Monticello Live

One sign of the Holiday Season is the annual opeing of Carole Bulloch’s Christmas Shop, located behind Bullochs’ Real Estate on HWY 425 South.

Gerald Shepherd took a test drive at  Ryburn Automotive Supestore, and won a free Remington Shotgun.

Benji Ryburn, of Ryburn’s Automotive Superstore, announced to the Monticello School Board that his company would be donating $2,500 to the district. Along with this donation, as part of a grant, Toyota will be matching the donation and giving an additional $2,500 to the schools.

The grant money is to be used for upcoming creative classroom projects and initiatives related to the improvement of student achievement. The funds may be used for various materials and supplies, such as books, software, technology, and art and lab materials.

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Medlin’s Metal Roofing, with operations in Strong, Bastrop, LA, and West Monroe, LA, will soon be opening a sales office on HWY 425 North, in Monticello.

Medlin’s specializes in residental, commercial, and agricultural roofing.

They also carry roll-up doors, and all types of metal roofing accessories.

Mosquito Beach Emporium is a relatively new retailer to Monticello, located right behind Ray’s at 718 Hwy 278 West.

The Emporium features a unique collection of gifts for all ages, including Razorback merchandise, hand-crafted items from all over the world, knives, and jewelry, as well as new and antique-style tin toys. The Emporium is an exclusive seller of Back Forty Farm’s Goat Milk Soap (made locally in Sheridan), Sailor Jerry, ZiZi Jewelery charms and bracelets, and Sullen Art Collective. They also feature an array of clothing from Hog t-shirts to Southern Girl tees.

The store hours are 10 a.m. – 6 p.m, Tuesday through Saturday.

Monticello’s Dollar Tree recetly moved from the mall, into their new building, located behing Wendys.

The parking area is much larger, and the store increased from 4,000 sq/ft area, into an impressive 10,000 sq/ft unit.

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Ground clearing has been doen, and the architect is working on drawing for the future medical office building, being buildt across from Drew Memorial Hospital, according to Ron Echols.

Ray Ryburn Real Estate, LLC has recently opened,  and is proud to announce P.Q. Gardner as the agency’s Principle Real Estate Broker.  P.Q. Gardner owned and operated Gardner Realty for 52 years. 

They are located on West Gaines St., in the former Gardner Realty location.

With the recent increase in the price of gold and silver, AAA Gold Buyers recently opened on West Gaines Street.

Union Bank is proud to announce the opening of their new facility on HWY 425 North, “Union Bank Express”.

The new branch is expected to open on January 3, 2012, replacing the Walmart branch, which will be closing December 30, 2011.

Union Bank Express will offer 3 drive-through lanes, an ATM, and a night deposit.  Also available (for our customer with trucks and larger vehicles) a wider lane with higher clearance.

The new facility’s expected hours are Monday – Friday, 7:30 – 6 pm; and Saturday, 9 am – 1 pm.

After several years of providing a wide range of floral services, as well as many creative gift ideas, Seasons Floral & Gifts has moved to their new location.

Seasons is now located on HWY 425 North, in the old Leggett building.

They can be reached by calling 367-1122.

J-Birds Deli, Gas, & Grocer  recently opened  in Wilmar, on HWY 278.

J-Birds has hot foods, fuel, and several other traditional  convienence store items.

With the recent increase in the price of gold and silver, Gold Buying Center opened a few month ago on West Gaines Street.

Spee-D-Lube is now open at Custom Trucks, on Carla Street, in front of the bowling alley.

Spee-D-Lube’s drive-through oil change service means you don’t even have to get out of your car.

Custom Trucks also provides a wide range of vehicle accessories, to make your ride stand out above the rest.

Custom Trucks is also Monticello’s only muffler shop.

Dr. Rickey Ferguson, a long time business resident on West McCloy is moving; moving next door, that is.

Dr. Ferguson’s new vision center will be located next to his present office.

The new, larger office will allow Dr.Ferguson to provide addition equipment and services, and also brings with it the likelihood of adding another optometrist to serve Monticello, as well as the clinic’s Hamburg office, in the future.

They expect to move into their new facility later this year.

The ribbon cutting was held Tuesday for Simply Jenny Lynn a family clothing store, which is new to Monticello.

The store will carry several major name brand clothing and shoe lines. Decorator mesh and wreaths are popular home decor items offered at Simply Jenny Lynn, as well as gift items such as Arkansas Razorback jewelry, t-shirts, yard signs, and various other Hogs items. Long-sleeve tees are now available, including Christmas shirts.

Jenny Lynn is located at 113 West Gaines, Monticello on the square. The store hours are Tuesday-Saturday 10-6pm.

Jenny Lynn, along with selected other downtown merchants will be open until 8pm on Thursdays, until Christmas.

A new attorneys office, the Ross Law Firm is opening on South Main Street in the newly renovated building on the corner of College Street.

