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March 11, 2010

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    Andrea Bruner

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    Council gives nod for system
    July 23, 2009

    Independence County’s tornado sirens are old, outdated and obsolete, so officials are looking at a new way to alert citizens not only to serious weather but other emergencies as well.
    Tuesday night, Batesville 911 Dispatch Supervisor Joy Wilson and Independence County Office of Emergency Management Director Glen Willis presented a program on AlertXpress, a high speed notification solution used by the Arkansas Crime Information Center and other government agencies.

    Don’t throw it away! Recycle instead Rosie woman finds doghouse, guinea eggs on Freecycle.com
    July 10, 2009

    ROSIE — Jessie Kramer is a big believer in Freecycle.
    She has already received a doghouse, several baby items and now, some 20 guinea eggs from another Freecycler. The only problem was, she had no guinea to sit on them.
    That’s where neighbor Jim Martin stepped in.

    Restoration continues
    March 20, 2009

    It was overgrown and in shambles, the remnants of a bygone era offering little clues about its residents, but now Haddock Cemetery will remain silent no longer.

    Trying our patience
    February 3, 2009

    Last week's ice storm was enough to try anyone's patience. After Hurricane Ike blew through last September, and Gary and I were one of the last of the last ones to get electricity again, this time I decided to be more prepared for what the National Weather Service was calling for. I pulled out every candle and flashlight I could find, even those we keep stored in our camping gear, and put them in a central location. We got coolers out, ready to transfer cold items if needed. We charged our cell phones, took all the laundry out of the washing machine this time (a lesson learned the hard way some months ago), ate all the ice cream, made sure we had gas in the van, dredged out winter clothes, laid out blankets and extra pillows in case we had to sleep in the living room by the fireplace ... I was almost obsessed with preparations.