RECOLLECTIONS: News and events from days gone by

to in-school suspension on their first day of school. The Pea Ridge School Board went through the appeals process for the students during a special closed meeting preceding Monday night’s regular School Board meeting.

Ready … set … go! Less than two weeks until school starts and petite Sherry Woodward heads to Wal-Mart with her lists and six kids in tow. “We do it all in one trip,” she said, “and get it over with.”

The Pea Ridge City Council will discuss a contract for engineering services for the Water Department and an ordinance for annexation at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday. Other items on the agenda include employee evaluations for Sandy Easley, court clerk and officer manager, Cerilla Doyle, police officer.

10 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 47 No. 33

Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012

When is a green wall not a green wall? When it’s the back drop for an audio-visual camera set and appears to be a brick wall or the inside of an office or a map of the area. The green wall provides a canvas on which video equipment can place a background for the person being interviewed. It’s part of the new AV classes and labs taught by Mark Laster.

After operating on school property for 19 years, Head Start no longer has a lease with the Pea Ridge School District. Leases signed in 2008 were declared null and void by Pea Ridge School Board.

City Council member Ray Easley, appointed to fill a vacancy created when Jack Kelly moved out of the city, said he plans to file for election. Steve Guthrie, appointed to fill a vacancy created when John Cody resigned, said he intends to file for election.