Mr. Leon Jones, candidate for Arkansas Attorney General was the special speaker at the Searcy County Republican committee meeting that was held November 11. Timmy Reid and Alan Yarborough, candidates for State Representative of District 27 also spoke.
Pictured (right) is Searcy County Sheriff Kenny Cassell and members of his team executing a search warrant on Tuesday morning, November 23, in St. Joe. During the operation, law enforcement confiscated a large amount drugs and money at the site.
According to Searcy County Sheriff Kenny Cassell, a call received by his office on Sunday, November 28 concerning a resident brandishing a firearm on Pickle Road in Searcy County led to the arrest of Searcy County resident, Dillon S. Carlton.
More shoppers turn to online retail to fulfill Christmas wish lists and fill stockings. As we search for gifts to give loved ones this holiday season it’s important to safeguard our information so we can protect our personal data from cyber criminals and teach those who are most vulnerable how to avoid becoming victims.
On Thursday, November 11 Bob King the Director/Curator gave a tour of the building to Editor Charity Rolen of the Marshall Mountain Wave newspaper. While on the tour King answered some questions and gave a description of the building itself. The building will be the home of the Searcy County Chamber of Commerce and visitor center. Since the Chamber will be using a portion of the building for office space, they will be paying the utilities.
The Searcy County Cattlemen’s Association met Tuesday, October 19th at 6:30 p.m. at the Marshall Assembly of God Church. There were 24 members and guests present. The meeting was sponsored by Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction.
Next week, most of us will gather around a table with family and friends and think about the things we are most thankful for. This year, we encourage you to think about the men and women who helped bring your meal to the table.
We have a new event to introduce on December 7th. We will be having an open house to remember Pearl Harbor on its 80th anniversary starting at 10 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. Searcy County had a great loss of Veterans that day for such a small area. We lost three veterans at Pearl Harbor. John Rainbolt’s remains were brought home from the USS Shaw. Elvis Alexander and Webster West remain on the USS Arizona. Jeff Cotton will be speaking at 11 a.m. We will be showing a video of Victory at Sea at various times throughout the day. Refreshments will be served. We hope to see you all there to support these men’s families.
I have more to be thankful for than there is room in this paper. I won’t go there, because you want to read the paper and not bog down in this column so I will just focus on family.
On Thursday, November 11 the Veteran’s Memorial Hall held their annual Veteran’s Day tribute located in Marshall. Along with several residents in attendance, there were several veterans as well as Arkansas State Senator Missy Irvin. The guest speaker this year was U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Retired Mary Maguire Jaeger. Jaeger served 23 years in the U.S. Army, including wartime deployment in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. She and her husband Eric Jaeger retired from their military careers to live in Leslie. They own and operate Brick House Artisans and Jaeger’s Fine Woodworking, also known as Wisakon Woods located on Oak Street in Leslie. Picture above is Lieutenant Colonel Retired Mary Maguire Jaeger speaking at the Veteran’s Hall.