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Davidson graduates basic training at Ft. Benning, Ga.
      Jerry "Chazly" Davidson, son of Reuah and Wayne DePriest and Pam and David L. Davidson II, completed Army Basic Training on Thursday, Oct. 25, at Ft. Benning, Ga. Davidson, a 2007 graduate of Bauxite High School, is training at Ft. Rucker, Ala., to be an aviation operation specialist. His wife, H...
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JOINS TCB LENDING TEAM
     Kacie Davis has joined Twin City Bank's home lending team and will serve the Saline county market as a home loan officer. Davis will be located in Twin City's Bryant office at I-30 and Reynolds Road, said Leslie Truemper, vice president - home lending. Davis, a lifelong Saline county resident holds ...
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Leaders promote literacy
      Local leaders visited the Benton Head Start to read books to promote learning. Benton Mayor Rick Holland, officers from the Benton Police Department, firefighters from the Benton Fire Department, Ruth Hyatt,
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Did you know?
      Did you know the Benton Police Department has an automated tip line that anyone can call. The phone number is 315-TIPS (8477). When you call this number you will be forwarded to a voice mailbox. The mailbox will be checked every morning Monday -Friday and the calls forwarded to the appropriate ...
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AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
     Maria Haley, executive director of the state Economic Development Commission, presents the Challenge Award to Randy Fortner, Saline Memorial Hospital president and CEO, at the Governor's Quality Award banquet in Little
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TAILGATING AT BRYANT BRANCH
      Union Bank vice president Paul Stephens cooks weiners at the open house/tailgate party for the new Bryant Branch on Reynolds Road. The party preceding the Bryant High School football game.
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Dawson and Jones unite in marriage
      Rebecca Dawson of Benton, Ark., and Bryan Jones of Mesquite, Texas, were joined in marriage on Oct. 6, 2007, by Greg Kirksey in a ceremony held at Holland Chapel Baptist Church in Benton. Rebecca is the daughter of Johnny and Jackie Dawson of Benton and the granddaughter of Mary Ann Dawson of Cov...
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Do you have the right beneficiaries for your IRA?
      Investing in either a traditional or Roth IRA is a smart move. An IRA offers a tax-advantaged way to save money for retirement. You want to save as much as you can, because you could spend two or even three decades as a retiree. But if you don't use all your IRA funds, what will happen to them?
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ARTISTS AT WORK
      Seventh grade art students at Benton Middle School have been working on paintings. Watching (from left) Destiny Tedder, Candace Stricklin and Natalie Hample paint are Trey Young, C.J. White, Will Ashcraft, Dakota Grinder and Dylan Summerville.
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Featured class of the week
     CLASS OF THE WEEK LAJUAN MOONEY PHOTS Pictured with Westbrook Elementary School Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Edmonson, are Jocekyn Blair, Skyla Conger, Gracie Davis, Malayia Degler, Atalie Dycus, Jay Gibson, Kanon Harmon, Dawson Harris, Kris Harris, Darren Heredia, Maddie Higgins, Ashlyn Kelly, Kaleb ...
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Benton Head Start students enjoy National Literacy Day
     MAYOR RICK HOLLAND
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Montgomery excels in class, on field
By LAJUAN MOONEY Features editor
      Camille Montgomery, a Benton High School senior, is more than your ordinary senior. She has excelled in the classroom, on the soccer field and on the sideline as a cheerleader. Taking all honors and advanced placement classes, Montgomery is a member of the National Honor Society and the Kiwanis ...
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Essays boost unity
      A gift certificate of up to $50 awaits Benton students who promote racial unity. "Our Beloved CommUNITY" is the essay contest's topic for Benton students in grades one through nine. Students are asked to discuss why Benton should embrace the community and why that work is so important today in f...
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Fund-raiser exceeds expectations at Bryant
By LAJUAN MOONEY Features editor
      More than 90 students at Bryant Elementary School were treated to a limousine ride from the school to Mills Park and lunch from Chick-Fil-A. To be eligible, students had to sell at least eight entertainment books in the recent book sale held by the Parents-Teachers Organization to raise money for...
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Aardvark built its business by standing behind promises
By LAJUAN MOONEY Features editor
      Aardvark Termite and Pest Control in Haskell is another Saline County family-ownedand operated business. Aardvark is owned by Bobby and Melissa Reynolds. Both are graduates of Saline County schools. Bobby is a Harmony Grove graduate and Melissa is a Bryant graduate.
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Family returns to old homeplace
Pat Laster
      The guests have gone and I have returned to my slower pace of puttering with the newspaper, lingering over the obits and puzzles, perusing the front pages of the sports and business sections and the entire front section. Over the third cuppa coffee, I continue work on the large Sunday puzzle. I t...
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WINNER
     Linda Miller won the crossword puzzle contest last week and received a $25 gift certificate to Ed & Kay's Restaurant.
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First United Methodist strives to be safe haven
By LAJUAN MOONEY Features editor
      The vision members have for First United Methodist Church of Bryant begins and ends with their unswerving determination to be a dynamic and spirit-filled Christian community, where all members honor and glorify God. The Lord said: "You shall be holy as I am holy!
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Everyone has 2 choices
     TASTE OF HEAVEN LEWIS DELAVAN PHOTOS Angels are greeted by Jesus at Holland Chapel Baptist Church's Hereafter House. "Victims" of the airplane crash soon entered the Pearly Gates.
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Spook City 2007
     LAJUAN MOONEY PHOTOS The two year-old daughter of Brad and Jennifer Royster, Jillian,enjoyed the activities of Spook City, including the fund-raiser for her dad, who was diagnosed with stage four lymphoma in May. He is awaiting a bone marrow transplant later in the month. The Brad Royster Fund to he...
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HARMONY GROVE ROYALTY
     Above Harmony Grove High School royalty included (back row, from left) 12th-grade maids Brooke Baxley, Jessica Kelloms, Brittney Gibeault, 11thgrade maid Ashley McAdams. Front row: ninth-grade maid Erica Armstrong, 10th-grade maid Natalie Hall, 9th-grade maids Whitney Vice, Stacia Hutcheson, 8th-gra...
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