10 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 42 No. 24 Wednesday, June 13, 2007

He’s driven a truck for nearly 50 years and still isn’t ready to retire. Clyde Arnold of Pea Ridge recently received an award from Tyson for 1,035,000 accident free miles. “I’m the oldest guy there,” said Arnold a native of Jacket, Mo. “I get up at 12:30 every morning and drive to Monet, Mo., every day to pick up my truck.” The Arnolds moved to Pea Ridge in the early 1970s; their children attended school at Pea Ridge.

This fall, the Pea Ridge School Board will seek a 2.2 mil increase to build a new elementary school. Board members received information from superintendent Mike Van Dyke showing the requirements from the State Department of Education governing room sizes and building requirements for elementary classrooms. The new building is proposed to hold kindergarten through second-grade classrooms. The state requires bathrooms for kindergarten classrooms. Board members requested an artist’s rendering of the facility to show the residents of the district what is proposed.