Veterans Memorial

Posted Tuesday, January 6, 2009, at 10:30 AM

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.

Rector always has been a community which honors and supports its veterans and this will be an opportunity for everyone to participate in an appropriate memorial. The memorial will honor all veterans and all branches of the military, with special tribute to those who died in service to their country.

Lots of details are forthcoming on the effort. This will be a memorial in which the entire community will be proud and it will be a structure which will draw regional interest.

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Ron Kemp and his wife Nancy have published the Clay County Democrat since 1977. They are excited about the new possibilities with the website and the opportunity to give a daily approach to "late-breaking" events in a weekly newspaper operation. Kemp has spent his entire career in the newspaper business and served as president of the Arkansas Press Association in 1993. The Kemps' daughter, Ashley Wimberley, has continued the family tradition, currently serving as director of marketing at the APA office in Little Rock.

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