Stories from Thursday, June 16, 2016

To further their community project of renovating the roller rink, the Oregon County Co-Op Youth Council is looking for volunteers to help clean up the roller rink building in Alton. The youth council will have a community clean-up day to be held on Saturday, June 25 beginning at 10 a.m. The project will last until the clean-up is finished...

Hundreds of thousands of largemouth bass fingerlings will be paroled from Cummins Correctional Facility at this year's Big Bass Bonanza, June 24-26. These fingerlings are the result of an ongoing partnership between the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas anglers...

Trap teams from Greenwood and Berryville claimed the top spots in this year's Arkansas Youth Shooting Sports Program State Championship at the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation Shooting Sports Complex June 3-4. After thousands of shots and shattered clays, the G-Force team from Greenwood climbed to the top of the senior division, edging out second-place finisher Jonesboro Valley View. ...

The Couch R-I School District recently held their second public forum on Thursday, June 9 to discuss the addition of a FEMA building to the campus as well as making other needed improvements such as fixing the bathrooms in the high school and renovation and remodeling of the high school gymnasium lobby, building a bus barn and replacing the gymnasium roof...

UA Sports Information Jarrion Lawson accomplished a feat June 10 that hasn't been done in 80 years: Win three individual events at an NCAA Outdoor Championship. The only student-athlete to equal Lawson's victories in the 100-meter dash, the 200 and long jump was track and field legend Jesse Owens in 1935 and 1936...

Jeff Snyder Special to The VJ The Spring River Seniors are once again on a new winning streak. A week after taking both ends of their double-header action at home, they did it again on the road June 9 in Jonesboro. The Seniors (SR) defeated Jonesboro 22-19 in the opener, then went on to take care of Trumann (TR) 19-11 in their second game. ...

This weekend Oregon County will once again host a fair after not having one for approximately 20 years. Many members of the community have joined together for the efforts to recreate this lost tradition in the county. For many years, the community participated in fairs that were held every year to celebrate and promote local farmers and crafters, however, it was discontinued because the interest in the fair lessened through the years which resulted in lack of volunteers that were available to help create the fun filled event.. ...

Recently the Oregon County Sheriff's Department responded to calls to aid people on the Eleven Point River due to flooding from excessive rainfall and another call involving a man that was injured while canoeing. On May 24, the Eleven Point River flooded due to excessive rain fall the region received. ...

Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) agents would like to speak to the driver of a 2007-12 dark gray four-door GM pickup, reported by an anonymous tip to have been at Log Yard Access along the Current River between 8:30 and 9 p.m. on Dec. 28, 2015. ...

"In winter's chill or summer's heat, a farmer works so the world can eat." And nothing could be more true for fifth generation farmer Bart Schulz and family, who were named the 2016 Sharp County Farm Family. Bart and Brandi Schulz and sons Briley and Jonah Finster of Sidney, who run a 484 acre cattle and poultry operation, were honored by the distinction and for a relative newcomer to the farm, wife Brandi, that is something to be proud of...