The Courier-Journal learned this morning that Decatur High School is cutting its varsity football program for the season due to a lack of participation — only five to seven players were showing up for practices and the numbers didn’t improve enough to make the program feasible. The announcement was released this morning by the school’s [...]
Grasping for the wind may not be vanity in the case of a group of local residents with plans to harness the wind’s power and convert it into energy for the region. And that’s exactly what the Red Barn Wind Project and Winds of Change plan to do on the hills between Gentry and Decatur.
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Meet the Pioneer Night planned for August [...]
The following Gentry school supply list is being republished here because a portion — a second page of the Gentry Middle School supply list — was not included in the first print edition publication.
Kindergarten:
12 #2 pencils (pre-sharpened)
2 mead lined writing tablets
1 small plastic school box
2 bottles of elmer’s glue
4 boxes of crayola crayons (24 [...]
The Gentry Athletic Booster Club will be having a “Meet the Pioneer Night” at 6 p.m. Monday, August 24, outside the Gentry Football Field. The kickoff night will be honoring the following: Junior and Senior High Band, Junior and Senior High Cheerleaders, Seventh Grade Football, Junior High Football, Senior High Football, Boys’ and Girls’ Golf, [...]
Ask anyone in the region about Gentry, and the one thing they’re likely to know is that the Safari is here — and for good reason, because the Wild Wilderness Safari draws hundreds and thousands of visitors to Gentry each week.
And the reason for the Safari’s success becomes quite obvious after each visit. Though privately [...]
The online edition of the Gentry Courier-Journal has changed. It is still located at www.nwanews.com/gentry, but not all stories and photos are posted there.
To read all the stories and editorials and see all the photos of Gentry news and events, it will be necessary to subscribe to the print edition. To do so, readers may [...]
Today was a special day at Marvin’s Foods in Gentry. In addition to the firetruck and police car outside, children visiting the store could enter contests and win prizes at almost every corner of the store. The event is held every year, according to store employees. For more photos, see next week’s issue of the [...]