Faith Lutheran Ladies Aid will meet at 9:30 on January 7, 2014 in the Fellowship Hall at church. The Bible study"Connecting Heart to Heart" on page 16 from the winter quarterly will be led by Ardis Ackerson. Refreshments will follow. All ladies are invited to attend. … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2013
Financial Resolutions for the New Year
About 45% of Americans usually make New Year’s resolutions, according to a survey from the University of Scranton. But the same survey shows that only 8% of us actually keep our resolutions. Perhaps this low success rate isn’t such a tragedy when our resolutions involve things like losing a little … [Read more...]
OUT OF BOUNDS By Geary (Smedley) Leason
Smedwick Smedley, the well-known bi-vocational preacher and part-time leading actor, was given an immediate leave of absence from his starring role as the “lame duck” in the upcoming production of the Van Buren Playhouse’s “Quackers.” This hurried action was taken by Rudolph Persnickity, the current … [Read more...]
DISABILITIES By Daniel J. Vance, MS, LPC, NCC
North Carolina Camp for Dyslexic Children Susan and Steve van der Vorst of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, have the fame of being the only two people that have worked at all three U.S. residential camps of its kind for children with dyslexia. They now own one of the three camps, Camp Spring … [Read more...]
FFB Rotary Club News
by Fred Hilsenrath Rotary gets involved in a number of world wide worthy projects to support but certainly our focus here is on education support. Karin Cooper talked to us about ASU Heber Springs. Karen Cooper is Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor for ASU-Heber Springs. She was the featured speaker … [Read more...]
Sorority Christmas
Beta Sigma Phi XI Gamma Kappa met at the Indian Hills Country Club On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 for our Secret Sister Gift Exchange. Hostess of the event was Jude Preston. The Top of the Rock was decorated for the season and the staff did a great job serving us. We also met at the home of Ben and … [Read more...]
Ringing In The New Year With COLA
Many people ring in the New Year with champagne. People who receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) get to ring it in with a COLA. This year, more than 60 million Americans are receiving a 1.5 percent cost of living adjustment (COLA) in their monthly benefit payment. The 1.5 … [Read more...]
911 Dispatch Gets Funding For New Consoles
During the regular session of the December City council meeting, Kim Manville, Dispatch Supervisor, announced that funding has been secured to install new 911 consoles in January. The Rescue Departmnet is releasing money to fund the project. Later, during the meeting, council members ammended the … [Read more...]
Ruth Krotz Joins Tice Realty
Tice Realty is pleased to introduce a new addition...Ruth Krotz joined Tice Realty on December 1. Ruth and her husband, Mike, have been long -time Fairfield Bay owners, purchasing their first condo, site-un-seen, several years ago. They fell in love with Fairfield Bay on their first visit and … [Read more...]
When Opportunity Knocks, Open the Door
If you’ve been around long-time investors, you’ll probably hear them say, ruefully, “If only I had gotten in on the ground floor of such-and-such computer or social media company, I’d be rich today.” That may be true — but is it really relevant to anyone? Do you have to be an early investor of a … [Read more...]
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