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100 YEARS AGO

August 19, 1920

MOUNTAIN HOME — One of the largest watermelon crops ever raised in Baxter county is being gathered. Most of these melons are raised on the Big Norfork river bottoms and are too far from transportation to ship and are sold locally.

50 YEARS AGO

August 19, 1970

JONESBORO — Plans for construction of a $750,000 water treatment plant, two wells and main lines in southeast Jonesboro, near a new State Hospital complex and several new industrial plants, have been announced here by officials of the Board of Directors of the City Water and Light Plant. The treatment plant, the 500,000-gallon ground storage tank, the wells, and 24,000 feet of 12- to 24-inch water mains will cost about $600,000.

25 YEARS AGO

August 19, 1995

HERMITAGE — Residents of this Bradley County town had quiet nights Wednesday and Thursday after fires early Tuesday morning destroyed two buildings. Some residents believe the fires were set in retaliation for the arrest of a reputed drug dealer. Several hours after Michael Miller, 31, was arrested Monday night at his Hermitage home on two counts of selling cocaine to undercover officers, local fire officials responded to an office building on fire at the Smith & Roberts Co. pulpwood yard just outside of town. Upon arrival, they discovered another fire at a Fordyce Princeton Railroad Co. storage building about 100 yards away.

10 YEARS AGO

August 19, 2010

■ An attorney for Little Rock Wastewater responded Wednesday to concerns about thousands of dollars in questionable purchases by the utility, but the city director who raised the concerns said he was not completely satisfied with the answers. Attorney Carolyn Witherspoon appeared at the regular meeting Wednesday of the Little Rock Sanitary Sewer Committee and said she had provided City Director Brad Cazort with answers to questions he had about 111 purchase orders dating back to 2007. Cazort raised the questions as he investigated claims by Diamond Bear Brewery that the utility was overcharging for wastewater services. Cazort said late Wednesday that he’s not completely satisfied with the answers he received. “I’m satisfied that they answered the questions,” he said. “But I still have questions. I mean they sent the cuff links back. That’s great, but why did they buy them in the first place?”