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February 4, 2012

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    Andrea Bruner

    Concession construction on hold
    January 11, 2011

    The Batesville North Complex may not have a concession stand this summer, after a fire destroyed it on Dec. 27.
    The fire that destroyed the concession stand, which also housed the main bathrooms as well as the electrical panel for all of the ball parks, was determined to be electrical, parks director Randy Palmer said this morning.
    The city parks and recreation commission held a special meeting Monday night to discuss the burned-out stand, opting to build a separate electrical building away from the concession area.

    Fire chief candidates announced
    November 23, 2010

    The city of Batesville has narrowed its list of candidates for fire chief down to five, Mayor Rick Elumbaugh said.
    He said the committee will try to set up interviews for the first full week in December.
    The list includes acting Fire Chief Brent Gleghorn, who took over duties after Danny Russell resigned in late February. Gleghorn was hired in 1987 and has been assistant chief since August 2005.
    The other candidates are as follows:
    • Marc Lowery, a fire marshal who has been with the Harrison Fire Department since 1996;

    Fire chief list narrowed
    November 4, 2010

    The list of candidates for the Batesville fire chief has been whittled down to five, Mayor Rick Elumbaugh said this morning.
    The committee has been meeting and reviewing the 18 applications that were turned in, then narrowed that to 10. Elumbaugh said he has been calling references on those for the past two weeks, then the committee Wednesday selected five to interview.
    Elumbaugh said they have not set any interview dates yet.

    Fire under investigation
    October 18, 2010

    Frankie England wasn’t expecting her place of business to be roped off with charred items scattered around the parking lot.
    But that’s just what the Thrifty’s store manager found when she arrived to open the store in west Batesville Saturday morning.
    A joint venture of the Arkansas Sheriff’s Youth Ranches and Luke 4:18 Ministries, Thrifty’s resale shop opened in June of this year. 

    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.

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