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Winners at the Town and Gown Duplicate Bridge Club for Monday, February 6 were:
1st place Joy Hudson and Lowell Lynde
2nd place Charlotte McKiever and Luellen Jones
3rd place (tie) Roy Cabaniss and Gene Gulledge
Fritz Hudson and Joann Hawley

Congratulations to Charlotte McKiever for winning the 2011 Helen Shanbrom Ace of Clubs award for Unit 211 which is composed of duplicate bridge clubs in northeast Louisiana and south Arkansas. This award is given to players at various levels for winning the most points while playing at local clubs during a calendar year.

Winners at the Town and Gown Duplicate Bridge Club on Monday, January 23 were:

1st place: Joy Hudson and Lowell Lynde
2nd place: Roy Cabaniss and Gene Gulledge
3rd place: Charlotte McKiever and Kaye Koen 

The Club would like to welcome new players Susan Sharp-Smith and Guy Nelson.

Girl Scout cookies are now on sale. The girls opened the 2012 Cookie Sale with a lock-in Friday night. The girls went to different stations that taught them about safety, money management, how to sell cookies, and to set goals. They also played games, ate pizza and stayed up most of the night.

Cookies will be on sale thru Jan. 28th. They are $3.50 a box. If you are not contacted by a girl scout and want to order cookies, call Brenda Chisom, service unit cookie chair at 870-723-0738 to place an order.

The members of the Drew County Koinonia 4-H Club went to In the woods of Monticello nursing home caroling and handing out Christmas cards to the residents. The members had a great time bringing some Christmas cheer to the nursing home.

The Desha/Drew Cattlemen’s Association invites you to join us for our Christmas meeting on Thursday, December 15, 2011, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the UAM Agriculture Building.

We have invited Bruce Alford from Lewisville, Arkansas to join us. He owns a large cattle ranch and is in the process of changing how he does things in order to keep up with the cattle market. He will share some of his ideas with us.

We will enjoy a supper of finger foods and sweets provided by our members.

If you chose to select a name or two from the list of children we are sponsoring from the Arkansas Baptist Home for Children in Monticello, please remember to bring your wrapped gifts to this meeting. It is not too late to contribute to this cause and you may do so by calling Nita Carpenter at 460-0806 or by going by Town & Country to see her. We want to make this a very special Christmas for the children.

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and hope to see you at the meeting.

The Drew County Extension Homemakers Clubs are sponsoring a raffle in which the grand prize will be a “Cake-A-Month” for twelve consecutive months beginning in January of 2012. After the grand prize drawing there will be five additional drawings for single cakes to be given for Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and the 4th of July. The tickets are $2.00 each or three for $5.00 and can be purchased from any extension homemaker or can be purchased at the entrances to Wal-Mart this Saturday, Dec. 10, from 8:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M.

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Lion Virginia Grizzell presenting $100 check to Boy Scout Leader Terry Crook

Terry Crook, Boy Scouts Leader, spoke to Monticello Lions Club at their bi-weekly meeting and dinner at Western Sizlin Restaurant, December 1, 2011.

Mr. Crook is the Boy Scouts Leader of Troop 67, Monticello Chapter of Boy Scouts of America. He said that Boys Scouts membership is open to all boys, ages 11 through 17, who take an oath to honor their Family, County, and Belief in God.

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Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts from Troop 69 ringing the bell for the Drew County Salvation Army Kettle Drive.

A special thanks to all the Cub Scouts and Boys Scouts of Troop 69, their leaders and their parents for their hard work and community service.

You all did an awesome job.

Lynn Fitzhugh, CEO, and Carol Judkins, Marketing Director, spoke to Lions Club at their bi-monthly meeting at Western Sizlin Restaurant.

The Woods of Monticello executives told about their Rehabilitation Wing dedicated to recently hospitalized patients needing professional nursing or physical rehabilitation services.

They pointed out with much pride their Monticello facility on North Chester is one of the few Certified Alzheimer’s Care Units in Arkansas. Additionally, The Woods of Monticello offers a traditional skilled care home.

Dr. Scott C. Claycomb, an Ophthalmologist, spoke to Lions Club, November 3, 2011, at their bimonthly meeting and lunch held at Western Sizzlin Restaurant. He talked about Diabetes and effects on vision.

Dr. Claycomb advised that prevention is most important, and regular eye examinations are necessary to detect any abnormalities and diseases of the eyes. He explained that medical intervention is necessary to treat vision damages caused by Diabetes.

