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El Dorado NEWS-TIMES – Sunday, January 22, 2017 – 3
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Illegal Dumping: The carcasses of several dead beavers and coyotes were dumped on private property near Galilee Road in January 2016. It is legal to kill beavers and coyotes according to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission but dumping them is illegal. The hunting season for beavers is Sept. 1 through March 31 and the hunting season for coyotes is July 1 through Feb. 29. They can be killed with archery weapons, a gun no larger than a .22 calibur or a shotgun no larger than a T shot.
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Champion Speller: Barton Junior High School seventh grader Tiffany Tran, won first place in the Union County Spelling Bee. The determining word was, ‘magnolia’. Tiffany will represent Union County in the state competition.
MusicFest named Festival of the Year
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EHS graduates — Promise scholars – to date is 1,797.
As they listened to Bob Watson, now retired superintendent of El Dorado Public Schools, and Claiborne Deming, Murphy Oil Corp. chairman of the board, then president and chief exec- utive officer, “they felt the mag- nitude of their message.” When those students shared the news with their families that they would be able to attend college, regardless of their economic sit- uation or academic ability, it had a further impact.
The Promise provides a schol- arship to graduates of EHS up to the equivalent of the maxi- mum level resident tuition at an Arkansas public university, but can be used at any regionally accredited college or university in the U.S.
Strong superintendent
tenders resignation
Jan. 27 — A chapter began to draw to a close on Strong- Huttig School District Monday night when Superintendent Saul Lusk said he would be resign- ing at the end of the school year. June 30 will be his last day with the district. Lusk had submitted his letter of resigna- tion to the school board mem-
bers in January, and they voted to accept it at their monthly meeting.Lusk said that he had worked in the district for the past 34 years.
Multiple burglaries reported at local businesses
Jan. 29 — Multiple burglaries involving bricks being thrown through the front glass of local businesses were reported by members of the El Dorado Police Department.
Businesses robbed included the Subway located on South Timberlane Drive, Storey’s Floor and Carpet on Lorene Street and Fastenal, an indus- trial supply store located on
FEBRUARY
MusicFest named state Festival of the Year
Feb. 2 — Two local events made up the top two finalists for the 2015 Arkansas Festival of the Year Award, with one of them grabbing the title for the seventh time and the other entering the competition for the first time.
MusicFest has been named the 2015 Arkansas Festival of the Year, marking the sev- enth time and fifth consecu-
tive year that the Main Street El Dorado flagship festival has received the honor. The win was announced on Jan. 28 during the Arkansas Festival and Events Association’s ALFiE (Arkansans Love Festivals and Events) Awards ceremony in Little Rock.
Local woman charged
with second-degree murder
Feb. 7 — An El Dorado woman is expected to make her first appearance in court today on a charge of second-degree
murder following the death of a 64-year-old man with whom she had lived, according to El Dorado police.
The homicide arrest comes a month after Michelle H. Alexander, 62, of 1005 W. Main, was charged with abuse, exploitation or endangerment of an adult and theft of property for allegedly neglecting Lyndon Strickland, allowing him to live in squalid conditions and steal- ing several pieces of his jewel-
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