| Union County News | |
Date | Article |
| 5/17/2012 | EHS to Be Featured at San Antonio Conference |
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The National Math and Science Initiative chose El Dorado High School to
feature in a video that will be presented in June during the national
conference of the National Society of Engineering Educators. The
conference will be held in San Antonio, according to Rena Pederson,
director of communication for NMSI.
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| 5/17/2012 | SAAC Sizzles this Summer with Chicago |
| | "Come on,
babe why don’t we paint the town!” This summer the South Arkansas Arts
Center paints the town red with the
sizzling hot musical vaudeville Chicago, July 12-22. The groundbreaking musical is sponsored by Nexans AmerCable.
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| 5/16/2012 | GLAMS Conference Combines Fun, Math and Science |
| | Approximately 170 eighth-grade girls attended the
second annual Girls Learning About Math and Science conference held Tuesday
at South Arkansas Community College.
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| 5/15/2012 | THV Extra: Exceeding Expectations With A+ Program |
| | Today's THV, the CBS affiliate out of Little Rock, Ark., did a piece on
May 14, 2012 about Hugh Goodwin Elementary School in El Dorado, Ark.
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| 5/11/2012 | SAAC to Hold Auditions for *Chicago* |
| | The
Theatre Committee of the South
Arkansas Arts Center (SAAC) announces auditions for the upcoming summer musical production of Chicago, on May 22 and 23
at 6:00 p.m. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. on both nights.
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| 5/10/2012 | The Importance of Internships |
| | So what is an intern? The most basic description is "a current
student or recent graduate going through supervised on-the-job training in
their chosen profession.”
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| 5/8/2012 | Union County Candidate Forum Set for May 10 |
| | Union County voters have a unique opportunity to learn more about the
candidates in the four contested races during the Candidate Forum this
Thursday, May 10, at City Hall immediately following the El Dorado City Council
meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m.
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| 5/4/2012 | May 8 Is Tourism Day |
| | The
El Dorado Advertising & Promotion Commission will host a National
Tourism Week Celebration on Tuesday, May 8, at the Arkansas Welcome
Center at 11:00 a.m. The event is open to the public and is being
sponsored by AT&T and The Real Yellow Pages. |
| 5/1/2012 | Arkansas Chamber of Commerce Accepting Applications for Leadership Class |
| | The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce Leadership
Arkansas program has begun taking applications for Class VII. The mission of
the Arkansas State Chamber's Leadership Arkansas program is to
challenge, inform, inspire and engage current and future business
leaders to enhance the economy of the state of Arkansas.
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| 5/1/2012 | MCSA Receives Award |
| | Medical
Center of South Arkansas has earned a Quality Sustainability Award in the
Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care’s annual Quality Awards program.
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| 5/1/2012 | The Travelin’ McCourys and Effron White to perform in El Dorado |
| | El Dorado Festivals & Events, Inc. with the 21st
Annual Mayhaw Festival presents Effron White and The Travelin’ McCourys
at the El Dorado Conference Center on May 4 beginning at 5:00 p.m.
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| 4/27/2012 | GLAMS Conference Coming Back to El Dorado |
| | Area eighth-grade girls will have an opportunity to take part in the
GLAMS: Girls Learning About Math and Science conference on May 15 at
South Arkansas Community College. |
| 4/25/2012 | Motorcycles, Kentucky Headhunters, Swamp People, Frogs and More at Bugs, Bands & Bikes Weekend |
| | Main Street El Dorado, Murphy USA and El
Dorado Festivals & Events are proud to present its annual Bugs,
Bands & Bikes Weekend Friday and Saturday, May 11 and 12 in the
Union Square Entertainment District in historic, Downtown El Dorado.
Over the years, the annual event has become the region’s largest
Motorcycle themed event filled with hundreds of bikes, the best in live
music and the region’s best crawfish.
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| 4/25/2012 | Museum of Natural Resources Opens Traveling Dinosaur Exhibit |
| | The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources has announced the arrival of a
new, customized traveling exhibit titled, "Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient
Fossils, New Ideas.” |
| 4/20/2012 | Seventeen Aspiring Entrepreneurs Competed in the Gone in 60 Seconds Elevator-Pitch Competition |
| | In the digital age of cell phone apps, social media, texting and video
sharing, attention spans are dwindling, making a succinct message of the
utmost importance. That was the premise for ‘Gone in 60
Seconds’ Thursday night, an elevator pitch competition where 17
presenters distilled their business plans into 60-second spiels they
hoped would garner $1,000 for their fledgling enterprises. |
| 4/19/2012 | "An Evening with the Stars" to Honor SouthArk Friends |
| | A dance, dinner and cocktails and an auction will be among the
festivities as the South Arkansas Community College Foundation hosts An
Evening With the Stars, honoring Friends of the College, Distinguished
Alumni and Outstanding Employees beginning at 6:30 p.m. on April 28 at
the El Dorado Conference Center.
