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Rector, Arkansas ~ Saturday, July 4, 2009
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Concert nearing sellout
Posted Tuesday, June 16, at 11:17 PM
At a meeting of the Rector Lions Club on Tuesday and also during a planning committee session later that night, chairman Gregg Sain said tickets are going fast for the Aug. 4 gospel concert in Rector.
With proceeds going to the RHS Helping Hands Foundation, the concert features a great lineup of The Isaacs, Russ Taff, Dailey and Vincent, Guy Penrod and master of ceremonies Kevin Williams.
Tickets are $20 and may be purchased at Liberty Bank locations in Rector and Paragould, all Glen Sain automobile dealerships, Piggott State Bank and the ASU Convocation Center box office.
Persons also may obtain additional information by calling 870-595-3501.
The sellout number is 1,500 and more than 1,300 tickets already have been sold six weeks prior to the concert.
Major concert being planned Rector once again will have the unique opportunity of hosting a major gospel concert this summer. Rector native Bill Carter was here last week and one of the topics covered in his visit was the planning for another Gaither-artist concert. Carter, who has been involved in Gaither productions for many years, "makes it happen" in terms of being able to attract top talent to the Rector event...
Ice Book Published The Clay County Democrat has published a commemorative booklet for the 2009 Ice Storm. The booklets are available at the newspaper office for $10. They also may be purchased at the locations of the four underwriting sponsors -- Glen Sain GMC, Sigsby Insurance, Liberty Bank and Rector Downtown Drug...
Tough loss for Cougars in 5 OT The Rector Cougars lost a heartbreaker, in FIVE OVERTIMES, to the Riverside Rebels tonight on the Rebels' home court at Caraway. A win would have put the Cougars into next week's regional tournament at Cedar Ridge. Despite the loss, RHS coach Mark Manchester said in a telephone conversation tonight that he is very proud of his team and the way they played hard in the marathon game...
Minnesota trucker's trip to Rector featured on television The humanitarian trip to Rector by Minnesota trucker Larry Kautz has been featured on a Minneapolis television station. The special journey by Kautz to help local residents following the ice storm, which involved delivering a semi load of supplies to the Rector Community Center, was featured Sunday night on Fox Channel 9...
Basketball games The basketball games today (Saturday) do start at 3 at the local gymnasium. Both junior teams and both senior teams will be playing Turrell. For those that can get away, it might be a good and enjoyable diversion to all the problems Rectorites have been dealing with over the past 10 days...
Recent days: both difficult and inspiring It has been a very difficult but inspiring 10 days for all Rectorites, helping one another and working to overcome the ice storm disaster. As Charlie Crow says in his blog posted today, it has been the Golden Rule in effect all around Rector with friends and neighbors lending helping hands in countless ways...
Rector On The Map It is amazing how quickly stories now travel through both the printed version and the internet. Rector is on the international map as a consequence of Rolling Stones lead guitarist Keith Richards donating a signed guitar to be auctioned to benefit the Rector High School Helping Hands Foundation...
Veterans Memorial An exciting new project is now underway in Rector -- the creation of an impressive veterans memorial on Main Street -- adjacent to the new visitors center that is being developed. Rector native George Barker (a retired Maj. General) and police chief Glenn Leach are serving as co-chairmen of the veterans memorial committee...
Early morning fire The Rector Fire Department responded to a house fire early Monday morning on Second Street in Rector near its intersection with Fordyce. The Marmaduke Fire Deptartment also was called to the scene. The structure was heavily damaged. The 911 emergency call came in about 2:30 a.m., according to Rector police officer Rockie Weber...
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Hot topics Concert nearing sellout(0 ~ 11:17 PM, Jun 16)
Major concert being planned
Ice Book Published
Minnesota trucker's trip to Rector featured on television
Tough loss for Cougars in 5 OT
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