Opinion

SC Retired Teachers to Meet

Searcy County Retired Teachers will meet Friday December 8th. The meeting will be held in the fellowship hall of the Leslie United Methodist Church. Luncheon will be served by the Methodist Women's group at 11:30am. This will be our Christmas dinner, which includes homemade bread and desserts for $12. All retired Searcy County school employees are invited to attend.

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Letters to the Editor:

Dear Editor, The mission of the Searcy County Fair, Inc. is to preserve and enhance the agriculture, horticulture, and home economics of the community through education, positive competition and preservation of fair culture to create lasting memories for all who attend. This is a 24/7 undertaking! We need your help to continue our work.

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Ask the Professional

I had some health challenges recently, and I was unpleasantly surprised at how much I had to pay under Medicare. A sign at the drug store says I could change my insurance plan now. What is this about?

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MES Bobcat Bulletin

Academic Snapshot: Kindergarten- Four new letters U, V, W, and X this week. Learning all of these letters are helping identify the beginning sound in a word. In math, they are learning the color pink and reviewing 2D shapes.

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Martin Box news

With now having a different date to turn our news in, it’s late news. So, if I report or repeat some of the same news, just pretend it’s the first you read it.

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Letters to the Editor:

Dear Editor, My name is Tearsa Innis. My mother is Sara Charlotte Smith Pennell. My grandmother, Shelby Fenton Lay Smith Hensley, was a lifelong resident of Marshall and taught generations of High School students at Marshall High School. I am in the beginning stages of writing a book about her life and was wondering if there is any way that I would be able to get some stories from some of the people who were in her classes at MHS or possibly even in her Sunday School classes at FBC. I don’t know if there is a way I could utilize your newspaper to ask for submissions to include in my book or even exactly what the correct protocol is for such a request.

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