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September 2, 2010

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    Andrea Bruner

    Council to discuss fowl
    August 23, 2010

    The proposed pit bull ban will not be on the agenda for Tuesday’s Batesville City Council meeting — but fowl in the city limits and animal restraints/pens will be.
    The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. at city hall. All meetings are open to the public.
    City Clerk Denise Johnston said part of the new proposed ordinance would place a limit on fowl (chickens, etc.)
    At its regular Aug. 10 meeting, the council said it wanted to see the fowl portion of the ordinance separated from the section regarding the ban on all pitbulls and pitbull mixes.

    Harrison project almost complete
    July 2, 2010

    One more week of delays — just one more — and all five lanes on Harrison Street should be opened to drivers.
    Mark Lamberth with Atlas Asphalt said crews are finishing the asphalt today, hopefully around noon. That will leave the striping work to get under way Tuesday (Monday is a holiday for the highway department, Lamberth explained).

    Food drive to be May 8
    April 20, 2010

    The Batesville Post Office will hold its annual food drive for Batesville Help and Hope on May 8.
    The 2009 food drive was a success, as the carriers collected more than 6,000 pounds of food for the nonprofit organization, said Doug Davis, who serves as the food drive coordinator for the NALC Local Union 1684.
    The week of the event, postal customers will receive postcard reminders in their mailboxes.
    “People can put their donations in their mailbox, hang them from their mailbox or put them under their mailbox,” Davis said.

    UACCB marks record enrollment
    April 16, 2010

    UACCB has set another enrollment record for the spring semester: 1,645.
    Brian Berry, vice chancellor for enrollment management and student services, reported Thursday that the numbers were up in almost every area across the board. One of the exceptions, however, was transfer students, but the previous number was an abnormally high number, Berry said.
    “We continue to be in population non-traditional (age 25 and older),” Berry noted.
    The headcount of 1,645 is up 12.3 percent from last spring’s 1,465.

    Townsend anticipates holiday bonuses will help stimulate Batesville economy
    December 15, 2009

    A hundred dollars will sure come in handy right before Christmas.
    Just ask the employees of Townsends in Batesville, who received $100 bonuses today.
    Janice Ward and Donna Gammill, who have 18 and 25 years with the company, respectively, knew right away where their money would go. “Buy Christmas,” they said.
    Joe Jones, who’s been at Townsend for seven months, was even more specific: “I’m going to buy my first grandchild, Amiyah, a stroller.”

    H1N1 vaccine for high risk only
    October 28, 2009

    The Independence County Health Department and local volunteers are gearing up for flu shot clinics at two sites this year, and they say swine flu vaccines will be available only to “high risk groups.”
    Sonia Nix, administrator at the health department, said that while the seasonal flu vaccine will be available for everyone, the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine will be for the following: pregnant women, children ages 6 months to 4 years old, and children age 5 to 18 who have underlying medical conditions, such as asthma or diabetes.

    Quality time with the family
    October 27, 2009

    Peter Pan and a dozen Tinkerbells, Rocky Balboa, Michael Jackson, Batgirl and Batman, Cleopatra, Transformers, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie, Hannah Montana, football players and wrestlers, bumblebees, geisha girls, pirates, cowgirls, a Hershey bar and the usual assortment of vampires, grim reapers, devils, witches, mummies, glow-on-the-dark skeletons, etc.
    They were all out in full force this weekend at the Little Rock Zoo.

    Shane Sturdivant wins
    August 3, 2009

    Shane Sturdivant was as surprised as anyone else when he heard his named called as the winner of the first White River’s Got Talent competition.
    Friday night at Riverside Park, 10 acts competed for the grand prize of $1,000. The competition was held in conjunction with the 66th annual White River Water Carnival in Batesville.
    Sturdivant sang Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” He said he planned to use the money to help pay for school.
    He said he was “very much” surprised when he was selected the winner.

    Reporting on Petit Jean
    August 3, 2009

    Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of “Travel in Arkansas” tourism articles for the Batesville Daily Guard.

    Stoplights to change to flashing lights
    July 23, 2009

    Two stoplights in downtown Batesville may be seeing their last days, which could make several citizens happy, judging by the amount of comments directed to city hall.
    Mayor Rick Elumbaugh said at Tuesday night’s city council meeting that since he’s been in office, he’s heard several requests and questions from citizens and the council about stoplights on Main Street at the intersections with Third and Fourth streets.