Knobel Holds 31St Annual Christmas Parade First Baby of 2020 Soon to Be a Year Old
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Gift a subscription to the Clay County Courier 12 weeks for $12 (local print subscribers only) Call (870) 857 - 3531 Clay County Courier VOL. 147 - NO. 36 Copyright 2020 Corning Publishing Co., Inc. CORNING, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2020 75 CENTS 1 SECTION/10 PAGES / 2 INSERTS Knobel holds 31st annual Christmas Parade First Baby of 2020 soon to be a year old By Pam Lowe Each year the Clay Coun- ty Courier, local businesses and our readers celebrate the first baby born within the city limits of Corning. 2021 will mark the 56th year of the First Baby of the Year Contest and before we launch our contest for the 2021 baby in January, we want to check in on our 2020 First Baby of Corning, Ky- son Drew McMasters. Kyson is the son of Randy and Whitney McMasters. Randy works at Farm Service and mother, Whitney is a teacher at Park Elementary. He arrived in the world on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 9:37 p.m. at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center Parade goers lined the streets of Knobel on Saturday night, December 19 to watch lighted weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. and floats decorated in Christmas lights and characters in the Christmas parade. was 21 inches long. Kyson has two siblings, who wel- comed him into their family, By Pam Lowe residents to their town and Knobel mayor said when a brother, Isaiah, who is in neighbors. Mayor Stanley they first decided to host the third grade and a sister, The citizens of Knobel Ashby said that Knobel a Christmas parade the five-year old Brooklyn. Corning’s First Baby of the Year in 2020, Kyson McMasters and the surrounding residents, Stanley Stormes decision was made for the At nearly a year old, Ky- is curious about the family Christmas tree and enjoys pulling communities held their 31st and Tom Fairchild were purpose of the parade to be son has six teeth. His moth- tinsel and ornaments off. annual Christmas parade instrumental in beginning strictly to share Christmas er, Whitney says Kyson is on Saturday, December 19 the parade in 1989. spirit with no contests for the walking all over the place at 5 p.m. The parade has Stormes has had an entry floats or vehicles, because as and can say a few simple stood the test of time due in the parade every year to the commitment of local for the past 31 years. The See KNOBEL - Page 3 See BABY on Page 3 Bobcats chosen for Entergy Arkansas Completes Corning Maintenance, All-Conference in 3A-3 Upgrades for Greater Reliability Six Corning Bobcat Lucas, Parker Davis and football players made the Eli Mason. Corning also All-Conference first team had the State Honorable in the 3A-3 Conference. Mention Award go to Jake They were Jake Rangel, Rangel and an All State Some 60 poles repaired, replaced as part of $105K project Gary Comstock, Clayton Award go to Gary Com- Crosby, Nikoda Amiker, stock. Coach Larry Tread- Dakota Wilkins and Jor- way said, “As a team, we dan Grubb. Four players won six ballgames, fin- made the All-Conference ished 5th in the Confer- second team. They were ence and made the play- Fisher Francis, Landon offs.” Arkansas School Districts with high community COVID-19 infection rates hit new record Clay Co. School Districts among 150 districts with 50 or more new known infections per 10K residents over 14 days, ACHI finds LITTLE ROCK - On Dardanelle, Hermitage, Thursday, Dec. 17, ACHI Star City, Blytheville, Bay, reported there are now 150 Drew Central, Pottsville, Arkansas school districts Barton-Lexa, Trumann, that have had 50 or more Warren, East Poinsett new known COVID-19 in- County, Cleveland County, fections per 10,000 district Magazine, Clinton, Valley for preventative mainte- value and Succeed with electrical system at critical residents over a 14-day pe- View, and Searcy County. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – nance, equipment upgrades, results.” Through the pro- locations, allowing fewer riod, up from 113 a week ago ACHI identified school Entergy Arkansas custom- and increased spacing.” gram, $28 million dollars customers to be affected and a new record high, the districts with high infec- ers in Corning will experi- Line crews worked the have been invested in the by outages when they do Arkansas Center for Health tion rates by analyzing data ence improvements in the project over a period of system since 2015 to pre- occur. In total, work was Improvement said Thursday. received Monday from the reliability and quality of about eight weeks, although vent outages, shorten the performed on more than 60 Forty-three school districts Arkansas Department of their electric service as a progress was paused at