Reader submits the following via fax: “After reading about the latest homicides of the two young men here in Magnolia, I want to know if our college students have to die to get the attention needed to protect them. My granddaughter, a college student, was jumped by four women in this community while attending a party. And she wasn’t doing anything to deserve this, just went to a party. We have gone to the police and court system and there has yet to be anything done about it. Maybe if these problems were addressed in a timely manner, there would be no shootings. Or must our college children simply stay in their dorm rooms? This is a college town, where is the protection for our youth?”
The Banner-News office will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day. The newspaper will publish on Monday. Regular office hours will resume Tuesday.
The Magnolia City Council Building Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2 in the city hall conference room.
The Columbia County Quorum Court will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, in the second floor courtroom at the Columbia County Courthouse. Items on the agenda include an appropriation ordinance supplementing the Fire Equipment and Training/Act 833 Fund budget, a resolution for contract of obligation with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, and a Rural Community Aid Grant application for the Mt. Vernon Volunteer Fire Department.
All Columbia County offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 1, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The Columbia County Landfill will be closed Saturday, Aug. 30, and will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Waste Corporation of Arkansas will be in operation on Monday, Sept. 1, and will run their regular routes as usual.
All Magnolia city offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 1, in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
Bingo starts back Sept. 9 at the American Legion. Door opens at 6 p.m., games start at 7 p.m. Must be 21 to play.
To participate in the County Fair Parade, call Gloria Woods-Counter, fair parade chairman-director, at 299-9713 after 5 p.m. or email [email protected].
Columbia County school elections will be Sept. 16 and there will be are no millage increases on the ballot, according to the Columbia County Clerk’s Office.
There are no contested races for the Magnolia School Board.
There will be one contested race in the Emerson-Taylor-Bradley School District. Julie Gunnels and Diane Robinson are both running for Position 7 on the E-T-B School Board.
We heard police had to direct traffic in front of a certain drive-through restaurant due to corn dogs going on sale for 50 cents each. “A mad house,” the scene was called.
These Arkansas lotteries were drawn Thursday:
Cash 3 Evening
5-3-0
Cash 3 Midday
9-5-4
Cash 4 Evening
5-5-0-0
Cash 4 Midday
4-2-6-2
Decades of Dollars
03-13-22-27-32-36
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $20 million
Natural State Jackpot
14-20-21-32-37
Estimated jackpot: $105,000
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $90 million
Call Diary! 234-5130. Or fax: 234-2551.