Did you know there are over 250 children in foster care due to abuse and neglect in Van Buren, Searcy and Faulkner County?

Did you know you can help ensure each of these children is placed in a safe and permanent home?

The sad reality is that child abuse and neglect exists everywhere.  It knows no cultural, ethnic, racial, economic or religious boundaries.  It takes ordinary citizens willing to take on an extraordinary role and speak out for these children.

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of the 20th Judicial District serves the children of Van Buren, Searcy and Faulkner counties.  Our mission is to provide a voice in court for and on behalf of abused and neglected children who might otherwise have no voice for placement in a safe, permanent home.

To learn how you can make a difference visit www.casa20th.org or call 501.328.3347.  Our next training session begins Jan 19th.

The First Half. Halftime, and Second Half of the 2008 Greers Ferry Lake Championship Girls Basketball Game.

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The First and Second Half broadcasts of the 2008 Greers Ferry Lake Boy’s Basketball Game.

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Girls:

Saturday’s Results:

Nemo Vista 47, Concord 45

Pangburn 62, Quitman 60

Rose Bud 46, Shirley 37

West Side Greers Ferry 70, Mount Vernon-Enola 63

Boys:

Saturday’s Results:

Concord 64, Bradford 41

Mount Vernon-Enola 55, Quitman 30

Nemo Vista 74, Shirley 34

Quitman 43, Pangburn 41

Rose Bud 58, West Side Greers Ferry 30

Girls:

Monday’s Games

West Side Greers Ferry 68 vs. Nemo Vista 41 – Final

Rose Bud 48 vs. Pangburn 41 – Final

Boys:

Monday’s Games:

Mount Vernon-Enola 60 vs. Nemo Vista 35 – Final

Rose Bud 48 vs. Concord 25 – Final

Tuesday’s Games:

Girls:

West Side Greers Ferry 34 VS Rose Bud 38 – Final (Champions)

Boys:

Mount Vernon-Enola 39 vs Rose Bud 35 – Final (Champions)

CORPS WANTS TO RECYCLE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE FOR FISH COVER

GREERS FERRY LAKE, Ark., Dec. 29 – Organic Christmas trees don’t have to go to the trash after Christmas.  In fact, all those trees displayed in homes and businesses across the area can be put to good use when you complete your gift giving by donating your tree to the fish in Greers Ferry Lake.

Donated trees will be bundled together, then submerged into the lake to create fish habitats.  These shelters will provide fish with breeding areas and escape cover, giving them a better chance to reach maturity.  These habitats also provide a resource for anglers.

To protect our natural resources, remember, only live trees, not artificial ones, will be used to make the fish shelters. To properly prepare your tree for recycling please remove any tree stands, lights, tinsel, nails, ornaments and other obstructions before taking it to a drop-off point.

If you would like to donate your tree, you can drop it off from Dec. 29 until Jan. 9 at Sandy Beach across the street from the boat ramp behind the cable in the Heber Springs area, at the Devils Fork Park new high-water boat ramp in the Greers Ferry/Fairfield Bay area, or at the boat ramp in Choctaw Park in the Clinton area. Local tree sellers with leftover trees are welcome to drop off their trees as well.
To give a gift that keeps on giving, take advantage of this opportunity to improve fish habitat and provide better sport fishing opportunities at our lake.

Volunteers are welcome to help drop the trees into the lake.  For more information, call the Army Corps of Engineers’ Greers Ferry Project Office at 501-362-2416.

Paul Harvey is Heard Weekdays at 5:30 AM, 7:30 AM, 12:30 PM and 5:30 PM

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Paul Harvey “One Day a King Today Only Ten and Stuck”

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Paul Harvey is Heard Weekdays at 5:30 AM, 7:30 AM, 12:30 PM and 5:30 PM

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Paul Harvey “The Inn Keeper”

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Paul Harvey “Meditation on the Mystery of Christmas”

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Paul Harvey and “The Man and the Birds a Christmas Story”

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Silent Night!
The origin of the Christmas carol we know as Silent Night was a poem that was written in 1816 by an Austrian priest called Joseph Mohr. On Christmas Eve in 1818 in the small alpine village called Oberndorf it is reputed that the organ at St. Nicholas Church had broken. Joseph Mohr gave the poem of Silent Night (Stille Nacht) to his friend Franz Xavier Gruber and the melody for Silent Night was composed with this in mind. The music to Silent Night was therefore intended for a guitar and the simple score was finished in time for Midnight Mass. Silent Night is the most famous Christmas carol of all time!

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