Hometown Events

Gentry City Council The Gentry City Council holds regular meetings in the city court room at 6:30 p.m., the first Monday of each month. The Gentry Planning and Zoning Commission meets in city hall at 7 p.m. - Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Retired but not tired of toys

By Randy Moll randym@nwanews.com

GENTRY ó Do you remember when toys were made of wood and lasted for generations? Well, a love for wood working has brought back wooden toys and provided a new full-time occupation for a retired Gentry power plant worker. After 25 years of working for Southwestern Electric Power Company at its Flint Creek Power Plant, Garry Miller of rural Gentry now occupies his time in his workshop making wooden rocking horses and toys. He calls his business Rocking-On Woodcrafts. ìIíve always had a hankering to mess with wood,î Miller said. Heís enjoyed wood working ever since taking a junior-high-school class in the craft at Wiggins, Colo., where he lived as a child. Miller started making toys for his grandchildren 6 years ago, and made his hobby a full-time occupation when he retired 3 years ago. Thereís not a wooden toy he makes that his grandchildren donít have, he said. - Wednesday, November 19, 2008

School adoption program suggested

By Randy Moll randym@nwanews.com

GENTRY ó The school board on Monday night gave a nod of approval for Gentry Intermediate School principal Denise Waters and Gentry parent Tracey Howard to work toward forming a partnership in education between the schools and local businesses. Howard brought the idea to Waters after seeing an article about the Adopt-A-School program in Siloam Springs. ìThat could work here,î she said. - Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Tax deadline nears

From Staff Reports

BENTON COUNTY ó The last day to pay delinquent Benton County realestate, personal-property and improvement-district taxes to avoid publication in a local newspaper is Nov. 25. Arkansas Statute 26-36-203 instructs all county tax collectors to provide a list of delinquent property taxes for publication in the local newspaper. This publication serves as official notification that delinquent payments are due for 2007 property taxes. All payments for delinquent property taxes in Benton County must be paid in full and received by the Nov. 25 deadline. No partial payments will be accepted, in accordance with state statutes. - Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Letter protests town description

GENTRY ó Council members, the city clerk and the director of the Gentry chamber sent a letter to the Architectural Record voicing concerns over its depiction of Gentry in the October issue which featured the Gentry Library project. The October 28 letter was signed by the entire city council ó except for Jim Kooistra (who is also an architect) ó by city clerk Jo Ellen Martin and by Bev Saunders, executive director of the Main Street Gentry Chamber of Commerce and also the drafter of the letter. The letter was not signed by Gentryís mayor, Wes Hogue, because, he said, it was not his policy to scold the media unless it totally misrepresented the facts. The letter, addressed to Robert A. Ivy, FAIA editor-inchief of the Architectural Record, states: ìAs leaders in our town, we are very concerned about the image portrayed about Gentry, Arkansas in the recent article, ëGentry Libraryí authored by Jane F. Kolleeny with some quotes by the libraryís architect Marlon Blackwell and published in Architectural Record, Octo - Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Recycling cuts: Economy making some recyclables worthless

By Janelle Jessen janellej@nwanews.com

GENTRY ó Economic problems which caused gasoline prices to fall have also brought down the price of scrap materials ó in some cases to zero ó causing Academy Industries Recycling in Gentry to cut back on materials it can accept. - Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Woman injured in accident

By Janelle Jessen janellej@nwanews.com

DECATUR ó Alice Neely of Bella Vista was involved in a one vehicle accident on north Arkansas Highway 59 in Decatur on Nov. 11 Neelyís Jeep Liberty rolled two times, according to witnesses, before coming to rest near the end of the Peterson airport runway. - Wednesday, November 19, 2008