RECOLLECTIONS
50 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic Vol. 6 No. 10 Thursday, March 11, 1971
Voters in the Pea Ridge School District chose Royle Carnes as their new board member in Tuesday’s election, then formed almost a solid block vote for the 5-mil increase in school taxes. The annual election saw an unusually heavy turn-out of voters with 377 votes for the increased millage and 32 votes against it.
Pea Ridge now has a water tower with an Irish green top — a trademark of the Midwest Tank Co. of Pittsburg, Kan., which this week completed the relining of the local water tower.
40 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic-Scene Vol. 16 No. 10 Wednesday, March 11, 1981
In a hotly contested election campaign, Ronald Foster and Kent Webb were winners over Wayne Hileman and Mark Easterling for the two open seats on the Pea Ridge District 109 Board of Education. The district’s 62-mil tax won voter approval with 320 (72.2%) in favor and 120 (27.8%) against.
By a vote of three against reinstatement, one for and one abstaining, the Pea Ridge City Council Thursday refused a request by former deputy marshal John Demaree that he be returned to his deputy position and be paid retroactively to the date of his dismissal.
30 Years Ago Pea Ridge Country Times
Vol. 26 No. 10 Thursday, March 7, 1991
Dan Hinksey wants young people coming out of the Pea Ridge School District to be prepared for the real world. That’s why he started, with the cooperation of the school administration, a weekly parent workshop.
The Pea Ridge Area Ministerial Alliance announced plans to distribute funds locally to aid Operation Desert Storm families, continued their study of a “Meals on Wheels” program” and endorsed a proposed area recycling plan.
20 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 36 No. 10 Wednesday, March 7, 2001
A celebration of the 139th anniversary of the Battle of Pea Ridge began with the marching beat of a drum and fife and included a bagpipe version of “Amazing Grace. It ended with playing “Taps.”
A former Pea Ridge High School teacher and coach, Matthew Scantling, pleaded guilty Monday to violation of a minor and apologized in court for having a sexual affair with a 14-year-old female student.
10 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 46 No. 10 Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Reenactors celebrated the 149th anniversary of the Battle of Pea Ridge at the Pea Ridge National Military Park with displays of artillery maneuvers.
What was to have been a pleasant walk around the lake turned into a chilling experience for one lady and her children. The lady had parked near the Ventris Road boat ramp of Fox Hollow Road and began walking… she saw a parked van … with blood inside the windshield. A man was found dead inside.
Police confiscated more than an ounce of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and $5,000 in cash as a result of a traffic stop for speeding on Weston Street.
After nearly a decade of spending every Saturday through the winter at the gym, Kevin and Ronda Hall are hanging up their Youth Competitive Basketball hats.