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Citizens weigh in on TBGL
(Local News ~ 07/01/17)
Roughly 50 citizens from the city of Blytheville were in attendance Thursday, June 22 to receive an update regarding the Environmental Assessment that has recently been performed on the Thunder Bayou Golf Course. Mayor James Sanders was also in attendance and provided a brief introduction for the evening’s speaker, Tim Alexander...
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Gosnell accepts Chromebook bid
(Local News ~ 07/01/17)
The board unanimously agreed to accept the low bid from CDWG of $104,064.72 for 325 more Chrome Books, 10 storage carts, and various Go Guardian (tracking) software licenses for all district Chrome Books. These Chrome Books will be used for grades K through 2 and will have flip touch screens. 300 of them will be given to students and approximately 25 will be used by either faculty or as backups in the event of problems...
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Carney: ‘We will be tearing down more buildings’
(Local News ~ 07/01/17)
The Mississippi County Quorum Court held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening and some of the more pressing issued included County Judge Randy Carney saying that the Road Department will be tearing down more buildings, the passage of a “cleanup budget” for fiscal year 2016 and a resolution in support of President Donald J. Trump’s executive order regarding the definition of “navigable waters.” All justices were present for the meeting except for Osceola Justice Ken Kennemore...
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Are intentions as important as results?
(Editorial ~ 07/01/17)
“We judge ourselves by our intentions, and others by their actions,” Stephen R. Covey. Would you employ a surgeon that had the absolute best attitude and terrific intentions - a surgeon that cares far more about the health and well being of his patient than his own personal wealth? What if that same doctor also had a heart for providing medical care to ALL that are ill regardless of their ability to pay – BUT, in the past, when operating on your cousin, cut off the wrong leg? Of course you wouldn’t.. ...
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