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| "It is with the most profound sense of of joy this listener wishes 92.1 a Merry Christmas and just needed to say that you'all have provided a needed full service to our community and not to mention the basic survival needs to survive in hard times so many of us are experiencing locally. If we just could do the same it could provide us all with a better life and (Wonderful Christmas). KINDNESS LASTS FOR EVER!" |
| "I can't imagine how you can manage to keep up with this great web site. Enjoy reading it. Thanks for giving the people something to do than just play games or get on the social media." |
| "I really enjoy your web site even though I am a thousand miles away from home I am able to catch up on what is going on in my hometown. It helps me stay connected to the place I will always love, and to the people I will always love. Keep up the good work and may God bless the town of De Queen Arkansas and the people there." |
| "I want to thank you very much for your providing information on Sevier County in the Southwest Arkansas Daily. My wife and I were born and raised in Horatio and I taught school eight years in De Queen. So Sevier County was always home even though we haven't lived there since 1972. Your news is as good as, perhaps better than the De Queen Bee was, and it means so much to be able to keep up with what's going on there." |
| "I like that you take time to make a special web site." |
| " Just happened to stumble across the Obituary listing on your web site and wanted to let you know it is really appreciated. Many of us who have long since left De Queen are still interested in our friends we left behind. Since your local paper's web site went south, there was no way to do it. Thank you for picking up the slack on that and all the other news you publish. Wish we could get the Country Breakfast Crew in San Antonio!!!" |
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One Less 5K
Micah Martin came by and shared with The Morning Brew details of this weekends One Less 5K fun & run. Race day is Saturday, May 19th, everyone will meet at DeQueen Leopards football field at 7 am for registration, and the race begins at 8 am. For more info contact Alisa Lindsey at (501)730-1821 |
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Gillham Volunteer Fire Department
Fund Raiser
Gillham Fire Department will hold
their annual Barbecue Saturday, May 19th at the Gillham Fire
Department from 3 - 7 pm. Dinner includes chicken, pork, potato
salad, coleslaw and beans. Beverages include lemonade, iced tea
and coffee. Cost is $6.00 for Adults, youths 6-10 years of age
$3.00
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Southwest Arkansas Domestic Violence & Crisis Center will host a Human Trafficking and Victims of Violence clinic in De Queen on Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 from 1pm - 4pm at 116 S. 4th St. This clinic is free and open to the general public
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"I am a former resident of the De Queen area and would like to say THANK YOU for this website! I enjoy reading each section of this site. It's easier to keep up with the the people and the area happenings. :o)" |
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"Keep up the good work. We Enjoy the web page. Thanks" |
| "I Googled De Queen, Ark. news and found this site last week because a friend died in an ATV wreck. I'm in Oklahoma and we had no reports of this accident, but you had it covered. You had the obituary and everything I wanted to know without me having to call the family and ask questions that are hard to ask. I used the Chandler Funeral Home link page. Thanks for your services. It was great." |
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De Queen/Sevier
County Chamber of Commerce Member Spotlight |
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Transitions Psychological Services, PLLC 304 West Collin Raye Drive, Suite 103-A De Queen
The De Queen Sevier County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday, May 16th to welcome Sandi Wilson and Transitions Psychological Services, PLLC as a new member.
Licensed therapist Sandi Wilson offers Individual, Family and Group therapy as well as consultations and psychological evaluations. She can assist you with such issues as ADHD, Anger, Anxiety, Adjustment, Stress, Codependency, Grief & Loss, Job stress, and more.
At the heart of her practice is a firm conviction that all people regardless of handicap, disability, or disorder, have the right and the responsibility to live their lives to the fullest.
For more information, visit www.transitionspsychservices.com. Call for appointment (870) 514-4140 or Toll Free: (855) 448-4395. |
State Farm Insurance 121 Hwy 71 North De Queen
The Bell family has been offering State Farm Insurance in De Queen since 1960. When Gary Bell became manager in 1980 at age 23, he was the youngest State Farm agency manager in the United States. State Farm offers a full line of auto, health, homeowners, renters, and life insurance. Check out State Farm Bank for your loan or investment needs. They have bilingual staff members.
