Other Days: September 25, 2024

(The following items were compiled by Stan Sadler from files of past issues of the Cleveland County Herald. For questions or comments, contact Stan Sadler, P.O. Box 325, Rison, AR 71665, phone (870) 830-2056 or 870-325-6412; or email at sadler.stan@yahoo.com)

  • GLIMPSES FROM THE PAST - For our last look back this month at Cleveland County fairs from the past, we go to the 1962 event in which there was a forestry activity conducted that included a log sawing contest. These two International Paper Co. employees, David Hale, left, and John Reed, right, make the sawdust fly in giving a sawing demonstration as part of the activity. The pair cut through the log in about 37 seconds. For questions or comments, contact Stan Sadler at sadler.stan@yahoo.com
    GLIMPSES FROM THE PAST - For our last look back this month at Cleveland County fairs from the past, we go to the 1962 event in which there was a forestry activity conducted that included a log sawing contest. These two International Paper Co. employees, David Hale, left, and John Reed, right, make the sawdust fly in giving a sawing demonstration as part of the activity. The pair cut through the log in about 37 seconds. For questions or comments, contact Stan Sadler at sadler.stan@yahoo.com
    10  YEARS  AGOSEPTEMBER  24,  2014After receiving a tip from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cleveland County Sheriff's Department apprehended a man in Rison last Thursday that is accused of being involved in a bank robbery at Benton in May. Cameron Arnold, 29, of Pine Bluff, was arrested at the Hwy. 79-35 intersection in Rison. Arnold is suspected of being connected to the May 15 robbery of the Bank of the Ozarks in Benton.Rison alderman Curtis Hopper, 87, who has served on the Rison City Council for the past 23 years, died Friday, leaving a vacancy on the six-member council. Last November, Hopper announced that he would not be seeking re-election this year. Curtis Marks was the only candidate to file for Hopper's seat, and will not be officially elected to the position until after the November general election. Rison Mayor Vernon Dollar said Tuesday that he would suggest to the council during its next regular meeting October 7 to appoint Marks to fill the remainder of Hopper's term.Drew Robertson, 17, a junior at Woodlawn High School, died Tuesday night after being involved in a collision at Star City.Madison Brown, 17-year-old senior at Woodlawn High School, was crowned "Miss Cleveland County" Saturday night during the annual Cleveland County Fair. The Green House Cottages of Southern Hills at Rison was one of 28 organizations from throughout the state that were presented Arkansas Governor's Quality Awards by Gov. Mike Beebe during the 20th annual awards celebration for the Governor's Quality Award Program held September 15 at the Marriott Hotel in Little Rock.20  YEARS  AGOSEPTEMBER  29,  2004A petition expressing some "problems and concerns" with the high school football program was presented to the Woodlawn School Board during its monthly meeting Monday night.Construction...

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