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TUESDAY, September 5, 2017 / Vol. 3 Issue 36 / 75 cents
County rescue squad in Texas On August 30, the Van Buren County rescue boat and swift water team left to meet up with 10 other Arkansas Fireboat Teams in Texas. These teams were activated by the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management on August 29, and told to go to College Station, Texas, to assist in rescue efforts after Hurricane Harvey. The Arkansas
boat team as a whole make up Razorback 1 Task Force. Rescue squad President Jason Gates said that the Van Buren County group has been rerouted to Lumberton, Texas. He said the squad took with them the Rescue Mini Command Unit, Zodiac boat and a small metal boat for rescues. The crew will be in Texas at least five days.
The Van Buren County Rescue Squad crew is (back row from left) Shelby Tatum, Eric Ekhoff, Rick Hamilton, Mike Snowden, Jeana Williams, John Linn, (front row) David Hess, Debbie Tatum and Grant McMurry.
Labor Day week in Van Buren County
The Yellow Jackets retained the trophy, winning the Battle of the Little Red. More football, Pages 8-9 (Photo by Robert R. Gaut)
The Cowboy and Wagon Parade came through downtown Clinton, ending at the City Park for a fish fry on Tuesday.
Some preferred nature’s scene beauty during the holiday, visiting Bluffton Nature Preserve at the end of Watergate Road north of Clinton. (Photo by Pam Blackard)
It was National Chuckwagon Races weekend at the Bar Eoff Ranch. More than 20,000 were expected for the event, which attracts cowboys from across the country. (Photo by Geri Cabana)
2 seek Zone 3 School Board seat Longtime Clinton School Board member Kirk Pryor has an an opponent in his re-election bid – Darrin “D.L.” Webb. The Zone 3 race
is the only one of the three school boards in the county to have two people vying for the position. A second seat on the Clinton School Board
was also up for grabs, but only one candidate filed in the race. Brent Treadaway will be filling the Zone 6 seat. In the South Side-
Bee Branch District, the one seat that was up for re-election did not draw a challenger. In Shirley, only one candidate – Andrea Brown – filed for
a seat on the board, which has been open since spring. Early voting for the School Board election begins Sept. 12, and Election Day
is Sept. 19. The school millage rate is 36.8 mills in Clinton and South Side, and 3.5. mills in Shirley.