For fast, fair, experienced handing of your claims, contact State Farm Insurance. Gary’s proud of the fact that he currently handles insurance for the grandchildren of some of his first customers. Call 870-642-2157 or drop by their office at 121 Hwy 71 North. They’re open from 8:30 am until 5:00 pm Monday through Friday.
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KINDERGARTEN HERE WE COME!
De Queen Headstart held their 2012 graduation this morning at Herman Dierks Park Community Building. The preschoolers are anticipating kindergarten in August. Mrs. Rose Winer is the director of Headstart in De Queen. As like many other graduation ceremonies, there was a huge showing of support from parents and relatives
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AutoZone, Inc. 929 East Collin Raye Drive De Queen
The De Queen-Sevier County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, May 15th to welcome AutoZone as a new member.
Store manager Sean Walker and his employees are ready to help with all your auto part needs. At AutoZone they don't want to sell you a part you don't need. AutoZone will test your car's parts for free. They can even test your car's battery, alternator, starter and voltage regulator while they're still on your car.
AutoZone is open 7:30a-8:00p Monday thru Saturday and 10:00a-6:00p on Sunday. Drop by or call 870-584-1056. |
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Lion Pride Star students for end of the year at
Horatio Elementary
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SPECIAL OLYMPICS DISTRICT MEET HELD
Area 11 Special Olympics Games were held May 14th at the De Queen Track and Field. (More photos) For more information about Special Olympics, contact Dawn Serigne, Area 11 Director, Special Olympics Arkansas at 870-451-4529. |
31st
Annual Sevier County Senior Citizens
Appreciation Day
This historic event will be held on Friday, May 25, 2012. We would love for our local businesses to participate! If you are interested in having a booth on the courthouse lawn please call Angie Walker @870-584-3000 (Deadline to Register for Booth is May 21, 2012). |
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LET THE SPRING TRAINING
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Top Reader Award
Horatio High School was proud to
present each of these students, Cade Vance (7th grade)
and Brandy Cody (9th grade) with a Kindle Touch along
with $25.00 gift certificates from Amazon.com. |
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STOMP OUT CANCER
Little River County
Relay For Life May 18-19 2012 Fred Jester Memorial Track Ashdown
High School. Team registration contact Patrice 870-718-6152 |
Horatio Honor
Band
 Junior Honor Band at Harrison High School in Harrison, Arkansas at their Concert Band performance of the 2nd Annual John Philip Sousa April 28, 2012 Shown above: Kimberley Willis, Olivia Firm, Director Dr. Jesse Leyva, Crystal Ebarb, and Libby Russell
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WICKES STUDENTS OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL Wickes High School is pleased to announce Students of the Month for April. April student of the month for grades 7-9 is Brittany Jenkins. Brittany is in the 8th grade and is the daughter of Thomas and B.J. Jenkins of Wickes. Her teachers describe her as hardworking, respectful, and responsible. April student of the month for grades 10-12 is Kelsey Ward. Kelsey is a senior and is the daughter of James Ward of New Hope and Anita Manasco-Honnoll of Texarkana. Her teachers describe her as being kind and polite, and exhibiting a good attitude. Students are chosen based on attitude, attendance, overall performance, and for displaying the pride and positive spirit of a Wickes Warrior. |
ASHDOWN PURPLE PRIDE Six members of the Ashdown Purple Pride Band traveled to Dover, Arkansas to compete in State Solo and Ensemble as a "sextet ensemble" and received a first division rating. Members of the sextet are Zane Lovell, Alan Burns, Laura Embry, Samantha Tompkins, Abby Parker, and Rachel Pounds. The sextet also performed this piece at the 105th birthday celebration of the Little River County Courthouse.
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Ashlee Smith  Mike and Gay Smith of Lockesburg AR and pleased to announce the engagement and up coming marriage of there daughter Ashlee Michelle to Jonathan Corey Chandler son of Gaylon and Teresa Chandler of De Queen AR. Miss Smith is the maternal grand daughter of Dan W. Chilcoat and the late Othetta Chilcoat of Lockesburg. She is the paternal granddaughter of the late James Ebby and Norma Lee Smith both formerly of De Queen AR. Mr. Chandler is maternal grandson Charles and Diana Mayo of De Queen. He is the paternal grandson of Bonnie and the late Joe Chandler of De Queen. The ceremony is planned for 3:00 p.m. Saturday May 26th at Historic Old Washington, School House Lawn, Washington AR. Kenneth Currence of Lockesburg will be officiating, reception is to follow
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Cooper Laine
Lacefield
Randy, Vickie and
Dylan Lacefield are
proud to announce
the arrival of
Cooper Laine. He
was born March 15,
2012. He weighed 8
lbs. 2 oz. and was
21 1/2 inches long.
