RECOLLECTIONS: A glance back in time at days gone by
elementary and high school level. Carla Bourne was named teacher of the year for the high school and Louisa Duncan was named elementary teacher of the year. Linda Burrell, third grade teacher was selected as runner up. School Board president Ronnie Foster presented each teacher with a plaque. Janet Spivey received a token of appreciate from the school board for all of her work.
While the 18 and older crowd was at the local voting booths on Tuesday, Nov. 8, the 8- and 9-yearolds in Danielle Maulden’s social studies class at Pea Ridge Elementary were at their own voting booth. This was the culmination of social studies unit on political election. In this unit, they learned how to campaign, what the campaign workers do, what the president and vice presidential candidates have to go through, and why there is a Secret Service.
20 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 33 No. 46 Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998
Veterans Day was observed in an impressive and moving ceremony at the Pea Ridge High School gymnasium on Nov. 11. Area veterans representing all branches of armed forces were in attendance. The keynote speaker for the event was newly elected State Sen. David Bisby, who ranked second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, and recently placed his own bars on his oldest son as he achieved the rank of second lieutenant. Bisby said, “Veterans Day started in 1918 at the end of World War I. World War I was to be the war to end all wars, and I’m sure all those who fought in that war prayed that it would be,” he said. Unfortunately, history has proved that to be untrue.
10 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 43 No. 46 Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008
Options for increasing the income of the Pea Ridge Volunteer Fire Department were to be presented to the Pea Ridge City Council Tuesday during the regular council meeting. Fire Chief Frank Rizzio said the current rate for city customers on city water is $2 a month, a rate that was established in 1986 and has not increased. He prepared several alternatives to the department’s budget with no increase, with a $1 per month increase and with a $2 per month increase.
As the first and only chairman of the Missouri-Arkansas Partnership, Pea Ridge Mayor Jackie Crabtree was honored as an integral part to Benton County being named an Arkansas Community of Excellence. Crabtree was honored Tuesday, along with Benton County Judge Gary Black, for their work in meeting the criteria for the certification. Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe certified Benton County as an “Arkansas Community of Excellence.” Benton County is the latest county in Arkansas to receive state approval for an economic development plan that reaches across state lines.