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| 4/18/2012 | Clinton Praises El Dorado Promise |
| | Increasing college enrollment and graduation from an institute of higher
learning are the "keys to economic recovery,” President Bill Clinton
told members of the 2012 El Dorado High School graduating class during
the Sixth Annual Academic Signing Day on Tuesday.
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| 4/16/2012 | Clinton to Speak at EHS Academic Signing Day Tomorrow |
| | Former President William J. Clinton of Arkansas, the 42nd president of
the United States, will be the guest speaker for the sixth annual
Academic Signing Day for El Dorado High School seniors – recipients of
the El Dorado Promise scholarship program – at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, at
Wildcat Arena at the new EHS.
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| 4/15/2012 | Mayhaw Festival will Feature Bluegrass Music |
| | The South Arkansas Historical Foundation has announced that the 2012
Mayhaw Festival will feature an excellent selection of Bluegrass music.
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| 4/13/2012 | UCCF Awards Grants to Local Non-Profits |
| | Twenty-two local non-profit organizations received $24,645 in grants
from the Union County Community Foundation’s Public Trust Fund during a
ceremony Thursday on the grounds of the historic McKinney/O’Connor House
in El Dorado.
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| 4/12/2012 | Bugs Bands & Bikes Schedules Additional Events |
| | The
list of activities continues to grow for the 2012 Bugs Bands and Bikes
Festival, which is set for May 11 and 12 in Union Square District,
downtown El Dorado.
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| 4/12/2012 | Chamber Launches Internship Campaign |
| | Kicking off the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce internship campaign, Chamber President and CEO Henry Florsheim encouraged local businesses to
contact his office on possible position openings
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| 4/10/2012 | Life Touch Hospice Prepares for Nation Healthcare Decisions Day |
| | Life Touch Hospice, along with other national, state and community
organizations, is leading an effort to highlight the importance of
advance healthcare decision-making - an effort that has culminated in
the formal designation of April 16 as National Healthcare Decisions Day
(NHDD).
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| 4/5/2012 | Beebe Announces Opposition to Severance Tax Proposal |
| | After initially suggesting he would favor an increase in the
severance tax, Gov. Mike Beebe now says he probably won’t vote for it
should it appear on the ballot in November out of concern that it will
stunt the development of oil and gas fields in southern Arkansas.
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| 4/4/2012 | OUACHITA RIVER PUBLIC MEETING: Proposed Lock & Dam Operations Reductions |
| | The Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting in El
Dorado at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10, at the Municipal Auditorium to hear from
constituents about the Vicksburg District's plans to reduce the operations
of all four locks from full service (24/7/365) to two shifts daily in July
2012, and in 2013 could further reduce the services at the two Arkansas locks
to weekend and holiday operations only.
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| 4/4/2012 | Parkers Chapel Ranks Second Statewide |
| | Parkers
Chapel ranked second in the state when the school’s test scores for all
students were taken into account.
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| 4/3/2012 | SeaPort Pets Fly Free in April |
| | In
honor of the upcoming National Pet Month, SeaPort Airlines is waiving
pet fees when a pet is traveling with their owner on the same itinerary
throughout the month of April. Man’s best friend deserves to be spoiled
on occasion, so don’t be afraid to "throw your dog a bone” this month
and bring him or her along on your travels!
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| 3/31/2012 | SouthArk Signs Onto Entrepreneurship Campaign |
| | The
Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges has launched a
statewide effort to promote entrepreneurship, according to Heath Waldrop, coordinator of marketing and communications
for South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado.
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| 3/30/2012 | AEDC Executive Director Speaks at Chamber's Annual Banquet |
| | Virtually every Pop Tart distributed across the globe is made in Searcy,
said Arkansas Economic Development Commission Director Grant Tennille
Thursday evening at the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Banquet.