Photos of the Union Bank & Trust Co. Johnny Appleseed Fall Festival held Saturday.

Dallas-based residential mortgage originator PrimeLending, a PlainsCapital Company, today announced the opening of its new Monticello, Arkansas branch.

The office is located at 103 Greenfield Drive near the corner of Highway 278 and Greenfield Drive. The home financing professionals will serve homebuyers in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

PrimeLending has named Tiffany Berryman as the branch manager. She brings 13 years of experience in the mortgage industry. Her responsibilities include originating mortgage loans, recruiting top producing mortgage originators, and overseeing daily operations for the Monticello office. Working with Berryman will be loan officers Renee Estes and Brandon Lyon and processor Beth Rowan.

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October is the month for vehicle maintenance at Ryburn Motor Company and Quicklane.

ALL vehicle maintenance has been discounted through the end of October.  Ask your service advisor for details.

TIRE REBATES are available for several name-brand tires; including Goodyear, Dunlop, Continental, Hankook, Pirelli and Yokohama.

A $50 rebate is available for complete brake service on your Ford, Lincoln or Mercury vehicle.

$20 rebates are also available for Motorcraft batteries.

Don’t wait any longer to complete the maintenance on your vehicle. Take advantage of our discounts TODAY!!

In a recent customer opinion poll, conducted in Monticello, Ryburn Automotive Superstore won several impressive honors, including:

Ryburns was voted Best Auto Service Dept.

Best New Auto Dealer
Best Used Auto Dealer

Ryburns was also voted as "One of the Best Oil Changes."

Best Auto Service Dept.
1 of the Best Oil Changes,
& All 3 of the Top 3 Auto Salesman Awards
1.  Mike Smith
2.  Keith Wallis
3.  Ben Philley

Thank you for giving us the chance to earn your trust and confidence.

Recent Rite Aid shopping trip. Rite Aid Retail value $238.32. Only paid $33.90.

Now with TLC’s Extreme Couponing show beginning another season and the interest in couponing skyrocketing, there’s never

Racked up at Walmart on blush for my entire family of friends plus more! Retail value of $161.34 but I only paid $51.93 plus I have an additional $21.44 to submit for rebates. WOW! That’s like paying only $30.50.

been a better time to go over how to play nice in the coupon world. If you’re new to watching the show you need to know that those shopping trips are extreme and some of the tactics used are a bit misleading. For instance, some stores have a limit to the number of like items you can purchase in a single shopping trip.

Whether you are a seasoned couponer or a beginner you should try to follow these etiquette lessons.
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DID YOU KNOW? According to current stats, every hour spent couponing in 2011 is worth an estimated $100.

I thought I would use the column this week to discuss a few of the questions readers have asked since I started writing this column.

Question #1
Is it really worth my time to shop at multiple stores plus put in the time it takes to organize and clip the coupons?
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Now at Ryburn Automotive Superstore,
All New 2011 Toyota Camrys and
All New 2011 Toyota Tundras
Have 0% interest for 60 months
And $1,000.00 subvention cash

Stop in today, for Super Savings, at

Teens found scouring their closets for clothing made in America to be anything but a simple challenge as a class discussions about education in America compared to China led to conversations about how the U.S. companies use workers in foreign countries to make U.S. products.

After the students viewed the recent dorm room décor dilemma at Southern Methodist University in Texas aired on the ABC News Made in America series, the students began to wonder why companies send their work to other countries when there are so many unemployed in America. (more…)

Click here for the story from SalineRiverChronicle.com.

U.S. Representative Mike Ross and U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman have announced the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department will receive a $2,721,435 federal grant to rehabilitate and improve 40 miles of railroad track along the Warren Branch of the Arkansas Midland Railroad, a short line railroad located in southeastern Arkansas. The grant will help fund improvements to tracks in Bradley, Chicot and Drew counties.

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700 employees to be laid off.

Paper and Chemical Operations Not Affected.

Click here for the full story from AshleyCountyLedger.com

After several calls to the factory, SeaArk Boats, recreation aluminum boat builder, is trying to avoid further confusion arising from the recent announcement that its sister company, SeaArk Marine, made on August 29th. In that announcement, SeaArk Marine President, John McClendon, explained that the company had made the decision to suspend acceptance of new boat orders until further notice. SeaArk Marine manufactures work and patrol boats for the military and government agencies as well as commercial boats for various industrial markets.

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Bob Worthington, writer for Fly-Low magazine, recently visited the Monticello Airport, and had great praise for airport commissioner Benji Ryburn and airport manager James Barnett, after he left, in the magazine’s article, “The Left Seat” entitles ”BIG AIRPORTS…… and the smaller ones.”

Worthington wrote,…..
A benefit of using smaller airports is the friendly folks that inhabit these places. A case in point is the municipal airport at Monticello, AR.

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