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| "Thanks for your this very informative website. I live in Alexandria, VA and have been searching for a Sevier County site to keep me informed on my home news." |
| "I want to thank you for having this website. My sister and brother live far away now, but they can keep in touch with things from home with your website. Keep up the good work and God bless you all." |
| "Just wanted to let you know how great it is to be able to access the news daily instead of weekly. You all are doing a great job!" |
| "Just a note of thanks for keeping these Missouri grandparents 'in the know' with the sports photos and happenings in Lower Arkansas!!!" |
| "I'm very happy that you all have this website since we don't have a daily newspaper. I'm Hispanic and every time I read the news, I usually tell my friends what's going on. It would be nice if we could have a Spanish website where someone that doesn't speak English could go in and read it so they can know what's going on in our county and what to watch out for. Congratulations for this website and keeping us informed with the news." |
RELAY FOR LIFE Susan Alspaw & Linda Frachiseur Survivor dinner will be May 24th @ 6pm at the Church of Christ all purpose building across from the hospital. For more information call 870-584-8763 or 870-584-9592. Sevier County's Relay will be held on Friday, June 1st. |
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Collinfest gets rave reviews! Collinfest attendees found out why Neal McCoy was the fans' choice for Entertainer of the Year two years in a row. He had the crowd on their feet singing along with their favorite Neal McCoy hits as well as some great standards and 70's & 80's pop hits. Midnight Hurricanes did an excellent job getting the group warmed up for newcomer Imaj and Collin Raye. We'll have photos posted later this week. |
ROTARY CLUB DONATION
The Medical Action Team of the Rotary Club of De Queen secured a grant through the District Office (6170) to purchase equipment to benefit the Cossatot Community Health Center. The grant is subsided by Rotary International Foundation funds and District Designated (SHARE) funds. The cost of the Handheld Pulse Oximeter and the Ophthalmoscope/Otoscope exceeded the amount of the grant monies received so the remainder was paid for with local Rotary funds. Cossatot Community Health Center is slated to open June 1, 2012. Pictured is Angie Walker and Alisha Lewis, Members of the Rotary Medical Action Committee and Kim Dickerson, Division Chair of the Medical Education Department at Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas. |
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HORATIO BATTLE OF THE BOOKS WINNER
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 Jade Short, Ruby Peppers, and Sadie Haury win 3rd place in De Queen Mena Educational Coop Battle of the Books |
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Horatio first grade
wins first & second place in the De Queen-Mena Coop Battle of The BookS. Ashton Azua, teresa Chavez, Mallori Marshall, Allison Dockins, Kate Baker, Kaidyn Dockins, Curtis Devore and Ethan Cavanaugh |
AFMC program recognizes excellence in health care
Dr. Randy D. Walker has earned a Platinum Award in the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care’s annual Quality Awards program. (More)
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 Mason Flanrey, Zach Izzo, Lexi Simmons, and Machaila Green win 3rd place in De Queen Mena Educational Coop Battle of the Books. |
DE QUEEN PRIMARY CELEBRATES
EARTH DAY
Mr. Greene goes green! De Queen Primary Assistant Principal, Mr. Tony Greene, helps Kindergarten students in Mrs. Westfall's class plant a tree in celebration of Earth Day. The students also practiced being "green" in other ways this week, including recycling paper and aluminum cans in their classroom and turning off lights when possible. |
| "As a De Queen teacher, I would like to say a HUGE "thank-you" for the support you give our students, as well as many others, on your website. It's so great to visit KDQN's site and see faces of our kiddos that are doing great things in our community! Thank you for going out of your way to make us proud of "our kids!" |
| "I am so VERY pleased with your new web site. This is what it's about, knowing your town's news and happenings...not that the rest of the world isn't important, but you can get that on TV. This is what we need. I love it! Keep it up!" |
