Greenbrier News

The weather this past week was beautiful and makes me feel like spring is finally here.

Offered for sale through Rowlett Realty of Greenbrier, this one-story home at 5 Pin Oak Cove has four bedrooms and two full baths in a 2,052-square-foot floor plan that is open and inviting.

The ones who are disappointed this morning turn out to be few in number after Sharp County residents numbering nearly 3 to 1 nixed plans in Tuesday's special election to fund a county-owned and operated hospital with a 1 1/2-cent sales tax increase.

The Arkansas nursing home industry is spending a significant amount of money to win influence on Arkansas appeals courts.

Campaign contributions recently reported by embattled Faulkner County Circuit Judge Mike Maggio can be linked to a defendant the judge dropped from a nursing home negligence case last year.

When seven Greenbrier School District art teachers put their heads together, the result was an explosion of fantastic creativity known as Arts in March.

SUBMITTED PHOTO The United States Daughters of 1812 Bicentennial Members sworn in are : Bernice Brakefield, Carol Porter, Sheila Mitchell, Judy Coleman, Kimberly Jones, Mary Miller, Sandra Poore, Mary Anne Riehart, and Kay Tatum; : Sheila Beatty , Judy Robbins, Susan Veal, Mitzi Hunter, Mary Glenn and Margaret McGrew.

Sexual Assault support group meets 8-9 a.m.; Domestic Violence support group meets 9-10 a.m. Kate Vincent, 501-730-9421.

The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on March 5. Ash Wednesday begins 40 days prior to Easter .

The church is located at 198 East Highway 286. a Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2259 Bingo, 1-4 p.m., 1855 Old Morrilton Hwy.

We have lots of prayer requests this week. Keep Pam and Sam Lane in your prayers as Pam will be having surgery on the 27th.

Bring plenty of resumes. Call 450-3134. a Al-Anon, noon-1 p.m., Salem United Methodist Church, 1018 Salem Rd. Marge, 329-5360, or Wanda, 472-9703.

286 E. The public is invited to attend. a CAB Community Ride, 2 p.m., leave from Simon Park, 805 Front St., and will return to Simon Park by 4 p.m. Public is invited.

He and his late brother, Bill Hammett, had owned and operated the business as equal partners since 1949 in Conway at the same location at 1104 Front St., with a drop-off station that was located at Con Ark Village Shopping Center.

Fracking by Chesapeake oil and Billiton Petroleum caused "thousands of earthquakes" that damaged homes and caused the state's largest earthquake in the past 35 years, two Central Arkansas families claim in court.

"I am excited about finally coming home to Greenbrier to help my own community," said Dr. Jessica Tackett.

Hawkins, formerly the assistant chief at Cato Volunteer Fire Department, was arrested and held without bond beginning Dec. 11 after parents of a six-year-old male told police their son told them Hawkins hurt him while touching the child's buttocks.

Fourteen families in central Arkansas have filed a lawsuit in connection with a series of earthquakes that prompted the state in 2011 to ban the use of four injection wells in a large area mostly north of Conway.

When is this weather going to get better? This cabin fever seems to be contagious, is it supposed to make you "cranky"? I'm ready for a break, it needs to get warmer for Easter.