Dr. Claycomb supports Lions Club charitable mission to help the vision disabled. He examines and treats eye diseases and abnormalities in his office at 301 HWY 425 S, Monticello, Ar, Tel 870-367-8534.

Back Row- Vice President- Dillon Boykin, Secretary/Treasurer- Jennifer Sneed, Reporter/Photographer- Bree-Anne Lanthrip, President- Matthew Spencer Middle Row: Recreation Leader- Lilly McKee, Song Leaders- Mikayla Binns, Reagan Gardner, Emma Wright and Front Row: Sy Lanthrip

Drew County Koinonia 4-H Club has elected new officers for the 2011-2012 year. The Koinonia Club is a general 4-H club that meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 3:30 at Living word Fellowship Church. All of our members have a wide variety of projects like poultry, photography, pet care, and robotics. We would love to have you come and join our club and bring your interest and ideas.

Winners at the Town and Gown Duplicate Bridge Club on Monday, October 17 were:

1st place: Joann Hawley and Fritz Hudson
2nd place: Carolyn Tilley and Charles Dolberry
3rd place: Joy Hudson and Lowell Lynde
4th place: Guy Nelson and Gene Gulledge

The Drew County Koinonia 4-H’ers recently held a Walk-A-Thon to raise money for Children’s Hospital. The group took pledges to walk 5 miles, which was done at UAM’s West Block, and raised over $800.00 for Children’s Hospital.

Pictured: back row: Nancy White, Brianna White, Lynn Lanthrip, Sarah Gustafson, Sonya Sneed Colby Boykin, Dillon Boykin, Bree Lanthrip Jennifer Sneed, Eva Wright, Stephanie McKee
Front row: Lilly McKee, Sykes Lanthrip, Emma Wright. Not Pictured: Matthew Spencer and Reagan Gardner

By: Bree~Anne Lanthrip, Club Reporter/Photographer

At the September Pack meeting for Cub Scout Pack 69, the boys collected dog food for the local Humane Society and PAWS.

Dr. Rocky Lindsey, from the Monticello Animal Clinic, came to speak to the boys on animal care.

The dog food drive is one of many service projects our scouts do throughout the year. The scouts have a Canned Food Drive and will be Ringing Bells for the Salvation Army in the upcoming months.

If anyone is interested in the Monticello Cub Scout program, please contact Hope Bragg at 870-367-1598.

Marian Bowden`s brother and sister-in-law, the Cothams from Mississippi and Martha and Donna Miller from Conway came to see her.
Karen and David came to see Betty Pirtle, Tuesday.
Martha, Mary and Joan came to see their mother, Juanita Williams.
Carol Cason went out to lunch with her son, David, Sunday.
Penny Rosengrant took her mother, Joy Meadows to church, Sunday.
Nettie Judkins is in the hospital.
Charles Jackson Jr. came to see his dad, Charles Jackson Sr. Thursday.
Robert Wells came to see his mother, Ruby Wells.
Henrietta Mason and Marscille Williams is at the Woods for rehab.
Alvin Jordan came to see Tom Rabb.
Buddy Carson had lunch with Ed and Dorothy Brewster and then they played dominoes. He talked to his daughter that lives in Connecticut on the phone. He is planning a trip to visit her in December. He went to a cook out that the Methodist Coffee group had, Thursday.
Drew County Literacy came Wednesday.
We played Bingo.
Church of Christ came Monday night.

Cub Scout Pack 69 joined SeaArk Boats in the Drew County Fair Parade this year. Part of the pack rode in the camouflaged boat holding signs and yelling “Leave No Trace!” while other members of the pack walked along the parade route picking up any litter that may have been left on the road.

“Leave No Trace” is part of the Cub Scout program to teach scouts not to litter and to always leave the area cleaner than it was when they arrived.

Monticello Lions Club awarded Fireman of the Year to Bobby Ray Sawyer at their meeting at Western Sizzlin.

Shown are John Bullock, President, awarding Bobby Ray Sawyer, Fireman of Year. Looking on are fellow firemen Fire Chief Steven Faulkner, Shawn Maloney, David Bayird, Tommy Forrest, and Jack Thiele.

Monday night winners at the Town and Gown Duplicate Bridge Club were:

1st place Joann Hawley and Fritz Hudson
2nd place (tie) Roy Cabaniss and Gene Gulledge
Joy Hudson and Lowell Lynde

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Monticello Ridge Girl Scout Service Unit held their Court of Awards, recently.

