50 Years Ago
Pea Ridge Graphic
Vol. 6 No. 8
Thursday, Feb. 11, 1971
Chamber of Commerce president John Knox announced there will be a special speaker at the March 2 regular meeting. Ken Riley, director of the Northwest Arkansas Development Commission, will address the group on the activities of the commission and how it serves the area and local communities.
The town meeting that had been scheduled for Monday was postponed by the snow. It has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 25. The meeting will concern a proposed purchase of a new firetruck and installation of water mains here that are to reduce the town's insurance rating to Class 8. Pea Ridge Mayor Jack Musteen announced the public will be given an opportunity to express its views on the matter before action is taken by the City Council.
Pea Ridge Cub Scoutmaster Clymer C. Cooper, U.S. Army major, retired, died unexpectedly at his home on Frost Street Thursday, Feb. 18, at the age of 58.
Pfc. Rodney Fletcher who has been stationed in Frankfurt, Germany, for the past five months is home on a 30-day leave.
40 Years Ago
Pea Ridge Graphic-Scene
Vol. 16 No. 8
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1981
Pea Ridge District 109 School Board Monday passed a motion authorizing superintendent Roy Roe to advertise for bids for the district to purchase two new buses; granted additional sick leave provisions for all school personnel; agreed to pay bus drivers $20 to attend a special driving school; and voted to renew the contracts for the district's two principals -- Carol Ross and Doug Albertson.
Two men were charged this week with a class A misdemeanor as a result of investigation into vandalism at Pea Ridge City Park. Marshal Loyd Pifer said two 18-year-old men were arrested for damaging the men's and women's restrooms.
Pea Ridge Blackhawk basketballers slowed down the game, deliberately, kept the scoring close, and defeated the Elkins Elks 32 to 29 in opening round play in the district tournament in Decatur Tuesday.
30 Years Ago
Pea Ridge Country Times
Vol. 26 No. 8
Thursday, Feb. 21, 1991
The Pea Ridge High School Scott Hi-Q team avoided a disastrous outcome last Thursday by rallying for 12 points in the second half of their second contest this year.
There are 200 miles or so of highway in northeast Benton County that are free of discarded aluminum cans at least once a week thanks to Albert Kraus, who lives near Pea Ridge, and who travels the routes picking up the discarded cans and saving them for resale.
"Education without values is void of value," the Rev. Charles Womack told the Pea Ridge School Board Monday. Womack is the chairman of the board's recently appointed Health Education Task Force.
20 Years Ago
The TIMES of Northeast Benton County
Vol. 36 No. 8
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001
Four ladies gather twice each month to work on service projects and keep alive a club that has met in downtown Pea Ridge for more than 50 years. They are asking for help to repair their building and make it more energy efficient. Betty Harris, Maxine Richardson, Lola Mae Beaver and Ruth Talburt are the remaining members of Beta Alpha, a once-flourishing club. They make lap robes for the residents at Oak Ridge, among their many projects.
Seven coyote and three armadillo hang from a fence on Harris Road east of Pea Ridge at the intersection with Guthrie Road. Lt. Brian McKenzie, enforcement officer of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in this district ... said sometimes farmers will shoot a coyote and hang it on a fence to deter other animals.
10 Years Ago
The TIMES of Northeast Benton County
Vol. 46 No. 8
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011
The totals are in and U.S. Census figures released recently revealed what Pea Ridge city officials and residents already knew -- the town has grown. Pea Ridge more than doubled in size from 2000 to 2010 -- from 2,346 to 4,794 residents.
A second public meeting to present the need for a rate increase for wastewater was held prior to the February City Council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 15. The Council tabled the rate increase during the council meeting.
Pea Ridge Middle School is listed as one of the higher performing schools in the state and will be used as a model for other schools, according to principal Sue Terry The school scored high in math and literacy.