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| 3/30/2012 | President Clinton to Speak at Academic Signing Day |
| | The Honorable William J. Clinton, 42nd President
of the United States
and Founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation, will be the keynote speaker
for Academic Signing Day, for this year’s recipients of the El Dorado Promise
scholarship program.
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| 3/29/2012 | EHS Arkansas Scholars Honored |
| | On Wednesday, March 28, 180 students
who have met the criteria for the Arkansas Scholars program at the El Dorado High School were honored as Arkansas Scholars at
an event sponsored by the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce, El Dorado High School,
El Dorado Education Foundation and Union County Community Foundation. The
number of students qualified for Arkansas Scholars program has increased from
2011 to 2012.
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| 3/29/2012 | New Tech Program Set for EHS Freshmen |
| | Between 100 and 120 El Dorado School
District students who will be freshmen during the 2012-13 school year will have
the opportunity to be the first students to participate in a New Tech Network
program.
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| 3/27/2012 | EEF Works to Create a Local Theater Company |
| | El
Dorado Festivals and Events, Inc. is aiming to create a nationally
recognized theater company in El Dorado to help rebrand the city and
turn it into "The Festival City” of the South.
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| 3/27/2012 | Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge Hosts First Frog Giggin’ Tournament |
| | Crossett Harbor in Felsenthal National Wildlife
Refuge will be the site of Riverbank Products’ first Frog Giggin’ Tournament on
May 11.
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| 3/23/2012 | Local House Under Review for National Register of Historic Places |
| | The Randolph James House in El Dorado is one of nine Arkansas properties
being considered for nomination to the National Register of Historic
Places.
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| 3/22/2012 | Athletic Director Offers Thanks for Basketball Tournament Success |
| | Phillip Lansdell, athletic director El Dorado Public Schools, thanks the community for a successful 2012 6A State Basketball Tournament.
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| 3/21/2012 | ASHC Discusses Local Improvements |
| | El Dorado and South Arkansas should see hundreds of millions of dollars
in improvement projects along several of its highways over the next few
years, members of the Arkansas State Highway Commission and the Arkansas
Highways and Transportation Department staff told a crowd Tuesday.
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| 3/17/2012 | MusicFest Named Festival of the Year For the Third Time in Four Years |
| | The 25th anniversary celebration of MusicFest just keeps getting better. For
the third time in four years, MusicFest El Dorado has been
recognized as the Festival of the Year in Arkansas, becoming the first festival to achieve a three-peat in that category of the
ALFiE (Arkansans Love Festivals and Events) Awards.
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| 3/15/2012 | Area Elementary Students Receive Digital Books Through ACORE Grant |
| | Both Strong and El Dorado elementary students are beneficiaries of the 2012 Arkansas Capstone Online Reading Experience grant.
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| 3/15/2012 | Chamber Opposes Natural Gas Severance Tax Act |
| | The El Dorado Chamber of Commerce approved
a resolution to oppose the passage of the Natural Gas Severance Tax Act
of 2012.
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| 3/15/2012 | El Dorado Trivia Challenge is Tonight! |
| | The Trivia Challenge is a
fun-filled evening with teams of community leaders competing for the
trivia contest top award. The challenge is going retro this year and
will feature questions from the 70s, 80s and 90s.
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| 3/14/2012 | Paint the Town Green Saturday, March 17 |
| | St. Patrick’s Day is Saturday and Main Street El Dorado is gearing up
for its annual celebration that will begin at 10:00 a.m. in the Union
Square.
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| 3/13/2012 | Arkansas South Tourism Grew in 2011 |
| | Arkansas’ South total travel
expenditures increased by 4.4 percent over 2010, to a record
$206,572,709.
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| 3/13/2012 | Museum of Natural Resources Announces Spring Break Activities |
| | The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources announces Spring Break activities at the museum on Saturday, March 17, and March 21.
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| 3/11/2012 | Events Planned at Moro Bay State Park |
| | Several events have been planned to be held at Moro Bay State Park March
16 and 17.
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| 3/7/2012 | El Dorado Enters Its Second Act |
| | This article by El Dorado's Don Hale examines El Dorado's rebranding as a Festival City.
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| 3/4/2012 | R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Coalition to Host Interest Meeting for New Club |
| | An interest meeting for the new African American Cultural Enrichment
Club, targeting Union County youth ages 13-18, will be held from 6:00
until 7:00 p.m. on March 11.