| "As a resident of Sevier County, I would just like to thank you for the wonderful job that you are doing. As a person who works out of the country half of his life (currently in Ashdod, Israel), you are the only link for local up to date news that I have. I especially love being able to tell my wife something that happened before she even hears about it living at home." |
| "Thanks for the Web site....I was born in De Queen and graduated there. My dad was a barber for 50 years. Sure is nice to read what is going on in De Queen." |
| "The Southwest Arkansas Daily is a great way to feel connected to the community. I live in Little Rock now but I still have family in the De Queen/Wickes area. It's nice to read about current events and even check the local weather. Keep up the great work." |
| "I would like to thank you for this web site. I hated it when our paper went to once a week but I still bought it just to get the full story on the news. I have not bought a De Queen newspaper since hearing about this web site. THANK YOU!!!!" |
| "I really enjoy your website, I was gone for a month and was able to keep up with all that was going on in the community...." |
| "My wife and I grew up in De Queen and graduated from the De Queen High School. I want to say how much we appreciate the information you report about De Queen. We still have a lot of relatives and friends still living there. We thank you for printing the obit of our son. Since the Bee was sold this is one way to stay up to date. Our hearts are still there. Again, thank you very much for reporting". |
| "I love your site. I grew up in De Queen and really miss a lot about it, but your site helps me to keep in touch! I tell everyone formerly from there about the site as well and they love it too! Thanks so much and Keep up the FANTASTIC work." |
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SEVIER COUNTY NEW JP
DISTRICTS ANNOUNCED
Sevier County has completed their redistrict based on population figures as mandated by the State of Arkansas. County Clerk Amanda Manaso has made a a copy of the map available. |
LITTLE RIVER COUNTY NEW JP
DISTRICTS ANNOUNCED
Little River County has completed their redistricting based on population figures as mandated by the State of Arkansas. County Clerk Deanna Sivley has made a a copy of the map available. |
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COSSATOT RIVER STATE PARK
Davy Ashcraft- Cossatot River State Park Officer Check out the State Park's Activities at: http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/cossatotriver/
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LOCAL FOOD BANKS NEED YOUR HELP
In Little River County donations may be dropped off at the Department of Human Services office, 90 Waddell Street, Ashdown, AR., M-F, 8am-4:30pm. For more information call 870-898-5155. |
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| "I was born in De Queen in 1937. Have not lived in the area for a long time due to 20 years in the Navy and 32 years of living in Maine. In October 2005 moved to Clovis, NM. Have family still in the area and use your web site daily. It was a good site, but is even better now. Thank you so much for allowing people from away to access your web site. It brings "home" to a lot of people." |
| "The website is like the newspaper, only better (Not to mention not having to buy the paper). I can see the lunch menu for my kid's school as well as the calendar. If I miss the news all I have to do is visit the website. It's great to have this. Thank you!!!!!!(P.S. the trophy room is neat, too)" |
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CURRENT AND APPROACHING HUNTING SEASONS FOR ARKANSAS ARE NOW POSTED IN THE (TROPHY ROOM)! Attention Sportsmen!!! The Southwest Arkansas Daily will post pictures of your trophy on our web-site. All you have to do is e-mail your picture to numberonecountry@yahoo.com |
| RESERVOIR, LOCK & DAM, AND LAKE POOL STAGES--NTL WTHR SERVICE SHREVEPORT |
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Location updated 9:00 am 04/05/12 |
Normal Pool | 7 am Level | 24 Hr Change |
Discharge CFS |
| Broken Bow Dam | 599.5 | 606.04 | -0.66 | 3250 |
| De Queen Lake | 437.0 | 438.03 | -1.06 | 1515 |
| Gillham Lake | 502.0 | 503.20 | -0.54 | 989 |
| Dierks Lake | 526.0 | 527.10 | -0.12 | 597 |
| Millwood Lake | 259.2 | 259.71 | 0.24 | 145000 |
| Lake Wright Patman | 220.6 | 231.64 | -0.14 | 9618 |
| Lake Bistineau | 141.0 |
142.24 |
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| Lake Fork Dam | 403.00 | 401.13 | 0.09 | |
| Toledo Bend | 172.00 |
170.64 |
-0.09 | 14574 |
For current Gage Stations and Tributary levels click here: NOAA
Current River levels: Click Here
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