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Hospital receiving renovations

June 18th, 2007 by News Release

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Drew Memorial Hospital is giving their front entrance way and 100 hall patient rooms a “face lift.”  The remodeling project was the recommendation of the hospital’s Board of Governors.  The Hospital Auxiliary’s Gift Shop is also being expanded in the project.  It will expand to a portion of the front waiting room area.  On open House will be scheduled after this project is completed for the community to be able to tour these areas and see the new technologically advanced MRI.  Drew Memorial is becoming the “Center for Radiological Excellence” in Southeast Arkansas.

Rose Hill Presbyterian welcomes new pastor

June 13th, 2007 by News Release

fisk.jpgRose Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church welcomes Rev. James (Jim) Fisk as its new pastor. Jim and his wife Sharon most recently served as caretakers of Camp Peniel (meaning, “Where I met God face to face.”), a Cumberland Presbyterian church camp near Morrilton, AR. Jim has also pastored CP churches in Hot Springs, Harrison, Fayetteville and in Oklahoma.

Jim is originally from near DeQueen. He is a former junior and senior high school teacher. Sharon is a retired high school librarian. The Fisks are looking forward making Monticello there home.

Rose Hill CPC is excited to invite the community to worship with them and to meet the Fisks. Sunday School begins at 10:00 and worship begins at 11:00. The church is located north of Monticello at 2133 Highway 83 North at Rose Hill Cut Off Road.

One Monticello Life: Sarah Tucker

June 10th, 2007 by Carolyn

 

tucker.jpgThe Miss Arkansas Pageant will be held June 23 at the Hot Springs Convention Center. This year one of Monticello’s own will compete for the Miss Arkansas title of the Miss America preliminary pageant. Sarah Tucker holds the title of Miss Dogwood and is busy preparing for her chance at the crown. Here is her story.

Sarah’s parents are Gary and Beth Tucker. She and her family have lived in Monticello her whole life. She attended Monticello schools and graduated from MHS in 2006. She now attends the University of Arkansas where she received vocal and academic scholarships. She plans to major in Speech Pathology.

Sarah has not always competed in pageants. Her mother steered her away from competing when she was younger to protect her from the disappointment that comes with beauty pageants. When Sarah was 13 she talked her family into letting her enter the Petite Miss Drew County Pageant. She was crowned the winner and that sufficed her until she was 17. Then she entered the Teen Miss Arkansas preliminary pageants in Monticello and Star City. She placed 1st runner-up for Teen Miss Monticello. She received 1st place in Miss Teen Star City and secured her spot for Miss Teen Arkansas. The Miss Teen Arkansas Pageant is in conjunction with the Miss Arkansas Pageant. Sarah got a taste of the excitement of the state pageant in the Summer of 2005 where she placed in the top 10 and won Most Photogenic.

In the fall of that year, Sarah was crowned Miss Drew County. She represented our area in the Miss Arkansas State Fair Queen Pageant. She won the overall interview in the Southeast District and placed 2nd runner-up in the final pageant.

Sarah came to a point in her life where she did not want to pursue pageants but to focus on school and going to college. She quickly adjusted to college life. She does well in her classes and is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Sorority. It was her sorority that encouraged her to enter another pageant. Lambda Chi nominated her as their representative for the Miss Sorority Pledge Queen Pageant where she placed 1st runner-up. The judges at the sorority pageant noticed Sarah’s talent and encouraged her to compete in the Miss Arkansas preliminary pageant in the Fayetteville area that would be held the following week. Sarah took the challenge, prepared for the pageant in several short days and won the title of Miss Dogwood.

Sarah’s title, Miss Dogwood, may be from northwest Arkansas but her heart is from down south. The people of Monticello have been so supportive of Sarah and her upcoming pageant. Last week Sarah along with her family and friends hosted a dinner theater. The fabulous food was prepared by Paul Smith and Jean Alexander. The audience of close to 200 people were entertained by some of our local talent. There was a silent auction with items provided from different businesses in town. Many Monticellonians who believe in Sarah helped make the event a success. The money that was raised will help Sarah with the expenses that come with the Arkansas pageant. She is so thankful for the support of her home town and plans to use the money to buy her evening gown, interview outfit, voice lessons and interview coaching.

tucker3.jpgTo compete in the Miss Arkansas pageant the contestant must come prepared with a platform they deem important. Sarah’s platform is voter apathy. If Sarah wins the title of Miss Arkansas she will use her platform to help educate young people she will meet through out her reign the importance of voting. Sarah feels so strongly about her platform that she is not waiting to get a crown before she shares her concerns. Sarah has personally helped register the last three senior classes of MHS to vote.

