TUESDAY'S MEETING AGENDA INCLUDES... THE FIRST 2015 SESSION OF THE RUSSELLVILLE CITY CORPORATION BOARD. SEVERAL MATTERS TO ADDRESSED DURING AT 3 P/M MEETING, IN THE UTILITY HEADQUARTERS ON WEST 3rd STREET. RUSSELLVILLE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY CORPORATION WILL HAVE A JOINT MEETING AT 4 P/M, IN THE CITY HALL FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM. COORDINATORS SAY THE PURPOSE OF THAT MEETING WILL BE TO DISCUSS FINANCING OPTIONS FOR REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF WATER AND SEWER LINES. RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL BOARD WILL ALSO MEETING THIS (TUES.) EVENING, WITH BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, BUDGET AND POLICY COMMITTEES SESSIONS AT 6:15 P/M. A MEETING OF THE FULL BOARD IS SET FOR 7 P/M, IN THE DISTRICT'S ADMINSTRATION BUILDING.
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JANUARY IS NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH, A TIME TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND TO THANK YOUR COMMUNITY'S SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS. SOUTH CONWAY COUNTY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT SHAWN HALBROOK COMMENDED THE MEMBERS OF THEIR BOARD OF EDUCATIOIN EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR ACHIEVING MASTER SCHOOL BOARD STATUS. SUE SPIVEY AND BUCK JOYNER ARE THE LATEST TO BECOME MASTER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
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MORE THAN 200 PARTICIPANTS MARCHED MONDAY, IN AN EVENT ON THE ARKANSAS TECH CAMPUS AS A PART OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING BIRTHDAY. THE UNITY MARCH, WHICH BEGAN AT THE DOC BRYAN STUDENT SERVICES CENTER ENDED AT THE W.O. YOUNG BUILDING, AT WHICH POINT PARTICIPANTS WERE INVITED INTO THE YOUNG BALLROOM FOR A RECEPTION. SPEAKERS INCLUDED RAHK LASH, RESIDENT DIRECTOR AT BROWN RESIDENCE HALL AND KATIE FRAZIER, A SENIOR FROM DANVILLE AND PRESIDENT OF THE ARKANSAS TECH STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION (SGA). KING ACTIVITIES CONTINUE TODAY (TUES.), WITH AN OPEN MIC NIGHT AT BASWELL TECHIONERY BEGINNING AT 9 P.M. AND ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21, WITH A GALLERY WALK AT YOUNG BALLROOM FROM 10 A.M.-10 P.M.
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AUTHORITIES SAY NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF A MID-MORNING GRASS FIRE IN THE JONES MOUNTAIN ROAD AREA OF YELL COUNTY ON MONDAY. CHICKALAH FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE JUST AFTER 10 A/M, REMAINING THERE FOR LESS THAN 30-MINUTES, EXTENGUISHING THE BLAZE. NO CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS YET BEEN RELEASED.
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IT'LL BE A SHORT WEEK AT THE STATE CAPITOL, BUT A BUSY ONE, AS LAWMAKERS AND GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON RETURN TODAY (TUES.) FOR THE STATE'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION. HUTCHINSON IS SCHEDULED TO RELEASE HIS BUDGET FOR THE 2015-16 FISCAL YEAR EARLY IN THE WEEK, HAVE HIS TAX CUT PROPOSAL HEAD TO A STATE SENATE COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY AND DELIVER A KEY SPEECH ON THE PRIVATE OPTION AND HEALTH CARE REFORM ON THURSDAY. THE SENATE REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE COULD DISCUSS THE HUTCHINSON TAX CUT PROPOSAL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
