Newark resident crowned Miss Arkansas Saturday Jul 24, 2008
Miss South Arkansas Allison Waldrip, 23 of Moro; Miss Diamond Lakes Lindsey Chomiuk, 22 of Bentonville; Miss Lake Dardanelle Hannah Caldwell, 19 of Conway; Miss Little Rock Chelsey Cavin, 21 of Greenbrier; and Miss Texarkana Page Daniel, 21 of DeQueen. The pageant is co-sponsored by the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant, Inc., The Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce, Hot Springs Advertising and Promotions Commission and the City of Hot Springs. (Newport Daily Independent, AR)
Ashlen Batson named new Miss Arkansas Jul 21, 2008
Miss Diamond Lakes Lindsey Chomiuk, 22, of Bentonville, a tap dancer and preliminary talent winner. She is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and plans to study optometry at Northeastern Oklahoma State. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Magazine names Hot Springs an Arkansas site for adventure Aug 13, 2007
"Billed as America's First Resort, the town's 147-degree thermal baths are protected as Hot Springs National Park," the magazine article says, "but more civilized dips can be had at the six restored spas in town. Outside city limits, (visitors can) canoe, fish, and scout for crystals in the Diamond Lakes, trek the Ouachita Mountains, or do some wrasslin' at the Arkansas Alligator Farm.". For the record, though, the Alligator Farm does not offer alligator wrestling, Arrison said. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Miss South Arkansas Katie Bailey named Miss Arkansas Jun 25, 2007
First through fourth runnerups were Miss Diamond Lakes Chanley Painter, 23, who attends the University of Central Arkansas; Miss Petit Jean Valley Adrielle Churchill, 21, enrolled in the University of Arkansas law school; Miss University of Arkansas Allison Waldrip, 22; and Miss Greater Little Rock Gina Parker, 23, who attends Arkansas Tech University. Bailey won the lifestyle and fitness preliminary award and the prelimary award for presence and poise. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Justin Thurman takes careful aim at his target during the washer toss tournament at the 2006 Greers Ferry Hoopla. See related story for details on the dates and events for the the 2007 Hoopla. (Sun-Times photo/Lorie Thompson) ... Wakefest this weekend! ... City council looks at sewer route alternatives ... Olmsteads paint differing pictures of shooting ... West Side construction: Full steam ahead ... Scams widespread ... Terrorism preparedness ... River permit request is troubling ... Three Heber teachers retire with 112 years between them ... Editorial / Randy Kemp: Family caregivers... ... Dear Editor: Paris takes a holiday ... Op-Ed / Jerry Jackson: Economic and political tidbits ... Op-Ed/ Richard Mays: A hundred dollar tank of gas... ... Op-Ed / Merrellyn Stark ... Louis Short/ Stupid people and muffins... ... Donetta Sterling: Remember me ... Motorcycle accident scene course is this weekend, for bikers and first responders ... A year\'s worth of fires in 7 days ... Seminar set June 14 for grocery tax cut ... ';var marqueewidth="350px";var marqueeheight="20px";var marqueebgcolor="#FFFFFF";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}}Friday, June 08, 2007 Project Engineer Mizan Rahman (center) traces one of the sewer route alternates on a topo map of west Heber Springs for members of the city council and city utilities department at a special meeting Monday. See related story. (Sun-Times photo/Louis Short) Wakefest this weekend! Jun 8, 2007
Additionally, Diamond Lakes Watersports is giving away 50 a day for the best trick in each professional division and a total of 50 a day for all the amateur divisions combined. The event, which is the brainchild of Heber resident Aaron Ray and Mayor Jackie McPherson, will kick off with a Crank it Up car stereo contest at 7 p.m. Friday on the courthouse square. (Heber Springs Sun-Times, AR)