duration of outages when power poles during the proj- were added to the list this Health. The infections are result of $104,656 in main- times as crews were tem- they do occur, and improve ect. week, and 107 remained on among community residents tenance and upgrades com- porarily working to restore power quality throughout Putting more space be- the list. living within the geographi- pleted recently. power in the Gulf Coast in the Entergy system. tween power lines helps pre- ACHI also found that 23 cal boundaries of the school “We routinely seek op- the aftermath of Hurricanes The Corning project in- vent outages during storms. school districts — up from districts and are not spe- portunities to enhance reli- Laura and Delta. cluded the installation of Ultimately, the expectation 15 the previous week, also a cific to school employees ability for our customers,” The work was part of En- 11 new utility poles along is that the upgrades per- record high — had exceeded and students. Known infec- said Entergy Arkansas tergy’s FOCUS reliability with upgrading or replac- formed will result in fewer 100 new known infections tions include confirmed and Customer Service Manager improvement program. FO- ing dozens of insulators, outages and improved pow- per 10,000 district residents probable cases. Probable Matt Faries. “Our design CUS is an acronym for an switches, and lightning ar- er quality in the area. over a 14-day period, or cases are based on verbal engineers identified 1.3 initiative where employees restors to fortify the system For more information more than 1% of district resi- reporting and antigen test miles of circuit along High- “Find the device, Observe and make it more resistant about how Entergy Arkan- dents: Paragould, Danville, results, as identified by the way 67 and in the area of the conditions, Collect the to storms. Switches were sas works to continuously Green Forest, Piggott, Mc- Department of Health. the Corning High School damage, Understand the installed to sectionalize the See ENTERGY - Page 3 Gehee, Elkins, Monticello, See COVID on Page 3 Clay County Courier, Corning, AR, Thursday, December 24, 2020 - Page 2 For Your Information Clay County Courier Tax deductible dona- The Lowe Down tions are being accepted (USPSUSPS NO. NO. 1165 1165 8000) 8000 for Corning’s recreation- J. V. ROCKWELL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER by Pam Lowe al project, including: M. THELMA J. ROCKWELL, PUBLISHER and OWNER B. Ainley Jr. Community OFFICEOFFICE PHONES PHONE 857-3531 870-857-3531 or 857-3532 MANAGING EDITOR Center, Victory Lake 810810 North North MissouriMissouri Avenue Avenue - P.O. - P.O. Box Box 85 85 Golf Course, ballfields Corning,Corning, Arkansas 72422-0085 72422-0085 and fishing lake. Corning Cemetery PublishedPublished everyevery Thursday Thursday Christmas nostalgia . Trust Board’s goal is ARKANSAS to set up a perpetual 20202008 care fund so that in fu- 99 PRESS This time of year people we need to keep thinking Pole mail carrier? ture years the cemetery MEMBER ASSOCIATION become nostalgic as they of the many blessings we will be self-sustaining. Serving newspapers since 1873 watch holiday movies. have. 9. What is the name of Tax deductible dona- They remind us of simpler Our family tradition each George Bailey’s guardian tions may be sent to Rick EWSPA N PE times when character and year on Christmas Eve is angel in It’s A Wonderful AL R Ermert or Billy Allen. N A traditional values mattered. to watch “Christmas Va- Life? O Receipts are issued by the I S T S We can rely on a happy cation” with Chevy Chase A N City of Corning. N ending and that good will and Beverly D’Angelo. 10. What popular Christ- Clay County Literacy win out in the end. We be- Last year each family mem- mas song was actually writ- Council, Corning division, come blanketed in a secure ber chose a quote from the ten for Thanksgiving? has Carolyn Jones as local feeling as we reminiscence movie and we had pajama contact person. She may be S about childhood memories shirts made. It’s traditions 11. In “A Charlie Brown reached at 870-857-5364. I N 8 8 5 C E 1 at Christmas. that bind families and pro- Christmas”, instead of get- Area residents who MEMBER The movie, “White vide our favorite memo- ting “a lot of stupid toys”, would like to make a dona- Christmas” is playing in the ries. what is it that Lucy wants CLAY COUNTY COURIER tion to American Cancer background as I write this Since we are musing for Christmas? Society and have it des- week’s column. Bing Cros- over nostalgic Christmas ignated for use in North- December 24, 2020 Vol. 147, No. 36 by is singing “I’m dream- programs and movies, 12. “But the prettiest east Arkansas may contact SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ing of a white Christmas” let’s play a little trivia.