Pickin’ in the Park musicians decided to stay indoors at the Gentry Senior Activity Center and will continue to meet there at 6:30 p.m., on the last Saturday of each month. Better lighting, air conditioning, no bugs and the availability of restrooms were a deciding factor in the decision to stay at the Gentry SAC. [...]
More than 80 Gentry seniors received diplomas in graduation ceremonies held Friday evening in the Gentry High School gymnasium.
Crowds overflowed as family, friends and school staff came to watch the 2009 class graduate.
The ceremony marked the end of educational endeavors in the Gentry school system and the beginning of new endeavors for the graduating students [...]
Current edition: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
News
Hometown Events
Horses help instill love for reading
Time to clean up yards is now
School’s future looking brighter
Pay raises on hold
‘Do it right’ … a lesson learned early in life:
Personnel changes approved after lengthy executive session
Tax revenues decline
Gentry graduates receive diplomas
Seniors honored Friday
For The Record
Obituaries
Remember when?
Weekly Devotion: Casting pearls before swine
Opinion
Griz Bear [...]
A special meeting of the Gentry School Board was called for 5:20 p.m., Monday, May 18, in the school district’s central office board room. Included on the agenda are the following items:
1. Call to Order 2. Student Transfer Requests a. District-to-District b. Public School Choice 3. Personnel a. Consider Staff Transfer Requests b. Consider Resignation, [...]
Four Gentry High School athletes came away from competition at the Class 4A state track and field meet at Lake Hamilton High School in Pearcy with awards.
Gentry senior Kendra McCain took third in the shot put with a throw of 35 feet, 8 inches. She also took fourth in discuss with a throw of [...]
Due to a wet and soggy football field, the graduation ceremonies at Gentry High School will be held indoors tonight, in the high school gymnasium. They were originally planned for Pioneer Stadium, but the ground on the field was so wet, the graduates’ chairs were sinking into the field. That, and the possibility of isolated [...]
The Bill and Delia Haak Family was selected Benton County Farm Family of the Year for 2009 and honored at a special award ceremony at the Haak home on Monday.
Bill and Delia, together with their sons Luke and Jake and their families, operate the Haak Dairy Farm just east of Gentry. They also own and [...]
Whether it be working a puzzle, sharing in a card or board game or singing around the piano, there’s always something going on at the new Gentry Senior Activity Center.
The center recently added a new 46-inch television with DVD-VCR player. It also has with it a camera and a Wii game which is used for [...]
Current edition: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
News
Water line to Oklahoma hits snag
Hometown Events
Recycling returning to Gentry
New life in plan for old cemetery
Council clears way for even more park improvements
Community
Gentry man faces drug charges
Bill and Delia Haak Chosen Benton County Farm Family of the Year
Affiliated Foods files Chapter 11
Future of Save Mart not yet known
For The Record
Weekly [...]
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks will be holding a blood drive from 5 to 9 p.m., Monday, May 18, at the Church of God in Christ Mennonite, 10770 N. Bloomfield Road, Gentry.
Eligibility requirements include weighing at least 110 pounds, being in general good health and presenting the required identification.
Current blood inventories at CBCO include [...]