim is a lie. 05/10/2023 11:00 PM
Linda Gayle Aufdenkamp Purifoy
Linda Gayle Aufdenkamp Purifoy
age 75 of Little Rock, Ark a n s a s d i e d Thursday, May 4, 2023 in Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born December 7, 1947 in Inglewood, CA. She was a retired insurance salesman. 05/10/2023 11:00 PM
ARDOT, Highway Police to Assist in Transport of 300-Ton Kiln through Arkansas
ARDOT, Highway Police to Assist in Transport of 300-Ton Kiln through Arkansas
The Arkansas Department of Transportation and Arkansas Highway Police will be assisting in the transportation of a 300-ton piece of equipment along state highways from Crossett to Gum Springs. 05/10/2023 11:00 PM
Hampton High School Class of 2023 Honor Graduates Announced
Hampton High School Class of 2023 Honor Graduates Announced
Thirty-eight seniors will participate in graduation exercises at Hampton High School on Friday, May 12, at 7:00 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Amanda Moore, student council president, will give the welcome on behalf of the class. Shelby Pedigo, student council vice president, will give the invocation. Class valedictorian, Amanda Moore, and class salutatorian, Shelby Pedigo, will address the class. Principal Bryan Sanders, will recognize scholarship recipients, followed by the presentation of the class and the awarding of diplomas by Superintendent Doug Worley, of Hampton School District. 05/10/2023 11:00 PM
The Way We Wonder
The Way We Wonder
I think that most people enjoy reading short articles at a glance. The proof is in the way we skim the internet and social media. If only there was something of merit on it. 05/04/2023 04:00 AM
HISTORY MINUTE
HISTORY MINUTE
M INUTE 05/04/2023 04:00 AM
Jim Avant,
Jim Avant,
83, of Harmony Grove passed away on Monday, April 24, 2023 surrounded by his loving daughter Shannon Benson, his son-in-law Brent Benson, and his beloved companion Lorraine Taylor of Fordyce. 05/04/2023 04:00 AM
Art Class Projects in Local Businesses
Art Class Projects in Local Businesses
Calhoun Farm Family of the Year– Joey Blann; JB Cattle; Hampton 05/04/2023 04:00 AM
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