David Nichol

Some county crops are almost fully harvested, and the outlook for the rest of the harvest is not really optimistic — poor for dry land crops, uncertain for irrigated crops.

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Question of the day: If God meant for us to have clean arteries, why did He invent fair food? I don’t mean as in fair or unfair. I mean, as in food one finds when one goes to the fair?

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Asked to speak on Forrest City pride, Jim Lindsey put an emphasis on family Tuesday night at the annual St. Francis County Farm Bureau meeting.

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All the schools in the Forrest City School District are accredited, although two are cited, and all are under some stage of school improvement.

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Two housing authorities in St. Francis County received federal stimulus money that came to them through the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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The St. Francis County Fair begins on Monday and will run through Saturday, with fun, food and exhibits for all ages.

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The Forrest City School Board met Thursday in a retreat designed to identify concerns and suggest possible courses of action.

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A few interesting news items:

Seems that down in the Gulf of Mexico, there is a newly-discovered microbe that eats oil. Apparently it has adapted over time to consume oil.

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St. Francis County government may not have received as much federal stimulus money as some other entities in the county, but what it received has been welcome.

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When people attend the St. Francis County Fair next week, many of them will eat at the Kountry Kitchen, a fixture at the fair for as long as anyone can remember.

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