The top cookie sellers were recognized. L-R in the picture are Anna Coleman troop 1162 and Samantha Sanders troop 1167 tied for 4th with 400 boxes sold, Michaela Sawyer troop 1168 in third place with 444 boxes, Jasmine Block troop 1170 in second place with 512 boxes and Kailey Raye Barnett troop 1170 in 1st place with 729 boxes. Back row- Brenda Chisom, service unit product sales manager.

Despite the canceling of the Drew County clean up the members of the Drew County Koinonia 4-H Club meet Saturday and spent the morning cleaning up Jose Chapel Road.

The club members and parents picked up a mountain of trash of trash on 1.6 miles of the road. We hope that seeing the mountain of trash would help you to see what just one thing tossed out your window can turn into. So remember KEEP DREW COUNTY CLEAN!!

by: Bree-Anne Lanthrip, club reporter/photographer

Junior Auxiliary Swimming Lesson Registration will be June 13-17 and June 20-24. Children must be 5 by the first date of the lessons and no older than 9 by the same date.

For any questions, contact Leigh Diemer at 870-946-5127.

Monticello Lions Club honored Dr. Ricky Ferguson, Optometrist, with an award for his generous volunteer work with childrens’ eye exams. Sandy Patrick, President, made the presentation, May 19.

Dr, Ferguson screened more than 80 preschoolers’ vision exams. He examined the pictures of childrens’ eyes to determine any abnormalities and recommended vision corrections. Monticello Lions Club volunteers used a special camera to make pictures of preschoolers’ eyes. These pictures were then provided to Dr. Ferguson.

This was the third year Dr. Ferguson has volunteered his professional services to screen and make recommendations for corrective vision to the childrens’ Family.

Monticello Lions Club primary mission is to help people with vision problems. The club meets at 12 noon on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at Western Sizzlin Steak House.

The April meeting of the Desha/Drew Cattlemen’s Association was called to order on April 21, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the UAM Agricultural Center in Monticello, Arkansas by President Jason Cater.

WOW describes the meeting we had!

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The boys of Cub Pack 69 recently held a Pack Overnight campout at Cane Creek State Park.

The day began with the young men cleaning a mile stretch of highway leading to the state park for the Great American Clean-Up. The boys were treated to lunch by the park and were awarded prizes for their effort.

They continued to practice knot tying, learned to set camp and cooked parts of their own meals, including potatoes in foil and omelets in a bag. While the weather made it unable to canoe and kayak, the boys enjoyed fishing and bike riding throughout the afternoon.

Boys that participated in this spring’s camp included Webelos Joey Holland, Caleb Whitehurst, Noah Minchew and Cole Nash, Bear Scouts Kenneth Bragg, Mikey Mingo, A’Quan Tyler and McClain Wilson and Wolf Scout Nathan Meeks.

If you have a son who will be in Grades 1-5 for the 2011-2012 school year and is interested in scouting please contact Hope Bragg.

The boys of Cub Scout Pack 69 in Monticello recently learned about the Revolutionary and Civil war and the roles they played in Arkansas history.

Ranger Joe Herron of the Arkansas Post National Memorial recently spoke to the young men about these conflicts and the battle that took place on the Delta. He brought replica weapons for the boys to see, and dressed two lucky men up as soldiers from the wars (Beau Kuttenkuler was a Spanish officer and Joey Holland was a Union soldier). The boys were learning about the history of conflict in Arkansas as part of Arkansas Archeology month.

Pictured is Webelo Scout Joey Holland, dressed as a Union soldier, and Joe Herron speaking to the pack about the differences between a Match-lock and Flint-lock.

If you have a son that would be interested in scouting here in Monticello, and he is in the 1st-5th grade, please contact Hope Bragg

Monticello Ridge Girl Scouts held their Thinking Day Program at 1st Methodist Church.

Troops had booths set up depicting different countries with examples of Girl Scout uniforms, badges, foods for sampling, and games. The countries were Brazil, Mexico, Italy, Germany, and France.

This is a world wide program for girl scouts to learn about other countries.

BJ Knowles, being in his first year with the Monticello Bass Club, took home the title of “2010 Angler of the Year”.

This award is not easy to come by, and it takes a lot of time and dedication to receive this title. BJ overcame 30+ anglers to take the title that means he had to be very consistent throughout the whole season. BJ beat out his nearest competitor by 50 points, this was not the case one tournament before, BJ was actually behind and came back to take the title. BJ won two tournaments this year and stayed within the top 10 all year.

“It wasn’t easy. If you would have told me at the beginning of the year, that I was going to be angler of the year, I wouldn’t have believed you.” Says BJ Knowles. Congratulations to BJ on a spectacular year.