(The following items were compiled 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)
10 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 19, 2016
Early voting for the upcoming Nov. 8 general election begins this Monday, Oct. 24, in the clerk’s office on the first floor of the Cleveland County Courthouse at Rison, County Clerk Jimmy Cummings has announced.
The Cleveland County School Board unanimously approved a motion Tuesday night to pay bonuses to school employees who do not miss a day or just one day of work over a nine-week period for the remainder of the 2016-17 school year.
In what has become a Halloween tradition for Rison, the Rison Lions Club will be opening its “Haunted House” from 7 to 11 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 22, at the old Cleveland County Nursing Home on Magnolia Street (Hwy. 133) in Rison.
A special ceremony and dinner honoring local veterans and dedicating the new Cleveland County Veterans display at Veterans Park in Rison will be held Saturday, Nov. 5, organizer John Blanchard has announced.
Democratic Dist. 10 State Representative candidate Dorothy Hall of Grant County told a local gathering of Democrats last Thursday night that she favors the creation of a Southeast Arkansas Legislative Caucus to strengthen the regions influence when it comes to economic development.
The following Other Days originally ran in the October 19, 2016 issue of the Herald:
20 YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER 6, 2006
The annual Cleveland County Fair will open Thursday and continue through Saturday at the fairgrounds in Rison. A Mud Bog, Tractor Show and Hunting Simulator are among new attractions at this year’s fair.
The Cleveland County Quorum Court’s Ambulance Committee is proposing a plan that will give the Cleveland County Ambulance Service a 60-day trial period to see if some proposed pay changes will reduce comp time that has been accumulated within the department. The proposal under consideration is to increase the number of work days for full-time paramedics and EMTs from the current two days to three days per week, and to increase the part-time pay for …