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| 3/4/2012 | Restored 1918 Version of "Tarzan the Apes" to Be Shown at the Rialto |
| | A restored version of the 1918 original silent "Tarzan of the Apes” film
will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on March 10 at the Rialto Theatre on East
Cedar in El Dorado.
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| 3/3/2012 | Union County Job Fair to Offer Job seekers a Full-Service Experience |
| | Job seekers who attend the Union County
Job Fair on Thurs., March 8, will find that, in addition to meeting
representatives from businesses who are hiring, they will receive assistance to
help better prepare them for interviews.
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| 3/1/2012 | Pre-Job Fair Workshop Set for March 6 |
| | The El Dorado Chamber of Commerce is hosting a pre-job fair workshop for
job seekers
on Tuesday, March 6, to prepare job seekers for the upcoming Union County Job Fair.
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| 2/29/2012 | Forestry Expert to Speak at Preservation Society Meeting |
| | The Preservation Society
of the South Arkansas Historical Foundation (SAHF) is pleased to
announce that Dr. Don Bragg of the USDA Forest Service will make a
presentation to the Preservation Society.
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| 2/29/2012 | Starfish Circus Matinee Performance |
| | Bring the kids downtown to witness these incredible performers. Expect
to see fire-breathing, juggling, balancing acts, trapeze-work and more.
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| 2/28/2012 | SAAC Viewfinder Photography Competition |
| | If a picture
paints a thousand words, then the South Arkansas Arts Center's (SAAC) The Viewfinder, our biennial open
photography competition, speaks volumes.
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| 2/27/2012 | El Dorado Trivia Challenge Set for March 15 |
| | At 6:30 p.m. on March 15, teams made up of staff from local companies
will gather at the South Arkansas Arts Center to participate in a battle
of wits at "retro trivia” by attempting to answer question from the
70s, 80s and 90s.
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| 2/24/2012 | Vienna Boys Choir to Perform Sunday |
| | The South Arkansas Symphony will present the Vienna Boys Choir at 6:00 p.m. Sunday at the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium.
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| 2/20/2012 | South Arkansas Administrative Professionals (SAAP) Group Formed |
| | The South Arkansas Administrative Professionals (SAAP) group has been
formed as a way to those in administrative roles to network and for
professional growth.
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| 2/15/2012 | El Dorado Parks and Playgrounds Receive $500K |
| | The El Dorado Economic
Development Board compromised to half a million dollars in economic
development funding for the El Dorado Parks and Playgrounds Commission
to begin improvements at some of the city’s recreational facilities.
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| 2/15/2012 | Union County Job Fair Set for March 8 |
| | The El Dorado Chamber of Commerce will host the Union County Job Fair on
Thursday, March 8, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the old El Dorado
High School, 501 Timberlane.
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| 2/14/2012 | First Financial to Give Nonprofit Award at Chamber Banquet |
| | First Financial Bank will once again recognize the important work being
done by nonprofit organizations in our community. The FFB Nonprofit Excellence Award will be presented during the
El Dorado Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting, scheduled to be held on
March 29 at the El Dorado Golf and Country Club.
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| 2/9/2012 | March Madness Is Coming to Union County for the 6A State Basketball Tournament |
| | Thirty-two
teams from 11 different cities will travel to El Dorado for the 6A
State Basketball Tournament. The tournament will run from February 28
through March 3, 2012.
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| 2/5/2012 | Holding a Mirror to Society: Leadership Union County's First Class Explores Dynamics of Society Through Simulated Experience |
| | On Jan. 11, the Chamber
announced the inaugural class of Leadership Union County, a project designed to
identify, develop and promote the future leaders of the community.
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| 2/4/2012 | Boys & Girls Club Reveals New Gym |
| | Members and staff at the Boys & Girls Club of El Dorado were full of
excitement Friday as they cut the ribbon on the new Southeast Unit
David A. Wetherington Gymnasium.
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| 2/3/2012 | El Dorado Promise Shows Promising Results |
| | Test scores are rising,
graduation rates are improving and enrollment is growing in the El Dorado Public School District, which received a $50 million private pledge to
give students college tuition.
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| 2/1/2012 | Point of Grace and Bebo Norman to Headline An Evening of Compassion in El Dorado |
| | Main Street El Dorado, El Dorado
Chemical Company and First Christian Church of El Dorado are proud to present An
Evening of Compassion featuring Point of Grace and Bebo Norman on Friday, March
2, at the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium. |
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