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May 12th, 2013
Where are they now?
They are right here in Malvern, where they should be.
Whatever happened to the band members of the U.S.O. that played for Bob Hope?
Well, they came home, got married and bought a Hemingway Cat.
James Lindsey, born in Malvern, February 21, 1953, at the Alexander Hospital, was in North Dakota when he turned 18 and had to register with the draft board. A general at the Minot A.F.B. in North Dakota knew that Lindsey was a member of the Ben Shaw Trio and he also knew Bob Hope was needing a drummer.
May 11th
Both Malvern Mayor Steve Northcutt and Malvern Street Department Supervisor Glenn McCloud said the stage being constructed in Malvern City Park is a huge bonus for the park, the citizens of Hot Spring County and tourism, which translates to commerce.
In last week’s Malvern City County meeting it was discussed that the original cost of the stage at the City Park would be $40,000, not the $20,000 that had been earlier figured.
A mistake in bookkeeping by one the contractors revealed Malvern would need to come up with a extra $20,000 for their part of the stage.
May 3rd
Do you know where your vegetables are from? Inmates at the Hot Spring County Jail now know exactly where their fresh vegetables come from — their own garden.
(Pick up a copy of Saturday, May 4 MDR for full story)
May 2nd
Poyen School District Superintendent Jerry Newton said, “Every student and parent should have the opportunity to choose what is right for them.”
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe signed a new School Choice Bill, Act 1227 of 2013 into law in April.
The old School Choice bill is now at the Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Mo., although it may not be relevant since the new bill has been signed into law.
(For full story pick up a copy of Thursday, May 2, Malvern Daily Record)
April 30th
Bob Smith taught accounting and math at Ouachita Technical College (now College Of The Ouachitas) from 1988 until 2000. Don’t worry about Smith staying busy in retirement. He has already published one book and has another ready for the press.
Smith, now living in Hot Springs Village, has written a book that he says is a “mystery, science fiction novel.”
(Pick up a copy of Tuesday, April 30 MDR for full story)
March 29th
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Several scenic areas and wild turkey habitats in Arkansas and the southern United States probably would not exist without the efforts of a local biologist.
Dennis Daniel, 60, of Jamestown, just south of Clarksville in Johnson County, has spent his life working in the restoration and conservation of wildlife with the National Wild Turkey Federation and U.S. Forest Service. In addition to Arkansas, his conservation efforts have taken him across the country to wildlife and forest areas in Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina, among others.
February 28th
Chairman of the Board of the Lono-Rolla Volunteer Fire Department Jack Sulton is hanging up his firefighter’s hat, or whatever it is firefighters hang up when they’re retiring.
After serving as Chairman of the Board for 32 years and working with the department, Sulton, 88, said it time to hand the duties to someone else.
(Pick up a copy of Thursday's (2/28) MDR for full story)
February 23rd
People think about a lot of different things when confined to a hospital bed. Bill Morris was dwelling on one thing. He wondered when he could get out of the hospital to eat some crab legs. Furthermore, he wondered what would be the best way to get at the meat of the crab legs without dealing with clumsy crab leg crackers for trying to open them with a fork, which more often that not results in twisted and bent forks.
Eating crab legs is obviously a passion Morris possesses.
February 22nd
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and its NATO allies revealed Friday they may keep as many as 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends next year, largely American forces tasked with hunting down remnants of al-Qaida and helping Afghan forces with their own security.
Patience with the 11-year-old war has grown thin in the U.S. and Europe, yet Washington and its allies feel they cannot pick up and leave without risking a repeat of what happened in Afghanistan after Soviet troops withdrew in 1989: Attention turned elsewhere, the Taliban grabbed power and al-Qaida found refuge.
February 15th
WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate lawmakers are investigating a nearly $100 million shortfall at the federal Job Corps program that has prompted the Labor Department to freeze enrollment at all 125 job centers around the country.
Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., has called on the agency's inspector general to investigate "serious questions about the management by the department" that will prevent 30,000 disadvantaged and at-risk youth from getting job training this year.