It is not a surprise that Sarah will sing as her talent at the upcoming pageant. She is singing “If I Had My Way” by Linda Edder. This song was written as a tribute for the events of 9/11. Sarah feels the song shows patriotism and is beautiful. If Monticello has it their way Sarah deserves to be the next Miss Arkansas. She is beautiful inside and out. With or without a crown, she is a winner. One Monticello Life – Sarah Tucker.

MonticelloLive to scale back for summer

June 6th, 2007 by Jeff

With summer upon us and kids home, as well as other responsibilities crying out for more attention, we’re making the hard decision to scale MonticelloLive back over the summer. We will still be accepting submissions for stories and news releases, but we will not be actively covering news events until sometime in August.

Last month was the first month that our traffic decreased…. by 5 total hits. In May, the site saw 12,450 pageviews, down from 12,455 hits in April! We continue to be grateful for your participation and help in making MonticelloLive your community site.

We’re offering 50% off on all advertising during the summer months. Just look at the advertising page and figure 1/2 off. With between 400-500 hits per day, that is still the best ad money you can spend in the area. While we expect that traffic will decrease as posting is scaled back, you may want to seriously consider placing an ad with ML over the summer.

We also encourage you to send us news stories, announcements, engagements and wedding information. Your continued participation may provide the “fix” that some MonticelloLive addicts need to get through the summer! ;)

Again, thanks for helping make this site fun and interactive! Oh, and as always, if you’d like to make a donation, you can do so by clicking the donate button on the main page.

Churches in Transition: Journey Church (Part 2 of a Series)

June 1st, 2007 by Dean

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The leaders and members of Journey Church have had little trouble living up to their name. In their 4 ½ year existence, this community of believers has met at 6 different locations. This coming Sunday (June 3), they will transition into their seventh… at 775 Edgewood Street in Monticello. They will have a fellowship time at 10:00, and worship celebration will kickoff at 10:15. What makes this transition a little more special is that the church owns this property.

journey.jpgThe “journey,” as it were, started in January 2003. Pastor Jeff Noble, along with 6 or 7 others he knew were interested in starting a new church, began meeting in the Nobles’ living room to begin a 4-5 month process of praying, talking to family and consulting with Arkansas Baptist State Convention personnel. This group fleshed out the core values that would shape the vision of the church (which exists as a non-denominational church, with no formal ties to the ABSC or the Southern Baptist Convention). During those first months of prayer and discussion, they “deprogrammed” their own church experiences, with an eye toward giving Journey Church a totally different structure from what everyone else was used to. This wasn’t going to be church business as usual.

journey5.jpgAt the time, Noble was serving as director of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) on the campus of UAM, and in May of 2003, Journey Church began meeting at the BCM building for worship. Noble and ABSC leaders knew at this point that he would be resigning from his position as director, and in August, it was made official. By this time, the church had grown to the point that the adults were now meeting at the Wesley Foundation building, and the children at the Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship (MBSF) location, located in close proximity to each other on the UAM campus.

Describing Journey’s existence as “nomadic,” Noble told of the church’s move to an empty building at SeaArk Boats, behind Pauline Baptist. Shortly after, the church discovered a vacancy in the North Park Village Shopping Center, knocked out some walls and assumed this would be home for the next three years. Six months later due to space needs, the adults found themselves meeting for worship at the Hollywood Cinema, while the children continued to gather at the North Park location. Eight months after that, Journey leased a second location at North Park, and have had Stage surrounded for the past 18 months.

May 31 saw the expiration of the lease at the shopping center, and the church members have been working feverishly to prepare their new building on Edgewood (behind the BP station on Hwy 425). Noble says that Journey experienced a good period of growth at the North Park location, but the new building offers more opportunities for ministry, not to mention doing away with the high cost of leasing space designed for retail use in the shopping center.

journey6.jpgJourney Church also owns a parcel of land across the street from Monticello High School. When asked how the Edgewood facility plays into their plans for future utilization of the property on Old Warren Road, Noble says he has no idea. He does foresee the building on Edgewood as a transitional location in the long run, perhaps to be converted for another type of ministry to the community, or even to be given to someone else. The leaders of Journey don’t want every building they use to be a church building.

“No point in having a building that’s only used twice a week,” says Noble.

He notes that the main emphasis of Journey Church is not “church” activities, but rather to “shove” people outside the walls of the church and into the community. He feels that folks should get involved in the life of the community, citing such examples as volunteering at the library, coaching children’s sports, and being involved in civic groups such as Kiwanis or Rotary, to name a few.

Something Noble noticed when he attended another church in town, was that while he and his family were driving back to church for evening services, most of his neighbors were at home enjoying family activities.

“Sundays are overtaking Saturdays as America’s family day,” he said. “Sunday afternoons and evenings are the best opportunities for people to meet and be in contact with Christians, and Christians were running back to church to hang out with other Christians, not to mention attending various committee meetings and other organization-driven activities.”

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